• Saturn storm has hurricane-like features. “Massive whirling vortex” has scientists perplexed. Really? How about taking a note from Nassim Haramein and the Power of Spin?

• And on that note, Pi in the Sky telescope captures massive gamma ray burst which originated some 7.5 billion light years away. Wow.

• The giant particle accelerator in CERN delays its start up date until July. Meanwhile someone here in Hawaii has filed suit against the project, fearing that a newly-created micro-black hole will slurp up our very existence.

• Interview with Fritjof Capra, author of the Tao of Physics: Quantum particles, the dance of Shiva and “Consciousness is an aspect of life.”

• Army toyed with telepathic ray gun. Brings to mind Project Blue Beam, and the reason I’m putting off commenting on my frustration with the UFO community and the issue of disclosure and religious manipulation, which seems to be contaminated with propaganda and disinformation.

• Supposedly in a period of minimum activity, the Sun has been flaring. See SOHO for more.

• All our favorite NWO peeps recently met to advise the next administration on foreign policy. Got to be sure the torch is passed. One question; how do they know who will be the next administration?

• …Probably because they’re all related. They’ve worked it out long ago, family-style.

• Check out The Thoughts for a cool take on symbology and a graphic comparing the Eye of Horus with a cross section of our brains. I’m down with that.

• Planet X makes the news in Australia. Disasters quadruple over last 20 years. Officials prepare for giant earthquake. Firefighters trained for UFO contact. Someone knows something they’re not telling us.

• First the bees, then the bats and the rabbits; now the starfish. When I hear a dolphin say, “So long and thanks for all the fish,” I’m packing my towel.

• Put your tinfoil caps away, folks. Seems like all they’re doing is amplifying the government’s mind control frequencies.

• Think you can avoid RFID chips? Now they come in a new, convenient powder! For more on RFID technology go to RFIDnews.org.
  

• Scientists now say they have evidence of at least 201,055 undersea volcanoes; over 10 times more than previously discovered. Estimates are there could be as many as three million!

• Apparently a group had planned a voyage into the Hollow Earth this summer, but had to cancel the adventure when one of their colleagues passed away. Hmmm…

• The Tunguska mystery has resurfaced in the news. Scientists believe they may have found an impact crater indicative of an asteroid, but this letter, written by Nikola Tesla to the New York Times just a couple of months earlier before the explosion in 1908, has always made me wonder…

• Check out this new invention: the LifeStraw could change the world.

• Just had to share this amazing photo of surfing dolphins.

• China’s weather modification program is in the news again; other countries do it too, including the US.

• What do you think; is Unity08 really an alternative, or is it just another ruse, perhaps a way to split the liberal vote?

Last week I noticed the Navy released information about their program using dolphins and sea lions to patrol military bases. Trained Navy dolphins can drop a beacon if they detect a person in the water; they can also detect underwater mines. Dolphins were used for this in Iraq in 2003. They also patrolled the bay in San Diego during the Republican National Convention in 1996.

The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program explains dolphins are useful for their echolocation, or biological sonar, which enables them to locate mines or other objects underwater. The Navy also lists a page of FAQs about their program, to explain questions such as why they use marine mammals (they also employ sea lions and whales), and whether they use them for offensive warfare. They claim they do not train them to attack, yet after Hurricane Katrina there were reports that three dozen U.S. military dolphins, which had been trained and fitted with toxic darts, had been washed away and were missing. They were supposedly accounted for soon after, and the Pentagon denied they were ever trained to attack. Perhaps the fear mongers and rumor mill at work; perhaps the truth is still secret.

The history of the use of marine mammals by the military can be found at PBS. Begun in 1960, the program was originally classified. Rumors still abound that dolphins were used to attack and kill enemy swimmers in Vietnam. By the 1990s, with the Cold War over, much (but not all) of the program was declassified and many of the dolphins were retired. Some still claim dolphins were used to attack and kill; many animal rights organizations object to their employment, and I found a petition online objecting to the Navy’s use of dolphins.

Many people believe dolphins are particularly special, beyond their incredible intelligence. I’ve seen many spiritual books and websites devoted to them. John Lilly was a scientist who was responsible for much of the early research involving dolphins and their means of communication, providing the basis for the movie “Day of the Dolphin” and the enactment of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. He also contributed to research involving psychology and human consciousness, including use of the isolation tank (forming the basis for the movie “Altered States”), and is often discussed alongside people like Aldous Huxley. His work was cited in an article by Steve Hammons, who also responded to the recent news about dolphins in the Navy. Hammons noted that the recently declassified information about Project Stargate includes a 1987 report called “A Remote Action Investigation with Marine Animals” regarding research conducted by SRI International into anomalous cognition. In other words, the Pentagon is looking into remote viewing, telepathy and other ESP phenomena relating to dolphins and our means to communicate with them.

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