Trivia in the news

MedPundit has a post on Tuvan Throat singers.
I was always a fan of Richard Feynman, and first learned about Tuva on a PBS special on Feynman...on a whim he and a friend decided to investigate Tuva...just out of curiosity. And now I've learned they use extra laryngeal muscles to sing.

Learn one fact a day, stay young.

And BNN has a letter from someone in Zambia...made me sentimental...sounds like when I worked in Zimbabwe 30 years ago...not much has changed.

The Climate change tourists are waiting for Bush to leave before they save the planet...so are asking for money for "sustainable development.
Well, if Africa ever decides to follow Asia, the pollution will be even worse. Of course, global warming has caused deforestation in Africa...After all, the Sahara was once a veldt...

Syria calls for a timetable to remove American troops....
They want them out of there before they and Iran invade Israel disguised as Hezbollah...and of course, if the US continues to kill Syrians and Iranian "Iraqi insurgents" they will keep losing soldiers.

Richard Dawkin's book on athiesm is supposed to be heading Amazon's best sellers. A lot of people who take religion seriously think he is actually writing against an infantile form of religion not the real thing.
On the other hand, when you read stuff like THIS it makes you understand why non believers are clueless.

And for all those who think we can withdraw from the world, you might want to check out THIS site. It's the prewritten announcements for local officials to use in even of terror attacks (Headsup Medpundit).

Makes you feel all warm and cuddly, doesn't it.