Saw a story this morning that seemed to have been ripped from the front page of the National Enquirer.
The continent of Africa is splitting apart due to volcanic activity and a new ocean is forming right now as you read this "with staggering speed". The Red Sea will "soon" spill into the Ethiopian desert and form a new ocean.
The article, by Axel Bojanowski, details in breathless Indiana Jones fashion how scientists barely escaped with their lives as the ground started to shake and split apart beneath them. They jumped back into the helicopter and took off before a huge fissure could swallow it and them.
Great article and I read all the way thru to the end to find out when exactly this monumental event would take place. I like to plan my vacations well ahead of time and a nice week or two on an Ethiopian beach with plenty of water sports seemed like just the ticket.
But don't book just yet. Seems this imminent, staggeringly swift event will take about another 10 million years. Oh well. To a geologist I guess that is fast.
Wonder if geologists have a different sense of time. Wonder if they're not bothered by long supermarket lines and traffic jams. When you spend your life studying things that won't happen till 10 million years after your death - ten minutes waiting for your half-decaf skim latter with extra foam is probably no sweat at all.
A secret poll conducted by the British Ministry of Defense in October 2005 (and given almost no media exposure in the U.S. - Quel surprise) draws alarming conclusions regarding the ordinary Iraqi citizens opinions of the occupation of their country.
Less than 1 %. Yes, you read that correctly, one per cent of Iraqi's think that the allied coalition occupation is a good idea.
Millions of people - 65% of Iraqi's favor insurgent atacks on British troops.
85% of Iraqi citizens are strongly opposed to the current allied occupation of their country.
Seems the battle for their hearts and minds was out Waterloo.