BBC World Service is reporting that the crew of a Libyan Arab Republic Air Force aircraft bailed out of their plane after refusing an order to attack protesters in the besieged city of Benghazi.
The big problem with authoritarians is that the objective reality struggles to bubble up to the top. So, even though the average Joe can see where this is going, the Libyan leaders are getting nothing but good news from their underlings.
Heres something for your “can this possibly be for real” file this morning. Over at the Buffalo Beast — the former print alt-weekly turned online newspaper founded by onetime editor Matt Taibbi, typically best known for its annual list of “The 50 Most Loathsome Americans” — there appear to be recordings of a phone call between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and current editor Ian Murphy. Now, why on earth would Scott Walker want to talk on the phone with the editor of an online site in Buffalo? Well, he wouldnt.
via Scott Walker Gets Punked By Journalist Pretending To Be David Koch.
This is an experiment that tests for ESP. It takes about 20 minutes and is run completely by computer. First you will answer a couple of brief questions. Then, on each trial of the experiment, pictures of two curtains will appear on the screen side by side. One of them has a picture behind it; the other has a blank wall behind it. Your task is to click on the curtain that you feel has the picture behind it. The curtain will then open, permitting you to see if you selected the correct curtain. There will be 36 trials in all. Several of the pictures contain explicit erotic images (e.g., couples engaged in nonviolent but explicit consensual sexual acts). If you object to seeing such images, you should not participate in this experiment.
Feeling the future: Experimental evidence for anom… [J Pers Soc Psychol. 2011] – PubMed result.
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