THIS is TRUE #802: 25 October

post from This is True on 03 November 2009 06:37:48 PM. © This is True

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No bidders to share grave with Monroe

post from NEWS.com.au | The Other Side on 03 November 2009 05:57:00 PM. © NEWS.com.au | The Other Side

A LEGION of admirers found her irresistible but Marilyn Monroe hasn't been able to exert the same kind of pull in the afterlife.

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Death of a Ghost Hunter

post from Haunting Breaks on 03 November 2009 05:35:00 PM. © Haunting Breaks

Hi

Just finished watching this film. Thought it may be of interest to some of you, particularly those paranormal investigators out there?

Acting is abysmal ( unless that was designed) and the structure has "grabbed" bits of the Blaire Witch project and many other horror genre films BUT I found the concept to be absolutely scary, even though I don't believe in the possibility of ghosts being "trapped"!

video details and more

If you watch it please post your comments here - be interesting to see what you think

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Afraid of Flying There's An App for That

post from Offbeat News on 03 November 2009 05:28:39 PM. © Offbeat News

Afraid of flying? My wife is. She is so frightened that a very short flight, from the San Francisco Bay Area to Los Angeles will send her into a panic attack. Her fear is so palpable, she gets me frightened. Well, there's an app for that.

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What Can I Say!

post from CHRIS HOLLY'S Paranormal World on 03 November 2009 05:25:00 PM. © CHRIS HOLLY'S Paranormal World

Big Farting Bull In Little China

Beijing?s burgeoning art district has a new symbol for its growing influence in the global art world -a giant farting bull.

Created by sculptor Chen Wenling, the 20-foot statue depicts, well, a big fiberglass bull that rams a devil figure with its horns while making whoopie so hard the devil crashes into a wall.

bull Big Farting Bull In Little China picture

Entitled ?What You See Might Not Be Real?, Wenling?s flatuous virtuosity has been creating lots of hot air in the Chinese capital?s Joy Art gallery.

Some say it?s a follow-on from his last exhibition, ?God Is Materialism?, at the Asia Art Center. Let?s have a think about what the logic might be there. The economy is our God, the bull is the economy, and it?s, eh, gone to shit, right?

Part of an exhibition entitled ?Emergency Escape? (the bull really had to let one off, in other words), ?WYSMNBR? recalls the Chinese phrase ?big fart?, ?? (fang pi). This literally translates as, umm, ?big fart?, but also has a slang connotation of a big bluff or lie.

bull1 Big Farting Bull In Little China picture

So we guess the big lie we?re meant to see is that the Chinese economic bull can?t go on eating up natural resources without, well, letting off some toxic steam. Clever, huh?

Although like every good piece of art, it?s open to more than one interpretation. Maybe the devil figure being pinned to the wall is the Western world?s economy, and the big farting bull of little China is really giving him a good gassing.

Indeed, some say the devil personally represents Bernie Madoff, the former NASDAQ stock market boss that admitted multiple felonies earlier this year in what might be termed the biggest investment stinker of all time.

Either way, you can assume neither Madoff nor the Chinese government are quaking in their intestines at the sight of this art project ? maybe they consider it overblown? ? but perhaps they could learn that to let a big one rip can sometimes really cause undesirable consequences.

bull3 Big Farting Bull In Little China picture

found on weird asia news

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What Can I Say! Is this a Message for Us

post from CHRIS HOLLY'S Paranormal World on 03 November 2009 05:25:00 PM. © CHRIS HOLLY'S Paranormal World

Big Farting Bull In Little China

Beijing?s burgeoning art district has a new symbol for its growing influence in the global art world -a giant farting bull.

Created by sculptor Chen Wenling, the 20-foot statue depicts, well, a big fiberglass bull that rams a devil figure with its horns while making whoopie so hard the devil crashes into a wall.

bull Big Farting Bull In Little China picture

Entitled ?What You See Might Not Be Real?, Wenling?s flatuous virtuosity has been creating lots of hot air in the Chinese capital?s Joy Art gallery.

Some say it?s a follow-on from his last exhibition, ?God Is Materialism?, at the Asia Art Center. Let?s have a think about what the logic might be there. The economy is our God, the bull is the economy, and it?s, eh, gone to shit, right?

Part of an exhibition entitled ?Emergency Escape? (the bull really had to let one off, in other words), ?WYSMNBR? recalls the Chinese phrase ?big fart?, ?? (fang pi). This literally translates as, umm, ?big fart?, but also has a slang connotation of a big bluff or lie.

bull1 Big Farting Bull In Little China picture

So we guess the big lie we?re meant to see is that the Chinese economic bull can?t go on eating up natural resources without, well, letting off some toxic steam. Clever, huh?

Although like every good piece of art, it?s open to more than one interpretation. Maybe the devil figure being pinned to the wall is the Western world?s economy, and the big farting bull of little China is really giving him a good gassing.

Indeed, some say the devil personally represents Bernie Madoff, the former NASDAQ stock market boss that admitted multiple felonies earlier this year in what might be termed the biggest investment stinker of all time.

Either way, you can assume neither Madoff nor the Chinese government are quaking in their intestines at the sight of this art project ? maybe they consider it overblown? ? but perhaps they could learn that to let a big one rip can sometimes really cause undesirable consequences.

bull3 Big Farting Bull In Little China picture

found on weird asia news

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WELCOME TO CHRIS HOLLY'S PARANORMAL WORLD!

post from CHRIS HOLLY'S Paranormal World on 03 November 2009 05:25:00 PM. © CHRIS HOLLY'S Paranormal World

THIS SITE IS BEST VIEWED ON MOZILLA FIREFOX- IF YOU VIEW US BY WAY OF INTERNET EXPLORER YOU MAY FIND DISTORTIONS AND ODD TEXT PATTERNS SO DO USE FIREFOX FOR THE BEST VIEW OF THIS SITE!

PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL STICK NEW ARTICLES WHERE EVER I CAN FIT THEM ON MY SITE SO PLEASE DO NOT GO BY DATES ONLY ...YOU MAY NEED TO SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE TO SEE ALL NEW ENTRIES! THANKS

chris holly

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Latest from the LHC

The latest official news from CERN about the LHC schedule that I’ve seen is this from DG Rolf Heuer, who doesn’t give specific dates other than “second half of November” for circulating beams, collisions at injection energy soon thereafter, and, if all goes well, “high-energy collisions” before Christmas. He doesn’t specify what the value of [...]

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