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Gavin Menzies: mad as a snake – or a visionary?. Some might remember Menzies from six years ago when he proposed some major revisions to history. Namely the Chinese were tracking around the North America continent a few decades before Columbus. He doesn’t mention as far as i know the Vikings who had small settlements in North America around the 10th century. Menzies then wrote a sequel claiming that the Chinese started, or their influence started the Renaissance. Menzies doesn’t read or speak Chinese so he couldn’t analyze primary sources directly. He claims a DNA link between native American Indians and the Chinese yet has never produced any DNA analysis. At the same time just in case his thesis has some portion of truth maybe some more research is warranted into if, when and how the Chinese arrived in North America. Unfortunately much of what he considers evidence is not much more then dubious claims. Even if they did visit, much like the Vikings they left little in the way of historical heritage.

rain on the big apple

Mexicans get microchipped over kidnapping fears. They might be spending a lot of money for a false sense of security.

A transmitter in the chip communicates with a larger GPS-enabled device carried by the client, Xega says. That gadget reports its location to the company when the owner presses a panic button, something the device could arguably do without an under-skin chip.

Best quip of the week,

Biden said, “Ladies and gentlemen, if your kitchen table is like mine, you sit there at night after you’ve put the kids to bed and you talk about what you need, you talk about how much you’re worried about being able to pay the bills. Well, ladies and gentleman, that’s not a worry John McCain will have to worry about…. He’ll have to figure out which of the seven kitchen tables to sit at.”

Myth of the week and one we’re likely to hear from the usual echo chamber in the months ahead, Myths and falsehoods regarding Obama’s votes on “born alive” bills

kelly ripa’s ankle tattoo. to me it looks like a stylized kangaroo with flowers.

kelly ripa