Sunday, January 25, 2009

Among stories of the bizarre in the news: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is decrying the situation in the African nation of Liberia where millions of what are believed to be African armyworms are devouring crops in a wide swath and befouling already diminished water supplies. No one has yet blamed the outbreak on global warming, although it's early in the emergency status. Could the proliferation of this pest be caused by the mysterious phenomenon known as "galloping germination"? Elsewhere, the Kennedy Expressway image in Chicago that has drawn flocks of the faithful has been marred, according to 'Virgin Mary' Underpass Stain Defaced With Devil Graffiti, and from Arkansas comes the text and video report 'Atmospheric Condition' Likely Cause of Rumbles, Say Experts. Meanwhile, Mac Tonnies at Posthuman Blues reports on the Little Green Man.

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