When it's a question of spectral orbs -- or ectoplasm, or cold spots, or plain old ordinary ghosts -- who are you going to call? Why, Bay Area Paranormal Investigations, of course.
If only it were collectivized...The big news out of yesterday's five-hour Board of Supervisors meeting was the adoption of a last-minute compromise on the Municipal Transportation Agency budget despite plenty of complaints from a cadre of left-leaning supes concerned about fare increases and other issues. But that wasn't the only bitching and moaning that went on at City Hall yesterday afternoon. In fact, some of the same supervisors angry over the MTA budget were downright apoplectic -- again -
i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights:
The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gloria, a picturesque pig-farming village in the Veracruz Mountains. But the World Health Organization isn't doing any research in La Gloria itself. Instead, the town is filling up with scientists funde