26 ’Adhar Ri’shon 5768: What if Cats and Dogs has opposable Thumbs day/Read Across America Day/Fun Facts About Names Day

Greetings.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Israel in Hot Water”
  
• “Senator McCain: "Strong Evidence" of Autism-Vaccine Link” (Even before we have a science-oriented presidential candidate debate, he has already lost it.)
  
• “Wave Runner”
  
• “Judge: Wikileaks gets its domain name back” (Free speech for whistleblowers!)
  
• “Supercomputer Confirms Standard Model Theory Of The Universe, Deepens Puzzle”
  
• “Ashkelon By The Numbers”
  
• “9/11 Redux: 'Thousands of Aliens' in U.S. Flight Schools Illegally”
  
• “Special Report: Gaza - Israel Responds to Hamas's Escalation”
  
• “‘Resurrected,’ but still wallowing in red tape”
  
• “Climate change threatens existence, Eskimo lawsuit says”
  
• “A Foolish Consistency”
  
• “All U.S. kids should get flu vaccine, panel says”
  
• “A touching tribute to a blind veteran”
  

Today’s weird things are everything the YouTube GuitarViols Channel. GuitarViols are a variation on the old arpeggione/viol concept; they are essentially guitars which can be played with a bow like a violin. (And I know they look something like game pods from eXistenZ, but there seems to be an ergonomic logic to the look. And this is one of the cooler directions in which the guitar can be developed.) Some of the material is mostly of interest to those interested in musical instrument construction, but there are also musical demos, too, e.g.:




Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron