Most scholars of Pre-Columbian civilization see human sacrifice among the Aztecs as a part of the long cultural tradition of human sacrifice in Mesoamerica stretching back thousands of years. Various extant sources describe how the Aztecs sacrificed human victims on each of their eighteen festivities, one festivity for each of their 20-day month, every year… […]
Editor Andrew Coutts: No Stranger to Guts, Ghouls, and Gore
Andrew Coutts’ editing work includes a vast range of high-profile television, feature film, and commercial productions, but what he is best known for throughout the entertainment industry is his unparalleled ability to edit horror driven films in a way that makes moviegoers jump out their seats. Horror films have always relied on a myriad of […]
Flying dinosaurs – Who believes they’re alive? Author in Utah publishes book about reports of strange flying creatures
(1888 PressRelease) Belief in “prehistoric” flying creatures in Papua New Guinea relates to culture more than to religion, according to nonfiction author Jonathan Whitcomb, of Murray, Utah. Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT – Do you believe in the possibility that long-tailed featherless flying creatures, much larger than any fruit bat, live in the jungles of Papua […]
Politics makes strange bedfellows in Russia
On October 23, 2014 Vladimir Putin met with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss the countries close economic ties? Note: The UAE is a major military ally of the United States? This struck me as very odd since according […]
Peshmerga militia go to battle against ISIS with homemade tanks and odd assortment of strange weaponry
The Kurdish ( Peshmerga) militias in northern Syria do. Called People’s Protection Units, or YPG, are incredibly dedicated to the cause of defending their people and homeland. This was brought home recently after I examined some pictures of their homemade tanks weaponry and armored vehicles. These are vehicles the Kurds actually use in combat against ISIS […]
Putin responds to US economic sanctions calling it very “strange”
On September 12, 2014 during a press conference following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, reporters hijacked the news conference to talk about the new economic sanctions against Russian by the United States and the European Union. Putin did respond to the reporters questions in frankness and honesty saying the new economic sanctions strike him as very strange. The exchange […]