Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser

The New Dark Age

The “Dark Ages” is a common term used for the period between the fall of Rome (2nd/3rd century) and the rise of the Renaissance period (beginning about 1450). Approximately a thousand years of history during which there was little progress in science, technology, food, health, or energy. Is mankind about to repeat history and at the cusp of a modern Dark Age?

The “God-Switch”

I am getting announcements with headlines like "Heaven's been robbed… Saint Peter is crying!" and claims like "A chance to live forever and remain forever young" or "The fountain of youth may have, indeed, been found." These claims refer to a new wonder-cure, AKA the "God-Switch" and it's all in your own body's DNA; it just needs to be "activated." "Flipping this switch makes cells in your body immortal, they will not, cannot die!" -- say some ads.

The “Ceuticals” Boom

There are some new words around, all ending with “ceutical.” For example, there are nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals. The former are just supposed to be “good for you”, the latter are claimed to make you healthy and “looking good,” or at least “feeling better.”

Cliff-Hanger

There is a lot of stuff being written about the “fiscal cliff.” Frankly, it is becoming somewhat tiresome. The last we heard was about a “temporary” solution; in other words, kicking the can further down the road. The problem is simply “we are living beyond our means.”

The Newly Improved IPCC

The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has been predicting a rising temperature doom and gloom scenario for the last 20 years or so. Al Gore received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for propagating that scenario.

It’s the Sun, after all

A leaked draft of the UN's IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) forthcoming 5^th assessment report has some explosive new revelations:

1. There is substantial influence on our climate by the radiation received from the Sun.
2. There is a breaking of the ranks. The previously touted consensus about the forces driving our climate appears to be falling apart.

Switchable Water

Some media are abuzz with the latest invention, Switchable Water, and other “switchable” things. If you believe the stories, these switchables will solve all kinds of problems, reduce energy requirements for a variety of technologies and so forth. It sounds like a real panacea; some even claim that it will force a rewrite of chemistry textbooks.

Solution = Bigger Problem Ahead

History is full of examples of Solutions to a perceived problem which have turned sour a little while later. The latest idea of geo-engineering is just another example of what can (and would) go wrong, if pursued.

Little Green Martians

Get ready: This coming Monday, December 3, 2012, we may be given a whole new reason to visit our planetary next of kin, i.e. Mars. NASA’s is said to release important new information from its robotic rover named Curiosity.

Bed Bugs Unite!

– [Satire] Bloomberg News reports that bed bugs succumbed on exposure to human blood when the victims ingested blood containing a certain drug. How cruel to submit bed bugs to such torture and fate! Please convene urgent blood-sucking strategy meetings on all mattresses to discuss possible counter actions! We must stop this menace! Bed Bugs Unite!

A Murder

... of a different kind — of crows, to be exact. You may wonder: what's up with crows? 
 Well, it depends on whether you embrace socialism and government control of your every move or whether you prefer freedom to speak, travel and work as you please.


To Alan Caruba, a Friend I never Met

Alan Caruba is a journalist of renown. He is a regular contributor to Canada Free Press and other news outlets. Even an occasional reader of Canada Free Press will have seen some of Alan’s frequent posts. Of course, Alan also has his own blog “Warning Signs”. It enjoys an ever-increasing number of page views, currently close to 2 million and counting. Now to the event of note

Climate and the Oceans

The August issue of Water 21, the official magazine of the International Water Association has an article by Lis Stedman on “Reports warn of climate change impact on oceans” that is highly misleading. [1]

Harmony with Nature

Harmony with nature was the in-thing a few decades ago. In the meantime the flower-power generation of the 1960s has grown up and is ready to retire. Coincidental or not, the touted harmony with nature is no longer exactly as told.

Evening News in the Boonies

The evening news comes on at 11 pm and lasts for half an hour. Out here in the boonies, it is a major part of the daily entertainment.

The Bell Toils for You

Just a few years ago, Ma Bell used to be the only game in town when it came to phone service. Whether you live in a big town or the boonies, there was one provider and Bell was it, ever since Alexander Graham Bell invented that thing, some 150 years ago. If you needed any service, it was fast, on time and efficient. Well, times have changed.

The Death of Paper?

That file must be somewhere on my old hard drive, just need to find it… Pundits have been prognosticating the end of written or printed documents for a long time. Even my sons (both computer engineers) think so, but when it comes to providing solid evidence, nothing beats a written document with an original signature, et cetera.

More Scum

In a recent paper on the eutrophication—over fertilization — of Canada’s Lake Winnipeg with the subtitle “Greening under global change,” [1] the authors show that the lake’s problem of blue-green algae blooms is based on increased loadings with phosphate and nitrate. These derive from sewage input by the city of Winnipeg and runoff from watershed sources, primarily farmland and livestock.

Computers Amok

Trading in stocks and commodities has become a giant business of super computers (and programs) competing with each other. The machines are analyzing and determining what to sell or to buy within split seconds, often in multi-million dollar trades.

Of Parrots and Fish

Well, not exactly, just the parrotfish.