Space Aliens on Meteorites!

Space aliens invade Earth, riding on meteorites! They’re bugs! Microscopic bugs!

Or … maybe not:

“Has Evidence for Alien Life Been Found?” Ian O’Neill, Discovery News

“Bacteria….FROM OUTER SPACE,” Science vs. Pseudoscience

“Has life been found in a meteorite?” Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy

 “NASA Scientist Says He Sees Alien Fossils in Meteorite,” Dan Satterfield, AGU Blogosphere

“Bugs From Space? Forget It,” Richard A. Kerr, ScienceInsider

“Aliens Riding Meteorites: Arsenic Redux or Something New?” David Dobbs, Neuron Culture

 

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Illegal Aliens. They’re American.

Mexico has an illegal alien problem. Most of Mexico’s illegal aliens are from the United States.

But it’s not really a problem. Despite what you read in the Washington Times and hear from Tea Party hate mongers, illegal immigration is a civil offense in Mexico, not a criminal one.* People who cross the border illegally or over-stay their visas are told to pay a small fine and fill out their papers. No one in Mexico goes to jail for simple immigration violations, and no one is deported.

 More:

“Mexico’s illegal immigrants? Americans.” Meghan Collins Sullivan, GlobalPost.

 

*Fact: It’s also a civil offense in the U.S., but you wouldn’t know that from all the rhetoric, detention centers, and deportations.

 

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Those Pesky Space Aliens

Space aliens could be a right pain, says Professor Stephen Hawking, so if you run across some leave them be. The famed astrophysicist made his remarks in a recent television program (he’s British and thinks it’s a “programme”).

Dr. Hawking belives that space aliens are probably out there. If they come here, he reasons, they will be Columbus and we’ll be Carib and Arawak indians. Seen many Caribs or Arawaks lately? Right. That’s his point.

 

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