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Does Dark Energy Really Exist? Or does Earth occupy a very unusual place in the universe? Scientific American, March 2009 By Timothy Clifton and Pedro G. Ferreira ... Most of us are very familiar with the idea that our planet is nothing more than a tiny speck orbiting a typical star, somewhere near the edge of an otherwise unnoteworthy galaxy. In the midst of a universe populated by billions of galaxies that stretch out to our cosmic horizon, we are led to believe that there is nothing special or unique about our location. But what is the evidence for this...

Since the Big Bang story of the origin of the universe has been refuted by a host of external observations and internal contradictions,1 secular science has been forced to postulate additional, exceedingly improbable events to keep it afloat. One of these is “inflation,” which attempts to explain the apparent uniformity of the universe.2 But new observations by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe are forcing cosmologists to revamp inflation, at the cost of inventing yet another miraculous event to prop it up...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- The Pakistani roommate of a man authorities say died when he detonated an explosive device outside a crowded football stadium was led in handcuffs from a party shortly after Saturday's explosion, the head of an Islamic student group said. Fazal M. Cheema, a finance major, shared a university-owned apartment with Joel Hinrichs III, 21, who died Saturday when a device attached to his body exploded as he sat on a bench outside George Lynn Cross Hall. Cheema and three other Muslim students were led in handcuffs from a party by police after the blast, Ashraf Hussein,...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ A slugfest in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate is expected to beef up the voter turnout for Tuesday's primary election in Oklahoma. Michael Clingman, secretary of the state Election Board, is predicting a moderate turnout of about 600,000 voters. That would be an increase of 100,000 votes from a similar election eight years ago. Besides a bitterly fought and expensive campaign by GOP Senate candidates, Clingman said the number of open seats in the Legislature because of term limits should increase the turnout statewide. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m....

Poll Shows Oklahoma Rep. Istook Winner of GOP Senatorial Primary Rep. Ernest Istook (R-Okla) will be a sure winner in a contest with Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys if he enters the Republican primary for the senatorial nomination in the 2004 primaries. A confidential poll by Wilson Research Strategies done for the Friends of Ernest Istook group concludes that based on an exhaustive samplings "the Republican nomination is Istook's should he decide to seek it and that Congressman Istook is the Republican's best candidate to hold any open Senate seat in 2004." The possibility that a Senate seat will be...

WV Poll Says Capito Has Big Lead Staff Charleston The West Virginia Poll says Second District Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito has a commanding lead over democratic challenger Jim Humphreys heading into the final days of the campaign. The West Virginia Poll, conducted last week by RMS Research for MetroNews, The Charleston Daily Mail, and WSAZ Newschannel 3, interviewed 336 likely voters in the Second District. Fifty-three percent of those questioned say they would be more likely to vote for Congresswoman Capito on election day. Thirty-two percent of those polled said they will vote for Humphreys. Fifteen percent were undecided. The...

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! President Bush will be visiting the Mountain State on Halloween Thursday, October 31st to stump for Shelley Moore Capito (WV-2) and U.S. Senate candidate (& FREEPER) http://www.jaywolfe.net. Click here for previous thread The following article is from last Thursday. However, it was confirmed yesterday that President Bush WILL DEFINITELY be here. I'll post the Martinsburg Journal article stating so tomorrow when it goes online.

OK Freepers residing in or near the Mountain State (that's West Virginia for those of you in Rio Lindo) - KEEP YOUR CALENDARS OPEN for next Friday, November 1st. This is BIG, BIG, BIG - so big that my source has told me not to reveal any more, but you can imagine. I do not have the details of time-of-day or specific place yet, but will report them here as soon as they become available. MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!! Go into work tomorrow and ask for next Friday off. Trust me! Gas up the car/SUV/pick'emup and be ready to go.

Editorials: Congress Wednesday October 02, 2002; 09:20 AM W.Va. needs Shelley Moore Capito, not a big-spending millionaire liberal THE Democratic Party desperately wants to regain control of the House of Representatives, where Republicans now outnumber Democrats 222 to 211, with two Independents hanging around. If the House stays Republican, the nation goes one way. If the House goes Democratic, national policies would take on a different character entirely. The divide is reflected in one of the critical races for control of the House -- the 2nd District race between Republican Shelley Moore Capito and second-time Democratic challenger Jim Humphreys. Capito...