The Bad News:Ponzi Madness, Universal Soldiers and The Pool of Skulls

Is That Why There's A Pyramid On The Back Of The Dollar? Another day, another Ponzi scheme.  This time, it's in California and a mere $200 million was bilked from investors. The creepiest part of this story is the realization that there are probably more of these investment scams out there, waiting to be revealed. It's a good thing I invest exclusively in shot-gun shells and canned beef stew. [examiner.com]

It's Not A Death Metal Band, It's A Real Pool of Skulls: It's like a scene out of an Indiana Jones movie — a pond dries up to reveal a bed of human skulls. 100 of them. Apparently, it was just a convenient place to dump bodies post-autopsy. Makes perfect sense. Why waste beer time on digging shallow graves? [cnn.com]

In Uncle Sam We Trust: The US government would never, ever experiment on it's soldiers. Except for those couple few times back in history, but whatevs. That was then, when we thought smoking made your lungs strong and women were quieter. So these soldiers who are bringing a suit against the military, accusing that trustworthy institution of messing with their minds, must be mistaken. Clearly, they were abducted by aliens, or time-travelling Soviet madmen. [alternet.org]