Published: 2:00PM BST 07 Jul 2009
Michael Jackson was obsessed with immortality and the idea of cloning himself, according to his former chauffeur.
Michael Jackson was reportedly obsessed with immortality and cloning Photo: REUTERS
The King of Pop reportedly attended a Las Vegas conference on human cloning with longtime friend Uri Geller, according to Mr Bowman.
Mr Bowman, who drove the pair to the event in 2002, said Jackson was particularly impressed with a group called the Raelians, who believe the key to eternal life is cloning.
Remembering Jackson's reaction following the conference, Mr Bowman said: "Jackson was very excited.
"He bounced out of that conference like a small child. He was smiling and on a high. I heard him and Uri talking in the back of the limo.
"He was talking about the prospect of being cloned. He grabbed Uri by both arms and told him, 'I really want to do it Uri, and I don't care how much it costs'."
The Raelian sect, who believe the human soul dies when the body dies, believe in recreating individuals from their own genetic make-up.
They have a scientific arm called Clonaid, which regularly holds fund-raisers in order to share its latest research.
Mr Bowman, 50, Jackson's driver for 10 years, told the Daily Mirror he remembers the singer talking about the cloning of Dolly the sheep in Britain in 1996, saying that the singer was "totally fascinated by it".
"Michael said he wanted a mini-version of himself cloned to carry on his legacy. He was hoping that Michael Jackson could live for ever," he said.
The Raelian movement began after a former racing car journalist, Claude Vorilhon, claimed he was contacted by an extraterrestrial who told him – in fluent French – that humans were created in laboratories by people from another planet.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Crop Circle Signals End of the WORLD?
400-foot design was discovered in a barley field in Yatesbury near Devizes and depicts the mythical phoenix reborn as it rises from the ashes.
Investigators claim more formations are referencing the possibility of a cataclysmic event occurring on December 21, 2012, which coincides with the end of the ancient Mayan calendar.
The Mayan's believed civilisation exists within a series earth cycles of 144,000 days each with the 13th expiring in December 2012, resulting in Armageddon.
Crop circle enthusiast Karen Alexander, from Gosport, Hants, said: "The phoenix is a mythical creature which symbolises rebirth and a new era in many cultures across the world.
"Within the crop circle community many believe the designs are constantly referring to December 21 and its aftermath.
"This could be interpreted as the human race or earth rising again after a monumental event.
"The patterns are becoming more intricate with every find and it is exciting to think how they are going to evolve by the time we get to 2012."
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
N. Korea will use Nuclear weapons in a "merciless offensive"
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Tuesday it would use nuclear weapons in a "merciless offensive" if provoked — its latest bellicose rhetoric apparently aimed at deterring any international punishment for its recent atomic test blast.
Pyongyang raised tensions a notch by reviving its rhetoric in a commentary in the state-run Minju Joson newspaper Tuesday.
"Our nuclear deterrent will be a strong defensive means ... as well as a merciless offensive means to deal a just retaliatory strike to those who touch the country's dignity and sovereignty even a bit," said the commentary, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency
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Pyongyang raised tensions a notch by reviving its rhetoric in a commentary in the state-run Minju Joson newspaper Tuesday.
"Our nuclear deterrent will be a strong defensive means ... as well as a merciless offensive means to deal a just retaliatory strike to those who touch the country's dignity and sovereignty even a bit," said the commentary, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
David Carradine Commits SUICIDE by Hanging
CNN is reporting that veteran actor David Carradine has died.
Various other news agencies – including Thailand’s English-language newspaper The Nation – are reporting that the 73-year-old was found in his Bangkok hotel room, a victim of an apparent suicide by hanging.
Carradine is best-known for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill movies, as well as TV guest spots on Alias, Medium, Eve, In Case of Emergency and the new Fox drama series Mental.
Carradine starred on the 1970s series Kung Fu and the 1990s follow-up, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.
Carradine is the eldest son of legendary character actor John Carradine, and is the brother of Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine and Michael Bowen. He had actress daughters Calista Carradine and Kansas Carradine, and nieces Ever Carradine and Martha Plimpton.
He starred in more than 100 movies, dozens of TV movies and theatre roles. Carradine received Golden Globe nominations for his role in Bound for Glory (1976) and North and South (1985), and a best actor Emmy nomination for Kung Fu.
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Various other news agencies – including Thailand’s English-language newspaper The Nation – are reporting that the 73-year-old was found in his Bangkok hotel room, a victim of an apparent suicide by hanging.
Carradine is best-known for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill movies, as well as TV guest spots on Alias, Medium, Eve, In Case of Emergency and the new Fox drama series Mental.
Carradine starred on the 1970s series Kung Fu and the 1990s follow-up, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.
Carradine is the eldest son of legendary character actor John Carradine, and is the brother of Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine and Michael Bowen. He had actress daughters Calista Carradine and Kansas Carradine, and nieces Ever Carradine and Martha Plimpton.
He starred in more than 100 movies, dozens of TV movies and theatre roles. Carradine received Golden Globe nominations for his role in Bound for Glory (1976) and North and South (1985), and a best actor Emmy nomination for Kung Fu.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Was Flight 447 blown up?
Investigators are examining a bomb threat called in on a flight from Buenos Aires to Paris just days before Flight 447 disappeared over the Atlantic ocean, it has been revealed.
Aviation authorities are examining the possibility of a link between the threat to the Buenos Aires flight and the mysterious disappearance of Flight 447 with 228 people on board, a source has claimed.
Meanwhile an Air France pilot said it was 'highly likely' the jet was blown out of the sky by a bomb.
The long-haul captain said he believed Flight 447 was the victim of terrorist attack. No terrorist group has yet come forward to claim responsibility for such an attack, but the French government - baffled by the disappearance of the aircraft - has not ruled such an attack out.
Speaking under condition of anonymity to Le Figaro newspaper the pilot said: 'It is highly likely a bomb went off on board.
'I have flown these jets for Air France for more than ten years, and the chances of an electrical fault seem unfeasible to me.'
Ezeiza International Airport officials in Buenos Aires delayed an Air France flight from the city to Paris on the evening of May 27 after the bomb threat was called in
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Aviation authorities are examining the possibility of a link between the threat to the Buenos Aires flight and the mysterious disappearance of Flight 447 with 228 people on board, a source has claimed.
Meanwhile an Air France pilot said it was 'highly likely' the jet was blown out of the sky by a bomb.
The long-haul captain said he believed Flight 447 was the victim of terrorist attack. No terrorist group has yet come forward to claim responsibility for such an attack, but the French government - baffled by the disappearance of the aircraft - has not ruled such an attack out.
Speaking under condition of anonymity to Le Figaro newspaper the pilot said: 'It is highly likely a bomb went off on board.
'I have flown these jets for Air France for more than ten years, and the chances of an electrical fault seem unfeasible to me.'
Ezeiza International Airport officials in Buenos Aires delayed an Air France flight from the city to Paris on the evening of May 27 after the bomb threat was called in
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
North Korea Threatens US with Military Strike
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea threatened military strikes on U.S. and South Korean ships Wednesday and renounced a 1953 truce halting the Korean War fighting - an escalation of tensions in the wake of Pyongyang's nuclear test.
The threats, which follow Seoul's decision to join more than 90 nations in stopping and inspecting ships suspected of transporting banned weapons, raised the prospect of a naval clash off Korea's west coast.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton responded by saying North Korea faces consequences for its nuclear and missile tests and denouncing its "provocative and belligerent" threats. She also underscored the firmness of the U.S. treaty commitment to defend South Korea and Japan, which are in easy range of North Korean missiles.
The U.N. Security Council was debating how to punish the North for its nuclear test Monday, what President Barack Obama called a "blatant violation" of international law.
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The threats, which follow Seoul's decision to join more than 90 nations in stopping and inspecting ships suspected of transporting banned weapons, raised the prospect of a naval clash off Korea's west coast.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton responded by saying North Korea faces consequences for its nuclear and missile tests and denouncing its "provocative and belligerent" threats. She also underscored the firmness of the U.S. treaty commitment to defend South Korea and Japan, which are in easy range of North Korean missiles.
The U.N. Security Council was debating how to punish the North for its nuclear test Monday, what President Barack Obama called a "blatant violation" of international law.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
World War 3?
Military confrontation could embroil U.S. & China, lead to world war three
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A ruling party lawmaker today urged Japan to break the terms of its pacifist constitution and pre-emptively attack North Korea following the Stalinist state’s nuclear bomb test.
“North Korea poses a serious and realistic threat to Japan,” stated former defense chief Gen Nakatani in Tokyo at a meeting of Liberal Democratic Party officials. “We must look at active missile defense such as attacking an enemy’s territory and bases.”
Nakatani said the attack could be accomplished by equipping navy ships with cruise missiles.
The former defense minister’s warning arrives on the heels of an LDP panel proposal that Japan should change the terms of its pacifist constitution, written by the U.S. after world war two to prevent Japan using hostile force to settle geopolitical disputes, to enable a military attack on North Korea.
“The Japanese government has built a defense network since a North Korean Taepodong-1 missile flew over Japan in 1998 that includes anti-missile batteries around Tokyo and is expanding to other major cities. Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada in March ordered the shooting down of any North Korean missile or related debris that entered Japanese territory,” reports Bloomberg.
It’s not an exaggeration to conclude that any attack on North Korea could eventually lead to world war three. North Korea and China are allies and both have nuclear weapons. If North Korea is attacked by anyone, its first course of action would be to strike South Korea, a close ally of the United States. This would obligate the U.S. to retaliate, bringing American troops to the Chinese border and any escalation from that point would be a disaster.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A ruling party lawmaker today urged Japan to break the terms of its pacifist constitution and pre-emptively attack North Korea following the Stalinist state’s nuclear bomb test.
“North Korea poses a serious and realistic threat to Japan,” stated former defense chief Gen Nakatani in Tokyo at a meeting of Liberal Democratic Party officials. “We must look at active missile defense such as attacking an enemy’s territory and bases.”
Nakatani said the attack could be accomplished by equipping navy ships with cruise missiles.
The former defense minister’s warning arrives on the heels of an LDP panel proposal that Japan should change the terms of its pacifist constitution, written by the U.S. after world war two to prevent Japan using hostile force to settle geopolitical disputes, to enable a military attack on North Korea.
“The Japanese government has built a defense network since a North Korean Taepodong-1 missile flew over Japan in 1998 that includes anti-missile batteries around Tokyo and is expanding to other major cities. Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada in March ordered the shooting down of any North Korean missile or related debris that entered Japanese territory,” reports Bloomberg.
It’s not an exaggeration to conclude that any attack on North Korea could eventually lead to world war three. North Korea and China are allies and both have nuclear weapons. If North Korea is attacked by anyone, its first course of action would be to strike South Korea, a close ally of the United States. This would obligate the U.S. to retaliate, bringing American troops to the Chinese border and any escalation from that point would be a disaster.
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