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The Heretofore Unpublished Letters of Ernest Glitch
Roger Curry writes "Letters to Michael Faraday in 1856 from previously unknown victorian experimentalist Ernest Glitch have recently been discovered. The history of science may need to be revised. His letters, and accounts of his work, would appear to indicate the observation of laser action in air, a Victorian Nitrogen Laser, more than a century before Maiman first demonstrated his ruby laser. Also, in a letter dated 8th July 1856 he notes the crystallisation of the fullerene C60 some 150 years before Kroto. Amazingly, there are also accounts of a Liquid-Fuel Rocket Engine detailing the use of hypergolic propellants and deLaval nozzles, a Victorian Tesla Coil, with reference to a possible medieval Coil, and Manned Flight achieved long before the Wright Bros., using Multiple Valve-less Pulse Jets."
With the other fakers, the one that was looking like a Nobel candidate until it was discovered he had been faking the results (and therefore conclusions) of his experiments for the past few years.
I'm also reminded of the apparently bogus papers that have been making their way into peer-reviewed journals of theoretical physics.
The abuse of the ass-istant in these articles, especially the part about getting his scrotum burned off, are too much. I just don't think I buy this stuff.
Jeb did stay out of the issue. Don't let the facts get in the way of your arguments, however; I find it so amusing!
While Jeb supposedly recused himself, that was simply window dressing. During an interview on NBC's Today show on Nov. 29, former President Bush let slip the truth:
"I'm trying to stay out of politics. Stay off the stage, leave this to George and his very capable team. Leave it to Jeb [and] his equally capable team."
The admission that Jeb and his "capable team" were taking care of the family's political business in Florida clashed with the official story of Jeb as uninvolved.
Try not to be so naive.