Month: March 2013

Critter News Roundup Vol.3: (Bad) Conservation News…

This was almost a special edition, but then I decided that it would be much better labeled a Critter news roundup because the whole thing DOES have a critter theme. It also, however, has a depressing conservation theme.

  • Switzerland’s Only Bear Killed Amid Threat Fears – FEB 25, 2013 08:30 AM ET // BY AFP
    The bear was “culled” in accordance with the management plan for bears in Switzerland (which i’m going to assume is “No bears aloud”). The bear was going to be a potential danger, but what I don’t understand is why death was the option they decided to try when relocation hadn’t even been experimented with. This was an irresponsible management of a rare animal.
  • Africa ‘Hemmorhaging Elephants’ at Record Rate – MAR 4, 2013 05:00 PM ET // BY JENNIFER VIEGAS
    In the past decade 62% of elephants have been killed for Ivory. The article goes over why the African Forest Elephant might be extinct within the next decade. This important umbrella species needs to be protected to protect other species!
  • 100 Million Sharks Killed Each Year – MAR 5, 2013 05:45 AM ET // BY MEGAN GANNON, LIVE SCIENCE
    Research indicates that 1 in 15 sharks is killed each year by fisheries. As economic prosperity in eastern countries grow the demand for these shark body parts grows. As apex predators sharks are slow breeders and continued fishing at this rate could be disastrous.

Movie: Galaxy Quest (1999)

It sort of blows my mind a little bit that I talk about all sorts of things on this blog, but havn’t talked about any movies so far! I decided to start old and somewhat randomly with a movie I watched on premium cable yesterday while I was being sickly.

Film: Galaxy Quest
Studio: Dreamworks SKG
Watched: Originally, forever ago. For this review, 8 March 2013

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Bigass Bigots: God hates them more than Fags…

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A pair of men were walking down a road. One of them held the leash of a poodle that was dyed pink. These oregon men were attacked for being gay by a random man who’d driven by. The attacker used a mental wrench and struck at least one of his victims. If it weren’t for the intervention of bystanders, this situation could have been a lot worse.

I don’t care who you are, or what you believe. Even if you’re a person who believes that there is a moral/religious wrong in homosexuality (for which I’ve come t doubt the biblical/support of Jesus for based on evidence – Though i still need to do some further reading and study on this matter before I declare that fact), we know that violence towards others is decidedly wrong.

Thank God for the bystanders who rose up and didn’t just permit this to happen. Hate isn’t good for anyone. For the hated it’s bad for the obvious reasons, but for the hater it is equally bad. Hate destroys from within, harms the spirit, and damages the world through the violence that it causes. Innocents get caught in the crossfire of hate.

Westboro Baptist Church seems to take great joy in hate-mongering under the guise of trying to do good in the world… But if they wanted to do good by people, should they be out there, digging wells for the thirsty, fixing food for the hungry or building homes for those without? Priorities, people. Priorities.

Jesus talked about love a lot. The only references in the text you claim say you should hate fags seems to indicate that hate wasn’t big on Jesus’ list of priorities. Seemed he cared more about loving the people he loved than hating the people he disapproved of…

 

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News Roundup Special Edition: Controlling Things

Today’s news Roundup is another special Edition. Today’s Theme? Control.

Internet UFOlogy: UFOs & Volcanos

In addition to the Bigfoot Fun, I’m entertained by following UFOlogy.

Cigar Shaped UFOs & Volcanos

In november a “giant cylinder” was seen smashing into a Mexican Volcano according to IO9. In February a “UFO” was filmed zooming past Popocatepetl, too. I don’t understand why UFOlogists are excited about this. Neither of the pieces of footage are clear or show anything of significance. In fact, when the one from February is slowed down, I see clear evidence that it’s an artifact bug flying past the camera.

In short: Both of these are unidentified, for sure. But they certainly don’t seem to give with the common UFOlogy driven definition in any way, shape or form. This is as bad as a blobsquatch.

News Roundup Special Edition: Underwater Awesome

Another day, another roundup of interesting news. Because I apparently have nothing better to do with my life than read the news.

  • High Tech Helps Protect Whales – FEB 25, 2013 09:40 AM ET // BY AFP
    In an effort to improve human understanding of whales, new tracking devices are being deployed to help us learn what they’re up to and where they go in the ocean.
  • James Cameron Deep-Sea Dive Reveals New Species – FEB 25, 2013 11:00 AM ET // BY DOUGLAS MAIN, OURAMAZINGPLANET
    Last year Cameron and his crew acquired hours of video footage at the bottom of the Pacific ocean.  A student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography UC San Diego suspects there is at least one new species: a Sea Cucumber. Other new finds are coming to light in addition to this one.
  • Lost Continent Discovered Beneath Indian Ocean – FEB 25, 2013 01:15 PM ET // BY TIM WALL
    A sliver of lost land that was once geographically pinned between Madagascar and India (prior to the complete breakup of the continents long ago) was recently discovered by science due to a volcano’s eruption brining bits of the land mass to the surface.
  • Shark Relative Had Buzz Saw Mouth – FEB 26, 2013 07:00 PM ET // BY JENNIFER VIEGAS
    Do I even have to say anything? How about a picture:

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News Roundup Special Edition: Combustibles (and a Ghost)

Sometimes… Things catch on fire…

  • Fires sparked by hand sanitizers? – February 19, 2013 // By idoubtit
    Flaming children at hospitals. The only positive so far: There are worse places in which to burst into flame. Hospitals still use the alcohol based hand sanitizers, which are far more flammable than the more commonly used by pedestrians like us non-alcohol ones. It’s suspected that the hand sanitizer and static electricity are at the root of this one.
  • Oklahoma Sheriff surprised by fire victim, considers spontaneous human combustion (UPDATE: not spontaneous) – February 19, 2013 // By idoubtit
    The case is a classic example of what’s commonly called Spontaneous Human Combustion (SCH). There are, however, no proven cases of SHC. Many cases appear to be wick-effect incinerations. As in many of the not-so-spontaneous cases, this victim was both a smoker and  a heavy drinker, leaving the SHC possibility in doubt.

Yes. This is only two stories and I normally do at least three, but I wanted badly to talk about these fire stories and didn’t have a good third. Have a fake ghost instead.

  • The CCTV camera “ghost” [fake] – February 26, 2013 // By snoma
    That’s right. Fires and fake ghosts. I could fake a better video than this… I wonder if any of my friends would take up the challenge with me…

Papal Retirement Newsdump

For some reason the Pope’s retirement is still causing a fuss. Here’s the latest on the subject!