Parachuting Mice

U.S. military to air drop toxic mice on snakes in Guam

 The U.S. military plans to air drop tens of thousands of dead mice laced with acetaminophen (Tylenol) onto foliage surrounding Andersen Air Force Base, in order to control the population of the brown tree snake. Acetaminophen is harmless to humans but toxic to the brown tree snake.

 The snakes are natives of Australia, and came to Guam on board military boats after WW II. The native bird population is defenseless against the snake and has wiped out almost all of Guam's native birds, making most of the species extinct.

 The dead mice will be fitted with tiny parachutes, so they'll catch on trees to make them more attractive to the snakes. The fear is that a similar infestation of brown tree snakes to Hawaii would cause over $2 billion in damage per year.

 The new mouse drop follows a pilot experiment in 2010 that worked well. However, activists from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) are expressing outrage that snakes will suffer, though hopefully the snakes at least won't get headaches. AP and CNN (9/2010) and Russia Today

Evidence of Bigfoot found! Seriously. For real.

If this doesn’t convince you, nothing will. David Arceneaux apparently saw two bigfoot-like creatures in Port Neches, Texas. Considering there is no physical evidence that bigfoot exists, descriptions of the creature vary wildly, and pictures are usually fuzzy and out-of-focus, I find it odd for something to be described as “bigfoot-like”. When there is some sort of unknown entity, shouldn’t the “like” part be attributed to something fathomable that others can relate to? It should be a reference point for the rest of us to know what the person is describing. For example, if I were to attempt to explain the Weekly World News Bat Boy story, I would likely start with the description of him as a batlike child because we all know what a bat looks like. And, in fact, Dictionary.com’s definition of "batlike" uses its own likeness example in the definition (batlike — n.  any placental mammal of the order Chiroptera , being a nocturnal mouselike animal flying with a pair of membranous wings).

Fortunately, we don’t have to depend solely on such hazy descriptions. Arceneaux was able to snap a photo (providing arrows and all) to silence any skeptics.

That photo, along with a detailed report of his encounter, should put any doubt of bigfoot’s existence to rest. This evidence is irrefutable. Not only does it prove what he saw, it gives the rest of us a distinct image of what to be on the lookout for. I have personally found this story to be a revelation and now that I have a vivid likeness of bigfoot to reference, I have discovered that bigfoot does indeed exist and I have proof of my own to share.

Horses vs. Cows, PART 2!!!

Consider the proverbial can of worms open!

The age old debate of horse vs. cow.  I really didn’t think MoleBoy had it in him to start this war, but let it begin. 

In all actuality his point is very valid.  Little does he know that he makes my case that I have impressed upon the modern world for the past several decades.  A horse is a stupid meaningless animal and it being a part of a routine diet would actually make its specie more utilitarian in everyway.  My age old philosophy is that a horse is less intelligent and less vital to humans than cows; and overall horses are generally useless piece of the world.  As useless as a never discovered butterfly that becomes extinct before it is ever discovered (maybe because it is very timid and has little butterfly heart attacks and blows away in a puff of little butterfly ash anytime a human is in proximity).

Let me begin with the argument of intelligence.  At first glance a horse may seem overly superior to a cow because of their trainability and their trickery.  Everyone has seen the gimmicky trick-horse at your local rodeo, carnival or travelling circus; it is very entertaining and impressive.  And no one has ever seen a trick cow, that is just crazy talk.  But that is exactly what they are a side show, mere cheap entertainment for the weak minded.  A cow could master countless tricks and could possibly even be taught to speak, but they are much more astute and reassured in their importance.  They are not susceptible to menial mind games of humans, if fact they actually smarter than most humans.  If you doubt this say something to a cow and see just how much it could care less.  Cows are bored to tears by our idiot demeanor.  The horse on the other hand is like Charlie Brown kicking the football, falling for every stupid little gimmick we come up with. 

Take riding it, for crying out loud.  A horse can fairly simply be broken to be ridden.  This is not an option for cows.  That is why bull riding is a sport.  Get on a cow/bull and it will do everything in its power to get you off.  Even a dog knows getting ridden is not a positive option.

And now that we are talking about riding a horse, let’s get to the horses vitality to humans.  Typically a horse is considered an entertainment animal.  Little girls don’t ask for baby calves for Christmas they ask for a pony.  A horses primary purpose is for riding and transportation.  But let’s face it, it isn’t the 1700’s anymore.  We have cars, bikes, planes, trains, hell we even have hovercrafts.  We don’t need a horse for transportation.  And even if we did, why the hell are camels here?  And they can endure a lot more harsh conditions.  And they are fast too. 

Everyone knows a cows utility to humans is the most essential of any animal in the world.  More beef is eaten in the world than any other meat.  2 billion pounds were produced last year.  There is no other point to make on this.

However, MoleBoy has a made a good point.  Time to let horse take some of the brunt of this.  EAT MORE HORSE!

Cows are also the first creature to integrate races and spell in a diversified Ebonics dialect.

Horses v. Cows

It is apparently a big deal that some people want to eat horses and an even bigger deal that others are willing to sell them horses to eat. I have never understood this. I have to admit it, while I’ve never eaten one, horses look delicious. They certainly look cleaner than cattle. So why, as Americans, is it ok to eat a cow but not a horse?  

Is it because horses are more attractive than cows? That’s probably easy to understand in a glamour-obsessed culture like ours. Would someone living in a mud hut on the side of a hill who had never heard of such publications as People, GQ or Cosmo care what an animal looked like if it supplied enough meat to feed their family for a year? Not likely. While not everyone eats them, I would suggest that any number of animals in the deer family are equally attractive to (if not more than) a horse.

Is it because they are domestic animals like dogs and cats? Maybe, but in America there is nothing more domestic than a cow. Cows are born, bred and raised under watchful human eyes. They are so domestic that there are more wild dogs, cats and even wild horses in this country than cows.

Maybe it’s because horses are smarter than cows. But Americans consume nearly the same amount of pork each year as beef, and pigs are generally considered to not only be smarter than dogs, but the average three-year-old child (and adolescent Arkansans).

So where is the logic? I say if we are truly a free country, we should be able to choose if we want to eat horses or not.  Those who don’t want to eat horses should stick to eating such lowly animals as chickens, pigs and cows. They should go to the auctions and buy as many horses as they want and let them run free in their pastures. Just don’t deny the rest of the country horse meat because of some strange rationale about why horses should be placed on some sort of pedestal.


P.S.
Happy Valentine’s Day Elizabeth Cook!

State run media

The first step in manipulating the public is to feed them propaganda.  Our administration is using the media to push its agenda.  This isn't a surprise to anyone.  But one needs to remember that the news is supposed to report not present its bias on issues.

Biden proves...

I don't think there is anyway to go back and correct this wrong.  The mainstream news, driven by the, near bankrupt, New York Times, has decided to give the ETV version of the news and present a story and say what they view is right or wrong about it. 

Wise up America.  Do your research before you believe everything you hear!

How can Tom Cruise be such a sucker?

What the hell?  This is some crazy stuff.

Scientology innards

Guns & Ammo

The Department of Homeland Security is set to purchase a further 21.6 million rounds of ammunition to add to the 1.6 billion bullets it has already obtained over the course of the last 10 months alone, figures which have stoked concerns that the federal agency is preparing for civil unrest.

Which brings us to another article that I read a couple of days ago.

His Hands Seem to Work

Houston’s favorite coke-infused, wife-beating, toupee-wearing creeper is at it again.  Apparently the only thing Dr. Michael Brown hates more than women is sobriety.  The infamous hand surgeon was recently arrested for choking a flight attendant and threatening to strip naked on a flight from London to Miami.

According to the Houston Chronicle:

An hour in to a Jan. 2 flight from London to Miami, Brown grabbed the flight attendant, who is not named in a criminal complaint, by her forearm and began making "rude sexual comments" to her.
After pulling away and informing a supervisor, she tried to serve Brown his in-flight meal but he stood up, spilling the food, and put his hands around her neck and began to squeeze, according to the complaint. As Brown squeezed, court records show, he asked the flight attendant if she was a strong woman.
When another flight attendant intervened, Brown grabbed both of the women around their necks using his forearms.
According to court documents, Brown then said he was going to get naked in front of all of the passengers on the British Airways flight and then began making "rude sexual comments" about what he was going to do to both women.

Then Brown reportedly went to sleep and was arrested upon landing. The question that begs to be asked is, "where were the other passengers or air marshals when all of this was going down?"  Can a man really threaten and choke two women in such a confined space without anyone noticing?  Did this flight exist in the realm of Judgment Night where no law enforcement or civilians are around to witness or intervene?

If you are unfamiliar with this one-man sideshow, here is an overview.

Conflicted

While I’m not too keen on the United States government killing its citizens via unmanned drones, I have less of a problem with it when those people are damn dirty terrorists. I am even less concerned when they are in Yemen.

Though, I must admit I am kind of confused about a president who is against enhanced interrogations such as (horror!) making prisoners stand for long periods, sleep deprivation, playing music at full volume or having to sit uncomfortably in favor of just indiscriminately killing those would-be prisoners.  However, I am not going to protest too much.

I think this policy may have found its most effective use when 16-year-old terrorist Abdulrahman al-Awlaki was killed…while eating at an outdoor restaurant. Talk about psychological warfare. Hopefully anyone trying to choke down their falafel while that was going down will think twice about becoming a jihadist.

Since when did Ricky Bobby’s son start shopping at Dollar General?

Child who says he was spanked by Dollar General clerk describes 'torture

http://www.11alive.com/news/article/275803/40/Child-spanked-by-store-clerk-describes-torture

"I felt like I had five needles sticking in me; it really hurt, I was screaming 'Mama,'" he said. "And I was crying real bad because she [the clerk] had actually hurt me...when she stopped whipping me my pants were actually a little bit warm."