Dolphins by Name Bottlenose dolphins can recognize and respond to their own “signature whistles,” strengthening the evidence that these whistles function like names.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Misc.’
July 28th, 2015 - 3:47 am § in Misc.
The 1% .. South African Style
Minister Senzeni Zokwana’s herder gets R26 a day While the poor in the YS suffer watching our rich get richer, people elsewhere are already living the American nightmare. Last year, the South African press reported that South Africa’s new Minister for agriculture, forestry and fisheries, S[...]
July 26th, 2015 - 4:43 am § in Misc.
Sunday Revelations: When travelling in rural religious America, beware the bears!
So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the LORD. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths. A true story, courtesy of David Goldstein at the Slog.[...]
July 24th, 2015 - 4:57 am § in Misc.
Science denial .. creation, evolution, vaccines … climate chnage
US roasts to hottest year on record by landslide So 2012 set a record! widespread drought absent winter average annual U.S. temperature last year up to 55.32 degrees Fahrenheit Are we gong for another record? [...]
July 23rd, 2015 - 8:03 am § in Environment, Misc.
Fishy solution: sun cream that is a load of old cods
Portuguese find another use for cod fish Portugal’s Escola Superior de Biotecnologia have developed a sunscreen made from cod bones. The product, essentially powdered cod bones, can be incorporated into sun cream to gives good UV protection, [...]
July 22nd, 2015 - 10:58 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: Who WAS This?
A. Steve Urkel B. Jaleel White C. Star of Family Matters D. voice of Sonic the Hedgehog E. Myrtle Urkel.[...]
Nagasaki
70 th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing Japan’s government has still failed to sign on to an international nuclear disarmament effort as the country marks the 70th anniversary Friday of the atomic bombing of his city. Two years ago, Mayor Tomihisa Taue said Japan’s inaction “betrayed[...]
July 22nd, 2015 - 4:53 am § in Misc.
Commercializing Growth of Marine Penises
Geoduck species of clam hauled from bottom of ocean off BC coast by divers. British Columbia is industrializing the growth of the geoduck. The giant clam has long been a subject of penis jokes until the last two decades when geoduck became a delicacy sold for $80 a pound in some restaurants in Asi[...]
Charlie Posts: 105th Anniversary of Slocum Massacre
On July 29, 1910, citizens in the small, predominately African American town of Slocum, Texas were massacred. This was one of many towns, such as Rosewood and Tulsa, where a successful, self-sufficient African American community was the sub…ject of a terrorist attack designed to maintain econo[...]