Showing posts with label offbeat news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label offbeat news. Show all posts

Friday, June 15, 2007

Giant Frogs Invade the U.S.

No joke, it's true! Discovery Channel reports:
Giant Frogs Raid Toilets, Power Lines

They're giant Cuban tree frogs, they're toxic, they have big appetites, and they're an invasive exotic species. Despite their name, there's no evidence that their presence here is due to a Castro plot. They came here from the Caribbean pet trade, and then made a break for it or were turned loose by irresponsible pet owners.

Here are some great pix and a detailed article, courtesy of the University of Florida Wildlife Extension. They come in many different colors; too bad they're so darned cute!

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Updated: Was GWB's wristwatch stolen while he was meeting a crowd in Albania?

This video from HotAir is a must see.

More here from the Byzantine Sacred Art Blog.

It's just too ironic for words. This incident just had to happen immediately after Bush promised the Albanians that he would grant "independence" to Kosovo.

Over the fully justified objections of Serbia and Russia, Bush promised something that is not his to give. Kosovo is legally part of Serbia, but it has been under US/Nato/EU occupation since 1999. During that time, the occupiers have allowed organized crime and jihadism to run rampant in Kosovo.

This world doesn't need a fountain of youth; it needs a fountain of common sense. The U.S. proclaims that it is fighting a "global war on terror." At the same time, it is attempting to take land that is sacred to Christian Serbs, with no legal justification whatsoever, and turn it over to Albanian Muslim jihadist rule.

I suppose this is Bush's idea of "democracy," and that's exactly what would happen. After all, "democracy" means "mob rule." People with any common sense would never want to live under democracy - instead, they would insist on the safeguards inherent in a republic.

For myself, I just wish we had the caliber of people, both in Serbia and in the U.S., that Serbia had during medieval times. Nearly all of Serbia's medieval kings were later canonized as saints, and deservedly so.

Update: The spin-doctoring begins...

One problem with all of this spin-doctoring is that Bush's high-speed sleight-of-hand in handing off the watch within a crowd of quick-moving people seems hard to believe. Nor does it show up anywhere on the video.

But even that is beside the point. Purely for the sake of argument, let's assume for a moment that Tony Snow was telling the truth in assuring us that GWB handed his watch to a Secret Service officer for safekeeping.

Why, then would Bush have suddenly decided, at the last moment, that he needed to put his watch in a safe place - unless he already knew that he was among people who would very likely steal it?

Here's yet another disconcerting thought:
What if Russia were to recognize the independence of California?
Don't laugh; it could happen!

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

BEER train derails, dousing Denver yard...

Admit it!

Don't you kinda wish you'd been there, if only just to see this particular spectacle first hand? Even if you don't usually think of yourself as the type of person who gawks at accidents, you might as well own up, because we all do!

Asphalt and beer? Now there's an odd combo!

Story, pic, video here!

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