The Continuing Legacy of Land Mines
A mahout removes the prosthetic leg from Motala, age 50, at the Friends of the Asian Elephant elephant hospital in the Mae Yao National Reserve Lampang,Thailand. Motala … Read more
Blogs
Various blogs, featuring humor, oddities, news and interesting items.
Remembering an Different Kind of Hero
I wrote the following in 2004 as the war in Iraq was spiraling out of control and there seemed precious few voices of reason. Now we are approaching … Read more
I Want My Zeppelin!
I was born in the 50s. Mother died when I was three and I was raised by my maternal grandparents. As a result, I learned to read … Read more
German City Finds New Way To Raise Revenue: Hooker Meters
In the German city of Bonn sex workers who walk the streets must buy an all evening pass from a vending machine-ostensibly to make the … Read more
The Feds Raid Gibson Guitars
Now they’ve gone too far… Photo of raid from Wall Street Journal article linked below. “Last week, the feds apparently raided the premises of Gibson Guitar, searching for “illegal … Read more
World’s Cartoonists Get Back at Assad After Brutal Dictator Broke Artist’s Hands
Last week, Ali Ferzat, a popular political cartoonist in Syria, was adbucted and beaten and left bleeding on the side of the road in an attack blamed on … Read more
Richard Dawkins on evolution, Republican candidates
A politician’s attitude to evolution is perhaps not directly important in itself. It can have unfortunate consequences on education and science policy but, compared to Perry’s and the … Read more
Bidder 70 Speaks
From a post by Kelly Fragale at Reality Sandwich Tim DeChristopher posed as a bidder in a government held oil and gas land auction. He successfully won … Read more
Iceland’s On-going Revolution
Excerpted from a post by Deena Stryker on Daily Kos An Italian radio program’s story about Iceland’s on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our media … Read more
