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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
I'm no tree-hugging, green activist, but I'm probably a
little more environmentally sensitive than the next guy.
I recycle aluminum and glass and I don't buy plastic water
bottles (well, not many, anyway). But no matter if every
person in the United States recycled every single aluminum
can the world would still be doomed because apparently
there is no instinct for self preservation left in the
human race.
I have come to this conclusion after reading several
stories in the news recently which support this theory.
The first was Japan and China's refusal to vote for a
voluntary hiatus on the fishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna.
Apparently there are world talks on wildlife protection,
and in a recent international meeting the European Union,
the United States and a number of other countries proposed
a moratorium on harvesting bluefin tuna because their
numbers have dwindled precipitously in recently years and
many fear they will become endangered.
The Japanese don't seem to care since bluefin tuna is
a staple in thousands of Japanese sushi restaurants
(accounting for three-quarters of the global catch of
bluefin), and they have Chinese support as well.
Not that there aren't other fish in the sea, no the Japanese
and the Chinese have to have their bluefin.
Well, it is a food staple, after all, which still doesn't
quite explain both Japan's and China's refusal to support
a ban on harvesting hammerhead and oceanic whitetip sharks.
Shark meat is not extremely popular...however the fins are.
The sharks are frequently hunted for the fins alone to make
soup. A good reason to hunt a species to extinction.
In fact, the Asian nations campaigned aggressively to oppose
all marine proposals at the 175-nation Convention on Inter-
national Trade in Endangered Species.
It's a good thing we understand about protecting endangered
wildlife here in the United States. At least I thought that
until I read the story about all of the oyster poaching
going on in Chesapeake Bay.
The oysters are so popular they have been harvested down to
one percent of the population they boasted at the beginning
of the century. And despite laws to protect them, poachers
are still harvesting them for the ravenous appetites of
consumers.
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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--------- Skunk freed from jar, no one sprayed ---------
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Colorado wildlife officials said
no one was injured or sprayed when an officer freed a
skunk from an empty peanut butter jar. State Division of
Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton said a homeowner called
authorities about 10 a.m. Saturday to report the skunk
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television guy," he said. "Only the media around there
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---------- Woman calls 911 on police from jail ----------
NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Police in Illinois said a woman arrested
after an altercation with a taxi driver called 911 from
jail to say she was "trapped" in the facility. Cmdr. Mike
Anders of the Naperville police said Carly Houston, 29, of
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driver asked her for specific directions to her intended
destination and she allegedly "yelled, screamed, cursed
and extended (both) middle fingers at the cab driver and
threatened bodily harm" against him, the Naperville (Ill.)
Sun reported Tuesday. The driver pulled over at a BP gas
station, where witnesses were "alarmed and disturbed" by
the passenger's behavior, Anders said. Houston was arrested
after police arrived and she refused to pay the taxi fare.
However, Anders said Houston incurred further charges at
the police station when she used an allowed phone call to
dial 911 and report she was "trapped inside the detention
facility." She was charged with misdemeanor charges of
making a false 911 report, theft of labor or services,
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> READER COMMENTS <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Why don't we give it to the Aztecs since the NA Indians only
showed up a few years before and kicked the Aztecs out. -John
[I thought it was Cortez who exterminated the Aztecs.]
I am intrigued by the idea of combining states to save money.
I am told there was once consideration of combining Kansas,
Oklahoma and Texas but it fell apart over the proposed name:
Kotex.
I wish my 9lb 5oz baby had come out that easily. I suppose
if i was at home I could have used crisco. -Andrea
[That's quite an image, Andrea, thank you.]
Lewis, shouldn't the mother that delivered the kid in the
bathroom have called him "John"? Keep up the good work.
Lewis, that was the best law enforcing brewing standards
that I have ever heard; "In their efforts to regulate beer
quality, the ancient Babylonians decreed that any commercial
beermaker who sold unfit beer would be drowned in his/her
own libation." So, when can we start enforcing a law like
this in the United States? Maybe then we could start ex-
porting good beer instead of always having to import it.
-Maygyver
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