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News Briefs 07-01-2010

By red pill junkieon

Whoa… Déjà vu.

A big piece of rosca de reyes to Greg, Rick & Kat.

Quote of the Day:

“You can tell your children of the day when everyone looked up and realized that they were only tenants of this world. We have been given a new lease and a warning from the landlord.”

Excerpt from the movie ‘2010: The Year We Make Contact’

red pill junkie
Agnostic gnostic, walking conundrum & metaphysical oxymoron (with emphasis in the 'moron' part), the mysterious RPJ leaves a double life: By day he serves as Grand Master of the International Sacred Order of Lucha Libre, but at night he pursues his life-long study of everything considered mysterious and/or 'paranormal' --a term he personally detests... When he's not exploring the web looking for his daily fix of Forteana, he can be found blogging, doodling, fooling around and offering his services as news administrator and writer at The Daily Grail. He also regularly participates in other websites and podcasts like Radio Misterioso and Where Did the Road Go? He impatiently awaits for the return of the mothership in Mexico City. absurdbydesign.com
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36 Comments

  1. The Milky Way above the Alborz mountain
    Babak Tafreshi’s photography is stunning. Looking at the Milky way galaxy; this clearly seems to be depicting the body of Nuit arched over the world.

    1. Tafreshi skies
      Absolutely gorgeous and awe-inspiring photography.

      It’s one thing I hate about living in the city — I rarely see any stars, and even when I do I can count them on both hands. Most people go their whole lives without even bothering to look up at the night sky, remaining inside watching tv or at shopping malls, obliviously blinded by artificial day.

      I remember vividly when I visited New Mexico, seeing for the first time Orion striding across the horizon of the high-altitude desert, the Milky Way galaxy curling around the Earth like a mother’s arm shielding her child. We used to see that every night above our campfires, but now we have to arrange airfare and accomodation.

  2. The World Acoording to Crumb
    In reference to R. Crumb… I began reading his comics; Zap, Snatch, McC, etc. back when Nixon was in his first term. I always figured that he had to be Edgar Alan Poe reincarnated in the form of a stoner artist. A lot of his darker stuff never made print under his R. Crumb name… but you can find it, if you can find it, in old mags like Fever Dreams and Zont.

    The guy is really an incredible talent.

    1. Harvey Pekar
      Have you seen the film, American Splendor? It’s about Harvey Pekar, but Crumb makes an appearance. The lives these artists lived, it’s harrowing and eye-opening to see how they managed to create their art despite living through depression and hard times. But then, that’s the very reason why they created what they did. Just as ultra-conservative Japanese society contributes to their wildly imaginative (and morally questionable, in many cases!) manga and anime. It’s interesting how creativity thrives under pressure.

  3. Sea Shepard Idiots
    The Sea Shepard idiots once more prove Darwin correct in that whole “survival of the fittest” bit. What type of moron takes a million-dollar composite trimaran and plays chicken with a steel-hulled, clipper-bowed whaler. In Antarctic waters.

    One of these days the Japanese, or the French, or some nation is finally going to reach their level of tolerance with these creatures from the shallow end of the gene pool, and just torpedo their vessels and leave them to drown.

    I, for one, look forward to that day.

    If these eco-terrorists want to stop whaling, then the way to do that is through the courts, NOT through attention-whore tactics. All that the latter will accomplish is to get people killed, and valuable vessels damaged and/or destroyed.

    1. I think I know who the idiots are..
      These people you call “idiots” are brave and determined people who are fighting against an injustice to the whales. The waters where this happened are surpossidly protected by New Zealand and Australia. Kevin Rudd, Australian Priminister, has acknowledged that this whaling is illegal but has taken no action. If it weren’t for these “idiots”, your words, then the whole sale slaughter of the minky whales would be not known. The courts have done nothing and years ago the UN courts baned Japan from whaling in these very waters. So if all legal avenues have been exhausted with no result, what do you think should happen Gwedd?

      1. Free Willy
        I agree, Floppy.

        We need the people at the front line throwing bricks. It brings attention to a very serious issue (not just illegal whaling, but the complacency and apathy of international courts and governments), and that publicity is priceless. Paul Watson and the crew of the Sea Shepherd are very brave, passionate people, who believe in something important — better to have a cause, than have none at all. Yes, it does give the people they’re fighting ammunition, and I cringe at the extreme antics that can get people hurt, but what else can they do — the UN won’t reply to polite letters.

        Links for further information on the battle to save our marine friends:

        http://www.savejapandolphins.org/

        http://www.nrdc.org/

        http://www.seashepherd.org/

        1. You know…
          As strange as this may look, in this issue I kind of agree with Gwedd.

          I’m all in favor of stopping nations like Norway or Japan from slaughtering whales, but the approach these people take is not the answer, IMHO.

          Why do you take a top-of-the-line carbon-fibered trimaran against a steel whaling vessel that’s many times its size? I mean, either these people really thought they could play circles around the Japanese… or they intended to be rammed from the very beginning.

          Anyway, the fact that the rest of the nations let these two factions fight like adult kids is preposterous. Only because they use ‘non-lethal’ means, but sooner or later someone is going to get killed.

          1. typical
            This looks like a typical juvenile power boater stunt. These guy’s parents gave them too much money.

          2. why
            well it’s like this, for years and years they have tried the legal system, UN system, goverment systems and media to no avail. Hence this action which is the last resort. Now at least they have people like you talking about it. When it was on page 10 and going through courts and diplomatic channels, did you know about it or give a damn.
            So the end justifies the means.
            It’s a shame we need to go to extremes to get any kind of action.

        2. Well….

          Perhaps folks are tired of their message, and really don’t give two hoots.

          I don’t consider those folks brave at all. I consider them childish and irresponsible.

          Actions have consequences, and Sea Shepard needs to understand that no one else really gives a flying fig about them, or their cause. Least not where I live.

          Whales have uses and if we can harvest them and make a profit, then why not?

          Humans are on top of the food chain. It’s OUR planet, and the other species are allowed to co-exist because we haven’t found a good use for them as yet, or they haven’t become a nuisance to be dealt with.

          It might be a shock to you, but the majority of this planet’s folks are too darned busy trying to make a living, to survive, to raise families, than to worry about non-humans.

          I am not going out of my way to harm animals, but I’m also not going to stop deer hunting, moose hunting or fishing. I enjoy the sport, and even better, I enjoy the meat in my freezer that I don’t have to go to the grocer’s to buy.

          Respects,

        3. Well….

          Perhaps folks are tired of their message, and really don’t give two hoots.

          I don’t consider those folks brave at all. I consider them childish and irresponsible.

          Actions have consequences, and Sea Shepard needs to understand that no one else really gives a flying fig about them, or their cause. Least not where I live.

          Whales have uses and if we can harvest them and make a profit, then why not?

          Humans are on top of the food chain. It’s OUR planet, and the other species are allowed to co-exist because we haven’t found a good use for them as yet, or they haven’t become a nuisance to be dealt with.

          It might be a shock to you, but the majority of this planet’s folks are too darned busy trying to make a living, to survive, to raise families, than to worry about non-humans.

          I am not going out of my way to harm animals, but I’m also not going to stop deer hunting, moose hunting or fishing. I enjoy the sport, and even better, I enjoy the meat in my freezer that I don’t have to go to the grocer’s to buy.

          Respects,

          1. Shh, I’m hunting whales
            Hunting for food and only taking what you need is fine, but you don’t hunt moose with rocket-propelled grenade harpoons for ‘scientific research’, Gwedd! Unless you’re the one behind cattle mutilations? 😛

            I agree with you, it is OUR world — our world to take care of, responsibly.

            What the Japanese are doing is abhorrent. It’s not science. It’s not needed to feed hungry people. It’s pure greed and arrogance, and a contempt for nature.

            “I hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man.” – Mahatma Gandhi

    2. Late to the party…
      [quote=Gwedd]One of these days the Japanese, or the French, or some nation is finally going to reach their level of tolerance with these creatures from the shallow end of the gene pool, and just torpedo their vessels and leave them to drown.[/quote]

      I do believe that’s happened already…

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior

      Courts (especially international ones) won’t prevent anything in this case. Likewise, stupid publicity stunts either (although it may help raise the level of awareness). If the general population wants to affect change against a certain nation, perhaps the best way these days is to boycott their products.

      1. Exactly

        If the general population wants to affect change against a certain nation, perhaps the best way these days is to boycott their products.

        Exactly. The power of consumerism. Used for the good for a change.

        1. Absolutely…
          Let the market determine the validity of the product.

          If people stop buying it, then no one will be producing it. Supply and demand. It works, and works well.

          However, if people are ignoring your message, then perhaps you ought to be rethinking what it is you are doing.

          1. If people are ignoring your message?
            This story is being covered – with multiple articles in many cases – at practically every news site I visit (and that’s a lot of news sites).

            The green group received a $5 million donation as soon as the news broke — from Bob Barker.

            People aren’t ignoring their message — they’re talking about it in the comments under practically every article.

            While some of us may not agree with the green’s tactics, many of us do agree with their cause. And this stunt got their cause tens of millions of dollars in free publicity.

          2. thanks Kat
            at least someone can see the usefullness of a stunt like this. Every year these guys do battle with the whalers. Most times the media make them out to be fools. When, in fact, the Japaneese are making fools out of everyone. It takes drastic action to highlight a situation that has been pushed to the last page and ignored. I surpose when the whales are extinct, the freezer will be empty hey Gwedd!

          3. Double standards and congruency
            Look, the way I see it is this: In no good conscience can I condemn America for pretending to fight terrorists using despicable methods such as torture, while at the same time applauding Sea Shepherd for defending the whales using acts of vandalism. Because that way you lose the moral high ground —after all, in both of these cases the people justify their acts under a banner of justice.

            If we reach the conclusion that the whales need to be defended using “any means necessary”, then… Guantanamo should be kept open.

            There’s a Latin phrase: Vince in Bono Malum —no, Rick, it’s not about your favorite singer this time ;)— it means “defeat evil with good”. I really ascribe to that, because the moment you feel evil must be fought with evil, well… you might have to reconsider your motives.

          4. still???
            ‘If we reach the conclusion that the whales need to be defended using “any means necessary”, then… Guantanamo should be kept open.’

            Red Pill Junkie, should I take this to mean that you still believe the government’s story on 9/11?

          5. That’s another debate
            The End, that’s beside the point. If you need to know, I’m not convinced that 9/11 was an ‘inside job’ or that the Twin Towers were demolished with explosives. But I’m certainly aware that the world was fooled into presuming Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, and thus needed to be stopped.

            And I certainly was among the people who condemend the US for ignoring the rulings of the UN’s security council, and invading Iraq, abandoning the attempts to resolve the problem diplomatically —i.e. taking the law into their own hands.

            So, in that sense, I guess that what the Sea Shepherd guys do, could be considered ecological ‘pre-emptive strikes’. And that’s why I do not support them.

          6. traffic
            I don’t support these particular actions of the Sea Sheperd people because operating a boat like that is highly irresponsible. In my view it is childish.

            They deliberately put others (and themselves) in real danger. Just so they can get on TV, and support their cause.

            They should not be allowed to operate a powerboat.

  4. G-spot?
    What’s the difference between a g-spot and the pub?

    Most men can usually find the pub.

    thank you thank you – I’ll be here all week.

    yer ol’ pal,

    Xibalba

    1. Hello there!
      Hi X,

      Good to see you, haven’t noticed you around here much lately (although perhaps I may just be going senile).

      I suspect that you’ve probably been at the pub?
      😉

  5. Gwedd –
    I find your attitude appalling. Just because man is at “the top of the food chain” does not give him the right to exploit any creature lower down that chain except, perhaps, for the reason of his own survival.

    The Japanese do not need these whales, and as for their claim of “scientific research” – I would very much like them to explain what it is they are supposedly scientifically researching – so far they haven’t bothered to explain that one.

    The whales are in waters under the jurisdiction of Australia and New Zealand in a declared whale sanctuary. That would seem to me to suggest that by killing whales there the Japanese are violating a moral edict.

    Evidently most of the world shares your opinion that no-one should give a fig about it, as nothing has been achieved so far by diplomatic efforts. This doesn’t say very much to me about the state of the world. At least the folk risking their lives and their vessels in Antarctic waters, thus bringing this senseless slaughter of innocent creatures before that world, are making a big statement. I can only applaud them for their courage. Perhaps, finally, some way will be found to stop what I can only view as a total desecration.

    Kathrinn.

    1. Jurisdiction

      The whales are in waters under the jurisdiction of Australia and New Zealand in a declared whale sanctuary. That would seem to me to suggest that by killing whales there the Japanese are violating a moral edict.

      I agree completely.

      But then… why haven’t the Australian or the New Zealander government used their Navy vessels to patrol these sanctuaries. Why do they leave vigilantes (Sea Shepherd) to take the law into their own hands?

      When you let private citizens take the law into their own hands the end results are death squads & lynchings.

      1. when private citzens…
        …take the law in their own hands it is because the government has failed to act. If you re read my comments you will notice that all anenues have been tried to no avail. Our Government made a promise to stop this before they were elected. But they have done nothing. This is not the first time we have confronted the whalers. This has been going on for many years. The Sea Shepherd was ramed on purpose, it didn’t mean to get hit. But you try to reverse a boat designed to go forward very quickly and cut through waves in rough seas with high powered water cannon hitting you. I don’t condone violence of any kind but history is full of people doing extreme things outside of the law for the benefit of nature and humans. Without these extreme actions it would seem some things would never change. Take the old growth forests in Tasmania for intance, the oldest prestine forests in the world. They would not be here if not for many brave people doing extreme acts to prevent machinery from entering and bringing the issue to the headlines.
        The bottom line, RPJ, is that when governments fail the people, the people must act.
        If you believe this is no different then torture and terroism, then the chemical spraying has worked in effecting your way of thinking.

        1. The risk

          If you believe this is no different then torture and terroism, then the chemical spraying has worked in effecting your way of thinking.

          Perhaps all the lead in Mexico city’s atmosphere has finally accumulated in my brain to toxic levels 😉

          But I still stand by my conviction that you need to defeat evil with good; and no matter how just your cause is (in your eyes) you cannot risk losing the moral high ground.

          Because that inevitably leads to people that, feeling your cause it’s taking too long or that you’re not getting the expected results, will try to replace you in favor of young new-comers with more radicalized ideas. That’s why extremist groups usually get more violent in their actions —ETA, IRA, take your pick.

          Remember Floppy: vigilantes are only heroes in the movies 🙂

      2. Government non-action
        Red – you ask why the Australian and New Zealand governments haven’t sent naval vessels to patrol the sanctuary, it is because they are too gutless – scared of upsetting their very good trading partners and losing money; remember money is the bottom line in anything, so bugger the whales. It makes me sick.

        Regards, Kathrinn

        1. Then it’s YOUR failing
          Australia & New Zealand are a Democracy.

          So that means that the people on high offices were elected by *you* the people.

          So *you* the people have failed to elect politicians that are brave enough to defend the rule of the law in Australian territories against foregin nations. What’s the use of hiring officials that aren’t willing to do their jobs?

          It’s actually disheartening, because with all the trouble we’ve been having in Mexico in the past years, we’ve been told by some that we Mexicans are still in diapers Democracy-wise. But you Aussies have been playing this game for a longer time than us!

          That’s why I have questioned in the past the efectiveness of Democracy.

          But Democracy is like my ‘controlled folly’. I know it’s imperfect, but it’s the best we’ve got. So we’d better start using it properly.

  6. mystical G-spot ?
    there is nothing mysterious about the existance of the G-spot. It is a physical part of the females anatomy. I wonder if these reserchers were all males, if so then they haven’t done their field work.
    You don’t need a map to find it either, without going into great detail, it is located approximatly 25mm up from the opening of the virgina on the front side. It is the extension of the clitoris, which is mainly internal and is approximatly 75mm long.
    All females have it but some are more sensitve then others.

    I find research like this to be a waste of money and time when this has been known for a very long time.

    1. G-spot & Bigfoot
      oh, so the G-spot exists, huh? And next thing you’ll tell me that women can have orgasms too. Puh-leeeeeze! 😛

      All I’m sayin’ is that, if Jane Goddall goes out and says in an interview that she believes there’s a case for the existence of the G-spot, I’ll start believing 😉

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