It’s possible that I shall make an ass of myself. But in that case one can always get out of it with a little dialectic. I have, of course, so worded my proposition as to be right either way (K.Marx, Letter to F.Engels on the Indian Mutiny)
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Just Sign Here
Accidental Deliberations asks a pertinent question about a new Contiental Energy Plan to be done for the Fraser Institute by former premiers Ralph Klein and Brian Tobin;
"whether the report has been completed and ready for the authors' signatures from the moment they agreed to lend their names to the Fraser cause."
After all Klein already got a university degree through plagarism, so we know he will sign his name to anything. And he is the Fraser Institutes Golden Boy.
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Rodent Discovered in 1999 Makes News Today
A strikingly unusual animal was recently discovered in the cloud-forests of Peru. The large rodent is about the size of a squirrel and looks a bit like one, except its closest relatives are spiny rats.
This illustration depicts Isothrix barbarabrownae, a newly discovered species of Neotropical rodent, in its arboreal habitat. The strikingly unusual animal has long dense fur, a broad blocky head, thickly furred tail and a blackish crest of fur on the crown, nape and shoulders. It is about the size of a squirrel. (Credit: Illustration by Nancy Halliday, Courtesy of The Field Museum)
Isothrix barbarabrownae, as the new species has been named, is described in the current issue of MastozoologĂa Neotropical (Neotropical mammalogy), the principal mammalogy journal of South America. A color illustration of the bushy rodent graces the cover of the journal.
The authors of the study found the rodent in 1999 while conducting field research in Peru's Manu National Park and Biosphere Reserve Mountains in Southern Peru along the eastern slope of the Andes. Extending from lowland tropical forests in the Amazon Basin to open grasslands above the Andean tree line, Manu is home to more species of mammals and birds than any equivalently sized area in the world.
This is not the only ancient rodent recently discovered. In fact they are bursting out all over the world. And this may not be a new animal at all but another case of a living fossil.
Living Fossil
They Walk Among Us
Blonde Lobster, No Joke
Lost and Found
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Van Helsing I Presume
And along with the Movie don't forget the rock opera; Van Helsing's Curse
and the horror pastiche The Many Faces of Van Helsing;
and of course the comic; Tomb of Dracula.
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Vampire
Gothic Capitalism Redux
Pope Embraces Orthodox Church
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Virgin Birth Announced
Oh were you expecting something else?
Like maybe about some Man-God and his mother.
And it was orginally expected for her to give birth at Christmas....oh well a month late.....
It is as if Dr Ian Malcolm from Steven Spielberg’s cult classic Jurassic Park has been vindicated.
His statement ‘Life always finds a way’ rings true today as Flora, the virgin komodo dragon prepares to give birth to little dragons in the Chester Zoo, United Kingdom. Seven baby komodo dragons are due this festive season. So what is so special about the birth of these little ones? Flora conceived them without any male help.
Other reptile species produce asexually in a process known as parthenogenesis. But Flora’s virginal conception and that of another komodo dragon earlier this year at the London Zoo, are the first times it has been documented in a komodo dragon. The reptiles, renowned for their intelligence, are native to Indonesia. They are the world’s largest lizards and have no natural predators – making them survive at par with snakes and lions at the pinnacle of the animal kingdom.
Parthenogenesis is a process in which eggs become embryos without male fertilization. It has been seen in about 70 species, including snakes and lizards. Scientists are unsure about whether female komodo dragons have always had this latent ability to reproduce or if this is a new evolutionary development.
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Snakes Alive
VirginAnimals
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Dion Back Tracks On Afghanistan
It was only a month ago, when Stephane Dion running for Leadership of the Liberal Party declared he opposed the use of Canadian Troops to fight in Kandahar.
Today, well he would like to know more about the Afghanistan Mission, gee maybe he should check his cabinet notes, since it was the Liberals who sent them.
Meanwhile his second in command the warmonger Iggy says;
"I can't see any,'' Ignatieff told reporters.
He said there is "absolutely clear water'' between the Liberal and NDP positions.
"Our position is we support the mission, we support the troops but we have very strong questions about the way the mission is being handled and managed.''Gee thats not what Gerard Kennedy said during that same leadership race.
Liberal Leadership Rivals On Afghanistan
Yep "clear water", clear as mud. Turpitude continues to swirl around the issue of Afghanistan for the government, her majesty's loyal opposition and the BQ.
The NDP remains the only party consistant on their position of the Harpocrites War.
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Liberal Leadership Race