Last rhinos in Mozambique killed by fucking pussy poachers
The 15 threatened animals were shot dead for their horns last month in the Mozambican part of Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, which also covers South Africa and Zimbabwe.
They were thought to be the last of an estimated 300 that roamed through the special conservation area when it was established as “the world’s greatest animal kingdom” in a treaty signed by the three countries’ then presidents in 2002.
The latest deaths, and Mozambique’s failure to tackle poaching, has prompted threats by South Africa to re-erect fences between their reserves.
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Yeah if you are a poacher or like to kill any animals or humans for fun, you are a fucking pussy and deserve to die a slow, horrible death.
~ Reverend Zepto, blogg.com
You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist
from cato.org
It got a lot of attention this morning when I tweeted, “You’re Eight Times More Likely to be Killed by a Police Officer than a Terrorist.” It’s been quickly retweeted dozens of times, indicating that the idea is interesting to many people. So let’s discuss it in more than 140 characters.
In case it needs saying: Police officers are unlike terrorists in almost all respects. Crucially, the goal of the former, in their vastest majority, is to have a stable, peaceful, safe, law-abiding society, which is a goal we all share. The goal of the latter is … well, it’s complicated. I’ve cited my favorite expert on that, Audrey Kurth Cronin, here and here andhere. Needless to say, the goal of terrorists is not that peaceful, safe, stable society.
I picked up the statistic from a blog post called: “Fear of Terror Makes People Stupid,” which in turn cites the National Safety Council for this and lots of other numbers reflecting likelihoods of dying from various causes. So dispute the number(s) with them, if you care to.
Savita Halappanavar’s medically unnecessary death
“This is a Catholic country,” was what Irish doctors told Savita Halappanavar after she learned she was miscarrying her pregnancy and asked for an abortion to avoid further complications. She spent three days in agonising pain, eventually shaking, vomiting and passing out. She again asked for an abortion and was refused, because the foetus still had a heartbeat.
Then she died.
She died of septicaemia and E Coli. She died after three and a half days of excruciating pain. She died after repeatedly begging for an end to the pregnancy that was poisoning her. Her death would have been avoided if she had been given an abortion when she asked for it – when it was clear she was miscarrying, and that non-intervention would put her at risk. But the foetus, which had no chance of survival, still had a heartbeat. Its right to life quite literally trumped hers.
US politicians and “pro-life” advocates like Joe Walsh will tell you that there are no circumstances under which women need abortions to avoid death or injury. The Republican platform doesn’t include an exception for medically necessary abortion. And the Republican party is trying to put laws similar to those in Ireland on the books in the United States – laws that would allow emergency room doctors to refuse to perform abortions, even in cases where the pregnant woman’s life or health depends on terminating the pregnancy. The GOP isn’t exactly the most science-friendly or fact-reliant crowd in the world, but to them, women like Savita either don’t exist or just don’t matter.
Bill O’Reilly: “The White Establishment Is Now The Minority”
What a racist prick. This is why the GOP is dying out. We have to understand that we are all one people – all races – all religions – all genders. Fuck Bill O’Reilly and fuck the bigoted racist people of this world.
the truth is out there
During the first week after 9/11, certain people made a fortune in the stock market by knowing in advance that the stocks in the airlines and insurance companies associated with the crash would fall in value. Using that inside information, they made negative bets on the stock market called ‘put options’ (bets that a certain stock would fall in value by a certain date). Put options on the related airline and insurance companies skyrocketed by 600% before the attacks on 9/11, which means somebody knew about the attacks before they happened.
Who were these somebodies?
- Deutsche Bank A.B.
- Merrill Lynch/HSBC
- Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
- Bank of America
- Raytheon
- Lehman Brothers
- General Motors
- AXA Re
Oil sheen mysteriously appears off Louisiana’s Gulf Coast
(via cnn.com)
An oil sheen about four miles long has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of the worst oil spill in U.S. history, a Coast Guard spokesman said Thursday.
It was not immediately clear where the oil is coming from, said Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Tippets.
The Coast Guard found out about the oil sheen on September 16 after someone spotted it on a satellite image from the multinational oil and gas company BP, Tippets said. A Coast Guard response team went to the location to collect samples, and sent them to the Coast Guard Marine Safety Lab in Connecticut for testing. Test results are expected in a few weeks, Tippets said.
The service’s Marine Safety Unit Morgan City, in Louisiana, is heading up the investigation of the spill, which is in the part of the Gulf officially designated MC252. No one has reported any adverse effects on the environment or marine life, Tippets said.
The sheen is near the spot where, on April 20, 2010, BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded over the Macondo well, killing 11 workers and spewing oil that spread across a huge portion of the Gulf.
Gulf’s dolphins pay heavy price for BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill
(from rawstory.com)
A new study of dolphins living close to the site of North America’s worst ever oil spill – the BP Deepwater Horizon catastrophe two years ago – has established serious health problems afflicting the marine mammals.
The report, commissioned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA], found that many of the 32 dolphins studied were underweight, anaemic and suffering from lung and liver disease, while nearly half had low levels of a hormone that helps the mammals deal with stress as well as regulating their metabolism and immune systems.
More than 200m gallons of crude oil flowed from the well after a series of explosions on 20 April 2010, which killed 11 workers. The spill contaminated the Gulf of Mexico and its coastline in what President Barack Obama called America’s worst environmental disaster.
Paul Ryan – Man of Lies
foxnews.com (jeebus – I never thought I would link to an anti Republican article at the FAUX NEWS website)
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There are more… Paul Ryan’s pants are certainly on fire.
Police State – Tampa Florida – now
These are police at the ready to stem and control protesters at the republican national convention (an event whereby the party leader is officially nominated for the eventual electoral campaign for presidency).
People who went to the convention with the intent of disrupting proceedings will most likely be detained until the convention has completed.
They have covered their names, and are wearing full body gear to obfuscate themselves in the event misconduct of theirs could be taped.
(from reddit.com)
Police Militarization in Anaheim, CA
FUCK the police. Rise up. Bring this motherfucker DOWN.
“THOSE WHO MAKE PEACEFUL REVOLUTION IMPOSSIBLE, WILL MAKE VIOLENT REVOLUTION INEVITABLE” ~ JFK
