One Lone Whale, and Such

Here the sad story of the day...

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/12/20/184723/82?

"For the last 12 years, a single solitary whale whose vocalizations match no known living species has been tracked across the Northeast Pacific. Its wanderings match no known migratory patterns of any living whale species. Its vocalizations have also subtly deepened over the years, indicating that the whale is maturing and ageing. And, during the entire 12 year span that it has been tracked, it has been calling out for contact from others of its own kind.

"It has received no answer. Nor will it ever."

There's always a "last one" and as humans ever more rapidly end life on this planet there are sure to be more and more of these stories. Naturally the vast, vast majority will go unnoticed. Not that anyone would care, nor change their behavior in anyway... It's much too late anyhow.

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http://www.bellinghamherald.com/northwest/story/262134.html

"Rep. Jim McDermott says he's no Grinch, even though he voted against Christmas.

"The veteran Seattle Democrat voted against a House resolution recognizing the importance of Christmas, but called it a protest against President Bush's veto of a children's health care bill.

"While the Republicans are passing a resolution celebrating Christmas, the president was vetoing health care for children. There's a little bit of irony going on around here," McDermott said Thursday."

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http://alternet.org/story/52801/?page=entire

"In 1926, Justice Louis Brandeis explained the constitutional role of the separation of powers. He wrote, "The doctrine of the separation of powers was adopted by the convention of 1787 not to promote efficiency but to preclude the exercise of arbitrary power. The purpose was not to avoid friction, but, by means of the inevitable friction incident to the distribution of the governmental powers among three departments, to save the people from autocracy."

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http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Christmas-Stephen-Nissenbaum/dp/0679412239/ref=sr_1_32?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197651737&sr=1-32

"The Battle for Christmas" by Stephen Nissenbaum is yet another must read.

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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/14/wii_attracts_cockroaches/

Does the Wii attract cock roaches? I very much doubt it.