gotta love space photography

by J
This is an afterimage (from LiveScience.com) of the affects of "bottom trawling" a.k.a. dragging giant steel nets across the ocean floor to catch fish. As that linked article to TreeHugger was saying, (or if you even follow that through to the BBC news article) New Zealand and some other South Pacific countries came to an agreement that they must research an area and be sure there is no "marine ecosystem at risk" before bottom trawling.

Well isn't that nice of them, picking which ecosystems are at risk and which aren't. If you ask me, its just one more UN agreement falling short of its original intent. And if you think the
fishers who livelihoods are made doing this are going to stop... well, you've got more faith than I do.

opinions

by J

Recently at our office the hot topic was hillary "crying" (and you've gotta love the fox news take from the newsie before and after the clip, hilarious! are we supposed to take that seriously?).

Everyone was turned around from their computer screens, (a rare occasion) and someone was ranting about how "she screwed herself" and he wasn't ever voting for someone who cries, because they can't be a world leader.

I had to turn around (after politely letting them finish) and interject an important point. I asked, "What issues that she supports do you disagree with?" He didn't know any issues actually. I laughed.

So thats what passes for political discussion amongst the 20 somesthings in middle america who will be voting... Scary.

something else to make me want to cry for our future.

by J

Just when you thought there weren't enough enviromental problems with earth's eco system, GARBAGE CONTINENTS! It makes me wonder at the complete lack of responsibility amongst the human population. I hate to add another check to the list of reasons why our species deserves to choke to death but, what's more appropriate than asphixiation via our own refuse?

The article was over at the Daily Galaxy.