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Mickey Z
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the Department of Homeland Security.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Canvas commodities, the death penalty, "self-directed" elephants, & our photo caption winner
Reminder: Winners in America get to buy and sell pieces of canvas covered with paint for $140 million...while the losers are sent to death row even if their lawyers don’t know their names.
And, of course, the winners take everything from the losers...including their children.
But have no fear...the good guys are out there fighting to make sure we all keep doing what we’re doing.
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Is that your trunk...or are you just glad to see me?
Some folks at the Bronx Zoo were curious to learn if elephants (in captivity) could recognize themselves in a mirror and, when the mammoth mammals demonstrated “self-directed behavior,” the researchers were quite pleased with themselves.
So, tell me: what the hell are we going to do with this information? Do we store it away somewhere for humans to read when all the elephants have finally been wiped from the face of the planet? And should elephants be kept in zoos in the first place?
Here’s a conclusion I can reach without much, ahem, research:
Humans suck...
(Recommended reading: When Elephants Weep)
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The envelope please...
"Sweater? I just met her!"
Keir Neuringer wins a free copy of this Black Panthers DVD.
(A very close second to Mew for: “Doris invoked her Black Panther past and another sweater argument was won.”)
Keir, claim yer prize...
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