Friday, January 8, 2010

Animal Farm Friday - Twofer

Over at Wired, I spotted this WWF video of a wildlife-activated camera spotting a rare Sumatran tigress and her cubs. First time ever for this type of footage apparently.

Tiger cubs sniff WWF camera trap from WWF on Vimeo.



Animal Farm Friday - Happy Flogging

Happy Feet + Flogging Molly = Rad!



Thursday, January 7, 2010

The High Price of India's Gas

I picked up on this odd little story because it had to do with a helicopter crash. But the helicopter is the least interesting part of it.

What does the mysterious helicopter crash that killed one of India’s most popular politicians have to do with White House economic czar Larry Summers? Read on…

Read on, indeed!





Wednesday, January 6, 2010

For Japanese whalers, it's open season on humans now too

Since it appears that Japanese whalers are no longer concerned for human life, maybe it's time the Sea Shepherds ramp things up a bit.



Tuesday, January 5, 2010

reddit Interviews Hitch

Some good stuff here, the sort of stuff that comes from a thoughtful person of letters. Take the time to watch it all if you can.