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Man turns down $5,000,000,000 (that's 5 Billion) to save ancestral lands

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:33:04 GMT

clipped by: Newfman
clipper's remarks: I would love to say that I would make the same decision, but damn- that’s a lot zeros coming after that ‘5′. Big props and much respect to Jeffrey Lee.

Clip Source: www.planetsave.com

JEFFREY LEE is not interested in the soaring price of uranium, which could make him one of the world’s richest men.

“This is my country. Look, it’s beautiful and I fear somebody will disturb it,” he says, waving his arm across a view of rocky land surrounded by Kakadu National Park, where the French energy giant Areva wants to extract 14,000 tonnes of uranium worth more than $5 billion.

Mr Lee, the shy 36-year-old sole member of the Djok clan and the senior custodian of the Koongarra uranium deposit, has decided never to allow the ecologically sensitive land to be mined.

“There are sacred sites, there are burial sites and there are other special places out there which are my responsibility to look after,” Mr Lee told the Herald.

“I’m not interested in white people offering me this or that … it doesn’t mean a thing.

“I’m not interested in money. I’ve got a job; I can buy tucker; I can go fishing and hunting. That’s all that matters to me.”

Tags: hero

The Myth, the Math, the Sex

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:20:29 GMT

clipped by: Djiezes

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

The Myth, the Math, the Sex

EVERYONE knows men are promiscuous by nature. It’s part of the genetic strategy that evolved to help men spread their genes far and wide. The strategy is different for a woman, who has to go through so much just to have a baby and then nurture it. She is genetically programmed to want just one man who will stick with her and help raise their children.

But there is just one problem, mathematicians say. It is logically impossible for heterosexual men to have more partners on average than heterosexual women. Those survey results cannot be correct.

In fact, he added, the survey data themselves may be part of the problem. If asked, a man, believing that he should have a lot of partners, may feel compelled to exaggerate, and a woman, believing that she should have few partners, may minimize her past.

“In this way,” Dr. Gale said, “the false conclusions people draw from these surveys may have a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy.”

Tags: sex, survey, math, mathematics, study, poll, logic

Carlin on religion

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:30:09 GMT

clipped by: lifecyce1898

Clip Source: edkrebs.com

George Carlin

...But in the Bullshit Department, the businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman. 'Cause I gotta tell ya the truth, folks, when it comes to Bullshit, big time, major league BULLSHIT, you have to stand in awe, in awe, of the all time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims: RELIGION! .... No contest, no contest!!

(thunderous applause)

Life is sacred? Who said so, God? Hey, if you read history you'll realize that God is one of the leading causes of death...has been for thousands of years. Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, all taking turns killing each other because God told them it was a good idea.

Instead of school busing and prayer in schools, which are both controversial, why not a joint solution? Prayer in buses. Just drive these kids around all day and let them pray their fuckn' empty little heads off.

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Tags: religion

Best 15 National Geographic pictures of 05 06

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:14:59 GMT

clipped by: fukengruvin
clipper's remarks: "I have just received by email those 15 pictures, the email title claims that they are the best National Geographic pictures for the year 2005 2006, they are simply gorgeous, needless to say that I am not the owner nor the copyright holder of any, I am just sharing them for the pleasure of your and my eyes. Click on each for full size image."

Clip Source: www.adidap.com

Best 15 National Geographic pictures of 05 06

Tags: pictures, national, geographic, best

Weird things you would never know!

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:58:22 GMT

clipped by: tron2007

Clip Source: masalajokes.blogspot.com

Weird things you would never know! (but do now!)

* A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

* Most lipsticks contains fish scales.

* Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

* A shrimp's heart is in its head.

* The "sixth stick sheil's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

* Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

* Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteris in your ear by 700 times.

* If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib.

* If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

* A Snall can sleep for three years.

* No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH".

* Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

* Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

* Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

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