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Gwyneth Paltrow's Ads for Tod's Cause Outrage

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:30:03 GMT

clipped by: pitim
clipper's remarks: .. It's a terrible example to set for a young child, promoting an industry that electrocutes animals, snaps their necks and skins them alive."

Clip Source: myitthings.com

Gwyneth Paltrow is starring in the Tod's fall 2008 campaign, but the newly released advertisements have caused an outrage amongst animal rights activists. The actress modeled the Italian company's fall 2008 collection, draped in fox fur, wearing fur-lined boots, and sporting leather, ostrich and snakeskin accessories.

Ironically, Gwyneth Paltrow is known for being one of the more eco-friendly celebrities and her husband, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, is a prominent celebrity vegetarian. Even more so, Gwyneth has infuriated her personal friend, designer Stella McCartney, who does not use any animal products in her gorgeous designs.

But husband and designer-friend aside, she has really enraged animal rights advocacy groups, such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Respect for Animals, causing them to lash out. PETA even went as far as to criticize her parenting skills: "Gwyneth Paltrow won't be the apple of her daughter's eye if she continues to flaunt fur...

Tags: tod's, gwyneth paltrow, celebrity, anti-fur, green, peta, eco-friendly, vegetarian, stella mccartney, controversy

Amazing Facts About Animals World

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:39:15 GMT

clipped by: milmufmas

Clip Source: www.scienceray.com

1. Dolphins sleep with one eye open

2. Crocodiles are blind in the water but very keen of sight in the air.

3. Crocodiles are color-blind.

4. Owls are the only bird that can see the color blue.

5. Unlike all other insects, flies have five eyes. They have two large eyes and three smaller eyes between them.

6. Snails have four noses.

7. Giraffes have no vocal chords

8. The tongues of chameleons are as long as it's body or even longer. Some chameleon types have a tongue longer than two times of it's body. 9. The tongues of chameleons are faster than a fighter jet.

10. The eyes of ostrich's are bigger than their brains.

11. An ant can lift fifty times of it's own weight

12. A cockroach can survive without it's head for nine days. At the end of nine day, it dies because of hunger.

13. A tarantula can survive for more than two years without food.

Sexiest cooks on TV

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:42:46 GMT

clipped by: rlmrdl
clipper's remarks: carnivores prepared to show ALL of the process.

Clip Source: www.channel4.com

What's the wildest thing you've ever eaten? Ants? Ostrich? Blowfish? Cat? Dog? Dog!

Tommi Miers and Guy Grieve hunt, shoot, fish and forage for some of the best wild food in the UK

New Program Aids Homeless Vets, But Not Nearly Enough

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:28:10 GMT

clipped by: cptenaud
clipper's remarks: The shelter that housed the two homeless Vets, called "Soldier On", was mentioned in an article from the Boston Herald today. Veterans in the Boston area and across the nation are getting some much needed assistance in securing their own rental homes, thanks to a new federal program.

Last week, housing authorities from Boston to Northampton began issuing 245 rental assistance vouchers to chronically homeless veterans. In the Boston area, 1,950 former service members are considered homeless.

"With the new number of homeless vets that we are creating because of Iraq and Afghanistan, this is focusing on their needs," said U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Somerville), who will make a formal announcement Tuesday

Clip Source: www.vetvoice.com

by: RockRichard

Mon Jul 07, 2008

I'm sure we all remember this little SNAFU from our favorite ostrich, Bill O'Reilly:

[Video]

On the heels of Bill's ridiculous assertion, I wrote him an open letter. Here is an excerpt:

Dear Bill, I seem to remember you stating that if anyone can find a homeless veteran, just let you know and you'd house them. Well, Bill, today I happened across an article from the Associated Press. Let me introduce you to a couple Veterans:

LEEDS, Mass. - Peter Mohan traces the path from the Iraqi battlefield to this lifeless conference room, where he sits in a kilt and a Camp Kill Yourself T-shirt and calmly describes how he became a sad cliche: a homeless veteran.

...Mike Lally, still only 26 years old, is here, booted out of his house by his wife, padding around in an old T-shirt and sweats at a Leeds shelter called Soldier On, trying to get sober and perhaps, on a day he can envision but not yet grasp, get his home and family and life back.

Tags: homeless, veterans

No, Global Warming did NOT stop in 1998!

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:06:00 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: Facts, Willie and all you other ostrich's!

Clip Source: gristmill.grist.org

Objection: Global temperatures have been trending down since 1998. Global warming is over.

Answer: At the time, 1998 was a record high year in both the CRU and the NASA GISS analyses. In fact, it blew away the previous record by .2 degrees C. (That previous record went all the way back to 1997, by the way!)

According to NASA, it was elevated far above the trend line because 1998 was the year of the strongest El Nino of the century. Choosing that year as a starting point is a classic cherry pick and demonstrates why it is necessary to remove chaotic year-to year-variability (aka: weather) by smoothing out the data. Looking at CRU's graph below, you can see the result of that smoothing in black.

Clearly 1998 is an anomaly and the trend has not reversed.

Republicans on Climate; Ignorant and Proud of it

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:22:27 GMT

clipped by: Wisco
clipper's remarks: A Congressional Insiders Poll show that the GOP not only puts out anti-climate propaganda, but they believe it too. I suppose it shouldn't surprise anyone that they're mostly stupid on this issue, for the most part they think invading Iraq was a wonderful idea.

Clip Source: www.nationaljournal.com

Q: Do you think it's been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the Earth is warming because of man-made pollution?

Democrats (39 votes)

      Now          April 2006
Yes   95 percent   98 percent
No     5 percent    2 percent

"Only the loonies think otherwise."

"Science, around the world, is in agreement."

"When Columbus returned to Spain from the New World in 1493, was he still asked if the world was flat?"

"Only an ostrich with its head in the sand would deny man-made global warming."

Republicans (39 votes)

      Now          April 2006
Yes   26 percent   23 percent
No    74 percent   77 percent

"No, not man-made pollution alone."

"Human contribution is minimal, but pollution should be reduced for a cleaner environment."

"It's been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Democrats are OK with the idea of surrendering our spot atop the world economy."

Tags: news

facts

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:38:38 GMT

clipped by: mel5992
clipper's remarks: hahaha

Clip Source: actiii.net

In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female.
Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

Starfish don't have brains.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending
machines with one exception: Prophylactics may be
dispensed from a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises."

In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England -
but only in tropical fish stores.

Winter the dolphin gets a prosthetic tail

Tue, 06 May 2008 18:17:00 GMT

clipped by: michellezm
clipper's remarks: "With a dolphin, it needs to move along with her full spine. But the months of work were worth it.

When Winter was finally fitted with a 30in silicone and plastic tail she was a dolphin transformed.

She may never be the most elegant dolphin who ever swam but, as she splashes about in the aquarium, it is safe to say that she probably doesn't care. "

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Two years ago Winter was the dolphin that could not swim.

Instead of powering through the water with a flick of her tail, the bottlenose could barely waggle from side to side.

She had lost her tail in a crab trap at just two months old and was found floating in distress off the coast of Florida.

Winter survived but there was a problem … where her tail should have been there was only a stump.

Aquarium director David Yates said: "She had to learn how to swim without a tail, which no dolphin has ever done in captivity.

"We didn't know if she could do that. But vets feared her waggling might damage her spine.

Their solution was an artificial tail and Kevin Carroll, who has designed prosthetics for dogs, an ostrich, and even a duck, offered his services.

"Little did I know it was going to take a year and a half. He added: "With a person, when we fit a socket we have one long, solid bone. We don't have to have the socket moving in every direction.

Cassowary - most dangerous bird in the world

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:22:56 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: We're sure to take the sign seriously: Don't feed the birds!

Clip Source: www.sandiegozoo.org

Birds: Cassowary

Range: northern Australia, New Guinea, and surrounding islands
Habitat: tropical forests, wetlands

Watch out!

The cassowary is rightfully considered the most dangerous bird in the world! Its three-toed feet have daggerlike claws from the inner toe that are up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) long! It can slice open any predator or potential threat with a single swift kick and can run 31 miles per hour (50 kilometers per hour) through the dense forest underbrush. A cassowary can also jump nearly 7 feet (2 meters) straight up into the air and swim like a champ, so the bird is quite good at fending off threats or escaping danger! That long claw also comes in handy when digging for fallen fruit in the leaf litter.

Important rain forest gardeners

Cassowaries are frugivores that feed on the fruits of several hundred rain forest plants. Because their digestive tracts are relatively short, their droppings contain fruit seeds that are only partially digested.

Tags: cassowary, cassowarie, emu, ostrich, avian, australia, new guiinea, san diego zoo

Ireland- the good the bad & the ugly

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:51:51 GMT

clipped by: tidbit2
clipper's remarks: more funny stuff
Most dangerous thing in Africa = Angry Hippo.
Most dangerous thing in Ireland = Angry bumble bee.
got to link hyperspace into wierd wonderful world of boards.ie
the after hours topics/discussions can ve fairly interesting special if your irish or think you are

Clip Source: www.boards.ie

Good things - Culture, following of music, rich history.. Great sights to see, not too hot (although rains a bit too much).

Bad things - Expensive to live here, housing costs, food, drink, Stupid things like VRT... Awful health system and roadworks. Weather is about as predictable as an ostrich on steroids.

Still in saying that, I like Ireland. Just a bit costly. But if you're rich and healthy, the craic is ninety.

People, scenery, culture, decent Guinness, relatively safe, little or no chance of being killed in a natural disaster.

No doubt the usual suspects will be on saying how much better things are in Belgium or wherever but that's my opinion

Good Things: Our sense of pride, our down to earth attitude, our dark humour, Father Ted, The fact we turned ourselves from a third world country into a rich country and our ability to absorbs huge quantities of alochol

Bad Things: Justice and Health System, Very limited on what you can buy, expensive and Knackers

good

and bad

about Ireland

He is not the decider

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:58:47 GMT

clipped by: wendy6552

Clip Source: www.thepetitionsite.com

He is not a well person,he is not in charge and his handlers have been using him as a dummy puppet,a front man,the idiot fall guy and as a professional I feel his mental state is severly in question.They have taken this sosiopathic,pitiful guy and convinced him that "HE IS THE DECIDER" he is a distraction.The folks at the wheel have us convinced that he is in charge.He is not,he is part of and only the tip of one of the most corrupt poliical iceburg machines we have been under the oppression of in quite a while.Look past this guy G.W Bush to see the real story,that is what they don't want you to do.He is a smoke screen folks,a dummy propped up to distract us.Starting to see? Sociopaths have no conscious re their destruction and inhumane behavior.

Tell George Bush the REAL State of the Union

Tags: optional. separate by commas., ostrich alert, humanity/politics

The many faces of Africa

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:05:42 GMT

clipped by: dakotayii

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Two Wodaabe Charm Dancers, Nige

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Surma Man, Ethiopia

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Maasai Warrior with Ostrich Feather Headdress, Kenya

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Bassari Initiate, Senegal

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Surma Girl, Ethiopia

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Wodaabe Man Preparing for Charm Dance, Niger

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Wodaabe Man at Geerewol Beauty Dance, Niger

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Berber Child Bride, Morocco

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Fulani Bride, Mali

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Zulu Bride, South Africa

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Karo Courtship Dancer, Ethiopia

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Painted Karo Courtship Dancer, Ethiopia

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Yoruba Mask Portraying Pregnant Girl, Benin

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Ndebele House Painting, South Africa

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Advisor to the Sultan of Agadez, Niger

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Female Companions of Maasai Warriors, Kenya

Clip Source: www.africanceremonies.com

Bodyguard of the Sultan of Agadez, Niger

Tags: photography

White teen kills four blacks in rifle rampage in South African squatter camp

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:12:54 GMT

clipped by: michellezm

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

A white teenage boy told his mother he "snapped" just before he was arrested by police for opening fire on a South African squatter camp, killing a baby, a young boy, and two adults.

"Mom, something just snapped inside me," 18-year-old Johan Nel reportedly told his mother Corrie just before he was arrested by South African police for the incident.

Nel allegedly shouted the derogatory term "kaffir, kaffir, kaffir" as he began shooting his .303 rifle at the Swartruggens camp, 100 miles west of Johannesburg.

His victims included a three-month-old baby, a 10-year-old boy, a 30-year-old man, and a woman who died 24 hours later in hospital. A further seven people suffered gunshot wounds, three seriously.

'Something just snapped': Johan Nel, with the gun he reportedly used to open fire

"He even shot an ostrich in the veld,

Nearly 100 people protested outside the Swartruggens Magistrates' Court as Nel was charged today

Nearly 100 people chanted, "Kill the Boer, kill the farmer,"

ANTI CHOICE... per Bush Future Nominee for Life

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:24:00 GMT

clipped by: wendy6552
clipper's remarks: yes this site is asking for money ,my intent is to mearly calL attention to this possible disaster called-ANTI CHOICE,FED JUDGE NOMINEE

Clip Source: secure2.convio.net

You probably haven't heard of Richard Honaker, and President Bush wants to keep it that way.

Help say NO to this radical nominee.

Honaker has a long history of fighting to deny women access to safe, legal reproductive services and now President Bush has nominated this anti-choice radical for a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

Tags: optional. separate by commas., ostrich alert, knowledge is power, humans