World Views

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... stead.html

"Bungling gardener tries to kill cockroaches by setting fire to their nest – but blows up his lawn instead"

Fire in the hole! ... then green grass over easy.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Pseudothumbs of lemurs reveal their evolutionary linkage to humans?

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/science/omen-of ... eudothumbs

"The newly published research notes that aye-ayes, native to Madagascar, have a tiny structure comprised of bone and cartilage. It also has muscles around it "that allows it to move in three directions - much the same way that human thumbs move"

"Who can tell?" that the thumb may be best evidence that humans are descended from lemurs - not apes:
https://carta.anthropogeny.org/moca/top ... posability

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/kmart ... e-backlash

[a comment] "Good lord! Little girls have been dressing up and pretending to be brides forever.
It doesn't mean they are actually going to get married! ... geez"

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat ... 076657002/

"the law would make it a federal crime for 'any person to intentionally engage' in animal cruelty, including burning,
drowning, suffocating, impaling or otherwise injuring 'non-mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians'"

On the surface, reduction of cruelty to non-mammals seems commendable, but ...
this broad law would affect shooting of birds for sport and "humanitarian" euthanasia of said animals by vets.

For example, said animals not rescued in a house fire would constitute cruelty by the homeowner,
obligating them (or even children in the family) to attempt rescue.

Also, chickens and turkeys are "birds" ...

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/world/detour

"Motorists in southwest England will need to pay special attention when driving through Dorset County next week,
where officials are putting a 41-mile detour around a 65-foot stretch of construction work."

"The detour is estimated to take an hour to complete. The closed portion of the road
would take just over two seconds to travel at the 30 mph speed limit.

A better idea would be to sub-title the road sign:
"You can't get there from here! ... this week."

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watc ... e-advances

"The bill, which would ban abortions in the state after a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically as early as six to eight weeks after conception"

While abortion in general seems a good taboo, banning abortions for rape and incest ignores the fact that diseased DNA could be passed to the child. Over the centuries, mating by intelligent selection (and avoiding incest) has kept the general health of people from digressing.

Bills such as these at least need to be complemented with testing to determine if any significant health problems would be present in the child. If present, then the child should be immediately granted taxpayer-funded medical care (since legislation mandates the birth).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/biza ... ted-642935

"Man Had Sex With Stuffed Animals At Target"
"Assault victims included Olaf from animated Disney movie "

"man yesterday sexually assaulted a pair of 'large stuffed animal toys' inside a Target store"

Is not "dry humping" (not real intercourse) a stuffed animal
the same as public twirking with an imaginary partner.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/hea ... 070993002/

"The cow is the cow – it’s not going to evolve to meet people’s nutrient needs."

LOL: That evolution has been proven for centuries (there's adequate protein and other nutrients).
What's still uncertain is that faux meat is good nutrition. And the high price ...

"Faux meat faux ever!"

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://news.yahoo.com/automated-garden ... 13275.html

"But Edinburgh University’s new robot has actually been developed to pootle sedately around the garden,
pruning rose bushes and trimming topiary."

Seems to me ... humans have long enjoyed a "pootle sedately around the garden".
Automated "robotony" must be for the show and not inherent pleasure of gardening.

... but an automated manicurist (and hairdresser) might be appreciated
while you lounge in your garden after all your work.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.rt.com/uk/471744-boris-wins-queens-speech/

Ignore the politics - this is fun contemplation (re: "BoJo"):
What words do the letters of your names create

Rod ("RoHo", but often just "Ro")

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/m ... ham-palace

"Meghan Markle, Prince Harry photo removed from Buckingham Palace table"

A photo must be like real estate, its value is determined by "Location! Location! Location!"
... but the Queen might keep it hidden for private viewing.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3789363/posts

"La Rosa Nautica, a popular gourmet restaurant overlooking the Pacific Ocean, provides women with a gold menu without prices
while giving men a blue one with the cost details."

Seems fair! women should know what their date is willing to spend.

They could opt for Gourmet Roulette where both would be given a gold menu,
then one of them could charge the meals on their Gold Card ...
without checking the cost until the next day.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/fo ... 088801002/

Say what Black drinks

At your Halloween party at night, turn off the lights
and let guests find their own drinks.

Now, that's spooky! ...
for the homeowner with white carpets and fine furniture.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/ ... -than-ever

"Consider the kind of cash they favor: Increasingly, it’s large denominations such as $100 bills,
which are the most convenient for stashing away big sums."

... and then spending later.

Downside: Paper currency has no intrinsic value (other than fuel for a fire
... to keep warm or heat a can of beans when currency loses its value).

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.blacklistednews.com/article ... netic.html

"Prime editing offers a more stable approach because it makes very specific edits that involve breaking only one of the two strands of DNA and then making the changes right at the site of that cut. This means scientists no longer have to rely on a cell’s own DNA repair system to make the edits for them, drastically reducing the risk of unexpected or uncontrolled outcomes."

"Promising though the prime editing research has been so far, the team says there is much work to be done in the coming years,
and this is “just the beginning - rather than the end"

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/big ... igital-id/

"humans will soon be microchipped, tracked, and ultimately controlled through a global identification matrix."

The "good news" is that, like all technology, your ID chip will need to be replaced every several years
because of technology improvements (unlike evolutionary-stable fingerprints).

Consider these chips as human license plates -
no current plate no "driving" in society.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/arti ... sexes.html

"Polygamist couple say they're 'spiritually married' but encourage each other to have relationships with both sexes –
saying 'you should shine your love in every direction'"

Better take vitamins - there are more than two: https://dudeasks.com/how-many-genders-a ... e-in-2019/
and would make you a Genderbender (having relationships outside of your publicly-claimed gender corral ...
if that gender is not already a Genderbender).

OMG
How many apples* would Eve have to eat to find her gender opposite today
(assuming that Eve was "female" by historical definition)?

And there's "Bucket O' Gender" (aka "BO Gender") where your Bucket List
identifies the genders you want to experience during your lifetime.

* See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_fruit

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/flori ... ar-AAJg2Cq

"When Florida issued a call for python hunters, applications came in from near and very, very far — Iran, for instance, where one man sees a chance to fulfill his childhood dream... The invasive species has run — slithered — rampant in the Everglades since the 1960s, as the exotic pets escaped or were released into the wild."

"In parts of the Everglades there has been more than a 90% decrease in small mammal populations: raccoons, possums, marsh rabbits, light tailed deer have all been casualties to the appetite of the python. Birds and gators have not been spared either."

Re: https://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts ... te-animal/ Who knew
The panther is the Florida state animal (beach beauties would say man is the state "animal" during Sprink Break).

Rod

[Sandy]

Morning Rod,

You must admit they are beautiful snakes. But thank goodness python hunting is not on my bucket list.

xxSandy

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... mpkin.html

Who knew Squirrels dress up for Halloween

Squirrel: "Trick or treat!"
Homeowner: "Oh, nuts!"
Squirrel: "Preferably!"

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=29088

Message from Melchizedek about the coming "tribulations" ...

"transition will not be smooth and even if part of the current population will have to leave the planet, the renewal can only be achieved with a receptive population and in accordance with the will of the Father and Christ Michael. This difficult period to come will be short-lived, but it will be intense and difficult for all"

"Tribulations" may refer more to physical planetary changes (major earthquakes worldwide?).
Perhaps related, the "geomagnetic reversal", now in progress ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Ggs7nUjxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51usJ74pPP8

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/chi ... tensifies/

Just the thought is incentive for the West to go to veggie burgers
... and let China have some of our pork butts.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.coindesk.com/china-wants-co ... blockchain

Interesting use of blockchain technology, but technology that is internet-dependent
and would likely be affected by any disruption of internet communciations caused by
"geomagnetic reversal", now in progress ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Ggs7nUjxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51usJ74pPP8

How do you sell your bitcoins in a panic sell-off
when the internet is down? ... not to mention that
lotsa money (worldwide) is now "invested" in bitcoins.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.fox5ny.com/news/men-with-ps ... y-suggests

"though psychopathy may have these benefits of attracting others, there are enormous costs and risks to being psychopathic that helps clarify why not more people are psychopathic"

"by virtue of being psychopathic, one never really fits in long-term in a social group. Connections to others are tenuous and rarely will someone have your back when it really matters"

"These costs should make it clear that the potential benefits of ‘investing’ in psychopathic traits as a young man will come with some negative consequences as well"

Who knew that one could choose to be psychopathic!
... but one could choose to date a psychopath ... apparently.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... hotos.html

"MIT researchers want to build database of human excrement and are asking people
to send them photos of their bowel movements for analysis"

Of course, photos of the output - not the performance ... and no samples!
That's a biohazard, needing special shipping ('pp' intentional).

Rod