Jake:

I admit I am coming at this from a place of bias as a Sapient-ist, and it probably not fair for me to “What-about” with dumb animals who can’t argue back. But I do want to stand against making humans seem worse than other species too.

Yes, the elephant never forgets and this one probably didn’t forget hunters like this one either.

Enco,

Ya can’t take out the instinct of a feline notwithstanding artificial selection. They are predators to the core. I should not say that because in all likelihood given enough time and artificial selection it might be diminished and ultimately end. But as things stand our little friends are giving us gifts cuz we are part of their posse.

I…[Read more]

Jake:

You got that big game hunter story from The Drudge Report, right? He always had a soft spot for stories on non-human animals.

An many blushes, this guy was a perfect candidate for The Darwin Award. But don’t cats show the same kind of vanity when they come to your door to present you their lastest vole “trophy”?

Wouldn’t all the…[Read more]

Jake:

Whether far right or far left it is follow the leader and a descent into violence and debauchery is within the scope of real possibilities under the right circumstances.

I find this illustrative of how easily led and stupid the great majority of humans are. Berkley law students. That should mean something, right?

Disgusting, but not…[Read more]

https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/california-big-game-hunter-ernie-dosio-dead-elephants-africa-hunt

Whether far right or far left it is follow the leader and a descent into violence and debauchery is within the scope of real possibilities under the right circumstances.

I find this illustrative of how easily led and stupid the great majority of humans are. Berkley law students. That should mean something,…[Read more]

Jake and Simon:

All of this is further complicated by shifting allegiances and overlapping interests.

I recall hearing an interview in the Nineties and with Alan Handleman of a Michigan Militia head who said that the membership included Muslims. Guess somebody was doing dress rehearsals.

Right-Winger Tucker Carlson also has waxed glowingly…[Read more]

Simon:

There were 2977 deaths of victims from the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks. Any comparison of terrorist deaths between Islamist terrorists and any other terrorists from 2001 onward that doesn’t account for these victims is an absolutely crummy study, either on setting parameters or counting. And if this is the best PBS can do, it’s a small…[Read more]