The Oar fish (Enter some unintelligible word here meant to be the scientific name) is the stuff of legends. Many historians believe that this is where the idea of giant sea serpents come from. They are the world's boniest fish (A pain to eat) and can grow up to 50 feet long. They are known to stay at the deepest depths of the ocean and are very rarely seen, let alone studied.
So you can imagine everyone's surprise when people see an Oar fish carcass washed up on the beach. This 18 ft wonder can be left to circumstance. This occurance is very rare, but not entirely impossible, so no need to worry.
However, when a second one shows up within a week, this one 14 ft long, also dead, it leaves many people wondering.
What is going on down there?
One dead, fine. But TWO? This is too much. This is near impossible!
So that leaves us with the question, what is going on, and obviously, how do we prevent the death countless of priceless species?
Many people have different theories. Some say it is a sign of a major earthquake to hit various parts of the earth, a few say it's the end of the world with the 3rd coming of Jesus, and for those of us a bit more rational, the nuclear power leak from Japan finally reaching us is a definite possibility. This is very unfortunate, because we can not think of a way to prevent harm caused from this.
Sea world, the Scripps research institute and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) are working together to solve this "murder mystery."
Issue is, experts weren't expecting for the Nuclear material to reach the US West Coast this soon. So, if the case may be that it isn't all the Japanese's fault, what is down there and how is it affecting these majestic creatures?
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Romney and more importantly, Israel.
Thankfully, Gov. Mitt Romney, delivered a speech defending Israel, which I was very pleased with. Some things, however, may have bugged me. I have to say that unlike the Teddy Bear in office now, Mitt has a brain. He agrees with what Israel must do to protect it's citizens and yadda yadda.
This post isn't about whether or not I support Mitt in his opinion, thats way too obvious. Nor is it necessary to pour over every detail in the speech. That would be frustrating, useless and to be frank, boring.
This was just a segway into my more important topic, the State of Israel and her safety.
Let me give you actual events that have occured in the state of Israel.
A pregnant women drives up to the Border of Israel and asks for entry, showing the border control personel her doctor appointment paper. Her doctors appointment was legit. So what's the problem? She's not on the list.
I don't mean the list a bouncer looks at to see if you have the right connections. I mean the list that shows if it is needed to enter. To do this, a doctor would have to call up and assure the border control that it's necessary. But he didn't.
Raise your hand if you would see this women in the 7th month and allow her access.
All of you can now go write letters to the families of the people she blew to peices.
But you're going to ask, why did she do this?
This women was not married.
She was pregnant.
This disgraced her family.
So she did the right thing to restore the family honor. Sometimes this would be that the father or brother would have to behead her and show it as proof at the local court.
And before you start balking, yes this actually does happen. True story.
Now raise your hands if you would still bend the rules for a seemingly innocent women?
I should let you know, even I want to raise my own hand.
However, lets think rationally. This women is a victim. What's her fault in this? One could argue that her fault was the decision she made. But I am far more forgiving and I'm currently writing a letter to those families I mentioned earlier.
This women was born and raised in a hostile environment with strict rules and a censored press. How could she know any better?
That is something you can all think about on your time. But this is my time and I don't feel like arguing the decisions of a woman placed in a difficult situation.
I wouldn't mind arguing the decision of a man placed in an equally difficult situation.
True story:
It's a war, like usual.
An ambulance roars past with victims inside. A soldier and his partner who are medics rush to assist the injured civilians inside. They assumed they were innocent. These civilians see the Israeli soldiers and start shooting. They hit one guy and he falls. The other soldier is put in a difficult position. Does he stand there waiting to be shot at? Does he return fire to an ambulance with victims inside?
Raise your hand if you would return fire.
All of those who raised there hands are thinking like Americans. If the enemy plays dirty, theres nothing to do but defend yourselves. This soldier returned fire and was later accused by the rest of the world for trying to further injure victims.
Raise your hands if you see the fairness in that. Put those hands down before I barf.
One more example and we'll conclude after a breif discussion.
A 60 year old man comes up to the border control with the right papers, his name is on the list, the whole shabang. Everything's fine, they just need to inspect the vehicle.
Which is a problem.
See, this man is a farmer. And he has a whole pickup truck filled with oranges.
Don't raise your hands this time (gotcha!)
What would you do? Let him through? Deny him access?
The Border control follows their policy and have this man unload his truck.
You're going to ask, but why? You'r going to ask this because you know that Israel is a big follower in profiling. (Or at least now you do.)
So why would this man have to unload the truck?
He's 60 for God's sake! 60 year olds aren't terrorists. Terrorists retire at age 25. This guy is more than double the maximum age limit. Not only that, but it's in the middle of an Israeli summer! What does this guy want? To sell his oranges in peace!
So let's compromise.
Lets have the soldier do it.
Wrong.
I'll give you ten reasons. One for each of my fingers.
But we just said this guy isn't a terrorist!
Or is he? This man, is a grandfather. And unfortunately, a few days before hand, the actual terrorists took his grandson. They said, bring these explosives into Israel and we'll return your son.
What grandpa wouldn't do anything to save their grandson?
Thankfully, the border control wasn't as lax as in the first event. They caught him before the explosives were brought into the country and used in a bus bombing.
Fact: All above stories are ACTUAL events that have occured in the State of Israel.
Obviously, this isn't plain-old normal warfare. They're playing dirty!
There are actual accounts of terrorists stealing babies from others and using them as human sheilds!
And for some reason theres a flytilla to Israel, condemning them for their actions?
Does anyone know what they're talking about? I mean Seriously. SERIOUSLY!
For everyone who claims that Israelis are the problem and that they take pleasure in killing innocent people, they would have bombed their enemies by now. They have enough explosives to wipe out all of gaza at this moment.
But they don't.
They gave up gush katif. (The Gaza strip)!
They gave up more than 1/8 of their land in hopes of compromise and safety. It didn't even work. No matter what, they'll always want more. It reminds me of a picture I came across.
This post isn't about whether or not I support Mitt in his opinion, thats way too obvious. Nor is it necessary to pour over every detail in the speech. That would be frustrating, useless and to be frank, boring.
This was just a segway into my more important topic, the State of Israel and her safety.
Let me give you actual events that have occured in the state of Israel.
A pregnant women drives up to the Border of Israel and asks for entry, showing the border control personel her doctor appointment paper. Her doctors appointment was legit. So what's the problem? She's not on the list.
I don't mean the list a bouncer looks at to see if you have the right connections. I mean the list that shows if it is needed to enter. To do this, a doctor would have to call up and assure the border control that it's necessary. But he didn't.
Raise your hand if you would see this women in the 7th month and allow her access.
All of you can now go write letters to the families of the people she blew to peices.
But you're going to ask, why did she do this?
This women was not married.
She was pregnant.
This disgraced her family.
So she did the right thing to restore the family honor. Sometimes this would be that the father or brother would have to behead her and show it as proof at the local court.
And before you start balking, yes this actually does happen. True story.
Now raise your hands if you would still bend the rules for a seemingly innocent women?
I should let you know, even I want to raise my own hand.
However, lets think rationally. This women is a victim. What's her fault in this? One could argue that her fault was the decision she made. But I am far more forgiving and I'm currently writing a letter to those families I mentioned earlier.
This women was born and raised in a hostile environment with strict rules and a censored press. How could she know any better?
That is something you can all think about on your time. But this is my time and I don't feel like arguing the decisions of a woman placed in a difficult situation.
I wouldn't mind arguing the decision of a man placed in an equally difficult situation.
True story:
It's a war, like usual.
An ambulance roars past with victims inside. A soldier and his partner who are medics rush to assist the injured civilians inside. They assumed they were innocent. These civilians see the Israeli soldiers and start shooting. They hit one guy and he falls. The other soldier is put in a difficult position. Does he stand there waiting to be shot at? Does he return fire to an ambulance with victims inside?
Raise your hand if you would return fire.
All of those who raised there hands are thinking like Americans. If the enemy plays dirty, theres nothing to do but defend yourselves. This soldier returned fire and was later accused by the rest of the world for trying to further injure victims.
Raise your hands if you see the fairness in that. Put those hands down before I barf.
One more example and we'll conclude after a breif discussion.
A 60 year old man comes up to the border control with the right papers, his name is on the list, the whole shabang. Everything's fine, they just need to inspect the vehicle.
Which is a problem.
See, this man is a farmer. And he has a whole pickup truck filled with oranges.
Don't raise your hands this time (gotcha!)
What would you do? Let him through? Deny him access?
The Border control follows their policy and have this man unload his truck.
You're going to ask, but why? You'r going to ask this because you know that Israel is a big follower in profiling. (Or at least now you do.)
So why would this man have to unload the truck?
He's 60 for God's sake! 60 year olds aren't terrorists. Terrorists retire at age 25. This guy is more than double the maximum age limit. Not only that, but it's in the middle of an Israeli summer! What does this guy want? To sell his oranges in peace!
So let's compromise.
Lets have the soldier do it.
Wrong.
I'll give you ten reasons. One for each of my fingers.
But we just said this guy isn't a terrorist!
Or is he? This man, is a grandfather. And unfortunately, a few days before hand, the actual terrorists took his grandson. They said, bring these explosives into Israel and we'll return your son.
What grandpa wouldn't do anything to save their grandson?
Thankfully, the border control wasn't as lax as in the first event. They caught him before the explosives were brought into the country and used in a bus bombing.
Fact: All above stories are ACTUAL events that have occured in the State of Israel.
Obviously, this isn't plain-old normal warfare. They're playing dirty!
There are actual accounts of terrorists stealing babies from others and using them as human sheilds!
And for some reason theres a flytilla to Israel, condemning them for their actions?
Does anyone know what they're talking about? I mean Seriously. SERIOUSLY!
For everyone who claims that Israelis are the problem and that they take pleasure in killing innocent people, they would have bombed their enemies by now. They have enough explosives to wipe out all of gaza at this moment.
But they don't.
They gave up gush katif. (The Gaza strip)!
They gave up more than 1/8 of their land in hopes of compromise and safety. It didn't even work. No matter what, they'll always want more. It reminds me of a picture I came across.
No further explanation needed.
This is a major problem. This is war. And I must say, what bothers me about Mitt's speech is how he supports Israel. I didn't know that we needed your permission to keep our people safe. America enters wars all the time. They do horrendous things and they aren't the talked about country in the world.
Double standards.
They don't work. Get your noses out of our issues and we won't bother you about all of your faults. That includes the terrorists in the white house.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
News and My news.
Salutations Earthlings!
There is a ton of news today so lets try to breeze through the important stuff so I can share some personal news!
Today would have been Amelia Earhart's 115th birthday. So I expect everyone to post happy birthday on her ouiji facebook board. Oops, not invented yet! Don't worry, Dr. Who says it's only a matter of time.
Olympics 2012!!!
The news everyone's talking about: Israel won't face off with Iran? Is this true? Only time will tell.
Personal opinion: If Iran decides to bend moral codes set up by nosy Americans, I, as a nosy American myself, give Israel the right to retaliate as neccesary.
Note: Not all Iranian citizens are bad people. Unfortunately, a lot of them are subject to censored information which clouds their judgment. Most don't even support that dictator -Yes, he really IS a dictator- but are forced under his rule.
ELECTION NEWS:
Romney will win.
End of story.
Personal story time!!!!
So I'm in vacation in the land of Israel and a night last week I decided to go bowling with some friends. The evening was great. Men stared at our backsides- the men here aren't bashful- I lost miserably, we danced a little. It was all in all a fun time. Until we left.
We were walking in the parking lot when it happened.
All of a sudden we smelled something sweet, startlingly sweet. Then we couldn't breathe. We started coughing, choking. It was terrible.
I look over to the side and see two teen boys laughing. I rush up to them and realize automatically that they are arab.
And yes, technically, all Israelis are Arabs because that's the region they live in.
But these boys were obviously antiIsraelis.
I staggered over them and ask "You idiots! What did you do?"
They tried to stop laughing but couldn't.
"What? Us? We didn't do anything." They were obviously lying.
What really frustrated me about the encounter?
The American media refused to show it. Even though the girls in the bowling alley were all born in America. They completely refused!
Israeli citizens were targeted in Bulgaria. Israel looked into it. They CARED.
America doesn't. America sticks it's nose into every other countries business but doesn't care about it's own citizens?! Im appalled!
I'll leave you with this question: Do you trust your government to do what it was created for? Do you trust your government to protect you, give you appropriate life benefits, and help where they can?
There is a ton of news today so lets try to breeze through the important stuff so I can share some personal news!
Today would have been Amelia Earhart's 115th birthday. So I expect everyone to post happy birthday on her ouiji facebook board. Oops, not invented yet! Don't worry, Dr. Who says it's only a matter of time.
Olympics 2012!!!
The news everyone's talking about: Israel won't face off with Iran? Is this true? Only time will tell.
Personal opinion: If Iran decides to bend moral codes set up by nosy Americans, I, as a nosy American myself, give Israel the right to retaliate as neccesary.
Note: Not all Iranian citizens are bad people. Unfortunately, a lot of them are subject to censored information which clouds their judgment. Most don't even support that dictator -Yes, he really IS a dictator- but are forced under his rule.
ELECTION NEWS:
Romney will win.
End of story.
Personal story time!!!!
So I'm in vacation in the land of Israel and a night last week I decided to go bowling with some friends. The evening was great. Men stared at our backsides- the men here aren't bashful- I lost miserably, we danced a little. It was all in all a fun time. Until we left.
We were walking in the parking lot when it happened.
All of a sudden we smelled something sweet, startlingly sweet. Then we couldn't breathe. We started coughing, choking. It was terrible.
I look over to the side and see two teen boys laughing. I rush up to them and realize automatically that they are arab.
And yes, technically, all Israelis are Arabs because that's the region they live in.
But these boys were obviously antiIsraelis.
I staggered over them and ask "You idiots! What did you do?"
They tried to stop laughing but couldn't.
"What? Us? We didn't do anything." They were obviously lying.
What really frustrated me about the encounter?
The American media refused to show it. Even though the girls in the bowling alley were all born in America. They completely refused!
Israeli citizens were targeted in Bulgaria. Israel looked into it. They CARED.
America doesn't. America sticks it's nose into every other countries business but doesn't care about it's own citizens?! Im appalled!
I'll leave you with this question: Do you trust your government to do what it was created for? Do you trust your government to protect you, give you appropriate life benefits, and help where they can?
Friday, April 27, 2012
Finland
The land of the tall and the home of the blond. I've always wanted to visit Finland since I found out my grandmother was born and raised there. I know, I know. It's freezing there. And I know, I know, the people will make my self confidence plummet. I'm going anyway.
Besides for skiing, there are many other things to do and see in Finland.
Like what?
To see the Aurora Borealis.
The Beautiful Sights
Amos Anderson Art Museum
Kiasma Modern Art Museum
And many more.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Travel
I've always wanted to travel the world. So, I made a bucket list. I'll go through the bucket list, and while I can't promise I'll post every day, I do promise to make it interesting and explain WHY I want to go there.
To the Tretyakov Gallery
A world famous museum. The Exhibitions are temporary.
The square was considered the middle of Moscow and held many festivities including coronations of Tzars, and military parades throughout the years. It was also the sight of many public executions during Stalin's reign.
Diamond Fund
It's a unique collection of gems/diamonds from all over.
The Armoury
A museum of the different Tzar's possessions throughout the ages.
The Metro
The local train station is busy constantly, however the architecture is gorgeous.
The Kremlin Fortress
Many of the things above are in the Kremlin. This is the magnificent fortress.
Pushkin State Museum
The largest museum of western art in all of Moscow. (I'm assuming this means it's not the only one.) The International Music Festival, Svyatolav Richter's December nights, is held there annually.
And many more.
Moscow
It's gorgeous there. So, yeah that's basically why.
Where in Moscow?
To the Tretyakov Gallery
Red Square
Diamond Fund
The Armoury
The Metro
The Kremlin Fortress
Pushkin State Museum
And many more.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Flytilla....
I was just reading an Israeli news article for more facts on an event that happened recently. I find it to be quite hilarious in its simple stupidity. Firstly, let's get this straight. I'm Pro-Israel. I'm anti-terrorist. Whether or not Arab minorities fall into the latter category, I have no control over. With that said, Anyone pro Palestine probably won't like what I have to say and the opposite is most likely true. I should clarify another thing= NOT ALL MUSLIMS ARE TERRORISTS. Actually, most aren't. There are bad seeds in every race and religion and when your religion has a population of a few billion, the 'loud minorities', which are about 2%, can get to be very large.
That said, I do not agree with the political objective of Palestine(/Iran/any other Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood run government) or the incredibly immoral code it stands by. By this, I do not mean the general population, of which are being fed countless propaganda articles and do not have the information to make their own knowledgeable decision. I mean the country it has no choice but to deal with. Unless moving is an option and by the time you can make the choice to move, no one would want to, short of the fear for their own safety. Though, in reality, many of the lies published by the Tehran Times are for the mass population to feel safe and protected. Or to instill major fear and fuel the hatred of Israel and it's population as a whole, but their incredibly high amounts of censorship is another issue for another day.
What I want to talk about is a partially separate matter.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-on-high-alert-ahead-of-flytilla/
If you go to the link above, you will see the news article, published by the Times Of Israel on April 15th , written by Yoel Goldman and Gabe Fisher, about the prevention of the massive flytilla 'project'.
In the blog below, you can tell the author, though trying to be objective about the situation, disapproves of the way Prime Minister Bb handled things. I happen to have a different approach than him.
http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2916809362071329011&postID=3791129847067421399
The flytilla was a mass fly in to Israel to protest the country and stand beside Pro Palestinians to show their sense of friendship. Bb had most deported back immediately, with letters in-hand. The rest are being held until future deportation.
The letters from the Prime Minister's office basically told them to fly a kite and actually do something useful with their time. I'm still laughing about this.
In short, BB said that for sure the protestors are welcome into the country as long as they aren't considered a safety hazard and of course, go to Syria (To see the monstrosities there), then to Iran (Where human rights are completely ignored and women are stoned regularly) and then to the Gaza Strip, where Hamas uses little children as human shields against rockets thrown in retaliation. After all that they are welcome to come back to Israel and report their findings.
This blog, is all about my point of view and here it is ladies, gentleman and my mom=
He was right to. I'm still laughing silently at this. How dare these spoiled French (mostly) brats go to Israel, a country in war, and tell them how incredibly unjust they are. Do they remember reading in American history how in WW2 they put all the Japanese citizens in relocation camps, where they almost starved, died from diseases and lost all of their belongings? And that's completely overlooked? How about in Iran, where women can be bound and thrown in a river because her dinner wasn't good enough? Syria-where people are killed everyday for no good reason other than the fact that they are so used to killing they can't control themselves? How about how Turkey still refuses to admit to holding a mass genocide of the Armenian Christians? Or the CURENT DAY GENOCIDE in Darfur?
Do these activists know nothing? Or all they all just caught up in the anti-Israel hype. Ooh Israel is so bad! Good God, They're the only democracy in the Middle East!
It's very easy to judge Israel and the way it runs things from America, France or Britain, where terrorist attacks don't even happen every decade. In Israel you never know when the next attack will be. After 9/11 everyone understood how Israel felt. But they've all forgotten the feeling. The feeling that your world is being destroyed and you can't stop it. That your family can disappear at any moment. That they can go to the local pizza shop and never make it back. How dare these spoiled, ignorant and useless brats go to Israel and 'report their unjust findings'! They have no right! They should go around the world. To poverty stricken countries like Haiti. To Darfur. To Mayanmar, where the people have no rights and no say to what goes on. They should go protest the completely unjust child labor laws in China. These people are wasting their time and money on a trip that is pointless.
I think they should have given them parachute training quickly, given them a parachute, and pushed them out of the plane in their respective countries.
But you know, when you're all done with those protests, please come visit us again.
That said, I do not agree with the political objective of Palestine(/Iran/any other Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood run government) or the incredibly immoral code it stands by. By this, I do not mean the general population, of which are being fed countless propaganda articles and do not have the information to make their own knowledgeable decision. I mean the country it has no choice but to deal with. Unless moving is an option and by the time you can make the choice to move, no one would want to, short of the fear for their own safety. Though, in reality, many of the lies published by the Tehran Times are for the mass population to feel safe and protected. Or to instill major fear and fuel the hatred of Israel and it's population as a whole, but their incredibly high amounts of censorship is another issue for another day.
What I want to talk about is a partially separate matter.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-on-high-alert-ahead-of-flytilla/
If you go to the link above, you will see the news article, published by the Times Of Israel on April 15th , written by Yoel Goldman and Gabe Fisher, about the prevention of the massive flytilla 'project'.
In the blog below, you can tell the author, though trying to be objective about the situation, disapproves of the way Prime Minister Bb handled things. I happen to have a different approach than him.
http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2916809362071329011&postID=3791129847067421399
The flytilla was a mass fly in to Israel to protest the country and stand beside Pro Palestinians to show their sense of friendship. Bb had most deported back immediately, with letters in-hand. The rest are being held until future deportation.
The letters from the Prime Minister's office basically told them to fly a kite and actually do something useful with their time. I'm still laughing about this.
In short, BB said that for sure the protestors are welcome into the country as long as they aren't considered a safety hazard and of course, go to Syria (To see the monstrosities there), then to Iran (Where human rights are completely ignored and women are stoned regularly) and then to the Gaza Strip, where Hamas uses little children as human shields against rockets thrown in retaliation. After all that they are welcome to come back to Israel and report their findings.
This blog, is all about my point of view and here it is ladies, gentleman and my mom=
He was right to. I'm still laughing silently at this. How dare these spoiled French (mostly) brats go to Israel, a country in war, and tell them how incredibly unjust they are. Do they remember reading in American history how in WW2 they put all the Japanese citizens in relocation camps, where they almost starved, died from diseases and lost all of their belongings? And that's completely overlooked? How about in Iran, where women can be bound and thrown in a river because her dinner wasn't good enough? Syria-where people are killed everyday for no good reason other than the fact that they are so used to killing they can't control themselves? How about how Turkey still refuses to admit to holding a mass genocide of the Armenian Christians? Or the CURENT DAY GENOCIDE in Darfur?
Do these activists know nothing? Or all they all just caught up in the anti-Israel hype. Ooh Israel is so bad! Good God, They're the only democracy in the Middle East!
It's very easy to judge Israel and the way it runs things from America, France or Britain, where terrorist attacks don't even happen every decade. In Israel you never know when the next attack will be. After 9/11 everyone understood how Israel felt. But they've all forgotten the feeling. The feeling that your world is being destroyed and you can't stop it. That your family can disappear at any moment. That they can go to the local pizza shop and never make it back. How dare these spoiled, ignorant and useless brats go to Israel and 'report their unjust findings'! They have no right! They should go around the world. To poverty stricken countries like Haiti. To Darfur. To Mayanmar, where the people have no rights and no say to what goes on. They should go protest the completely unjust child labor laws in China. These people are wasting their time and money on a trip that is pointless.
I think they should have given them parachute training quickly, given them a parachute, and pushed them out of the plane in their respective countries.
But you know, when you're all done with those protests, please come visit us again.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Today in History!
In 1777: New York adopts it's state constitution.
In 1841: The first detective novel ever is published.
In 1871: Congress passes The Ku Klux Klan Act.
In 1945: Operation Corncob is launched.
In 1970: 63 points are scored during a playoff game by Michael Jordan.
In 1999: The horrific events of the Columbine massacre take place.
In 2008: Today in 2008 the first woman won the Indy Race. (Danica Patrick)
SHOUT OUT! =*Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler*
I hope you enjoy your birthday burning in hell.
And An early birthday shout out to Tony Danza born 1951. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
In 1777: New York adopts it's state constitution.
In 1841: The first detective novel ever is published.
In 1871: Congress passes The Ku Klux Klan Act.
In 1945: Operation Corncob is launched.
In 1970: 63 points are scored during a playoff game by Michael Jordan.
In 1999: The horrific events of the Columbine massacre take place.
In 2008: Today in 2008 the first woman won the Indy Race. (Danica Patrick)
SHOUT OUT! =*Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler*
I hope you enjoy your birthday burning in hell.
And An early birthday shout out to Tony Danza born 1951. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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