You’ve seen it on the news and you’re probably wondering too what’s going on with the recent animal and mammal attacks around the globe. So I’ve been tasked with finding some answers. You may recall this incident from Steveston Dock near Vancouver, Canada —

I interviewed a local “sea lion whisperer”  and here’s a partial transcript:
Me: We’re here with sea lion whisperer Zaurbek Umkhayev. Am I pronouncing that correctly?
SLW: Close enough.
Me: We’ll go with Sea Lion Whisperer. So what do you think? You have a translation or whatever it is you do?
SLW: Yes, it’s …

Mao’s vision: Dig tunnels deep, store rice everywhere, never seek hegemony.
Former Chinese Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Mao’s Little Red Book)

I dig hegemony, eat rice from a store, and never seek depth anywhere due to tunnel vision.
Current Chinese President Xi Jinping

Is the term “PETA’s humor” a non sequitur?

While searching the interwebs, I came across this “magazine” cover.

It immediately brought back fond memories of one of my favorite magazines from the 70’s — National Lampoon — and specifically their classic cover from January 1973:

My next thought surprised me: W.W.P.D…. What Would PETA Do? If this were a cover for a recent magazine, what would they do? People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals wasn’t even around when this cover appeared but they’ve spent a fortune on  (at least what they would categorize as) humorous ads. Let’s take a …

Shortly before the end of World War II, controlled experiments in water fluoridation began in the United States. The purpose of these experiments was to prove the hypothesis that moderate levels of fluoride in drinking water could prevent cavities. The experiments were deemed a success and by 1951 fluoridation became an official policy of the U.S. Public Health Service. By 1961 water fluoridation reached widespread use in the United States affecting the drinking water of some 50 million Americans.

Almost from the beginning fluoridation has been condemned. Condemnation ranging from the dire — government overstepping its boundaries by supplying, in …

Francis is upset with Blizzard Entertainment, creators of the Diablo III video game for making some changes to the game (before releasing it). Full disclosure here: I’m not a gamer. I know gamers and I know that they’re fiercely competitive and take their gaming seriously. Sometimes too seriously. Let’s take a look and listen at Francis —

So is Francis really mad and just venting on YouTube to his fellow gamers or is there something more diabolical going on here?

Maybe a look at a scene from one of the best satires of the ’70s (and IMHO one of the …