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Via the delightful Deep Sea News.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Nevertheless, she persisted.
Let there be snark.
A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals
Saul Alinsky is my co-pilot.
Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.
Just a few bad apples.
Usually wrong but never in doubt
And we’re all out of bubblegum.
This is how realignments happen…
What fresh hell is this?
My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.
We need fewer warriors in public service and more gardeners.
… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact
We are aware of all internet traditions.
Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.
Lighten up, Francis.
Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.
I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.
They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!
… down to kool-aid drinkers and next of kin at the trump White House
A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.
The revolution will be supervised.
An almost top 10,000 blog!
Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.
scav
I’m in love.
Death Panel Truck
There are a couple of black widow spiders in my garage right now that I’m not lovin’. Gonna have to whack ’em.
Villago Delenda Est
OK, this is one of those PZ Myers guerrilla things, isn’t it?
BGinCHI
The bacteria in my digestive tract are cheering.
Keep it down in there!
Roger Moore
We’ve already done way to thorough a job of occupying nature, because just 1 species, not even 1%, gets way more than 99% of the love.
Baud
Fucking Galtian Baby Seal Overlords.
General Stuck
And now for something completely different
Litlebritdifrnt2
@Death Panel Truck: Be glad they are in your garage. I had one in one of my slip on shoes that I hadn’t worn for a while last week. Couldn’t squish it though, shook it out onto the leaves outside. They are too fat to squish. Gross. As you can imagine I have been checking all of my boots that I haven’t worn since last winter for any squatters.
Cris (without an H)
The greedy 1% got to where it is on the backs of the invertebrates.
Roger Moore
Thread needs more non-charismatic megafauna.
cathyx
How could anyone club that.
Villago Delenda Est
@Litlebritdifrnt2:
Reminds me of some time spent in the desert on maneuvers while in the Army: always shake your boots out for scorpions before putting them on…
MikeJ
We will not surrender to the tyranny of photogenic megafauna!
Tom Levenson
@General Stuck: Wow. That is all.
@Roger Moore: Dude. That is so totally charismatic I feel stigmata coming on. Nothing wrong with a big lizard, ever.
Cris (without an H)
The crab?
Litlebritdifrnt2
@Villago Delenda Est: Veteran of Desert Storm hubby HATES scorpions with an absolute passion. Won’t even go near the area of the Pet Store where they sell them.
Roger Moore
@Tom Levenson:
Fine. Is this a bit better on the non-charismatic front?
Tom Levenson
@Roger Moore: Majestic raptor? Check.
Exceptionally defined outstretched primary feathers? Check.
Gloriously silly red clown-nose colored beak? Check.
Still pretty damn impressive, amirate?
Spaghetti Lee
Rise up! You have nothing to lose but your exoskeletons (which is quite a bit, I suppose)!
On a related note, there’s always the libertarian argument that OWS should stop whining because they’re all in the top 20% of people worldwide. Well, I’ll recommend that they extend this further, and point out that as mammalian vertebrates, they’re in the top .01% of all living things! So stop whining and get back to work, lucky duckies!
J.W. Hamner
@Baud:
Dude, baby seals are job creators. They’re not going to go out and club themselves now are they?
Too much?
Spaghetti Lee
Anyone who thinks that insects can’t be charismatic megafauna ought to check out Igor Siwanowicz
Roger Moore
@Spaghetti Lee:
FTFY.
@Tom Levenson:
I’ve never met anyone who would describe a turkey vulture as charismatic until now. I guess I must have taken a picture of it for a reason, though.
The Dangerman
We need a new Tunch Poster (1% of the Animals …. get 99% of the Food)
Spaghetti Lee
@Roger Moore:
(Wikis it.)
Well, isn’t that just the cutest littl-
The larvae of Blue Morpho Butterflies are cannibals.
Well damn.
Anya
An animated (not humorous )video about what Occupy Wall Street is about.
Roger Moore
@Spaghetti Lee:
Monarchs would probably also qualify as charismatic fauna, since they’ve been used to convince people to create wildlife preserves for their overwintering territories.
SiubhanDuinne
@General Stuck:
I was gonna watch that, but I got all distracted by Charlie and hummingbirds and stuff.
scav
I don’t know if these would classify as charismatic. More clearly along the lines of very very odd (sorry bout the music). These at least are some of the humdrum 99% (here)
SiubhanDuinne
Tom, I just totally swiped the photo and posted it to my FB page. Gave you credit — I’m nothing if not conscientious.
Although I should actually probably have credited the delightful Deep Sea News.
SiubhanDuinne
@Roger Moore:
Wow. That is one handsome guy.
cleek
sea pigs UNITE!
DESTROY CHARISMATISM!
cathyx
@SiubhanDuinne: ok, so I followed the links to the picture of the handsome guy. I’m always game for a picture of a handsome guy. But really?!? This is handsome?!? It’s a lizard. ‘Nuf said.
frogspawn
Where are the hagfishes at?
Constance
And where is the scorpion? Nevada has many and they are both scary and beautiful. I love them because they are prehistoric survivors. Who knows? They might even survive the changes we humans probably won’t.
Origuy
@Roger Moore: I’ll see your turkey vulture and raise you a California condor. I took this photo at the Grand Canyon a few years ago and sent it to GrrlScientist’s blog.
Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason
@Cris (without an H):
I saw what you did there.
Raka
If this is really about the unloved 99%, we needs us more beetles.