What the hell is going on out there?
Jan. 4th, 2008 06:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
No I'm not talking about the caucus results (of which I'm ignorant--I can wait until my commute to hear that) or the fact that the temperature is once again four degrees, no I've been looking at my friends list for 5 minutes and I've already found two of the weirdest nature stories I've ever seen!
Plankton growth spurt causes increase in rock-burrowing crustaceans. Island soon to erode away.
Cow-eating trees feared in India! This isn't really news as much as cryptobotony. Do a google search for "Pili mara" or "Tiger tree" for more info.
Caiman apparantly unhurt in 12 story fall in Russian Nuclear Center.
Thanks to
invertebrates,
wtf_nature, and
drhoz for entertaining my morning.
Of course some spoilsports had to post the preliminary caucus results. The nonsense words "Huckabee" and "Obama" seem to be the Iowans' favorite, who we must remember, live in a state called "Iowa."
Plankton growth spurt causes increase in rock-burrowing crustaceans. Island soon to erode away.
Cow-eating trees feared in India! This isn't really news as much as cryptobotony. Do a google search for "Pili mara" or "Tiger tree" for more info.
Caiman apparantly unhurt in 12 story fall in Russian Nuclear Center.
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Of course some spoilsports had to post the preliminary caucus results. The nonsense words "Huckabee" and "Obama" seem to be the Iowans' favorite, who we must remember, live in a state called "Iowa."
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Date: 2008-01-04 12:27 pm (UTC)I think you have a point about Iowa not being able to vote at all. Hucklebee, indeed. I was pissed because it seems like the candidates that have celebrity backing won. It just validates my opinion that people have become to stupid to vote for themselves, so they rely on celebrities to tell them who to vote for and why.
I'm too scared to look at the nature stories - cow eating trees, jeezum crow, what's next?! Maybe that's how you felt about the caucus.
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Date: 2008-01-04 06:15 pm (UTC)And oh, yeah, evaluating politics based on the phonetic/poetic qualities of the names sounds great...let's base democracy off of that now. :D
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