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Abandoned Monkey Finds Friend

They’re an odd couple in every sense but a monkey and a pigeon have become inseparable at an animal sanctuary in China.

The 12-week-old macaque - who was abandoned by his mother - was close to death when it was rescued on Neilingding Island, in Goangdong Province.

After being taken to an animal hospital his health began to improve but he seemed spiritless - until he developed a friendship with a white pigeon.

The blossoming relationship helped to revive the macaque who has developed a new lease of life, say staff at the sanctuary.

Now the unlikely duo are never far from each other’s side, but they aren’t the only ones to strike up an unusual friendship.

Earlier this year a pig adopted a tiger cub and raised him along with her piglets because his mother couldn’t feed him.

And in 2005 a baby dear named Mi-Lu befriended lurcher Geoffrey at the Knowsley Animal Park in Merseyside after she was rejected by her mother.

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13.Sep.07 Current Events Comments (3)

End George Bush’s Police State, Change America; Ron Paul’s the Man

“The President has no war power, only the Congress has that. When one person can initiate war, by its definition, a republic no longer exists.”
Ron Paul, Speech to Congress, March 9, 1999

So why do so many of us love Ron Paul and believe he should be the next President of the United States? Why do we barely hear his name in the mass media? Read on and find out yourself.

Ron Paul is an advocate of:

- States’ rights
- Free trade
- Fewer taxes (typical Conservative ideal)
- Smaller government (good bye to George Bush’s police state)
- Strong national sovereignty
- Non-interventionism

Non-interventionism defined:

Nonintervention is a foreign policy which holds that political rulers should avoid alliances with other nations and avoid all wars not related to direct territorial self-defense. A similar phrase is “strategic independence”.

In other words, leave others alone and you’ll be left alone.

Don’t let the Neo-Cons’ give you a bad image of the Republicans

He has called for the abolition of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the federal income tax. He also voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, the Iraq War Resolution, and the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

According to Ron Paul, the Republican party has lost its way. True Conservatism isn’t about fighting in an unpopular war, a struggling economy at home, and international hatred as a result of foreign policies.

Read here for the political positions of Ron Paul: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul

He is the exact antithesis of George Bush’s neo-cons.

Enough of my rambling… Below is a video of Ron Paul during a debate:

What are your thoughts on this?

08.Aug.07 Current Events Comments (9)

Stop the Clash of Civilizations

The video’s pretty self-explanatory.

07.Jul.07 Current Events Comment (1)

Lost in Thoughts

Stop — right here — before reading on, how would you describe this image?

The Lost Correspondent is part of an underwater sculpture park by artist James Taylor in Grenada. The sculptures are slowly transformed by their underwater habitat with a community of banded coral shrimp living in one of the drawers and damsel fish inside the type writer. www.underwatersculpture.com

24.Jun.07 Current Events Comment (1)

BBC - Also in the News - Offbeat and Quirky Stories

The BBC has launched a section called Also in the News…, a daily collection of “offbeat and quirky stories”, according to the BBC Blog.

This news section gives us a break from the daily bloodshed that takes place around the world, and refreshes us with topics such as “Viagra could aid jetlag recovery” and “Swarm of bees grounds UK aircraft”.

This stuff’s great!

26.May.07 Current Events Comments (0)