Dreaming of Electric Sheep

Progress is everything. The world spins, time passes and humanity moves on, marching ever forward towards our supposedly brighter future. The past is generally bad and the new is almost always good, unless it...

World's largest herd of Mongolian gazelles sighted

The world's largest herd of Mongolian gazelles has been sighted in Mongolia, and is the largest event like this ever recorded. It was estimated by watching scientists that there were about a quarter of a million of all the gazelles on the earth in this one herd. ""It was...

Rare baby pink elephant caught on camera in Africa

A very rare baby pink elephant has been seen by a wildlife cameraman in the Okavango Delta with a herd of about 80 other elephants. Most likely, the pink elephant is an albino calf, which is really rare among...

Why are forecasters so often wrong? « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"This week RBS has forecast an equity and credit crash within three months. It is unusual to get a direct warning from a major bank. Who forecast a UK housing crash last August when the sub-prime crisis hit? Nobody in my recollection and yet you could see estate agents...

Animals taken from squalid farm

"Hundreds of animals have been removed from a County Down farm where they were being kept in squalid conditions.It follows the discovery of a "mass grave" of more than 40 animals on the Ballyroney Road near...

The real reasons they want you to stop smoking

"People who are terrified of life are the best people to have under you. Cowering, frightened masses are easy to govern as they are more likely to accept your “truth”, more likely to get in line if it means...

Elephants electrocuted after beer-fuelled rampage

"Six Asiatic wild elephants were electrocuted as they went berserk after drinking rice beer in India's remote north-east. The 40-strong herd uprooted an electric pole while looking desperately for food on Friday in Chandan Nukat, a village nearly 150 miles west of Shillong,...

Wild Horse Herd Wins Reprieve

"Wild Horse Herd Wins Reprieve by: The Associated PressHundreds of wild horses and burros slated for roundup at a national wildlife refuge along the Nevada-Oregon line will continue to roam free, at least for...

Cruising On Corn E85 – Not A Smooth Ride :: MAXINE

"The average vehicle driving American would dearly love to be able to do their level best to reduce our dependence on oil and the geopolitical pressures its use presents our country. It would be nice that ALL cars...

NOT YOUR MOTHER'S WASHER [Steam Cleaning]

"Suddenly, it's cool to steam clean your clothes. On the heels of the home-entertainment center rage and the kitchen renovation age comes a new way for deep-pocketed homeowners to separate themselves from the herd...

Herd of stranded horses rescued after Dutch flood (AFP)

" THE HAGUE (AFP) - A herd of horses stranded on a patch of land surrounded by flood water for three days in the Frisian town of Marrum, in the northern Netherlands, have finally been rescued. A spokesman from Frisian environmental organisation "It Fryske Gea" told the ANP...

Tourists To Get Glimpse Of Unusual White Deer

"The public will soon get a chance to peek at an unusual herd of white deer in central New York."

Border rancher concerned about disease from illegal crossers

The holes, cut by individual migrants or blasted out by fence-crashing vehicles, also created an easy passageway for cattle. In an effort to keep Mexican cows out, and their own cows in, they would devote an entire day each week to repairing the breaches.

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