Sources of Unconventional Sagacity

Consider the Aye Aye, the skanky lemur that issues a blood-curdling scream in the night, and uses one extremely long, kinky finger to probe for its meals. Or, how about the long-beaked echidna, a mammal that lays eggs? Would a giant salamander as long as a human being interest you?

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Is Groovy Green really groovy? I have to say no. It’s a serious information resource with lots of great technical information and links to detail-oriented engineers. It’s got stuff that you just won’t find on in mainstream news channel, much less your morning paper. But groovy? No. That’s just fine with me. If you ask me, the world is suffering from an overdose of groove.

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It’s become clear that alternate energy isn’t just good for the environment, it’s desperately needed for the economy as well. The fossil fuel economy has failed us, as stocks are crashing downward and foreclosures are rocketing upward. The Earth’s climate is careening on a helter skelter path of wild fluctuations that are sending […]

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When the whalers aboard the Yushin Maru took two activists from Sea Shepherd prisoner, the world responded with well-deserved anger. Now, on their protest ship the Steve Irwin, the people of Sea Shepherd are giving inspiration to all of those who are tired of seeing the riches of their planet harvested from beneath them for the sake of temporary profit.

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Surprise. 2008 is the international year of the potato. I wonder how Ron Paul feels about this international conspiracy of tubers. Would he buy a potato with an Amero?

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There are the people at places like the Natural Resources Defense Council. They want to cherish the Earth, and save it for future generations, not just exploit it for short term gain in the present generation. The NRDC has set up a beautiful web site called BioGems, highlighting the most biologically critical places on Earth.

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BlogFish does a simple thing. It familiarizes people with the creatures that live in the ocean, so that we can understand the need to conserve their habitat. Seeing is the first step toward appreciation, and appreciation is a step toward protection.

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A couple days ago, I wrote about a collection of political gear all with the theme of Yuckabee, expressing revulsion at the idea of Mike Huckabee becoming President of the United States in 2008. Well, it turns out that that collection of campaign gear against Huckabee is related to a new web site that […]

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Yuckabee is a simple expression of the revulsion provoked among sane Americans when facing Mike Huckabee’s crude extremism. Think of it this way: Yuckabee is that nauseous feeling you get whenever you hear Mike Huckabee speak. You’ve always known the feeling. Now you know the name for it.

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