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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

kramus

pandas, gotta love the pandas

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

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by KARIM ESTEFAN

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

ObieX

Look out Chipmunks here we come!

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uncle phil

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

sapiens

Very cute, Badnick. Here's one who has spent a little too much time in a dull zoo.

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frickin' amazing. I may not be the "best" web searcher around, but when I get my mind set to finding something, I usually come out on top. If only my motivation were to last longer than 5 minutes, I could possibly rule the world.


"Blackie", a female Orangutan that has escaped into the public forum from the Shousan Zoo in Taiwan.

Untamed and Uncut: Orangutan Terrorizes Zoo : Video : Animal Planet

When an outraged orangutan finds a way to escape its cage,
the four hundred pound monster ransacks tourists, flips over motor scooters and charges security officers.

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Here's the Nat'l Geo article about the incident: Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 24, 2007

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Bear cubs donated by Russia's first couple move to Bern zoo


MOSCOW, November 27 (2009)
Two Siberian bear cubs presented by the Russian president and his wife to the Swiss capital in September have settled in at Bern zoo, the Swiss ATS agency reported on Friday.

The orphaned bears, caught in the taiga by hunters in spring, were presented by Dmitry and Svetlana Medvedev during their state visit to Switzerland in late September. The cubs were named Misha and Masha.

The bears were kept under quarantine for two months before settling in at Bern zoo.

The gift preceded the opening of Bern's newly enlarged Bear Pit, for centuries one of the city's main tourist attractions. It stretches down to the river and is designed to give the animals more space and a more natural environment than previously.

Bears have been kept in Bern at the city's expense since 1513. The city's name comes from the German word for bear, and the animal is featured on the local flag and coat of arms.

Medvedev's surname comes from the Russian word 'medved' meaning bear. The animal is a Russian national symbol, and features on the ruling party's flag.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

uncle phil

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

kramus

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wooÐs

BadNick - I want that.

paddyjoe

BadNick

woodsie, that glowing frog reminds me of when my son was quite young, though not as young as in my last pic above which was shortly after he was born and before we had the pediatrician do his annual depilatory treatment...anyway, the boys would catch lightning bugs and feed them to our pet frog and then one night we saw the bugs glowing inside the frog and got a big laugh. After that the kids in the neighborhood would show up after dark to watch our magic glowing frog light up their lives.

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thanks, sapiens. My wife and I are proud parents and he's gotten even handsomer as he's gotten older.

wooÐs

There's a story to it -

Lady sitting outside on her back porch one evening. Gets up to take a stroll. Sees the frog. Looks closer. Saw he actually had the light in his stomach. She gets her camera and the sons come out. Frog delightbulbed and unharmed. But it's the interwebz so I dunno.

Sounds like fun.

ObieX

Frog was probably just using it for warmth. Pretty interesting.

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wooÐs

Oh see I thought it tried to eat a fly that was on or near the light lol. Dunno what happened.

uncle phil

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

wooÐs

ObieX

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Tiny amphibians and reptiles like that freak me out. They're very cool looking. But I'm afraid they're going to run into some bodily orifice of mine or something and I won't be able to get it out. *bluahhaaa* *shudder*

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A startled hippotomus dashes from his hiding place; Shire River, Liwonde National Park, Malawi
Photography: David Hobcote/ Rex Features

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

uncle phil

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

wooÐs

ObieX

The miracle of birth:

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Vintage Photographs - August Sander, “Child” 1926.

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

uncle phil

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

this is one from my "split second" pic collection

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Giraffe cafe

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

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by Matías Troncoso

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

uncle phil

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

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"I don’t know about you, but I could sure go for a Fresca"

Every day in the winter, Japan’s Asahiyama Zoo marches its penguins to keep them from becoming portly, like the one on the left.
-- Photo: Junko Kimura / Getty Images
courtesy of: SFGate - Day in Pictures

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It Was Pouring Rain, but a Great Time to Catch Fish in the L.A. River - LAist

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

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kramus

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And now to disengage the clutch of the forebrain ...
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uncle phil

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

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Judex d. Georges Franju (1963)

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

inBOIL

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And you believe Bush and the liberals and divorced parents and gays and blacks and the Christian right and fossil fuels and Xbox are all to blame, meanwhile you yourselves create an ad where your kid hits you in the head with a baseball and you don't understand the message that the problem is you.