I'd love to show up for a Cecil the Lion protest dressed as a pig covered in blood

The other day I went to click on a Walter Palmer news story.   Several things of note happened:

• I was shown an advertisement for Red Lobster.   
• The article quoted someone from Zimbabwe quoting that this was the wrong way to kill a lion.   
• It was noted an animal was used as bate (without any sympathy at all for the animal used as bate). 

I'm guessing most of you know where I am going with this.  One animal is dead and you are using this to sell me on supporting the deaths of numerous other animals by visiting Red Lobster.  Your telling me that somehow if murder is done a certain way then it is okay; yet I bet you don't apply that standard to humans (well other than when the weapon of choice is a vehicle).  And somehow the animal that was killed for bate doesn't seem to matter either?

All I can say is that I hope this serves as a wake-up call.   Do most of these people realize that righting the death of one lion isn't going to save the millions of cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys and fish that are murdered each year that are brutally murdered?  

Personally, I'd love to show up for a Cecil the Lion protest dressed as a pig covered in fake blood; or a cow, chicken, etc.

Because what I can say for all of this is that I hope it sets a new standard of what is going to happen to those who murder an animal; any animal regardless of species.

                                        

Book Review: DIY Household Green Cleaning

I've decided to put to use my love of reading by reviewing the books I read (for better or for worse).

Today I review: DIY Household Green Cleaning by Sonia Cherry

                                                               

Rating: 2 out of 10.

Pros: The book offers some information about chemicals and products to avoid.  It was free.

Cons: Very short.  Little useful information on what one should actually do.  I don't feel like it delivered on what it promised: A DIY household green cleaning solution.

If I had spent money on this book, I would have to say I would have felt Green-washed.  First, this book is even shorter than it seems.  I started reading it when I took my economy class seat and was done reading it by the time the plane started to taxi for take-off.  The real writing actually started on my kindle at 18 percent and ended at 69 percent.

Given there wasn't much in this book, I don't have much to say about it.  Only, that perhaps while it was nice to know some of the products to avoid, what I really wanted to know was how to clean effectively with natural products.  A few products were listed: vinegar, baking soda, boric acid and tea tree oil; but I think most people already know about these.  I'd also mention that while boric acid is natural I don't recommend using it.  Boric acid is a poison; it will kill insects (which is not something I want to happen) and can make you and your pets sick if ingested or not used correctly.

Anyways I don't think this book is worth 99 cents, let alone 2.99.    

                                       

Bubble Burst: The Truth About the Dairy Farm Explained: Why are the "kids" in bubbles?

If you think about it the bubbles are really a very superficial and dumb solution for a paranoid society.   The bubbles are also a very selfish solution, emblematic of a society that only focuses on the individual; a society that doesn't focus on group or societal solutions.

You can see examples of this in the current state of the United States.  Instead of focusing on designing livable safe spaces or banning unneeded oversized SUVs, you see person after person obsessed with car seats (which we will get to more of later in the book).  There are constantly more and stricter laws regarding car seats, yet making spaces livable and safer is hardly even an afterthought.  Even more importantly studies not done by those who make car seats have found that car seats don't actually increase safety, because they provide a security blanket which encourages drivers to drive more recklessly than they would if they weren't using a car seat.

The scary thing is those of us in the United States already live in a society where people make superficial and dumb decisions that don't make anyone any safer.  A perfect example of this is all the idiots driving around in SUVs who don't even know their SUV's are built on cheap truck frames.

Even worse, superficial, dumb, and selfish solutions to fear and paranoia seem to be becoming more common, at least in many parts of the United States.  What will happen when this generation raised with these three types of solutions takes things one step further?


                                                              

Send this letter: Free George Simolaris

George Simolaris is a hero.  Instead of sitting around on the internet (like most of us do) trying to save lives, selectman George Simolaris actually went out and painted the crosswalks which Billerica had failed to paint as promised for months.

Please send this letter to as many people as possible who work in the Billerica government.  Here is a directory with email addresses.  Also, please note the trending hashtags and tweet under them #FreeSimolaris #paintgate #Simolaris2016 #resignCurran and #Simolaris.  

Dear Billerica Civil Servant,

You should be ashamed about what your town of Billerica has done.  Not only have you failed to protect lives by properly repainting crosswalks, now you want to try Selectman George Simolaris for being a hero and doing what the rest of you were too lazy to do.  

Billerica may now be the cause of a worldwide boycott of Massachusetts.  Everyone involved in your government except George Simolaris should be ashamed. 

It is time to drop all charges against George Simolaris including any fines.    

We are also asking that John Curran resign due to his incompetency and his comments about George Simolaris resigning.  Additionally, we are asking for anyone else who called for George Simolaris to resign, to resign themselves and anyone whom was involved in pressing charges against him to resign.   

Thanks, (sign your name)

                                   

More yummy vegan food from Budapest (Ganga Vega edition)

We got a variety of food at a cafeteria style vegan eatery called Ganga Vega.  The food was great-as you can see in the picture below!  

While it might not look like the best thing from the picture-the best of all of it was the meatless meatball (they call it a veggie burger) on the left.  

The staff were very nice.  It is really neat that when you go to a vegan restaurant anywhere in the world you feel a sense of community and common purpose.  

By the way Ganga Vega is really easy to get to.  It is really only one stop north on the M3 from the touristy areas and it is right across the street (not on the square itself) from the M3.  

                                         

Irish Language 101

English is the most commonly spoken language in Ireland and Dublin.  There is an Irish language as well, but even a number of the Irish are not fluent in the Irish language.  The Irish language gets referenced under different names including Irish, Irish Gaelic, and Gaelic.  In Ireland the Irish language tends to be referred to as just Irish.  The Irish take pride in their language.  As such, it is common to see both Irish and English signage together.  Also many museums offer Irish and English write ups.  It is rare that information is only presented in Irish.  Tours are almost always in English, but sometimes the tour guide might speak a few words of Irish for show.  Thus learning Irish is more for the experience, rather than a need.  English only became the more spoken language in Ireland following the potato famine. 

But just for fun here are a few Irish words:

Hello: Dia dhuit 

Thank You: Go raibh maith agat

How are you: Conas ta tu

Left: Cle

Right: Ceart

                                                                       

Bubble Burst: The Truth About the Dairy Farm Explained: Why is Jael a 23 year old kid?

Okay, so I'm still on chapter 2.  I guess I have a lot I want to say!  So today I will discuss why Jael is a 23 year old child.

I've recently been hearing expressions such as "18 is the new 8" and "12 is the new 2".  I'm not sure exactly why-perhaps it is the internet or the ever present fear mongering media, but whatever it is there is a scary trend of hampering the proper development of children by treating them younger than their age.

The problem is transitions are unavoidable.  There has been a slew of recent articles in regards to children of helicopter parents overwhelming the mental health systems at even the nations top universities (or perhaps I should say especially at the nations top universities).

These young adults aren't even able to cope with the smallest of life challenges because any time a minor challenge shows up the parent steps in the way.

Let me give you an example:

A group of teachers were taking a group of teens on a trip.  One of the teens was freaking out and all upset she had to ride the subway because she had an irrational fear of escalators not to mention being underground.  One of the other teens asked her what she did when she went to their local mall which had escalators.  She said her dad would drive her from one side of the mall to the other all so she could avoid an escalator!  She tried to call her dad numerous times from the train to complain about the trip, only to find her phone didn't work underground!  And I have to give the group leader props who told the teen who was being quite obnoxious and ridiculous she had to stick with the group and she was going to have to do thing such as ride on escalators if one was present.  

But beyond this there are many young adults in their 20's who have parents who still treat them as if they are minors or even grade school aged kids.  The only difference is in Elalfwons the law has been changed to enforce babying those 18-27 on others.

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