The Largest Minority

The Daily Connect: 12/13/06

By Manila Ryce
Published Wednesday, December 13th, 2006, 11:00 am
Filed under: The Daily Connect, Personal Posts

The prayers of the rest of the country may finally be answered as scientists warn that California will break off and fall into the ocean. Well, maybe not, but we�ll be receiving one hell of a big earthquake in the near future.
A baby girl was born on a flight from Mexico to Chicago. Now her citizenship rests on whether the airplane was over Mexican airspace or international waters.
Polar Bears have until about 2040 to evolve into whales because that�s around the date when the Arctic is expected to become open ocean. Not only that, but a recent study suggests the meltdown may occur even earlier based on emissions rising twice as fast. I bet this is all part of the Happy Feet Propaganda machine.
And now for something completely different. Here are 33 names of Things You Never Knew had Names. Unfortunately, Britney Spears’ second child is not on the list.
A newly discovered bat species has the longest tongue of any other known mammal � including Gene Simmons.
Tehran�s �Holocaust Denial� conference is attracting unlikely patrons. Not Mel Gibson, but Orthodox Jews (I apologize for the lazy Gibson joke).
After incoming Secretary of Defense Robert Gates let it slip that Israel has nukes it seems the PM of Israel did the same thing. Now they�re calling for his head. This officially means it is illegal for the US to fund Israel since it proliferates WMDs. Will anything actually change for the better? Don�t bet on it.
[via Martini Republic]