Jesus is doing it again, this time, as a Komodo Dragon (PS I heard the Virgin Mary stuck a snake up her puss — unsubstantiated rumor):
LONDON, England (Reuters) — Flora, a pregnant Komodo dragon living in a British zoo, is expecting eight babies in what scientists said on Wednesday could be a Christmas virgin birth.
Flora has never mated, or even mixed, with a male dragon, and fertilized all the eggs herself, a process culminating in parthenogenesis, or virgin birth. Other lizards do this, but scientists only recently found that Komodo dragons do too.
“Nobody in their wildest dreams expected this. But you have a female dragon on her own. She produces a clutch of eggs and those eggs turn out to be fertile. It is nature finding a way,” Kevin Buley of Chester Zoo in England said in an interview.
He said the incubating eggs could hatch around Christmas.
For those regular readers who may have noticed this burgeoning young (unofficial?) travel editor providing unparalleled insight into “off-the-road” destinations and situations, we bring another fine piece for those interested in following up on our earlier suggestion of Kenya as a suitable vacation-land.
In fact, it seems that there is a bustling underground economy, or bribery, as those stateside might think to call it. The author explains:
Swahili-speakers can take advantage of another ambiguous term. In Kenya a machine-gun-wielding guard suggested to a terrified Canadian aid worker: “Perhaps you would like to discuss this over tea?” The young Canadian was relieved: the difficulty could be resolved with some chai, which means both “tea” and “bribe”.
Well, readers, in search of underage sex workers, machine-gun-wielding overlords DO hold the key to your destiny… even if it sounds as simple as an oldfashioned tea-party.
The etiquette of Bribery
some things we all need to realize: Santa is a child molester, and he’ll finger you in the butthole if you are a naughty kid. I am NOT kidding.
For all of you PBHers who are into the sex tourism industry, and by into I mean the nipples in the above picture are recognizable… don’t be deterred by high airfare to Thailand and other southeastern asian economies. For sex tourists looking for the next bargain destination (and who isn’t these days?), Kenya provides!
Tourists fuel Kenya’s Sex Boom
Tennis star Maria Sharapova has resolved to run more miles than “King” LeBron James in January as part of an ill-conceived Nike+Apple+ publicity stunt. Sharapova explained that if she lost to “the King”, she would let LeBron and his entourage/posse teach her how to play doubles. If LeBron somehow lost, she also planned to teach him how to play doubles.
The Stunt
The house is coming together pretty well and I getting a head start on some secondary projects. The first one is gross and wonderful because it turns gross stuff into wonderful stuff. Let me explain. Vermiculture is the process of using earthworms to eat organic matter and turn it into humus, which is worm castings or dookie. This value added soil greatly improves soil it is added to and will reduce the need for fertilizers. The additional worms that come about through reproduction can be fed to livestock, especially chickens. The literature says that if fed a worm (high in protein) every day, a chicken will eventually go from laying an egg every three days to every day. That is huge if we are talking about self sustainance farming. That could be the tipping point between breaking even and having a surplus to sell.
The second project is small gardens which I will try to put into the school and (possible) the military garrison up the road. Hopefully by growing vegetables some variation can be introduced into a diet of just rice, beans, and cuajada. God knows my diet could use some sweet, green, delicious, variation.
With that short introduction, I want everyone to start thinking about gardens. I know, I know. You want to say “Hey asshole, you realize its snowing here? I can even see the ground under the slush and black ice!” So I apologize in advance, but if you think of any good plants to put it a garden with unrelenting sun and absurd levels of heat, and the possibility of heavy drought, you just go ahead and let me know. I am SO open to suggestions. I am in the initial planning stages for the garden which is cool because I can´t actually plant until I have the compost worked into the soil from the worms which havent been installed yet.
I hope that all those who have been complaining about short posts are happy. I know there isnt alot of personal information, but thats just how I roll, son. I am always open to email and regular mail so if you have the time just send something my way. And please, please, please send me your thoughts on these projects or if you have any other project ideas! Peace to all and if I dont post before, Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays (up yours Bill O´Reilly)!
American Task Force on Palestine,
Americans for Peace Now &
Foundation for Middle East Peace
Invite you to a luncheon & panel discussion
AFTER THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT: POSSIBILITIES FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ARAB-ISRAELI PEACE ON ALL FRONTS
With
Ziad Asali, American Task Force on Palestine
Ori Nir, Americans for Peace Now
Robert Malley, International Crisis Group
Geoffrey Aronson, Foundation for Middle East Peace
The Report of the Iraq Study Group chaired by James Baker and Lee Hamilton has recommended, as part of a broad strategy for an American diplomatic offensive “to build an international consensus for stability in Iraq and the region,” “a renewed and sustained commitment by the United States to a comprehensive Arab-Israeli Peace on all fronts: Lebanon, Syria, and President Bush’s June 2002 commitment to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.” The panel members, some of whom will have just returned from the region, will discuss prospects for implementing the Study Group’s recommendations for renewed negotiations to resolve Israel’s conflicts with Palestine, Syria and Lebanon.
When: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
12:00-1:30pm
Where: Helen
Dwight Reed Foundation
1319 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
RSVP Required:
abaldwin@atfp.net or 202 887-0177
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