Society: October 2007 Archives

So, that moron douchebag Warren Jeffs came up today and the following occurs to me.

Nevada has legalized prostitution. You can get married (or divorced) in the time it takes to get a good buzz on. We damn near legalized pot in the last election.

AND STILL it was up to us to bust a guy who is basically either endorsing pedophilia or mandating sex slavery - depending on how you want to look at it - in the name of God.

So yeah, not "moral" Utah, not Republican Arizona, not Psycho-fringe Texas where they let him hide out for years.

He had to go get busted, sentenced, and jailed in Vegas. "Sin City". The "moral values" asshats have quietly let this behavior go on for years and have for over a century without interference. Now, I'm probably not qualified to judge those who want multiple partner relationships. It is not for me and I personally find something a bit odd with it. I *do* however find something wrong with forcing a child who hasn't even stepped into high school into an arranged marriage where they are supposed to immediately start chucking out infants.

It took Las Vegas, and Nevada at large, to make a dent into trying to stop the abuse and basically rape of children. There's so much work left to go, but it will take the so-called "compassionate conservatives" to step up to the plate and join us Nevadans in ending this particular brand of twisted evil.

That said, I'm not banking on them to do it. Hypocrisy is a powerful drug.

So, yeah, go Nevada.

I was excited to be browsing the BBC site the other day and saw a promo for Long Way Down. Basically, it is the actor Ewan McGregor and his pal Charley Boorman and their story of riding their motorcycles from the tip of Scotland to the Horn of Africa. Hopefully I can catch some of the episodes as they start this month. Here's the BBC site for the show.

Also, a link to the Long Way Round site, where Ewan and Charley rode their bikes literally around the world. Good stuff. Go find the book as I got to read it out of our public library.

In other McGregor news, he was in Iraq recently to present a hero award to a female bomb disposal expert for her feats of bravery back home.

Some architects are giving us a look at a world with rising sea levels. A lot of prime real estate is destined to be crab beds if we aren't careful.

A lot of reports have come recently about the possible opening of the Northwest Passage for shipping as polar ice melts above Canada. Here's another, more detailed story plus this one about the emergence of dragonflies at the top of Hudson Bay.

The Canucks are improving a port and beefing up their icebreaker fleet. Russia and Norway are among others planning for the realities of Arctic shipping lanes.

And what is the US doing? Well, apparently we're watching our 30-year old icebreakers rust and fall apart, with zero planning for the future.

I've linked to NPR and National Geographic's Climate Connections website before, but there's the main link to the NPR one and this is the National Geographic one. Same info, different formats. A lot of really interesting stories and research there for you to pick over.

Both Wired and National Geographic magazines had articles related to biofuels this month.Give both of them a read if you have any interest in the subject.