Mid may news links

I heard a guy being interviewed on NPR today about how whats missing in social servies is pastors and the word of god. He was talking about Africa specifically..doesnt he realize "the church" has been selling its wares in Africa for over a thousand years now and the whole continent is still a starving disease ridden slum.

Anyhoo this story about the churches being let into public schools here in Jacksonville really has my feathers ruffled. Its following in the footsteps of this other story about how the city held an interfaith prayer breakfast without any other faiths beyond evangelical christian invited. The reason we need such a hard line stance on keeping all facets of religion out of the pubic sector is because these religious zombies are so persistent and sneaky. If we could trust that churches would stay neutral and provide services without proselytizing. but we cant cause they are master manipulators who will keep testing the boundaries and getting away with whatever they can get away with

Here are some other links

Sports coaches highest paid public employees
stem cell treatment (not prayer) restores sight to blind man
Pictures of people who wear cats as beards
Government paying 450 mil to upgrade (not close) Guantanamo
Sunken continent found off Brazil coast
violent riots in Stockholm go unreported in US for 4th night
5yo raises $1200 for charity instead of birthday presents
Adults sucking on dirty pacifier good for your health
another poop in pools study
teacher fired for not eating school provided lunches
Study finds 20% of children are mentally ill
Swedish government church performing exorcisms on kids
The Sun is launching millions of H-bombs at us
 government feels the need to convict 18yo dating 14yo of a felony
Study finds Mars is hit 200 times per year by asteroids
The "most important quasi-monopoly in history"
Why do voters re-ect people after their sex scandals?

Cat Sushi?

Via Topless Robot..the Japanese are weird..I'm not sure what to make of this

Sloth loves Cat

What planet is that thing from?>?

Cats will save your sock drawer from ninjas in Lamborghinis

Florida Gov "returns" adopted dog!?

Apparently our wonder governor Rick Scott adopted a dog solely for the purposes of PR during the last election and is now claiming that dog was returned to the pound. Where there is no question the dog would be put down. So evil he even looks like Lex Luthor.

Two Lumps

Staying with the cat theme - Here is a funny cat-based e-comic! Check it out!

Cat links and some other stuff

Cats 
Cats gene to taste sweetness broken
The surprising and unique way cats drink
Cats know what they are doing when the purr
Teachers
Teacher slept with student 231 times during school year
Teacher forces students to pee in bucket
Porn star reinstated as substitute teacher
Other
Worlds tallest man
Donate money to individual science projects
Police in Brazil hire real life "batman"
Florida lawyers want more lawyers for Foster Children
Police send unit to reporters home at midnight to demand change in story
Customers/Taxpayers must pay 1.1B for plant that wont be built
Encyclopedia Britannica to end printed version
2 separate shark attacks at popular Daytona area beach
Famous "White Cliffs of Dover" eroding away

Coughed up hairball is declared Best in Show

Irrefutable proof that dog people have questionable taste. Are we sure that this is actually a dog and not some sort of fuzzy hedgehog? When I think "dog" ..that aint it.

Blind Kitten! So Cute!

Love the music, love the kitty, had to post it - via Dori Monsen show.

Man catchs 245lbs Catfish

Via Fark - I for one welcome our Catfish overlords. Seriously though..70% of the planets surface is underwater. Who knows whats down there...

Two headed cat turns 12

slow news week :) video take a moment to load

Whoopi Goldburg adopts Vinny the cat

Not my Vinnie, another Vinny. This Vinny was thrown off a bridge apparently.







Also in the news ::

A 12yo who reads medical texts in his spare time got to birth his new baby brother. "I had to wash my hands because it...yah..." Great video

A couple in Florida were arrested for owning 700 cats

The NYPD is spying on religous groups 

The US is still doing nothing about those other rebels being slaughter

Pax Prime (PAX is a three-day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers) starts this weekend in Seattle

Rick Perry, one of two likely republican nominees is backed by scary hatemongers

Astronomers find planet made of diamond

Vinnie loses his milk teeth

Like people cats lose their baby teeth as they grow. The interweb says if you find them they must be lucky since usually the cat just eats them. They come from the side of the mouth and usually end up going down the throat and being digested. While I was checking up there I discovered that cats have the same tentacle-like fronds on the back of their upper lips that they do on their tongues. I figure they allow the cat to make an upward swipe with the tongue and a downward swipe with the lips when cleaning themselves.  

CNN ask is dog meat healthy

Via Fark a CNN report on the Dog meat industry. Well..I'm a cat owner now..what did you expect? And yes..puppybeef.com does sell dog meat.

Sex lives of cats

I was looking up info on neutering (Vinnie goes in on Wednesday) and I came across this.

Kitten video

Found this on youtube..so cute!!! This is how my previous cats were about feeding...Vinnie not so much

Vincent "My Cousin Vinnie" Lecavalier (the kitten)

Vinnie is a 4 month old platinum point Tonkinese or "Tonk" who was named by my mother after the movie and the Tampa Bay hockey player respectively. I've had him for a bit now and figured it was time for an introduction.