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FISH ABUNDANT
Barbra Streisand, environmental forecaster, in 2004:
THEY’RE LYING -
WHILE THE GLOBE IS FRYING -
AND THE FISHES ARE DYING IN THE WORLD.
But the fishes aren’t dying. Ms Streisand lied to us through song:
Red salmon used to return each summer by the thousands or tens of thousands. Now, between the early run just finishing and the late run just beginning, they come by the hundreds of thousands.
There are so many, in fact, that fishery managers sometimes question the ability of anglers to catch enough. Already this year, the early run of fish has exceeded what biologists peg as the maximum spawning goal by some 20,000 fish. This has become the norm.
Our old friend global warming is suspected of playing a hand in this awesome Alaskan enfishenment. Streisand should write a tune in celebration.
Horny fishies love warm water. Makes them think they’re in a Corona commercial.
Posted by tree hugging sister on 2006 07 10 at 10:28 AM • permalinkTexas Bob — You have officially been in the desert Too Long. When you start admiring women who look like camels, you’re setting the first boot on the slippery slope…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 07 10 at 10:47 AM • permalinkMs Streisand lied to us through song:
I haven’t trusted songs since I actually tried to pass a Caddy in a Nash Rambler…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 07 10 at 10:48 AM • permalinkAdd salmon spawning to the list, Tim!
Posted by Jimmy the Dhimmi on 2006 07 10 at 10:52 AM • permalinkIn honor of Barbra…(to the tune of “Evergreen”)
Fish, those lice in Gaia’s hair
Fish, loving the warming air
More fish than we ever knew
More, dear Babs, not fewLike your nose, or even a Sondheim song,
All of your rantings have turned out wrong
Fish, hallibut not “burton”
Thrive in spite of ChimpymcbushyhitlerstanNot sure about the meter on the last line.
Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2006 07 10 at 11:28 AM • permalinkrichard, in all fairness, Babs was pretty hot as a younger actress. She still could be an attractive woman now, but her inner ugliness is shining through with the force of afternoon sunshine in the desert.
Oh, and THS? Leave it to you to bring sex and beer into the conversation!!!!
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 07 10 at 11:34 AM • permalinkI haven’t trusted songs since I actually tried to pass a Caddy in a Nash Rambler…
Sounds painful!
Posted by Rob Crawford on 2006 07 10 at 11:41 AM • permalinkDON’T tell me that now
there are more fishies?!
DON’T schmear bagels with tails
of more ickthys!
DON’T let them throw acid rain
on my parade!Posted by tree hugging sister on 2006 07 10 at 11:41 AM • permalinkLeave it to you to bring sex and beer into the conversation
Someone has to be brave enough to bring some perspective to this madness. I only wish there were more
ofLIKE mePosted by tree hugging sister on 2006 07 10 at 11:43 AM • permalinkOur old friend global warming is suspected of playing a hand in this awesome Alaskan enfishenment.
But… global warming is bad. But… animals thriving is good. So if global warming is making the animals thrive, then global warming is ... but global warming is… uhhhh… I’m so confused…
Please, drpoll, help me!
So if global warming is making the animals thrive, then global warming is ... but global warming is… uhhhh… I’m so confused…
Oddly enough, Australia held the key to my recent scientific break through. Lemme ‘splain (and you will see by my nom-de-plume that I am an ‘expert’...):
Posted by tree hugging sister on 2006 07 10 at 12:01 PM • permalinkLeave it to you to bring sex and beer into the conversation.
Let me add…...that’s not a bad thing to do. Unless
peoplefine soldiers like Texas Bobmecan only getbeernear-beer.You’re just being a tease!
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 07 10 at 01:09 PM • permalinkThis is the problem with the enviros. That the Earth is warming isn’t the sticking point. Most scientists do thing that the climate is changing. But it isn’t the warming itself that just scares the bejesus out of them. It is the change itself that fills them with visions of catastrophe. This is why they have no solutions other than the bogus carbon credits and such. It takes work in very specialized fields to have a real solution, if one should be called for. And that is a huge “if”. But we are at the beginning of knowledge about the Earth’s climate history. Climatology is still too ignorant to predict anything, much less to begin proposing “solutions”. It is a case of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing.
If global warming turns out to be a boon to man, which is a distinct possibility because of a greater abundance of food from the sea, and a longer growing season, what will these poor folks do? I guess they can always switch to that magnetic pole changing thingy they say is about to happen - or the first time in human history (because homo sapiens sapiens weren’t around for the last time the poles shifted.
P.S. There’s a question for the climatologists: What happened to the Earth’s climate the last time the magnetic poles shifted? If I remember correctly, the last time was about 70,000 years or so ago. Homo Sapien Sapien may not have emerged, but Neanderthals and other species of homo were around then and we have lots of evidence from archaeology about them and their living conditions to give evidence of how hominids survived. What does the evidence show happened? Ice age? End of an Ice Age?
P.P.S. I hate liking Barbra’s talent, just as I hate admitting that Jane Fonda is a fine actress. It is always a disappointment when someone you admire for one thing, turns out to have feet of clay in everything else.
More like “head of clay”, saltydog. Otherwise, a fine post.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2006 07 10 at 01:52 PM • permalink#26 saltydog
I recall the subject “what happens when the earth’s magnetic field reverses” being covered in this blog before. Things happen like:
* North American birds fly north for the winter and freeze to death;
* Homing pigeons fly backwards;
* George Bush will be blamed for not signing Kyoto;
* Shadows caused by the sun lie towards the sun;
* Maps of the world get printed with South at the top (many Australian maps already have this enlightened feature);
* Tornadoes blow out instead of sucking in;
* the Left will come up with some cogent arguments to support their view of the world.
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 07 10 at 02:37 PM • permalink#30: Yes, the SEC still takes a sort of hidebound, overly-conservative view of investing, which is why I think the reverse-polarity risk abatement derivatives will probably have to be marketed through Paco Enterprises’ European finance subsidiary, Liechtenstein Investment Euro Solutions (“Sweeping a Pine Branch Back and Forth Across the Audit Trail Since 2005!”).
The magnetic pole could change polarity??!?
Not only that; the axis switches, too. Hold onto your bedrails.
Little wheel spin and spin, the big world whirl around, ‘round.*
*Apologies to Buffy St. Marie
Posted by tree hugging sister on 2006 07 10 at 04:59 PM • permalinkPaco
Put your money on Somalia and their new venture. Liechtenstein is so friggin’ small, and weak should something break loose. I mean if Enron pulled one, Liechtenstein surely could. Beside the fact that France could even take them (I think).I mean Dick Durbin is scheduling talks for a committee that would investigate why Liechtenstein isn’t more vocal in its condemnation of George Bush and his remote controlled airliners, secret prisons for cultist killers, and spying on the enemy.
On the other hand Somalia and its Mogadishu Mercantile Trust, Transportation & Islamist Missile L.L.C., it’s the only way to fly.
Paco — I’ve got just the product to help you with the moving magnetic pole problem.
Tuneable compasses!
Now these are usually hard to find, but I have a reliable source of them. Each compass comes with a turnable bezel, or degree ring, that lets you align the compass to the new north. 100% reliable! And I can get them for you in quantity for just 50% above the cost of normal compasses…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 07 10 at 10:35 PM • permalinkRichard, do those tuneable compasses work in 3D space? As the poles flip over (not instantaneous, but probably over several years), the north (or south) magnetic pole could wander right beneath you; thus your compass needle will need the freedom to point straight down.
And can they handle the north and south poles not being in perfect synch (ie directly opposite, due to the earth being an oblate spheroid, not a globe) as they flip over?
If you are stuck with them I can take them off your hands for, oh, say, 10 cents in the dollar.
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 07 11 at 12:36 AM • permalinkHey paco, you ought to add a specially treated bracelet that will keep you oriented ... somehow. I see on the TV that those kinds of things are real popular. Even doctors say bracelets work on stuff.
This product would allow you to reach a different demographic than that tuneable compass thingy. Double your profits!
Paco — They can be rotated through both the vertical AND horizontal planes, in LINEAR time no less, to suit the needs of the discerning user (manufacturer’s disclaimer: “Note: if you have fastened our product to your boat or small aircraft extreme caution implementing vertical rotation”)
I could maybe let these go for $1.10 on the dollar, but hey, these babies will sell themselves; you can do great things with the markup.
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 07 11 at 10:17 AM • permalink
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Geez, I wish I didn’t enjoy her acting so much. She is so talented and it is a shame that she is such a political wanker. Too bad.