The NatGeo reports that there are too many grey squirrels, so that some are considering giving them birth control pills.
Photograph by Maria Stenzel, National Geographic
Hey, why not just eat them?
Squirrel pie: YUM!
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Thanks to fracking, the US is not only becoming a producer and exporter of oil
but it may result in more local manufacturing being done:
Natural gas [is] difficult to transport across oceans and is most efficiently consumed in the same continent where it is produced. That means the glut of gas hitting the market will result in the U.S. having lower prices than other major industrial economies for years to come.----------------------------
the war in Syria is bad on both sides but will it result in a new country, Kurdistan?
BlameBush?
Partly as a result of Western commitment to the Kurds, Iraqi troops were withdrawn from the Kurdish regions in October 1991 and these areas assumed de facto independence.and Joe Biden, who once proposed a tripartate division of Iraq, might be a prophet.
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Let lose the dogs of war: and the cats, and the horses, and the pidgeons.
Rob – a collie from the Special Air Service, received the award on 22
January 1945 “Rob took part in landings during the North African
Campaign with an Infantry unit and later served with a Special Air Unit
in Italy as patrol and guard on small detachments lying-up in enemy
territory. His presence with these parties saved many of them from
discovery and subsequent capture or destruction. Rob made over 20
parachute descents.”Picture: PDSA
UKTelegraph has a Slideshow of animals who saved lives in Britain's various conflicts.
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Happy Durga Puha
(or Navratri...or Dawali)
Devotees carry an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga to immerse it into the
sea at the Marina beach, during the last day of the Durga Puja festival
in ChennaiPicture: REUTERS/Babu
a celebration of good over evil... and celebrated under various names in India.
wikipedia article:
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