KEYSTONE PIPELINE WOULD BE A DISASTER

Obama To Approve Pipeline After His Election Win?

~ Keystone XL pipeline means really dirty and corrosive oil.

The venerable Sierra Club is considered one of the oldest, largest, and most level-headed conservation organizations in the United States. For the first time in its over 120-year history, it has ended its prohibition against civil disobedience over the dreaded Keystone XL pipeline – the project is that bad in the eyes of the environmentalists. As a result, actress Daryl Hannah, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune – among many other famous and influential people – were all arrested for protesting at the White House last month.

~ Sierra Club breaks its 120-year rule against civil disobedience.

Their fear is that after President Obama’s victory in the 2012 election – and not having to run again in 2016 – he may approve this project before the end of Spring. With turmoil spreading in the Middle East, Obama may want to secure a more stable supply of energy for the American economy from Canada. Also, with sequestration now a reality in the U.S., the president may very well fear that the huge across-the-board cuts in government spending will result in massive unemployment and an economic downturn, and this project is expected to create thousands of jobs in the U.S. However, according to the Sierra Club, this project is a bad deal for the people of United States while benefiting only Big Oil.

[Updated Insert – April 14, 2014: Read our latest article, "Obama Likely To Approve Keystone XL," click here.]

~ The Sierra Club explains this deal.

But the Canadian people also have paid a heavy price for extracting tar sands to benefit Big Oil. The damage that has been done to the Province of Alberta in terms of its environment is of such a monumental and terrifying scale that it likely has no parallel anywhere else in the world. In fact, Prime Minister Harper of Canada once boasted that this project is the biggest in human history, dwarfing the Great Wall of China. It is believed that Canada has the second largest oil reserve in the world, only behind Saudi Arabia.

~ 2nd largest oil reserve on the planet – mixed with sand & water.

Canada is now the largest source of oil to the U.S. The problem is, some of this "oil" (really a thick gooey tar called asphalt or bitumen) is mixed with sand, silt, and water; and it takes a lot of energy and toxic chemicals to squeeze asphalt out of millions of tons of muck (comprised of 80% sand, 5% water, and 10% bitumen). After the extraction process, tons of toxic sludge called tailings would remain to form countless poison ponds and lakes.

Experts believe the building of the Keystone XL pipeline would arm the tar sands project with the demand and capital it needs to fulfil its fullest, most horrific, potential; a fourfold increase of this monster is expected in the next twenty years. As a result, the environmental damage could grow to the point of no return for our planet. According to NASA climate scientist James Hansen, it's essentially "game over" for reversing Climate Change if the Keystone XL pipeline is approved (incidentally, he was also arrested for protesting at the White House in February).

~ How tar sands damage the environment.

Keystone proponents argue that the tar sands in Canada would have been developed whether the pipelines in the U.S. were built or not. They point out that the result would have been the same on Climate Change regardless, so why not create jobs for Americans? Frogbook.com's opinion is that there are not enough refineries in Canada to process the tar sands into synthetic crude oil before it can be shipped in gigantic amounts to China and elsewhere from the Canadian harbors. Therefore, Big Oil cannot fully develop the Albertan oil sands without the Keystone XL pipelines as vital conduits to the mighty American refineries. From there, this "dirty oil" would be shipped all over the Earth. That’s the KEY (no pun intended) for this abomination. It is expected that the Keystone XL pipeline would carry about 830,000 barrels of oil per day to the U.S. Gulf Coast refineries.

[Updated Insert – November 6, 2015: President Obama has denied a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline project (see video below. This should not be a big surprise as he vetoed a bill from Congress in February (read the article from Reuters: "Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline, Leaving It In Limbo"). We at the Frog Blog are glad to be wrong about President Obama. However, besides Obama's concern for the environment, the two other unexpected factors that might have influenced his decision are: 1) the surprising increase in local shale oil and gas production, making Canadian oil less desirable, and 2) the sudden drop in the world price of oil (around $50 per barrel) makes tar sands oil (produced at around $75 per barrel) untenable. Also, read our recent article, "Oil Crash Could End Fracking & Oil Sands," click here.]

~ The Keystone XL is dead – for now.


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UPDATE: "Global Warming A Total Fraud": GOP Rep.

(August 13, 2013) Read the latest update on the shenanigans in Washington in regard to Global Warming, click here.

UPDATE: Robert Redford Attacks Keystone XL Pipeline

(September 18, 2013) Actor Robert Redford came out yesterday with a video to blast the Alberta tar sands and the Keystone XL pipeline. Canadian media dubs his campaign the Redford vs. Redford battle, referring to the Premier of Alberta, Alison Redford, click here.

~ It's Robert Redford vs. Premier Alison Redford of Alberta.

UPDATE: Arctic Ice Grew By 30% – Global Cooling?

(September 21, 2013) Read the latest article on the Global Warming debate, click here.

UPDATE: U.N. Climate Report Spells Disaster

(October 6, 2013) Read our article on the 2013 report from the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I.P.C.C.), click here.

UPDATE: Palin Loves Ted Cruz & Coal; Blames Obama

(October 16, 2013) Read our latest update on crazy Sarah Palin and the government shutdown, click here.

UPDATE: U.N.'s Health Arm Links Pollution To Cancer

(October 18, 2013) Read our latest update about the World Health Organization's new report, click here.

UPDATE: Gov't Report: Climate Change Has Arrived

(May 6, 2014) Read our latest update about the Obama Administration's Third National Climate Assessment. Climate Change is here, click here.

UPDATE: Antarctic Glaciers Irreversibly Melting Away

(May 13, 2014) Read our latest update on how the melting of Antarctica may raise sea levels by 13 feet! Click here.

UPDATE: U.S. To Cut CO2 Emissions By 1/3 In 15 Yrs.

(June 4, 2014) Read our latest article on how the Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) will crack down on coal in the U.S. Also, learn about what the People's Republic of China is doing to the world’s environment! Click here.

UPDATE: Nuclear Power Is Best For Climate Change

(August 20, 2015) Read our article on why nuclear power is the only realistic way to cut out all carbon, click here.

For related articles in the Frog Blog:
- Nuclear Power Is Best For Climate Change Click here.
- Mini Ice Age Coming In 2030: Scientists Click here.
- Oil Crash Could End Fracking & Oil Sands Click here.
- U.S. To Cut CO2 Emissions By 1/3 In 15 Yrs. Click here.
- Obama Likely To Approve Keystone XL Click here.
- U.N. Climate Report Spells Disaster Click here.
- Arctic Ice Grew By 30% – Global Cooling? Click here.
- Arctic Ice Melts To Lowest Level Ever Click here.
- Rick Perry Calls Global Warming A Hoax Click here.
- Climate-Change Deniers Gain In Congress Click here.
- Palin Blames "Greenies" For BP Oil Spill Click here.

TEACHING CREATIONISM IS CHILD ABUSE

Physicist Likens Creationists To The Taliban

~ Turning your kids into mindless idiots is child abuse.

Noted physicist Lawrence Krauss earlier this month declared that the teaching of Creationism (also referred to by its obfuscating name, "Intelligent Design") is a form of child abuse. According to Dr. Krauss, people in the United States are so ignorant that the National Science Foundation found that 50% of Americans think the Sun actually revolves around the Earth and not the other way around, click here. And in a recent Gallup poll (May, 2012), 46% of Americans believe that humans were created by God in their present form within the last 10,000 years. This is pathetic.

[Updated Insert - March 16, 2015: To learn about how school vouchers help teach Creationism to children, click here.]

~ Teaching Creationism is like depriving a sick child of medicine.

America is perhaps the only advanced nation in the world where the idiotic Creation vs. Evolution debate still rages on. This cripples America as other nations forge strongly ahead with their rigorous math and science curriculums. European and Asians countries, including U.S. rival China, are making great strides in education while U.S. students rank poorly in math and science in comparison, click here. In fact, any kind of nonsense being disseminated to the public by fools and nuts in China may result in imprisonment. While such Draconian methods are rightly frowned upon by the West, commonsense should still prevail in the U.S. And although the teaching of Creationism as science is no longer allowed in America, Creationists still use many crafty strategies to seep rubbish into the classroom while society looks the other way.

~ In the 2012 film, The Revisionaries, morons hijack education.

The acclaimed 2012 documentary that addresses this issue, The Revisionaries, was first broadcast on PBS this January, click here. (To view encore broadcasts of this documentary, please check your local PBS program listings.) This award-winning film exposes the kind of "child abuse" that the Texas State Board of Education has inflicted on the kids of Texas. They do this by determining what should, and should not, be in the text books of all the subjects being taught, from history to biology to social studies. In essence, a bunch of laymen get to overrule the consensus generated by the scholars – the true experts. According to the former chairman of the Texas Board of Education, Don McLeroy, "Somebody's got to stand up to experts!"

Movie poster.
www.TheRevisionariesMovie.com
These poor kids will have a hard time entering and surviving natural and social science courses in colleges and universities after they graduate. Worse than that, Texas is such a large market for text books that the stupidity of the Texas Board of Education actually influences the types of text books publishers print nationwide, and that in turn dictates what children in other states may read. This in turn hampers America's competitiveness on the world stage long into the future.

[Updated Insert - December 9, 2013: Read our new article on how America has fallen behind: "Far East Tops O.E.C.D. Education Rankings," click here.]

~ Don McLeroy's revisions will be in place until the year 2020.

Photo taken by Patrick Ross. ~ Kentucky's Creation Museum attacks education, click here.


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UPDATE: Anti-Creationist Student On Moyers & Co.

(March 2, 2013) Young Zack Kopplin proves that wisdom does not necessarily come with age. He has shown us that we must all bravely stand up to stupid bullies when they perpetrate injustices and lies. In the long run, reason always triumphs over dogma. The natural home of reason is debate and competition. When ignorant dogma tries to fight for its existence in an environment of debate, competition, and knowledge, it is outside of its own element. The natural element or home of Creationism is mindless rote and obedience – brainwashing (you would have to shut your brain down to accept that all the different species of dinosaurs fit into one wooden ark). That is why Creationism tends to flourish in closed and controlled environments like cults and home-schooling. It is contradictory, illogical, and hypocritical to debate on behalf of "no-debate" (Creationism). That’s why FrogBook.com believes the Internet, the nerve center of global information and debate, is the graveyard of Creationism. Debate on, Zack!!

~ Zack Kopplin on keeping Creationism out of public classrooms.

UPDATE: Film: The Unbelievers Attacks Religion

(May 1, 2013) Read our latest article on science vs. religion, click here.

UPDATE: Fanatics Denied Medicine To Kids; 2 Died

(August 8, 2013) Yesterday, a judge in Philadelphia refused to dismiss third-degree murder charges against Herbert and Catherine Schaible for refusing to give their sick eight-month-old son medicine for religious reasons, click here. The baby died of pneumonia in April. These two morons belong to the First Century Gospel Church, which rejects medical science and preaches faith healing; to them, medicine is the tool of Satan (how insane is that). The reason for the judge's tough stance is because the couple did the same damned thing to another son, Kent, in 2009, a two-year-old who died from bacterial pneumonia after being denied medical treatment. For Kent's death, the Schaibles were convicted of involuntary manslaughter and were placed on probation for ten years. Under the terms of the probation, the couple was required to give all eight of their children (now seven) medical care.

~ Religious idiots face murder charges.

We at the Frog Blog have no idea if the state can prove its case against murder. The bar is set much higher than for manslaughter. In our opinion, even if the Schaibles did lie to the court in 2009 in regard to giving medical treatment to their kids, they might still believe in their hearts that praying to some magical sky master is the only way to treat pneumonia, even when their other son died in 2009. These religious fanatics always have justifications for their incompetence, such as saying, "It's Gods will," and other nonsense. They are stubborn idiots, not malicious idiots. If convicted, the couple may each face five to ten years for the probation violation and 20 to 40 years for the third-degree murder of this baby.

While FrogBook.com doesn't think the state can easily prove their case and a jury may end up setting these two imbeciles free, we do hope they will be found guilty and have the book thrown at them. Regardless of what was really in their hearts when they let their baby die, the harsh punishment they may receive if convicted would deter other less incorrigible and stupid fanatics from doing the same thing to their children. One thing is for sure, the court should have taken the Schaibles' kids away in 2009. The system has failed these children, especially the eight-month-old baby.

[Updated Insert – February, 19, 2014: These two crazy-ass morons both received up to seven years in prison. But what's more important is that they should not get their children back; at this point, we're not really sure.]

~ 3 1/2 to 7 years in prison for a couple of idiots.

UPDATE: "Cyrus Prostituted Herself": Creationist

(September 1, 2013) Read our latest article on Creationism, click here.

UPDATE: Far East Tops O.E.C.D. Education Rankings

(December 9, 2013) Read our latest article on the deterioration of American education, click here.

UPDATE: Bill Nye Debates Creationist Ken Ham

(February 10, 2014) Read our latest article on how Creationists push their political agenda, click here.

UPDATE: Unvaccinated Kids Banned In NYC Schools

(July 7, 2014) Read our recent article on the "vaccine truthers," click here.

UPDATE: World's 1st Atheist TV Channel Launches

(August 4, 2014) Read our latest article on atheism. Is the Internet the graveyard of religion? Click here.

UPDATE: Creation Theme Park Sues For Tax Credit

(March 16, 2015) Read our article on the latest shenanigans of Creationist Ken Ham and his Noah's Ark park, click here.

For related articles in the Frog Blog:
- Creation Theme Park Sues For Tax Credit Click here.
- World's 1st Atheist TV Channel Launches Click here.
- Unvaccinated Kids Banned In NYC Schools Click here.
- Bill Nye Debates Creationist Ken Ham Click here.
- Far East Tops O.E.C.D. Education Rankings Click here.
- "Cyrus Prostituted Herself": Creationist Click here.
- Film: The Unbelievers Attacks Religion! Click here.
- GOP Rep. Calls Evolution & Big Bang Lies Click here.
- The 2nd "Scopes Monkey Trial" Is Coming! Click here.
- Tax-Break For Kentucky Creationist Park Click here.
- Bachmann Wants Creationism In Schools Click here.
- Doomsday Prophets Are Idiots! Click here.
- "Evolution A Myth": Christine O’Donnell Click here.
- Creation Vs. Evolution: Darwin Defamed! Click here.

WORLD'S OLDEST MAN BREAKS RECORDS

What Is The Oldest Living Thing On Earth Today?

~ The world's oldest living human at just under 116 years of age.

Guinness World Records has confirmed that on December 17th, 2012, Jiroemon Kimura of Japan is the oldest living human being in the world, after Dina Manfredini of the United States died at the age of 115 years and 257 days. This in itself is not so remarkable (as of January 2nd, 2013, Mr. Kimura is 115 years, 258 days old); what is notable is that the next nine oldest living people on Earth are all women, as life expectancy has historically been longer for women compared to men. Also, on December 28th, 2012, Jiroemon Kimura became the oldest verified human of the male gender in history. But there is more; on Jan. 2, 2013, Mr. Kimura became the 10th oldest human being who ever lived. What is so amazing is that he is the only male on this top-10 list and is also the only person still alive on this list. He is only the second male in history to have made it onto this list.


We believe hereditary factors and genetic mutations play a major role in longevity, read our article titled, "New World Record For Smallest Woman," click here.

So, what is the oldest animal still living? That would likely be Jonathan the tortoise, estimated to be 181 years of age (he currently lives on the island of Saint Helena). He was caught in a photograph taken during the Boer War at around 1900; at the time, he was about 70 years old (see photo below). However, according to Guinness World Records, the oldest verified tortoise that ever lived was named Tu'i Malila; he lived for 188 years (from 1777 to 1965). He was a gift from Captain James Cook to the Tongan royal family.

~ Jonathan the tortoise with Boer War prisoner and guard.

However, there are perhaps other animals that can live even longer than Jonathan and Tu'i Malila. But first, for us humans, the oldest verified person in history was Jeanne Calment of France, who died in 1996 at the incredible age of 122 years, 164 days, click here. Humans are a long-lived species which can outlive many other species. But there are claims that certain animals can live for hundreds of years! The problem is, such claims are difficult to verify.

~ The top-10 longest living animal species of our planet.

Finally, what is the oldest thing still alive in our world today? That would be a tree named Methuselah. This Great Basin bristlecone pine tree still grows today in the White Mountains range in the Inyo National Forest, which spans eastern California and Nevada (the exact location of Methuselah is not disclosed for fear of vandalism). Methuselah is believed to be around 4,850 years old! And as for the the oldest verified tree in history, according to Guinness World Records, that would be another Great Basin bristlecone pine named Prometheus. It was believed to be about 5,200 years old before it was cut down in 1964, click here.

~ Methuselah may be the oldest living thing on Earth today.


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UPDATE: World's Oldest Man Dies At 116

Jiroemon Kimura of Japan died on June 12th, 2013 at 116 years and 54 days old. He was the oldest verified person of the male gender who ever lived in world history. Now, the oldest living person is once again a woman, Misao Okawa, also of Japan; she is 115 years and 100 days old as of the writing of this update (June 13, 2013).

~ Now, the top 10 oldest living people on Earth are all women.

UPDATE: World's Oldest Human At 123 Years Old?

(August 18, 2013) Claims of being the oldest person in the world abound from all over the world, and we at FrogBook.com tend to ignore them unless some authority like Guinness World Records confirms it. But the claim that Mr. Carmelo Flores Laura of Bolivia has a baptism certificate to prove it really got the media's attention, click here. His claim of being 123 years old would mean he is not only the oldest human alive, but also in world history. And for a person of the male gender instead of a woman to claim this title would be quite amazing.

~ Really?

The government registry which claims Mr. Laura is 123 years old got the information from his baptism certificate. But the actual copy of the physical certificate cannot be shown to the media for privacy reasons. However, a digital record for the baptism does exist and it actually shows that he was born on July 16, 1906 rather than on July 16, 1890, click here. There must have been some sort of error when data from the baptism certificate was transferred to the government registry. Still, a 107-year-old man is fascinating nonetheless! But the oldest person alive today, confirmed by Guinness World Records, is a woman named Misao Okawa of Japan at over 115 years old. And the oldest verified living person of the male gender is Salustiano Sanchez of the U.S. at over 112.

UPDATE: Lion/Tiger Hybrid Breaks Guinness Record

(September 18, 2013) Read our latest update about animals that break world records, click here.

UPDATE: There Is No Gay Gene!

(January 4, 2014) Read our latest article on the science of homosexuality, click here.

For related articles in the Frog Blog:
- There Is No Gay Gene! Click here.
- Bluefin Tuna Sold For $1.7 Million! Click here.
- Bluefin Tuna Sold For A Record $736,000 Click here.
- New World Record For Smallest Woman Click here.

FOOLS PANIC AS MAYA END-TIME NEARS

Gov'ts Try To Calm Fears As Dec. 21st Approaches

~ Mayans couldn't make calendars forever – tired, not End-Time.

As we approach the end of the Maya 5,125-year cyclic (or "Long Count") calendar on December 21, 2012, panic steadily rises all over the world. End-Time scenarios circulate unabated; they include the Earth being struck by a giant asteroid (or another planet), the Earth being fried by a super solar storm, the Earth shifting its rotational axis, the Earth reversing its magnetic poles, the Earth being in a planetary alignment where natural disasters such as tornadoes, massive floods, and earthquakes ravish our world.

~ Maya nonsense can be costly.

There are reports of Americans running out to buy guns, survival equipment, and provisions. In China, bloggers are circulating that the Apocalypse will have arrived when we see our planet being blanketed by three days of total darkness. Also, one idiot in China cashed in his life savings of $160,000 in order to build an ark to survive Dec 21st. In France, people are planning to converge at the top of Mount Pic de Bugarach, waiting for space aliens to rescue them. There are also reports of expensive underground shelters being sold to the gullible in France, the U.S., and elsewhere.

~ Russian citizens panic as December 21st approaches.

To avoid needless accidents and social instability, governments around the world are trying their best to alleviate fears. The mayor of Bugarach, France has banned UFO watchers and light aircraft from being on top of the fabled mountain that is supposed to be the landing site of space aliens. In Russia, the Ministry of Emergency Situations told its citizens to come to their senses. In the U.S., NASA and the Voice of America created websites and videos to dispel nonsense and superstition. To go to the NASA video explaining the Maya myth, click here.

~ Voice of America explains the Maya calendar.

While ten percent of the world population believes December 21st is a day of catastrophe, some people in Mexico and Central America are celebrating the end of one Long Count cycle and the beginning of another. To them, December 21st is an auspicious and happy day. If the descendants of the Mayans don't know, then who does?

~ It's not doomsday, but a time of celebration.


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UPDATE: Warren Jeffs Predicts End Of the World

(December 28, 2012) The loons are not done with 2012. Now, Warren Jeffs, jailed leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (or the FLDS Church) is telling his followers to prepare for the Apocalypse at the end of 2012. This lunatic is currently serving a life sentence plus 20 years for child sexual assault.

~ Jeffs, a narcissistic psychopath, might harm his followers.

As dumb as this sounds, there is nothing to laugh at here. Authorities fear that the megalomaniac, who still runs the FLDS Church from behind bars, might order the murder/suicide of his followers – not unlike cult leaders Jim Jones and David Koresh. A narcissistic psychopath who is cornered like a rat in prison with no hope of freedom might want to destroy his entire congregation to make a point. And it seems his followers are a bunch of brainwashed fools who would carry out his orders. Our only hope is that the most dire outcome is not being planned by Jeffs and the first sunrise of 2013 will wake up some in his flock.

UPDATE: "Area 51 Is Real": C.I.A.

(August 17, 2013) Read our latest update about UFOs, click here.

UPDATE: Did Life On Earth Come From Mars?

(September 1, 2013) Read our latest update on how life might have began on Earth, click here.

UPDATE: End Of The World Coming In September?

(June 12, 2015) Read our latest article about the latest doomsday nonsense, click here.

UPDATE: Mini Ice Age Coming In 2030: Scientists

(July 19, 2015) Read our article on how solar activity changes the Earth's climate, click here.

For related articles in the Frog Blog:
- Mini Ice Age Coming In 2030: Scientists Click here.
- End Of The World Coming In September? Click here.
- NASA Says We'll Find Alien Life In A Decade Click here.
- Solar Flares To Peak In 2013 Click here.
- UFO Spotted Over Denver! Click here.
- There Are Billions Of Habitable Planets! Click here.
- Doomsday Prophets Are Idiots! Click here.

UFO SPOTTED OVER DENVER!

If Aliens Do Exist, Can They Reach Us?


For months, an unidentified flying object was spotted over the City of Denver. And a number of days ago, news crews captured it on tape. Let us note that "unidentified" means just that and the term "UFO" by no means points to the object in question as an extraterrestrial spacecraft. Odds are, there is a rational, earthly explanation for the sighted object – likely a secret U.S. military aircraft. The Buckley Air Force Base is based in the City of Aurora, which along with the City of Denver, make up the Denver Metropolitan Area.

Updated video (Nov. 22, 2012): UFO in Denver caught on tape.

Having stated all that, FrogBook.com must reiterate that we believe life-forms outside of our solar system are likely to exist. In our article titled, "There Are Billions Of Habitable Planets!" we reported that scientists believe there might be other life-forms in other parts of our galaxy. But even though there are literally billions of habitable planets in the Milky Way Galaxy, the distance between such planets are so vast that it sometimes takes thousands of years for light to travel from one livable planet to another, let alone actual life-forms riding in spaceships (it takes light one year to travel 5.9 trillion miles or 10 trillion kilometers). And according to the laws of physics, nothing can travel faster than the speed of light.

~ White House: There has been NO evidence of alien visits – ever.

Even though life does probably exist out there and there are billions of habitable planets in the galaxy, the percentage of livable planets that actually contain life is likely very small; and the chance of intelligent life-forms living on these habitable planets is even smaller. However, the number of extraterrestrial civilizations might still be in the millions; but even millions would be easily diluted into insignificance by our vast galaxy. Once you factor in the sheer unfathomable distances between bodies in our galaxy, the chance of livable planets that contain intelligent life being close enough to our Earth to permit space-travel is next to zero.

~ Carl Sagan calculates the number of civilizations in our galaxy.

Physical contact from aliens is out of the question. Nevertheless, we humans might one day receive messages from other civilizations not only in our galaxy but in other galaxies as well; but these messages might be thousands to millions of years old due to the limits of the speed of light. Although we haven't received anything thus far, the chance of us receiving extraterrestrial messages in the future is greater than zero. But don't expect them in your own lifetime!

[Updated Insert – April 17, 2015: Read our latest article about NASA's surprising announcement, “NASA Says We'll Find Alien Life In A Decade," click here.]


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UPDATE: "Area 51 Is Real": C.I.A.

(August 17, 2013) Yesterday, the Central Intelligence Agency confirmed that Area 51 exists and is really Groom Lake or Homey Airport, a detachment of the Nevada Test and Training Range (U.S. Air Force). However, it is not a place where space aliens rendezvous, or where the U.S. government conducts experiments on extraterrestrials, or where the Pentagon studies spaceships. Instead, it was the testing site in the 1950's for high-altitude U-2 reconnaissance planes. And later, the supersonic reconnaissance A-12 aircraft and the F-117 stealth ground-attack jet were also tested here. As we said earlier in this article ("UFO Spotted Over Denver"), UFO sightings are likely sightings of experimental government aircraft (including drones), especially if the site in question is near a military facility. Commonsense?

~ What did you think it was?

UPDATE: Did Life On Earth Come From Mars?

(September 1, 2013) Biochemist Steven Benner of The Westheimer Institute for Science and Technology in Florida presented his findings a few days ago at the annual Goldschmidt Conference in Florence, Italy. He discussed that one of the ingredients of life is molybdenum and the Earth simply did not have enough of it when life began to develop millions of years ago. He concluded that molybdenum, which is abundant on Mars, must have came to Earth via Martian meteorites.

~ The "spice of life" may have come from Mars.

UPDATE: Bigfoot Caught On Tape; DNA Collected

(October 3, 2013) ABC News and other news outlets reported claims of Bigfoot sightings yesterday. The reporters sounded a bit tongue-in-cheek, click here. We at FrogBook.com think the odds of this being a hoax is over 50%. The researchers, who call themselves the Sasquatch Genome Project, gave a press conference on October 1st; we think the purpose of this event was simply to promote their upcoming documentary.

~ Bigfoot...really?

However, these researchers have apparently collected samples of blood, hair, and DNA from a number of Bigfoots and have shared their evidence with real scientists, who have neither proven nor disproven their case. At any rate, if the researchers really had gotten that close to that sleeping female juvenile Bigfoot (see video above), why didn't they try to tranquilize it and capture it? You would think a female juvenile should not be a big problem for them to handle. It would have been one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. Hmmm....

UPDATE: End Of The World Coming In September?

(June 12, 2015) Read our latest article about the latest doomsday nonsense, click here.

For related articles in the Frog Blog:
- End Of The World Coming In September? Click here.
- NASA Says We'll Find Alien Life In A Decade Click here.
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- There Are Billions Of Habitable Planets! Click here.

GOP REP. CALLS EVOLUTION & BIG BANG LIES

GOP Has Become A Bible-Based, Anti-Science Party

~ Really?

On September 27th, Republican Congressman Paul Broun made a speech at a sportsman's banquet at the Liberty Baptist Church in Hartwell, Georgia. We can only assume Mr. Broun was pandering to the base and had no intentions of making his views known to the outside world. However, his ridiculous comments were reported all over the world last week. He said, “All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who are taught that from understanding that they need a Savior." Broun also said that the Earth is only 9,000 years old and was created by God in six days.

~ Evolution, Embryology, & Big Bang are "lies from the pit of hell."

What’s even more outrageous, this damned fool sits on the United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. On the committee, he is joined by Republican Representative Todd Akin from Missouri, who also recently gained international infamy after he claimed that women who are “legitimately raped” cannot get pregnant – implying that women who are date-raped are not really raped. Of course, his comments are total rubbish with zero support from science, click here. Both these men have made America a laughing stock around the world. However, they and their fundamentalist backers are devious, often advocating nonsense such as Intelligent Design and anti-abortion quackery posing as legitimate science.

~ The Republican Party has been hijacked by anti-science nuts.

Even in a democracy, it makes no sense to appoint onto committees politicians whose sole agenda is to undermined and destroy the mission of that very same committee! That's letting the fox guard the hen house. However, Mr. Broun is a former medical doctor and Mr. Akin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. Are they really knuckle-dragging idiots, or are they just scamming their own constituents for votes? We'll never know. But either way, this can’t possibly be good for society or democracy. The radical Tea Party movement has damaged the Republican Party and America – perhaps irreparably – by touting morons and dogma on one hand, and by making liars and fakers out of the moderates on the other. What you end up with is a destabilized and gridlocked nation paralyzed by fanaticism and dishonesty. Case in point: Republican candidate for the presidency, Mitt Romney.

~ A habitual flip-flopper: Romney's "views" on Climate Change.

More Mitt Romney Flip-Flops, click here.


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UPDATE: 2012 Midterm Election Update

(December 10, 2012) On November 28th, Republican Representative Lamar Smith (Texas) was appointed the new chairman of the United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. He is a Climate-Change denier.

~ Mr. Smith has received financial support from oil & gas interests.

UPDATE: Teaching Creationism Is Child Abuse

(February 14, 2013) Read our latest article on science vs. religion, click here.

UPDATE: Film: The Unbelievers Attacks Religion

(May 1, 2013) Read our latest article on science vs. religion, click here.

UPDATE: Fanatics Denied Medicine To Kids; 2 Died

(August 8, 2013) Read our latest update on science vs. religion, click here.

UPDATE: "Global Warming A Total Fraud": GOP Rep.

~ What – or who – is really the total fraud here?

(August 13, 2013) Representative Dana Rohrabacher of California is another moron who sits on the United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology; he's the vice chairman of this committee, and it seems his goal in life is to destroy science, space, technology, and the truth. That's like hiring a pyromaniac to be the chief of the fire department. On August 8th, he was taped at a town hall meeting calling Climate Change a total fraud that would lead to a one-world government. But he has made many other really idiotic comments before, like saying Global Warming is caused by dinosaur fart.

[Study: 97% Agreement On Man-made Global Warming, click here.]

~ Rohrabacher says greenhouse gases are caused by dinosaur fart.

Updated video: Rohrabacher is an idiot with power.

Updated video: Name hurricanes after Climate-Change deniers!

UPDATE: "Cyrus Prostituted Herself": Creationist

(September 1, 2013) Read our latest article on Creationism, click here.

UPDATE: Palin Loves Ted Cruz & Coal; Blames Obama

(October 16, 2013) Read our latest update on crazy Sarah Palin and the government shutdown, click here.

UPDATE: There Is No Gay Gene!

(January 4, 2014) Read our latest article on the science of homosexuality, click here.

UPDATE: Bill Nye Debates Creationist Ken Ham

(February 10, 2014) Read our latest article on how Creationists push their political agenda, click here.

UPDATE: World's 1st Atheist TV Channel Launches

(August 4, 2014) Read our latest article on atheism. Is the Internet the graveyard of religion? Click here.

UPDATE: Creation Theme Park Sues For Tax Credit

(March 16, 2015) Read our article on the latest shenanigans of Creationist Ken Ham and his Noah's Ark park, click here.

For related articles in the Frog Blog:
- Donald Trump Says Vaccines Cause Autism Click here.
- Creation Theme Park Sues For Tax Credit Click here.
- World's 1st Atheist TV Channel Launches Click here.
- Unvaccinated Kids Banned In NYC Schools Click here.
- Bill Nye Debates Creationist Ken Ham Click here.
- There Is No Gay Gene! Click here.
- "Cyrus Prostituted Herself": Creationist Click here.
- Film: The Unbelievers Attacks Religion! Click here.
- Teaching Creationism Is Child Abuse Click here.
- The 2nd "Scopes Monkey Trial" Is Coming! Click here.
- Tax-Break For Kentucky Creationist Park Click here.
- Bachmann Wants Creationism In Schools Click here.
- Doomsday Prophets Are Idiots! Click here.
- Climate-Change Deniers Gain In Congress Click here.
- "Evolution A Myth": Christine O’Donnell Click here.
- Creation Vs. Evolution: Darwin Defamed! Click here.

MORON LETS INFANT PLAY WITH A GORILLA

Wild Animals Will ALWAYS Be Wild And Unpredictable

~ Children should never be near wild animals.

Damian Aspinall is a British millionaire businessman and conservation activist. The problem is, he doesn't know what the hell he’s doing. 22 years ago, he placed his 18-month-old toddler, Tansy, together with a 300-pound gorilla and he taped it. It seems that he knew even back then that it was the wrong thing to do and he didn't release the video to the public until now. He claims he is releasing the tape now because he wants the world to see just how gentle gorillas really are. But we at FrogBook.com think this is just a publicity stunt to bring attention and funding to the Aspinall Foundation, which among other campaigns tries to bring captive gorillas back into the wild.

~ Siegfried & Roy.

There are many examples of wild animals that have been raised by humans since birth and seem gentle but attack their owners/handlers with absolutely no warning. One notable example is Siegfried & Roy. In 2003, Roy Horn was bitten in the neck by a 7-year-old tiger that had been trained by Horn since it was just a cub. Horn was in critical condition for several weeks. He also underwent surgery on his skull and suffered a stroke and partial paralysis. It took him years to recover.

Sadly, when humans behave irresponsibly while keeping wild animals, the animals also suffer. Read our earlier article, "50 Exotic/Rare Animals Killed In Ohio," click here.

~ No whale should be forced to live in a tank.

Another animal that can turn violent are trained killer whales in theme parks. These huge animals live under such cramped conditions that their violent behavior due to stress and mental anguish should not be surprising.

[Updated Insert – August 1, 2013: Read our latest article, "Film: Blackfish Exposes SeaWorld Cruelty," click here.]

What Is Tameness?

~ Natural selection changed wolves into dogs since the Stone Age.

Just because a wild animal is intelligent and is trainable does not mean it is – or can be – tamed or domesticated. An intelligent wild animal can learn cues and behave accordingly in order to get a piece of food or treat. But that does not mean the animal actually "connects" or empathizes with a human being like a domesticated dog can. This tameness has been selectively bred into dogs for thousands of years – first, when wolves foraged around early human waste dumps and were affected by natural selection; and later when humans began to selectively bred them for certain traits.

~ Silver fox experiment. Tameness is genetic.

And just because a chimpanzee is closely related to humans and seems gentle and intelligent, that does not mean it is as tame as a dog or that it can even connect with humans as well as a dog! In fact, some of the most horrific attacks on humans have been made by chimpanzees. In 2009, at Stamford, Connecticut, a pet chimpanzee literally tore off the entire face of a woman by the name of Charla Nash without any warning, click here. Now, think about Tansy Aspinall.

~ Why dogs "connect" with humans better than chimpanzees.

[Updated Insert – August 12, 2013: Read our latest article on the dangers of keeping wild animals at home, "Escaped Python Kills Two Boys," click here.]

~ A Husky looks similar to a wolf. But they are different animals.


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UPDATE: Man Jumps In With Tigers

(September 22, 2012) A nut by the name of David Villalobos jumped from a monorail train into an enclosure for tigers at the Bronx Zoo yesterday. He was badly mauled and almost lost his foot as a tiger had dragged him all over place by the foot. He was also bitten in the arms, legs, back, and shoulder. The intruder said he wanted to “be one with the tiger.” On his Facebook page, Villalobos claims to be an animal lover.


~ A fool wants to be one with a tiger.

He is the perfect example of misplaced love for wild animals. If you truly love animals, first UNDERSTAND them. Educate yourself. Then give wildlife what they really need – begin by helping organizations that protect their habitat in the wild. They don’t want you to pet or feed them – while being locked up in your backyard. We at FrogBook.com are relieved that the Bronx Zoo will not put down the tiger involved in this incident. The Siberian tiger involved could very well have been shot during the rescue process if this idiot had not been able to escape quickly. This shows just how thoughtless and selfish Villalobos was. As we’ve been saying throughout this article, this tiger just did what tigers do. Wild predatory animals should only be destroyed if they are released into the human community, such as in the tragic situation in Zanesville, Ohio, click here. Some people are angry that the freed animals at Zanesville were killed, but this just betrays their total lack of understanding of wild animals.


~ A lion tries to eat a baby at another zoo (2011).

UPDATE: Prince William To Head New Wildlife Group

(September 12, 2013) Read the latest update on Prince William, click here.

UPDATE: Owner Loses Custody Of IKEA Monkey

(September 13, 2013) Read our latest update on Darwin the IKEA monkey, click here.

UPDATE: Lion/Tiger Hybrid Breaks Guinness Record

(September 18, 2013) Read our latest update about animals that break world records, click here.

UPDATE: 850 Snakes Found In Home!

(September 21, 2013) Read our latest exotic pets update, click here.

UPDATE: "Let The Panda Die Out": Wildlife Expert

(November 4, 2013) Read our latest article on endangered species, click here.

UPDATE: Corey Knowlton Pays $$$ To Kill Black Rhino

(January 17, 2014) Read our latest update on rhino hunting, click here.

UPDATE: Asian Carps: Barbarians At The Gate!

(March 14, 2014) Has the Asian carp broken into the Great Lakes? Read our latest article on this environmental disaster, click here.

UPDATE: Shark Fin Sales Drop Up To 70% In China

(September 11, 2014) Read our article about the plight of sharks and the shark fin trade, click here.

UPDATE: Feral Cat Colony Found At Disneyland

(November 23, 2014) Learn about feral cats and dogs and how they impact wildlife, click here.

For related articles in the Frog Blog:
- Feral Cat Colony Found At Disneyland Click here.
- Shark Fin Sales Drop Up To 70% In China Click here.
- Asian Carps: Barbarians At The Gate! Click here.
- "Let The Panda Die Out": Wildlife Expert Click here.
- Escaped Python Kills Two Boys Click here.
- Film: Blackfish Exposes SeaWorld Cruelty Click here.
- Bluefin Tuna Sold For $1.7 Million! Click here.
- Justin Bieber Attacked Over His Monkey Click here.
- Prince William Attacks Rhino Poachers Click here.
- Exotic Animals To Return To Zanesville! Click here.
- Bluefin Tuna Sold For A Record $736,000 Click here.
- 50 Exotic/Rare Animals Killed In Ohio Click here.

ARCTIC ICE MELTS TO LOWEST LEVEL EVER

The Survival Of The Polar Bear May Be In Peril

Updated (Sep. 23, 2012): Scary forecasts come true.

NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced today that a new record has been set this summer in the Arctic: The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has shrunk to the smallest size ever observed by humans on August 26th, at about 4.09 million square kilometers (1.58 million square miles). According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, this phenomenon is considered a strong signal of long-term climate warming.

Updated (Sep. 3, 2015): World looks like this if all ice melted.

This summer, about 38,000 square miles of ice have been melting per day since June. And it is expected that the Arctic will lose an additional 60,000 square miles of sea ice every summer – that's about the size of the State of Georgia. Some scientists believe that by 2020, all the ice in the Arctic will be gone in the summer time. This shows that the "alarmists" among the scientific community in the past were totally correct.

~ Will all the ice melt away by 2020?

As less and less white snow and ice exist to reflect the Sun's rays, and at the same time as more and more dark water exists to absorb the sunlight, global warming may become accelerated. This in turn may cause global sea levels to rise as the snow and ice on land also melt and flow into the ocean. But lest we forget that humans are indeed the main cause of Climate Change. According to world-renowned geologist Richard Alley, the direct inverse relationship between the rise of carbon dioxide and the decline of oxygen in our atmosphere is proof that Global Warming is caused by the burning of fossil fuels.

(Click on image to enlarge.) ~ Atmospheric CO2 concentration from 400,000 years ago to now.

~ It's us, humans, who are causing Global Warming.

The World Wildlife Fund points out that this situation in the Arctic has dire consequences for wildlife from shrimps to walruses to polar bears. Polar bears may become stranded in the ocean, unable to find ice to climb onto in order to reach land; and walruses are losing their habitat. In addition, as shipping and exploration become more and more accessible for humans, their presence in the Arctic may cause irreparable damage to a fragile environment that a whole slew of land and marine species rely on to survive.

~ Starving polar bear finally finds ice.

[Updated Insert - May 16, 2013: Study: 97% Agreement On Man-made Global Warming, click here.]

~ Koch brothers funded research proving Global Warming!!


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UPDATE: Arctic Ice Drops To New Record Low

(September 25, 2012) Just twenty-one days since the last record was made on August 26, a new record was reach on September 16, 2012. The Arctic sea ice dropped to a historic low of 3.42 million square kilometers or 1.32 million square miles, click here.

~ September 16th the worst day ever.

UPDATE: 2012 Hottest Year Ever In The U.S.

(Jan 10, 2013) On November 29th, 2012, scientists reported that both polar ice caps are melting three times faster than they had thought. And in a report a few days ago, 2012 was the hottest year in the United States on record – and the second most tumultuous in history.

~ Global sea levels will rise.

~ 2012 was the hottest year ever in the U.S.

UPDATE: Polar Bears Are Starving To Death

(August 7, 2013) Due to Climate Change, many polar bears are dying of starvation. This is because polar bears hunt for seals and other prey by waiting on floating sea ice; they would dive into the water from the ice after they spotted their prey beneath the surface. As there are now less and less pieces of floating sea ice, many polar bears are trapped on land, starving to death. And when they do find sea ice on which to hunt from, they might find themselves far adrift from both land and other sea ice; and when they try to go ashore by swimming from sea ice to sea ice, they might find none and become stranded in the ocean and drown. News item: "Polar Bear Starves To Death From Climate Change, Scientists Say," click here.

~ No ice = no food.

Because polar bears are at the top of the food chain, their drop in numbers may have profound effects on the ecosystems of the Arctic. Without the sufficient culling of seals, sea lions, and other marine mammals by polar bears, their populations may explode and their over-consumption of fish, crustaceans, and other lifeforms may destroy the bio-diversity of Arctic waters.

UPDATE: "Global Warming A Total Fraud": GOP Rep.

(August 13, 2013) Read the latest update on the shenanigans in Washington in regard to Global Warming, click here.

UPDATE: Robert Redford Attacks Keystone XL Pipeline

(September 18, 2013) Read the latest update on the Keystone XL pipeline, click here.

UPDATE: Arctic Ice Grew By 30% – Global Cooling?

(September 21, 2013) Read the latest article on the Global Warming debate, click here.

UPDATE: U.N. Climate Report Spells Disaster

(October 6, 2013) Read our article on the 2013 report from the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I.P.C.C.), click here.

UPDATE: U.N.'s Health Arm Links Pollution To Cancer

(October 18, 2013) Read our latest update about the World Health Organization's new report, click here.

UPDATE: Obama Likely To Approve Keystone XL

(April 14, 2014) Did you know America is poised to be the world's biggest carbon-based fuel producer by 2015? Read our latest article on the Keystone XL pipeline and the Canadian tar sands, click here.

UPDATE: Gov't Report: Climate Change Has Arrived

(May 6, 2014) Read our latest update about the Obama Administration's Third National Climate Assessment. Climate Change is here, click here.

UPDATE: Antarctic Glaciers Irreversibly Melting Away

(May 13, 2014) Read our latest update on how the melting of Antarctica may raise sea levels by 13 feet! Click here.

UPDATE: U.S. To Cut CO2 Emissions By 1/3 In 15 Yrs.

(June 4, 2014) Read our latest article on how the Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) will crack down on coal in the U.S. Also, learn about what the People's Republic of China is doing to the world’s environment! Click here.

UPDATE: Oil Crash Could End Fracking & Oil Sands

(December 19, 2014) Read our article on how the drop in oil prices can destroy shale and tar sands oil, click here.

UPDATE: Mini Ice Age Coming In 2030: Scientists

(July 19, 2015) Read our article on how solar activity changes the Earth's climate, click here.

UPDATE: Nuclear Power Is Best For Climate Change

(August 20, 2015) Read our article on why nuclear power is the only realistic way to cut out all carbon, click here.

For related articles in the Frog Blog:
- Nuclear Power Is Best For Climate Change Click here.
- Mini Ice Age Coming In 2030: Scientists Click here.
- Oil Crash Could End Fracking & Oil Sands Click here.
- U.S. To Cut CO2 Emissions By 1/3 In 15 Yrs. Click here.
- Obama Likely To Approve Keystone XL Click here.
- U.N. Climate Report Spells Disaster Click here.
- Arctic Ice Grew By 30% – Global Cooling? Click here.
- Keystone Pipeline Would Be A Disaster Click here.
- Rick Perry Calls Global Warming A Hoax Click here.
- Climate-Change Deniers Gain In Congress Click here.
- Palin Blames "Greenies" For BP Oil Spill Click here.