Monday, December 10, 2012

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.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

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.
- Solar Flares To Peak In 2013 – Disaster? Click here.
- There Are Billions Of Habitable Planets! Click here.

Sunday, October 14, 2012

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.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

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.

Monday, August 27, 2012

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.

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- 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.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

CNN CALLS SPCA INTERNATIONAL A SCAM

Don't Let Scammers Exploit Your Generosity!

There is nothing lower than a bunch of douche-bags exploiting the suffering of helpless animals to scam kindhearted people out of their hard-earned money. But according to CNN reporter Drew Griffin, that’s exactly what SPCA International is doing.

~ At the center of it all is fundraiser Quadriga Art Inc.

As far as we can gather at FrogBook.com, this type of racket involves flogging very sympathetic causes, such as suffering animals or disabled veterans (or a combination of the two in the case of SPCA International’s "Baghdad Pups" program). With emotional images and pathetic stories that tug at your heartstrings, millions of dollars in donations would be raised; but instead of going to the entities they are supposed to help, the money is almost entirely pocketed by the people who operate the “charity” involved and by a fundraising/direct-mail company called Quadriga Art Inc. And according to the U.S. Supreme Court, this is all legal!

~ Not just puppies, but veterans are also pawns in an evil scheme.

There is perhaps a crowding-out effect operating here. After SPCA International took in the $26 million in donations from animal-lovers, these same people will now have less money for other legitimate animal charities that really need it. But worst of all, this scandal may have compromised the reputations of – and future funding for – real charities with similar sounding names and abbreviations. One such charity is the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelly to Animals (ASPCA); for many years, this and other animal welfare organizations have faithfully served countless communities throughout the United States and around the world (other examples include the SPCA of Texas and the Canadian SPCA, just to name a few). In fact, perhaps all charities in general have more or less been irreparably damaged by this abomination as people become more cynical.

~ Animals still need your donations, but be diligent.

However, we must not let a group of low-lives cheat our money or scare us away from acts of philanthropy. Before you ever give a penny, always be cognizant of the EXACT name of the charity in question (and don't be fooled by copycat logos) and check it out by going to a website like CharityNavigator.org. And if you ever get cold-calls or mailings asking you for money, always inquire if they have anything to do with Quadriga Art Inc. If the answer is yes, hang up.


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UPDATE: CNN Report: "Cancer Charity Rip-Off"

(June 15, 2013) According to CNN's Drew Griffin, not only are animals and veterans being used as bait to solicit money from kindhearted but uninformed people. Now, even cancer is on the table as a trick to tug at your heartstrings.

As consumers, we must not give questionable charities a penny. The longer we keep them in business (and that's not just a figure of speech), the more their scandals will inflict harm on ALL legitimate charities that really need your money as people become wary. Rule-of-thumb: always be suspicious of direct-mail and phone solicitation. Always deal with long-established and reputable charities. Always check out the background of charities you are not familiar with. The Internet is a great place to do your research. Always visit the websites of charity watchdogs, such as CharityNavigator.org and others.

Also, see CNN's report on "The 50 Worst Charities," click here.

~ Making big $$$ off of the misery of cancer.

UPDATE: Making Big $$$ Off Of Sick & Dying Kids

(August 27, 2013) Puppies, veterans, cancer sufferers, and now sick and dying children – all used to make millions of dollars by unethical charities. And Kids Wish Network is considered America's absolute worst charity by CNN and the Tampa Bay Times. Only 3% of the money they raised went to sick and dying kids. The founder of this charity is also the person who controls or owns some of the fund-raising companies that work for Kids Wish Network.

~ Worst charity in America. Scum of the earth.

All the millions of dollars that go to these so-called "charities" are the money that are not going to real charities that really help animals and people. Email reports such as those by CNN to everyone you know; use Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and other social media to combat these selfish operators. Lawmakers should force all charities to publish on all their literature the percentage of the money raised that actually goes to the cause involved. This would create competition among all charities to become more efficient.

UPDATE: Pat Robertson's Charity & "Blood Diamonds"

www.missioncongo.com

(September 19, 2013) Just when you thought you have hit rock bottom, then you discover another fifty feet of crap underneath that! The new documentary Mission Congo exposes the greed of televangelist Pat Robertson. In 1994, he raised millions of dollars in donations through The 700 Club on his Christian Broadcasting Network to help refugees in Zaire (now the Republic of Congo) who had fled the Rwandan genocide; his campaign was called Operation Blessing. But it is alleged that Robertson made fraudulent claims about Operation Blessing and used it as a front for his own private diamond mining operation in Zaire. Click here.

~ Pat Robertson's 700 Carat Club.

UPDATE: Quadriga Art To Pay $24.6M Settlement

(June 30, 2014) Finally, the marketing firm behind all the controversial charities involving veterans, puppies, and others has been handed out punishment by the State of New York. But in our opinion, it should have been put out of business, click here.

~ "Despicable."

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

(September 11, 2014) Read our article about how a media campaign succeeded in reducing the killing of sharks. Also read about why ethical issues such as honesty, integrity, and transparency are very important for activism in the 21st Century, click here.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

PRINCE WILLIAM ATTACKS RHINO POACHERS

He Calls Rhino Horn Traffickers Ignorant And Selfish

~ Black rhinos are near extinction. 245 were shot in 2012 alone.

On June 18th, Prince William came forward and lent his celebrity to shine light on the plight of the rhinos, which along with the elephants, are the most poached animals on the planet. Calling poachers and traffickers "extremely ignorant, selfish, and utterly wrong," Prince William demanded an end to an illegal trade that can yield as much as $60,000 per kilo of rhino horn.

Photo taken by Simon Taylor.

The Duke of Cambridge hits it right on the nose (no pun intended). Stupidity and greed are at the heart of this tragedy. On the demand side, this dirty trade is driven by some morons in Asia who think powdered rhino horn has healing powers. On the supply side, ruthless butchers in Africa are willing to kill rhinos to the point of extinction for money. The prince points to education as a solution.

~ 10 Essential Facts About Rhinos.

The use of powdered rhino horn as medicine goes all the way back to 300 BC in China (from the Asian rhino). It was, and still is, believed by some ignorant people that rhino horn is an aphrodisiac and can also treat headaches and fever as well as cure heart disease and some cancers. All utter hogwash. Rhino horn is made of keratin, the protein found in our hair and fingernails. Most likely, any claims of relief from the users are due to the placebo effect – and the more money that gullible fools pay for this "cure," the more they are likely to believe that it works.

~ Custom officials at Hong Kong seize rhino parts.

The vast majority of Asians have no inclination to ingest rhino horn even if they could afford it. And rhino horn trafficking is illegal in a number of Asian countries, such as Vietnam, Singapore, and China (however, enforcement is lax in many of them). But with the rapid economic growth rate of Asia (particularly of China), more and more rich idiots clinging to an ancient and destructive superstition are willing to pay under the table for this bogus medicine, pushing the survival of the rhino closer and closer to the precipice.

~ Poachers & traffickers are "ignorant, selfish, and utterly wrong..."

Updated (Feb 9, 2014): Father and son against poaching.


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UPDATE: Polar Bears Are Starving To Death

(August 7, 2013) Read our latest polar bear update, click here.

UPDATE: Rhino Poacher Gets 30 Years In Jail

(September 5, 2013) A few days ago, Chumlong Lemtongthai was sentenced to 30 years in jail for rhino poaching in South Africa. The Thai national was actually sentenced to 40 years in November of 2012, but an appeal was expected by everybody since even the prosecution thought the judge's sentence was too harsh. Now, a quarter of his sentence has been reduced. The sentence is probably justified since Mr. Lemtongthai is considered a "leading figure" in international rhino poaching. More countries need to be tougher on poachers if they want to put a dent in this rising illegal trade.

~ A harsh sentence for a douchebag.

UPDATE: Prince William To Head New Wildlife Group

(September 12, 2013) After seven years in the armed forces, Prince William will now focus his efforts on his young family, his royal duties, and the conservation movement, click here. Under his Royal Foundation, the Duke of Cambridge will be the president of United For Wildlife, a consortium of seven of the world's most influential conservation groups: Conservation International, Fauna & Flora International, International Union for Conservation of Nature, The Nature Conservancy, Wildlife Conservation Society, World Wildlife Fund, and the Zoological Society of London. The initial task for the group is to curb the illegal wildlife trade, such as in the trafficking of rhino horns and ivory. www.UnitedForWildlife.com

~ United For Wildlife is comprised of 7 conservation organizations.

UPDATE: Lion/Tiger Hybrid Breaks Guinness Record

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

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

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

UPDATE: Western Black Rhino Declared Extinct

(November 6, 2013) The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declared the extinction of the Western black rhino. The Western black rhino was one of four subspecies of black rhinoceros. Currently, there are only 4,000 black rhinos left in the world. Click here.

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

(January 17, 2014) Corey Knowlton paid $350,000 to the Dallas Sierra Club for a Namibian permit to kill a black rhino. His argument for killing an endangered species has been used by hunters for decades: the weak has to be rooted out. But he failed to mention that man has destroyed the eco-systems of Africa, where natural predators have disappeared because of Climate Change, poaching, and habitat destruction. It is a bad idea to send such a callous and mixed message to the public that would trivialize and undermined conservation efforts that took decades to build.

National Geographic: Black Rhino Hunt Auction Won’t Help Conservation, click here.

~ This hunter is being hunted himself.

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.

For related articles in the Frog Blog:
- 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.
- Moron Lets Infant Play With A Gorilla 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.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

EXOTIC ANIMALS TO RETURN TO ZANESVILLE!

Wife Of Man Who Released Wild Animals Wins Custody


On October 18th of 2011, in Zanesville, Ohio, Terry Thompson deliberately released 56 of his exotic animals from his compound into the community – including lions, tigers, and bears – before he committed suicide. 48 of the escaped animals had to be shot by local authorities while two were eaten by the bigger animals. However, six animals were not killed and were taken to the Columbus Zoo. Almost immediately, Thompson’s widow hired a lawyer to get her animals back and has now won legal control of the survivors and will take them back to the very same hellish compound from which they came. For the Frog Blog's detailed coverage of this horrific tragedy in October, click here.

~ Zanesville residents worry about the return of wild animals.

It's clear the widow, Marian Thompson, is a hardheaded wingnut who should not get the animals back. But there are much darker and sadder reasons why the surviving exotic animals should stay at the Columbus Zoo. One important issue is that the wild animals on Thompson's farm were often not securely housed and were prone to escaping, posing a severe threat to the local residents of Zanesville and Muskingum County as a whole. In fact, Terry Thompson was cited nine times for letting animals run loose on his farm and his compound was visited by police 30 times since 2004. In 2005, he was convicted of animal cruelty.

~ Terry Thompson was a troubled, negligent man.

The conditions his animals had to endure were unspeakable. Wild animals that needed wide open spaces to roam were forced to be cooped up in small cages, full of feces and filth. Some of the primates were kept in bird cages. Some of the tigers were forced to live in cages that were only 6 feet tall, 8 feet wide, and 15 feet deep. And one of his bears was housed in a large parrot cage. In fact, that same bear survived and has gained 60 pounds since first being brought to the Columbus Zoo. Marian Thompson had full knowledge of the deplorable conditions at her husband's farm and therefore is unfit to care for the surviving animals.

Marian Thompson is planning to bring the five surviving animals (one died at the Columbus Zoo) back to the same house of horrors from which they came; and it has been reported that she has repeatedly denied animal welfare experts from inspecting the farm to see if the conditions there are safe for the animals and that the cages are secure enough to be no threat to the community.

~ Ohio's cruel trade in exotic/rare pets.

But out of this despicable mess may be a silver lining. Due to the Zanesville tragedy, Ohio legislators have significantly curbed the trade in exotic animals. And soon, humane standards will have to be followed before qualified people are allowed keep wild animals, hopefully protecting helpless creatures from abuse and neglect at the hands of callous idiots – people not unlike the Thompsons.

[Updated Insert – May 5, 2012: Yesterday, Marian Thompson transported the five surviving exotic animals by trailers from the Columbus Zoo back to the very same farm where the terrifying massacre took place on October 18, 2011. It has been reported that Marian Thompson has rejected requests from an inspector, a humane officer, and the sheriff to inspect the facilities on her farm. But Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said that at the first complaint, they will surely check into the matter. What, like last time, when neighbors called the police in horror over lions, tigers, leopards, bears, and wolves running amuck? Maybe phones should be installed in the cages so the animals could dial 911 and file a complaint if they were abused!]

~ Concerns and questions about conditions on the farm-from-hell.


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UPDATE: Film: Blackfish Exposes SeaWorld Cruelty

(August 1, 2013) Read our latest article on killer whales, click here.

UPDATE: Escaped Python Kills Two Boys

(August 12, 2013) Read our latest animal-attack article, click here.

UPDATE: Rhino Poacher Gets 30 Years In Jail

(September 5, 2013) Read our latest update on species going extinct, click here.

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.
- Moron Lets Infant Play With A Gorilla Click here.
- Prince William Attacks Rhino Poachers Click here.
- Bluefin Tuna Sold For A Record $736,000 Click here.
- 50 Exotic/Rare Animals Killed In Ohio Click here.