1. Is this money well spent?
A better idea might be to replace the lawn with wildlife friendly native plants, or a vegetable plot. Here in Eugene, you’ll see many font yards tuned in to productive organic gardens.
2. If you can handle the English spellings and can convert from Euros to dollars, here is a compelling article.
The case for smaller, healthier dairy herds

Got milk to throw away?
I’ve reached a point where I dislike lawns.
They’re nothing but work and they offer no return on labor.
I’d rather let them go to wild flowers and stick a bunch of hives around the yard and enjoy the bees.
The Mosquito Lagoon is experiencing a severe die off of turtle grass and an increase in alge blooms.
They are attributing it to fertilizer run off from over use and improper application.
The domino effect has begun.
Question:
Will the Westboro Baptist Church be protesting at S. Truett Cathy”s funeral?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/chick-fil-founder-truett-cathy-died-25340030
The Universe, with it’s infinite wisdom and ironic sense of humor has decided that S. Truett Cathy will be reincarnated as a lesbian biker in the San Francisco chapter of Dykes on Bikes.
… and riding a Gold Wing.
Megachurch to close after pastor refers to women as “penis homes.” And yes, it gets worse.
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/227741/megachurch-to-close-after-pastor-called-women-penis-homes/
Oh where to begin?
Oh dear, closing his mega-church will result in a lot of homeless penises out on the street, standing on the corners with signs that read ‘anything helps’…
yep…and the hand is NOT a home. i guess they’re S.O.L.
There are cows in Washington, no? Sheep?
I know, my bad, but what the hell. 🙂
standing on the corners with signs that read ‘anything helps’…
…or “Will squirt for food.”
… and of course the tag line at the bottom that says “God Bless”.
I was going to comment and say that sounds like a cult but that sums up religion as I have experienced it.
Believe unquestionably what we tell you or you’re not part of our clique.
Also, if my penis is on loan, I’m not returning it.
It’s been used and the warranty has expired.
Let god foreclose on it.
Thought I’d drop in for a draught, will there be a long Wate at the Hole?
Ahoy, Captain! Look who just rowed into town from his maiden voyage!
Arrrgh… my back aches… need to do some work on the seating. Wading through some 1,500 photos, I might have gotten a couple of good ones.
And did anyone really not catch of which the raven quoth? ^^^^^ up there 🙂
Perchance we speaketh in Auld Anglish this day, to whit none hath caught the wit.
Great avatar by the way… Bush’s poodle, not a hair out of place.
Good post nonewhere. Just returned from a trip through the Cascade Lakes region, water issues are looming large. Oregon at least seems to have a clue about sustainable resource practices. There’s hope!
GENEVA, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Atmospheric volumes of greenhouse gas hit a record in 2013 as carbon dioxide concentrations grew at the fastest rate since reliable global records began, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday.
“We know without any doubt that our climate is changing and our weather is becoming more extreme due to human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels,” said WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud in a statement accompanying the WMO’s annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin.
“Past, present and future CO2 emissions will have a cumulative impact on both global warming and ocean acidification. The laws of physics are non-negotiable,” Jarraud said. “We are running out of time.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/09/greenhouse-gas-levels_n_5788788.html
Good. More and more people and corporations are getting the message.
But apparently his wife didn’t. Those are two screwed up people.
Abusive relationships are not that simple. Yes, it’s totally screwed up, and hopefully, she’ll be able to accept the help she needs before he hurts her again.
Or kills her.
Sadly, yes.
And the price of orange juice is about to hit a temporary spike…
Anyone with a lawn larger than 1 acre should be required to graze animals on it.
I don’t recall who it was but some wise guy said “the Arabs don’t hate us for our freedom; they hate us for our golf courses”. Said wise guy then went on to explain that people who kill each other for water might resent watching scenes of rich, flabby, white dudes playing a mere game in a location that wastes enough water each day to keep a poor Arab family alive for decades.
My own personal gripe against golf courses is that the local ones regularly relocate and/or kill geese that dare to poop on the grass and a couple times a year the closest golf course sprays insecticides that kill songbirds. I tried to start a stink when I discovered a pair of purple finches dead on the sidewalk just beneath their nest in the ivy but it’s really hard to find people willing to piss off richer people when it’s hard to put food on the table. I have considered engaging in a little ecoterrorism by sneaking in at night and planting some dead 20 pound carp around the grounds but, you know, cameras.
Terrorise your local links – sneak in at night and take a dump in the 18th hole !!!
That’s the problem. I’ve never been adept at dumping on command.
They also have enough lights to turn night into day so I have to assume that there are cameras recording at all times. A friend of mine got in trouble for “breaking in” and doing a couple laps around the course on his cross-country skies. The few spots where I could conceal a rotting fish from outside the surveillance net are not on the side of the course where the prevailing winds would waft the stench in the desired direction. And? There’s only one putting green I think I could reach with a balloon filled with diesel oil, salt, and Roundup.
Believe me; I have several plans tumbling around my noggin but I want to avoid making any money for a lawyer or losing money for myself.
How about a made-in-Hong-Kong glider “drone”? Hell with their cameras, just drop some good stuff and fly away?
As an avid RC pilot I have considered the “throw away drone” option for several nefarious schemes. Oh yeah. The “high-end” planes now come from Hong Kong. The cheap stuff is manufactured on the mainland.
Our local course is right on the reservoir. I hate to think of the runoff.
Fresh from the state of irony.
I challenge viewers to come up with their own.
http://america.aljazeera.com/blogs/scrutineer/2014/9/3/tony-blair-philanthropist.html
Blair’s a Middle East peace envoy? That explains a lot of what’s wrong over there then.
What’s the difference between Linda Blair and Tony Blair? One can turn her head 360 degrees and spew vomit straight from the pits of Hell and the other was influenced by demons.
Oh it might just be time to repost the Tony Blair selfie….. the Kyev evening may return later….
Headline FAIL of the day:
http://krqe.com/2014/09/07/road-rage-leads-police-to-murder-victims-boyfriend/
Awkward!
QOTD:
“If the goal of terrorist groups is to sow irrational terror, has anything since the 9/11 attack been more successful than those two journalist beheading videos? It’s almost certainly the case that as recently as six months ago, only a minute percentage of the American public (and probably the U.S. media) had even heard of ISIS. Now, two brutal beheadings later, they are convinced that they are lurking in their neighborhoods, that they are a Grave and Unprecedented Threat (worse than al Qaeda!), and that military action against them is needed. It’s as though ISIS and the U.S. media and political class worked in perfect unison to achieve the same goal here when it comes to American public opinion: fully terrorize them.” — Glenn Greenwald, getting it right.
And it’s all Obama’s fault!!!
It’s not Obama’s fault but he totally swallowed the bait and I believe a military response is strictly political and not in the best interests of this country.
Our entire country swallowed that bait long before most of us had ever heard of Barack Obama.
Must see video! Funny or Die does “Cops: Ferguson”. I’m still breaking back and forth between laughing and crying.
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/09/watch-funny-or-dies-hauntingly-true-spoof
Looks like everyone missed this….. or…. the world has simply moved the fuck on?
MH17 – preliminary findings point to high velocity shrapnel penetrating in many places from outside the plane consistent with a proximity-fuse missile, the plane did not do anything out of the ordinary according to the black box and ATC records, and there are impact holes all over the aircraft including the front of the aircraft, none of which are consistent with bullet holes or an exploding engine. And if you have ever watched aircraft combat, shooting down an aircraft usually happens from the rear of the plane.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29119024
I make these points because the official Russian explanation (and the anti-West/Kyev conspiracy theories) for this is that the plane was deliberately steered over the battle zone by Kyev ATC where a Ukrainian SU27 fighter somehow climbed to 50% higher than it has ever been before and machine-gunned the plane until it exploded…..
The Dutch have found shrapnel in some of the bodies, we will probably find out soon what kind of shrapnel it is….
A BBC documentary on Monday published eye-witness accounts (which I heard of days after the incident) of sightings of a Russian BUK launcher crewed by Russian regulars within 10km of the site on the day of the shootdown…..
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29109398
Mr Putin and his thugs in the Donbass – their pants are on fire. 300 people were murdered in that plane…. what more do they have to do before the West acts?
Didn’t Malaysian Air get the memo? It’s in section 317.000, subsection 9 billion. It reads…
“Don’t fly in the path of Russian shrapnel!!!”
QOTD:
The Bush Administration acted like a bunch of frat boys with a bottomless keg and a get out of jail free card from the moment The Shrub was sworn in.
–Me
I just rediscovered one of my songs/poems!
The milk is changed to heavy cream
The dinosaurs to gasoline
We haven’t kept our playpen clean
And Mother Nature’s getting pissed
Chemicals that change the taste
Continents being defaced
Swimming ’round in toxic waste
And Mother Nature’s getting pissed
Chrous: We’re living on a shit baaaaaaaarge!
A garbage scow in Space
We’re living on a shit baaaaaaaarge!
And mother nature’s getting pissed
Forests replaced by concrete
Bare earth trampled under feet
Resistant strains and mad-cow meat
And Mother Nature’s getting pissed
Extra legs on all the frogs
Tumors growing on our dawgs
Acid rain and killer smogs
And Mother Nature’s getting pissed.
Chorus:
Breeding like a swarm of flies
Fouling water, land, and skies
While we live the planet dies
And Mother Nature’s getting pissed
Chorus:
Excellent, petelngh!
Thanks, Ebb.
I actually tapped into a whole forgotten database so i will ration out my favorites piecemeal.
Great Pete!
I saw that earlier today and there was this:
“The find has been described as “the biggest archaeological discovery the world has seen since the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb almost 100 years ago” by a British archeologist, William Battersby, who has written extensively about the Franklin expedition.”
Srsly? That seems like Canuck hyperbole.
Yeah, that seems a bit much. This seems a lot more interesting:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/08/neolithic-orkney/smith-text
GOP Lawmaker vows to end early Sunday voting because “precincts will be dominated by African Americans” and he “would prefer more educated voters.” Derpity, derp, derp, derp.
http://fortressamerica.gawker.com/georgia-lawmaker-vows-to-end-early-voting-because-black-1632514682/+laceydonohue
Ant? Looks more like a wasp…with a mite attached to its head. Ew.
I got this petition from one of the liberal Christian groups that I hear from occasionally. Please feel free to sign or not. http://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/charisma/?t=1&akid=436.143993.xUhu–
I thought it was kinda funny, after I signed it (and added a comment), they asked if I wanted to share it with family, friends, and “fellow church members.” Heh.
Thanks for link, Jane.
That guy with whom I was arguing (Monday’s thread) left one more comment to me, I posted it at the end of the comments on that thread. Sounds like he’s trying to bring me to Jesus. Yah, right.
Sinners and blood sacrifices…
I totally missed the part of the Bible where blood sacrifice is required for salvation. I wonder if this guy is one of those Fundamentalist Mormons who believes in blood atonement.
Jesus? You mean the dead Jewish guy? Why him?
Och ma jock, hoot ma toots – there, that’s all the Scottish I know