Tigers Burning Bright
Can a Lama Save the Tiger? Last August, the Environmental Investigation Agency joined with the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) to investigate the trade in animal skins on the Tibetan...
View ArticleI slept at the San Francisco Zoo
The shocking Christmas Day incident at the San Francisco Zoo in which a Siberian Tiger escaped its enclosure and attacked and killed one zoo visitor and severely wounded two others has had a powerful...
View ArticleSCOTUS may accept a case challenging Obama's age
On Friday, Supreme Court will meet to decide whether to accept the case filed by Tiger Cononfrio. The lawsuit challenges Obama's age. Mr. Cononfrio asserts that Obama cannot possibly be thirty five...
View ArticleThe Tiger and The Strawberry
This is a story that I heard long ago and has been a source of comfort to me when times were difficult. Considering the way things are now, I thought I would share it.
View ArticleSunday Pootie-Palooza: With Apologies to William Blake
Today's pootie diary is dedicated to the big, stripey members of the feline species. Enjoy!
View ArticleThe Trail to Nambo (with photos)
Tui uses his cell phone for the last time while there is still a connection to the tower. The trail to Nambo is a relative superhighway. It is by far the most gradual and fastest trail for hundreds of...
View ArticleExtinction In 12 Years.
That's what scientists give the tiger. 12 years. After that, look to textbooks and zoos to learn what a tiger was. The world our children will be inheriting will be an increasingly lonely one as we...
View ArticleSupport Progress in Cincinnati
This is a call to action for all progressives, public transportation advocates, and those others who see the value in public transportation infrastructure investments. You may have heard about the...
View ArticleBarbie’s fairytale interrupted by the roar of a thousand chainsaws
A long time ago, in a land far, far away, Greenpeace sent Mattel a letter. Our researchers had discovered Barbie’s not so magical secret: her packaging is linked to the destruction of Indonesia’s...
View ArticleOscars - and the crumbs swept under the red carpet - UPDATED 5x
I'm a visual effects artist - 17 years in the industry, creating vfx for commercials, TV shows, and movies that make a lot of money for increasingly fewer people. Today, in Los Angeles, from 1pm to...
View ArticleIs there ANY brand of shampoo and body wash without FREAKIN' PALM OIL!?
The more I learn about how humans have screwed with this planet, the more I realize I know diddily-dick.The first I ever heard about unsustainable palm oil harvesting in Indonesia and Malaysia, which...
View ArticleTea Party's Ignorant Propaganda Pic of the Day
From TigerTime - Save the Tiger on facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/...Click Here To See Image Largethinkingblue on facebook
View ArticleCrouching Bernie, Hidden Hillary (Original art, Photoshop, 2015)
Crouching Bernie Sanders, Hidden Hillary Clinton. Who will win, who will survive. Who will claim the throne.I got a Facebook,www.facebook.com/jaeilchoartPosters available now...
View ArticleOn The Third Day of Christmas...
♫♫ On the third day of Christmas the DKos gave to me ♫ ♫♪♪and a
View ArticleSick of being bullied, tiger unfriends goat.
So, there’s this goat named Timur that was placed in the cage of a Siberian tiger as dinner.Timur apparently took no shit from this tiger and basically bullied him around the cage. Then kicked the...
View ArticleMoondai Furbutts Have A Very Busy Day!
You know how this works, but as always, a gentle reminder: Be nice to each other.No trolling the diary.If you hate pootie diaries, leave now. No harm, no foul.Share any and all pootie/woozle photos or...
View ArticleTiger numbers are on the rise—for the first time in 100 years
The World Wildlife Fund has released a report that shows that according to the most recent data, there are around 3,890 tigers throughout the world. In 2010 there were around 3,200. “This is a pivotal...
View ArticleCartoon: Mar-Tiger (for The Marti)
Mar TigerforThe Marti#jtgP.S. That’s Phobos in the skyP.P.S.Tshirt HEREMar Tiger: Grrrr
View ArticleThe Review – Sex and Politics; Death and Taxes
It’s tough to compete with sex and taxes, but here are a few tidbits:Clinton announced that she is resigning -- as Fox News's president of the United States. noted that Fox News seems to think that...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: News from "over there"
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Doctor RJ, Magnifico, and...
View ArticlePWB Peeps Open Thread: Tiger
by William BlakeTiger! Tiger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
View ArticlePWB Peeps Moondai Evening: More Bits of Serious Ogden Nash Poetry, Illustrated!
Greetings, aminal fans! It’s Moondai evening and time for mischiefery with a mashery of Ogden Nashery (illustrated)! This is an Open Thread, so please feel free to post your favorite illustrated pomes...
View ArticlePWB Peeps Sundae Evening Diary: Forever Young
No matter who or what you are, parents are awesome and love their children and children love their parents. We tend to think animals love their offspring less than us humans do, but images from around...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest:
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Interceptor7, Magnifico,...
View ArticlePWB Peeps Open Thread: Big Kitties
They may roar or they may purr.They can have spots or stripes or solid coats.Some are very very bigSome not so much.But they are all kitties at heart.PWBPeeps is a group that posts a daily diary and...
View ArticleYou'll want to turn on The Masters right now
They started way early today because of weather this afternoon and a certain guy is in the driver’s seat with one hole left.
View ArticleAt least 1 Bronx Zoo tiger tests positive for coronavirus, but the whole...
In the first known animal case in the U.S., a tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday in astatement. Nadia, a 4-year-old Malyan...
View ArticleA Tiger Walks...
***Edit*** Intentionally posted at 11:00AM on a Sunday morning. What MLK referred to as the most segregated hour in America.There is a 1964 Disney movie called “A Tiger Walks”. It centers on the...
View ArticleNuts & Bolts: Inside a Democratic campaign: There is a cost to being...
Welcome back to the weekly Nuts & Bolts Guide to small campaigns. Every week I try to tackle issues I’ve been asked about. With the help of other campaign workers and notes, we address how to...
View ArticleThe Tiger Is Coming
One of the most frightening experiences of my life happened at the Denver zoo in the big cat enclosure. We were watching the bengal tigers. One of the tigers looked in my direction, and made eye...
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