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Good News for Sharks

I love sharks, and now and then I like to just post some good news (partly because what passes for "news" is almost universally "bad news" in our culture)

Anyway, one thing that fills me with rage is shark finning. Call me crazy, but I'm not sure killing between 30 and 100 million sharks each year for their fins is a good idea. I mean, I love soup as much as the next guy, but maybe we don't need to annihilate every large species of shark on Earth in order to have shark-fin soup.

Every once in a while, a government tries to do something about this ongoing atrocity. In this case, surprisingly, our government.

Interestingly, this piece of legislation was introduced by a Democrat from Guam. I guess maybe something this good just can't come from those continental losers who seem to get us into all of this trouble all the time.

Go Guam!

"It's Not What You Fight...

But what you fight for."

In the words of a comic book mouse no less.

At some point, I became overwhelmed by disgust at the news, and am honestly unable to tolerate more than a minute or two of the fear-mongering moronic tripe spewing from puffed-up nobodies 24 hours a day. So I started wanting to be part of good news. This is one way I do that.

My TV has been a lot quieter ever since I realized this. And now and then I am treated to news which is worth reading, which I was a small part of.

I recommend it.