Oh! What It Seemed to Be

Merry Fitzmas, y'all!



All the "political capital" in the world don't mean squat when you're popularity is fading faster than a pair of cheap jeans, does it Georgie Boy? I guess we can expect you and your cabal of ghouls to "catapult the propaganda" to Stalin-esque heights now that a majority of the country is hip to the fact that you're a crook and a bastard. Of course, these results are taken from a CNN "insta-poll", so I wouldn't exactly jump for joy just yet. Still, as a rough barometer of public opinion, these results are encouraging. Keep it up, George! Darth Cheney's approval rating is bottoming out in the teens. You gotta wonder who comprises this stubborn 19% that still supports this half-dead vampire-cyborg? Hmmm...

Meanwhile...




...it looks as if a new species of carnivorous mammal has turned up in Borneo! I always like to hear about new species, but a new mammal is extra-nice. Researchers are unsure as to the new critter's precise taxonomic affiliation. Although it seems to share some morphological characteristics with lemurs (evolutionary predecessors of monkeys and apes), the range of Lemuridae is naturally restricted to Madagascar. It's more likely that this animal represents a new species belonging to the family Viverridae -- a sub-group of Carnivora that includes fossas, genets, linsangs, and civets.

Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

The WWF is planning to capture a specimen of the new critter in order to study and describe the animal. Hopefully, the team of WWF scientists will be able to learn enough about this "new" animal in time to protect it from possible extinction. Thankfully, this little varmint was caught before it disappeared forever. Makes you wonder how many species we've missed before logging, farming, and hunting drove them to extinction.