Friday, November 24, 2017
ANIMAL WELFARE CAMPAIGN
Wow, we’re on fire! MPs are dashing to defend themselves and reassure the public -- but it’s not enough until the vote’s overturned! Let’s overwhelm them with our rush to defend the animals -- sign now!
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Dear friends across Britain,
MPs just voted that animals can't feel emotions or pain. It's our government at its most cruel and heartless -- but a massive outcry from the public can overturn this outrage. EU law protects animal welfare, but as we fumble towards Brexit Britain, MPs just voted to remove this vital safeguard, reducing animals to deaf and dumb creatures that exist purely for our benefit. The vote narrowly passed in parliament and will go to the Lords -- that’s our chance. If we can create a massive outcry from right across the country, we can give the Lords the backing they need to reject this heartless amendment. Add your name, with one click, and tell everyone: Lords: Stop the Heartless Animal Vote! To the House of Lords: "As citizens across Britain, we are horrified by the parliamentary vote that animals aren’t sentient beings. The vote strips animals of the rights they had under EU law -- and so we urge you to amend the EU Withdrawal Bill when it comes to the House of Lords." Lords: Stop the Heartless Animal Vote! Wagging tails, excited little lambs, cats that nuzzle your arm -- it’s obvious to everyone that animals have feelings and are aware of their surroundings. It’s been proven in over 2,500 scientific studies. There can only be one reason to deny animal sentience, and that’s to exploit them. Strip away that recognition and there’s no reason to worry about animal testing, barbaric hunting games, and gruesome slaughterhouses. But we won’t have it. When this bill arrives at the Lords, let’s make sure they have the backing they need to overturn this outrage -- we need to make it massive! Let’s show our government want compassion and humanity looks like -- sign now with one click! Lords: Stop the Heartless Animal Vote!
There are many beliefs that unite our community across the world, but surely one of the most beautiful is the understanding that we don’t own or rule the planet -- we share it with every other being. It’s why time and again we’ve risen to the challenge of defending animals around the world. Let’s make sure this time isn’t any different.
With hope and determination, Mike, Alex, Antonia, Bert and the whole team at Avaaz More information: MPs vote 'that animals cannot feel pain or emotions' into the Brexit bill (Independent) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-bill-latest-animal-sentience-cannot-feel-pain-... Yes, Animals Think And Feel. Here's How We Know (National Geographic) https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150714-animal-dog-thinking-feelings-brain-science/ After 2,500 Studies, It's Time to Declare Animal Sentience Proven (Live Science) https://www.livescience.com/39481-time-to-declare-animal-sentience.html |
BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF
12 year old boy films bigfoot
In
Maine, a teenager thought he had filmed the giant anthropoid that haunted the
forests of North America, the mythical Bigfoot. For the monster hunter,
Bill Brock, an occasional host on a Discovery Channel show, the most convincing
proof of the Bigfoot's existence since the famous Patterson-Gimlin
film ...
TODAY'S BIG CAT NEWS
There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we are publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in.
The worldwide mystery cat phenomenon (or group of phenomena, if we are to be more accurate) is not JUST about cryptozoology. At its most basic level it is about the relationship between our species and various species of larger cat. That is why sometimes you will read stories here that appear to have nothing to do with cryptozoology but have everything to do with human/big cat interaction. As committed Forteans, we believe that until we understand the nature of these interactions, we have no hope of understanding the truth that we are seeking.
NEWSLINK/PHOTO: 2 more tigers dead in Nagpur divis...
NEWSLINK: Leopards attack three in Mandvi
NEWSLINK: Uttarakhand villagers set fire to farm l...
NEWSLINK: Leopard enters Dhirenpara school, mauls
FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES
What has Corinna's column of Fortean bird news got to do with cryptozoology?
Well, everything, actually!
In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that whereas the study of out-of-place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot or lake monsters, it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean zoologist to be interested in.
Giant finches invade Scotland
- Exotic Indonesian birds smuggled in drain pipes
- Darwin Was Right About Bird Vomit
- China’s key role in international fight to save on...
GOODNESS ME, IT IS THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN
The Gonzo Daily: Friday/Saturday
Last night saw the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu “Burn the Shard” erm…
happening in London. I stayed up following the action as best as I could via
social media and it seemed that a splendid time was had by all, and the overall
vibe (as far as I could make out from the various info-streams was that it was
wilder and more anarchic than the events in Liverpool last summer.
Certainly the “Welcome to the Dark Ages” event didn’t have the participants
told that they should “run” if approached by the police, or have the Ice Kream
van, containing a grubby Ronald McDonald and spewing out yellow smoke as it
careered down the Queen’s Highway. Some of the pictures which were posted on
Instagram by my acquaintance the lovely Mary Epworth, looked like the event was
the epicentre of a riot. Perhaps the afterparty is what was portrayed by the
Aftermath Dislocation principle, except that the cops were replaced by a gaggle
of MuMushocktroops all wearing yellow ponchos.
I wish I had been there. But…
What the Fuuk was it all about. What the Fuuk was going on? I am sure that
Vicky Pea will explain it all in the fullness of time, but in the meantime I am
as confused as everyone else. But as Noël Coward said:
“I went to a marvellous party
We played the most wonderful game”
Except, of course, that I didn’t! I watched it all on my iPad whilst
snuggled up in bed with a neurotic Jack Russell terrier and a self-opinionated
orange cat.
And while this was going on, in Liverpool, members of the Art’s Lab were
parading around the streets dressed as crows.
Truly we are living in marvellous times.
Forgive me for always banging on about our webTV show, but it matters a lot
to me, and I would be grateful for as many people as possible to see it, and
spread the tidings of it far and wide:
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THE GONZO TRACK OF THE DAY: Pink Faries - Do It
COMING THIS WEEKEND
FRANK ZAPPA NEWS
THOM THE WORLD POET: The Daily Poem
ANIMAL WELFARE CAMPAIGN
Gonzo Weekly #261
THE LAMENTING LEN ISSUE
Marking the anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s death, we take a look at the
outpouring of grief the tributes manifest, Alan looks at Matthew Smith’s Exist
to Resist, Richard presents part three of the Steve Kimock story, and Jon looks
at Black Mirror and Netflix.
Hail Eris!
And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney, Strange Harvest, Friday Night
Progressive and Canterbury Sans Frontieres. We also have columns from all sorts
of folk including Neil Nixon, Roy Weard, C J Stone, Mr Biffo and the
irrepressible Corinna. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views,
interviews and long nosed potoroos who have done lots of poos (OK, nothing to do
with small marsupials who have been at the laxatives, but I got carried away
with things that rhymed with OOOOS) than you can shake a stick at. And the best
part is IT's ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!
This issue features:
Black Mirror, Beatles, Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, Prince, Alan White,
Elton John, Walter Becker, REM, Strange Fruit, Friday Night Progressive, Mack
Maloney's Mystery Hour, Charles Henry Mosley III, Frederick Lee Cole, Chad
Hanks, Little Mama, Keith Barron, Michael ‘DikMik’ Davies, Lillith and Nilly,
Barbara Dickson, Jessica Lee Morgan, Rick Wakeman, Billion Dollar Babies,
Tangerine Dream, Peter Perrett, Jeremy Smith, Alan Dearling, Exist to Resist,
Matthew Smith, Leonard Cohen, Richard Foreman, Steve Kimock, Kev Rowland, Thy
Art is Murder, Travelin Jack, Trem do Futuro, The Two Tens, Ultranova, Venom
Inc., Mr Biffo, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Martin Springett, David Bowie, Gerald
Scarfe, Pink Floyd, Chopin, Queen, Elvis, Freddie Mercury, Jim Morrison
Marking the anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s death, we take a look at the
outpouring of grief the tributes manifest, Alan looks at Matthew Smith’s Exist
to Resist, Richard presents part three of the Steve Kimock story, and Jon looks
at Black Mirror and Netflix.
Issue 260 (Amsterdam Squat Festie)
Issue 259 (Out come thee Freaks)
Issue 258 (The Devil's Jukebox)
Issue 257 (Judge Smith)
Issue 255/6 (John Lennon)
Issue 254 (Mr Biffo)
Issue 253 (Dana Gillespie)
Issue 252 (Cropredy)
Issue 251 (Scott Walker)
Issue 250 (Jamms)
Issue 249 (Bill Bruford)
Issue 248 (The Selecter)
Issue 247 (Don Airey)
Issue 246 (Steve Hackett)
Issue 244-5 (Summer Special)
All issues from #70 can be downloaded at www.gonzoweekly.com if you prefer.
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Weekly dropbox. The first 69 issues are archived there as well. Information is
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orange cat named after a song by Frank Zappa, and two half grown kittens, one
totally coincidentally named after one of the Manson Family, purely because she
squeaks, puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown
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mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we
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NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Friday/Saturday
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Endangered turtle making a slow and steady comebac...
'Hobby zoos' face calls for crackdown after second...
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AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day).