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  1. Re:not a bison on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    homo sapiens is the first official mammal of USA,no?

    Shhh! Not the homo part.

  2. Re:National animal - national product on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The national product being bullshit this does not surprise me.

    "If you can't blind them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit."

  3. Re: My preference for national mammal: humans on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    So is that where they get poke mon?

  4. Re:How ridiculous! on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Damned immigrants.

  5. Re:Next up: bathroom laws on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    ...for varying definitions of "have often".

  6. Re:Other categories on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Melanin is a social construct? I don't understand.

    Anyways, the thought popped into my head, that when wolves started morphing to dogs, they started changing their colors. And, from there, the different breeds have their own unique "melanin".

    I should probably make it pop out again.

  7. Re:This is really important! on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    How could we live without?

    1. It shows that Congress can work together.
    2. More importantly, it takes their time away from fucking up something important.

  8. Re:Why the fuck is this on Slashdot?! on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll call and raise you...

    "Two of the major problems that bison face today are the genetic bottleneck and lack of genetic diversity that has been caused by the very small number of bison that survived their near extinction event. A third genetic problem is the entry of genes from domestic cattle into the bison population, through hybridization."

    Questions? Ideas? Solutions? More bitching about it?

  9. Re:More taxes, spying, and problem-causing. B Clin on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Huh. Must be a fair deal if everyone thinks they got screwed.

  10. Re:A perfect symbol of American hypocrisy on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    "The only reason we even have bison now is that they became commercially interesting, because there is a niche market for their meat."

    This is what I remember...

    "have made a recent resurgence largely restricted to a few national parks and reserves" ...it seems only in the past, what, 5-10 years where I've seen it here and there.

    Delicious and nutritious. Tastes just like chicken.

  11. Re:A perfect symbol of American hypocrisy on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    "a gas station attendant, burger flipper, etc every 30 miles or so each direction"

    And prison guards. Welfare for rural folk.

  12. Re:Very highly discriminatory on Bison To Become First National Mammal Of The US (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Er, so, Birders of the World, Unite?

  13. Re:Tajikistan ?!?!? on Malaria Has Been Eliminated In Europe (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, I guess that's one way to get good ratings. Might be hard to get it past the censors, though.

  14. Re:Rulers on Money on US Treasury To Feature Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    An actual ruler (length scale) would indeed be useful.

    Ha! I'll 2nd that.

  15. Re:We always need heroes on US Treasury To Feature Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    A history teacher pointed out to us once that, regarding US politics, we have two strands that intertwine like a DNA helix. Each side dances and revolves, until their positions are swapped.

    I was talking to someone once, prolly European. I asked if his country preferred Dems or Reps in office. He said it's all the same to them--no-one can tell the difference.

  16. Re:Eternal President on US: North Korean Missile Launch a 'Catastrophic' Failure (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    "Amerika" has now replaced "Hooray for Hollywood" as part of my zeitgeist.

  17. Re:Are millennials better at Science on Bill Nye: Climate Change Denial Is 'Running Out of Steam,' Thanks To Millennials (mic.com) · · Score: 1

    "It's very hard to find a millennial-aged person that is not concerned about climate change."

    Is this because Millennials are better at Science, or simply because they believe, what public school teachers told them?

    ...said in Rod Serling's voice, with those four little notes playing over, and over, and over again...

  18. You took the wind out of his sails, there!

  19. Re:The models ARE lacking on Bill Nye: Climate Change Denial Is 'Running Out of Steam,' Thanks To Millennials (mic.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, that was pretty lucid.

    thx

  20. We missed a chance on labeling the offspring. Should'a been called Baby Bouncers.

  21. Exactly. I remember as a kid telling my Uncle Farmer how pretty all the rows of trees were along the roads and fields. I that's when I started learning about conservation. 'Course, a good 'ol boy like him didn't call it that.

  22. I thought his comment was clever. Then I saw yours.

    "To iterate is human, to recurse, divine."

  23. I had to chuckle. PID pissing at 6 digits. Fun, huh.

  24. And interestingly, one shit problem that, er, out-weighed the rest, was from horses.
    And the solution for that was, ironically, the problem that we're dealing with now.
    And I'll betcha that whatever solution we settle on, will cause a problem for a future generation.

    And for extra credit...
    Does human transportation inherently cause pollution of some sort?
    Above what level? Tribe? City? Region? State?

  25. "...classical example of privatizing profits and socializing risk."

    Ha! I remember asking my boss about that, during the first bailout.

    His answer? "No it doesn't".

    And that was all.