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Melancholia for the rest of yah

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I drew "The Legacy" a while back when Stephen Harper, our former prime minister, the one that hid in a closet when we were attacked, decided to make Canada a petrol state and merged the Ministry of Environment with the Ministry of Natural Resources.   For my American friends Harper was a Prime Minister, sort of a cross between Bush and Trump, an evangelical who didn't tweet.  With humanity only having 82 years left, if we continue to do nothing about reducing the burning of fossil fuels, consider it a story of hope that some of us will survive into the next century. You can now find more of my fun pics, gifs and movies at the newly designed ffibs.ca

Tar Sands did not create two headed fish

As erroneously reported here , the two-mouthed fish caught downstream from the Alberta oil sands last summer is not an unusual phenomenon in dead Goldeye. Joe Nelson, a professor emeritus in the biological sciences department, said his examination determined that what was thought to be an extra jaw was in fact the tongue. Ligament contraction after death pulled the tongue out and down, he said. Nelson, who added he has no reason to believe the fish was deformed in any way. The specimen is now part of the university's permanent research collection. It is good to know that the provincial government is on top of these things. Unfortunately they have not been so forthcoming and to some degree as concerned about water monitoring here , and here , or monitoring the air here and here . But good to know about the fish. Just trying to keep my postings correct. JAWL