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The Polar Bear Who Invited Himself for Dinner
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, interesting, funny, animals, environment, arctic, hungry, polar, bear, humans, wildlife, habitat, nature, habitat )

Tom
- 46 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Wildlife enthusiasts were looking forward to lunch when they discovered a hungry polar bear wanted to try their cauliflower soup. He poked his head through the porthole into the kitchen of the ship that had weighed anchor by the Arctic island of Svalbard.
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The Wounded Knee Massacre
Offbeat  (tags: Sioux Indians, Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, obituary, ethics, crime, children, culture, custom, society, government, news, humans, americans )

Kat
- 334 days ago - bgsu.edu
By August of 1890, the U.S. government was fearful that the Ghost Dance was actually a war dance and, in time, the dancers would turn to rioting. By November, the War Department sent troops to occupy the Lakota camps at Pine Ridge and Rosebud...
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Small Parrot Back Home After 5 Weeks
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, odd, interesting, pet, quaker, parrot, escapes, rescued, personality, change, friendly, family, dog, cat )

Tom
- 108 days ago - upi.com
A North Carolina woman whose pet Quaker parrot has returned home after five weeks on the loose said "Charlie" used to bite her four sons and tease the family's dogs and cat, but has been friendly and affectionate toward the family since his return.
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Native Burial Grounds May Contain Viking Ship
Offbeat  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, Vikings, Burial Grounds, bizarre, animals, culture, humans, interesting, news, odd, off-beat, unusual )

Kat
- 338 days ago - aaanativearts.com
A 200-acre wooded site west of Tisch Mills guards its secrets well. Maybe that's what its original inhabitants intended.But for historian Bruce Vandervest and several other investigators...
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PETA's New "Save The Whales" Billboard Takes Aim At Fat Women (NOT Satire)
Offbeat  (tags: PETA, whales, Vegetarians, blubber, obese, women, health, billboard, ad, campaign, lose, weight, diet, food, odd, unusual, off-beat )

Tom
- 95 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
PETA's new billboard campaign in Florida is raising eyebrows and ire among women and health groups. A drawing on billboards in Jacksonville depicts an obese woman with the phrase, "Save The Whales, Lose The Blubber: Go Vegetarian."
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Q&A With Captain Watson of The Cove and Sea Shepherd
Offbeat  (tags: sea shepherd society, the cove )

Claudia
- 100 days ago - seashepherd.org
Q&A with Captain Watson of The Cove and Sea Shepherd
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9/12 March 'Tea Party' Photo: False Image Spread By Anti-Reform Activists (They Lie!)
Offbeat  (tags: society, culture, fake, photo, republicans, lie, politics, astroturf, march, washington, funny, stupid, tea, party, protesters, national, mall, missing, american, indian, museum, glenn, beck, freedomworks, armey, conservatives, dishonesty, dumb )

Tom
- 66 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
They lie! Tea Party protesters exaggerated the size of their Washington march last weekend by passing around an old photo of a packed National Mall. This is grade-A stupid and just plays into the argument that these were astroturf protests to begin with.
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Seal Warriors
Offbeat  (tags: paul watson, seals, wfl endangered stream live, join )

Claudia
- 233 days ago - wflendangeredstreamlive.org
Captain Paul Watson, Founder, Executive Director of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society will speak live to an international audience on "Seal Warriors", a special podcast presentation by WFL Endangered Stream Live
7 comments
Messages To and From Our Warriors
Offbeat  (tags: Troops, Soldiers, War, Mail, Communication, culture, society, americans, ethics, goodnews, humans, interesting, news, world )

Kat
- 334 days ago - indianreader.com
Leave a note for the folks at home or the Warriors in far off lands
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Sea Shepherd Partnership With LUSH Gains Momentum for the Seals
Offbeat  (tags: lush, cosmetics, non animal tested )

Claudia
- 239 days ago - seashepherd.org
100% of the proceeds from sales of this limited edition bubble bar will be donated to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
9 comments
A Letter in Support of An Indian Bailout
Offbeat  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, Finances, Bailout, culture, society, funny, humans, interesting, humor, off-beat, news, ethics )

Kat
- 335 days ago - reznetnews.org
Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for the opportunity to testify before the Senate Banking Committee about the future of Indian Country and the need for emergency assistance for this vital population of our society...
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Why Boycott the 2010 Winter Olympics?
Offbeat  (tags: Boycott, Olympic Games, Canada, Seal hunt, Paul Watson )

Claudia
- 208 days ago - blogs.myspace.com
10 Questions and Answers on the 2010.Winter Olympics Boycott to stop the Canadian Seal Hunt
16 comments
Santa And Three Elves Beaten!
Offbeat  (tags: Santa, Elves, Santa Claus, ethics, bizarre, funny, humans, interesting, news, off-beat, odd, unusual, children )

Kat
- 352 days ago - thesun.co.uk
SCARED elves at a grotty Christmas grotto have been pulled out after Santa and three of his little helpers were attacked by angry parents.
21 comments
American Indan Ghost Dance
Offbeat  (tags: Sioux Indians, Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, culture, society, americans, custom, ethics, government, humans, Relegion )

Kat
- 334 days ago - bgsu.edu
The evolution of a new religion, the Ghost Dance, was a reaction to the Indians being forced to submit to government authority and reservation life. In early 1889, a Paiute shaman, Wovoka, (son of the mystic, Tavibo, whose teachings influenced the new...
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