Weblog Awards
Best Canadian Blog
2004 - 2007
Why this blog?
Until this moment I have been forced to listen while media and politicians alike have told me "what Canadians think". In all that time they never once asked.
This is just the voice of an ordinary Canadian yelling back at the radio -
"You don't speak for me."
homepage
email Kate
(goes to a private
mailserver in Europe)
I can't answer or use every tip, but all are appreciated!
Katewerk Art
Support SDA
I am not a registered charity. I cannot issue tax receipts.
Want lies?
Hire a regular consultant.
Want truth?
Hire an asshole.
The Pence Principle
Poor Richard's Retirement
Pilgrim's Progress
Trump The Establishment
Let’s see.
The judge in a case against a falsely accused person, a case which has been dropped by the prosecution because of the falsity of the accusation, and a judge who hires his lawyer pals to argue against the dropping of the case, has now hired lawyers to represent himself.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/05/23/judge-emmet-sullivan-hires-high-powered-dc-lawyer-to-represent-his-interests-in-flynn-case/
hmm. Judicial corruption anyone?
Angry chicken!
Fowl-mouthed dirty birdie!
I love the thoughtful application of just a small number of words to express one’s feelings.
The bird should be teaching high school English.
Hahahaha!
Language advisory.
But still pretty funny : )
The cockatoo wasn’t speaking like we do but, instead, mimicking sounds that it has remembered. Those sounds include fragments of human speech, thereby giving the impression that it’s talking.
Yet, those sounds aren’t necessarily random. It’s quite likely that the bird recognizes that they have meaning and context. He was displaying anger and knew which of those sounds would express it.
Maybe the best example of that was the famous African grey parrot Alex. I remember listening to a radio program about him, which included an exchange between him and his keeper, Dr. Irene Pepperberg. She had some kernels of corn on hand and she asked him what colour they were. He answered correctly that they were yellow.
There were other similar examples and he gave appropriate answers. That indicated not only that he was reasoning but that he knew what words he would need to respond.
Clever critters…..
Alex lived a good life and was so loved. He even knew when he was ‘going.’ Check this out, it is very heartwarming:
“Alex the smart parrot passes away”
https://youtu.be/sqPvsB9-_J0
And so the experiments continued…
“Talk to the Animals – Science Nation”
https://youtu.be/4yd9g1fXtyI
An observation from these videos —
Alex never said that an object was a “square” or a “rectangle,” instead, he always said “four corners!”
He said his snack, the corn, was “cold” and / or “soft” as well!
Indeed, clever critters.
“wasn’t speaking like we do but, instead, mimicking sounds that it has remembered. Those sounds include fragments of human speech, thereby giving the impression that it’s talking” – sounds like how Justin Trudeau does his speeches…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans
Certain breeds of parrot are alleged to have a mentation approaching that of a five-year-old child, but I have yet to see one tested under conditions that would eliminate the Clever Hans effect.
Pebble is the greatest!
She communicates her sincerest feelings better than most people.
Isn’t this supposed Funny Video just Animal Cruelty?
Look here Jo-Jo. You see your cage, the place you have spent thousands and thousands of hours of your life? I am going to stomp on it, destroy and then use your distress over the loss of your home to make a humorous video. The poor bird is obviously expressing its distress. Now the bird will live with its owner for years and years, wondering if it will happen again, or if the owner will escalate? Imagine if instead of a bird, it was the guy’s girlfriend instead?
Ain’t that funny?
rd: GET A LIFE PLEASE!! The Parrot wouldn’t have live to be 31 yrs old in its natural surrounding back in the wild!!
I have to say, that made me laugh.