As IF Times

link Dinosaurs farted their way to extinction, British scientists say | Fox News.

The implications of this ‘news story’ are mind boggling.   While I am certainly not in a position to scientifically question the astounding conclusion of this study, if these scientists’ claims are valid, some big changes are going to happen to our society.

The very first thing that comes to mind is the concept of being a vegetarian.  As astute readers of the article will notice, most of these behemoth monsters were actually vegetarians, consuming mainly plants and trees, albeit by the acre, Michael Moore-like.  As most consumers of beans and legumes are aware, consumption of such stuff can lead to embarrassing moments in crowded elevators.  Apparently, the dinosaurs had the same issues millions of years ago and they gassed themselves to extinction.  Logically, we can only extrapolate that vegetarian humans are actually harming our present environment and therefore they should be stopped immediately before it’s too late.

If we were able to monitor the air over San Francisco, Los Angeles or Vancouver, there’s a certainty that the air quality would show higher than the normal measures of toxic gases, which we can now trace  to rampant vegetarianism among their populace.  People may be forgiven who had thought that BS emanating from these cities were responsible for the bad air.  Of course, this gas issue is already known by those who are participants in Yoga classes.   They should immediately form an organization called STOP generating annoying smells, or STOP GAS.

If human vegetarians are a menace to society, then so are all herbivores.  For years, there were theories that cows were in fact the greatest contributors to global warming due to their release  of methane gas from eating grass.  Now, the fickle finger of blame is zeroing in on these dangerous animals.  This dangerous list of herbivores will include goats, sheep, deer, elephants and giraffes too.  All of these creatures are hastening the doom of mankind.  It turns out that eating meat is not only tasty, it’s also green and socially responsible!  Eating broccoli is bad after all!

Another implication of this story is that scientists seem to have the ability to discern the cause of events looooong past their occurrence by persistent and ingenious sleuthing.  Even though dinosaurs died off a few million years ago, apparently the cause of their demise is evident even now, as if it were a slightly cold CSI case and the chalk outline was in clear view.  It’s hard to believe that the dinosaur conclusion wasn’t arrived at sooner.  It was right under our noses; all that was needed was to stitch a bunch of seemingly unrelated pieces of evidence together as if it were a Mississippi trial.   This should scare all criminals.  The truth will come out eventually, although perhaps a few million years down the road.  It will only be a matter of time before they apply modern science to unravel some of the true puzzles of modern life; such as the mystery  of Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance or how they get the caramilk in a caramilk bar.

link Protesters, police face off in Montreal | CTV Calgary.

The charade continues.  By now, media reports of the ‘students’ protesting a whopping increase in provincial tuition  have been broadcast worldwide.  Parents of students attending U.S. colleges must be wondering what they’re missing in the story.  According to the media, the broken windows, vandalized businesses and  fighting with police stems from a plan by the provincial government to raise tuition by a  monstrous amount ….a whopping $325 per year increase!

Cue crickets.

That is not a typo.  In a time where a cup of coffee costs almost 4 bucks and a pair of chi chi jeans can run over $300, apparently these kids are taking to the streets to protest a fee increase that probably wouldn’t cover their cost of beer over a two week term.

At first, we think the issue is about entitlements, but that’s a smokescreen.  We already know that an entitlement mentality has invaded our culture like E. Coli at an all-you-can eat sushi bar.  Ostensibly, the whole point of getting an education is to become a productive member of society, to get gainfully employed, build a life and pay taxes.  Ironically, taxpayers are the ones footing the bill for the destruction to public property and extra policing.  But, not having finished their schooling, these darlings haven’t learned that yet.  The real issue here is the on-going characterization of the protesters as innocent activist kids just expressing themselves.

To keep labelling these professional miscreants as ‘students’ does a massive disservice to the general public that would believe the narrative.  It’s hard to get the public aroused against the uprising if people think that they are just crazy kids acting up.  Besides, they are protesting the wrong party.  Why don’t they demonstrate against the professors who undoubtedly will get increased salaries and benefits as a result of tuition hikes?  Why don’t they demand that they teach for free?  Incidentally, it’s curious at all that the cost of education has risen so steeply over the years.  We are living in a time where the amount of  information and knowledge available as well as access to that information has never been greater than at any time in history.  It’s counter-intuitive to have the costs go higher given more supply.  In theory, education should be like automobiles.  They make them better and cheaper as the years go by.  But that’s for another article.  For a discussion of this notion, see  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304636404577293430981335366.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_careerjournal

For the time being, let’s not be bamboozled by the media to believe that the rioting and destruction in Montreal is all about kids.  As we’ve all seen from the Occupy Wall Street charade over the past few months, these are not organic movements however much they may be characterized that way.  It takes a lot of money to organize and maintain professional mobs.   Someone should figure out who is funding these useful idiots.  It can’t be the kids.  They can’t afford the tuition increase.