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Winter
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Nice blonde! 
Think i could use a large whiskey GW!
Hope alls kewl in the ol universe
Think i could use a large whiskey GW!
Hope alls kewl in the ol universe
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Hick! now it maybe ive had one beer to many but
can someone clairfy if this story is genuie ????
Killer Navy dolphins ???
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1577753,00.html
Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina
by Mark Townsend Houston
Sunday September 25, 2005
The Observer
It may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Experts who have studied the US navy's cetacean training exercises claim the 36 mammals could be carrying 'toxic dart' guns. Divers and surfers risk attack, they claim, from a species considered to be among the planet's smartest. The US navy admits it has been training dolphins for military purposes, but has refused to confirm that any are missing.
Dolphins have been trained in attack-and-kill missions since the Cold War. The US Atlantic bottlenose dolphins have apparently been taught to shoot terrorists attacking military vessels. Their coastal compound was breached during the storm, sweeping them out to sea. But those who have studied the controversial use of dolphins in the US defence programme claim it is vital they are caught quickly.
Leo Sheridan, 72, a respected accident investigator who has worked for government and industry, said he had received intelligence from sources close to the US government's marine fisheries service confirming dolphins had escaped.
'My concern is that they have learnt to shoot at divers in wetsuits who have simulated terrorists in exercises. If divers or windsurfers are mistaken for a spy or suicide bomber and if equipped with special harnesses carrying toxic darts, they could fire,' he said. 'The darts are designed to put the target to sleep so they can be interrogated later, but what happens if the victim is not found for hours?'
Usually dolphins were controlled via signals transmitted through a neck harness. 'The question is, were these dolphins made secure before Katrina struck?' said Sheridan.
The mystery surfaced when a separate group of dolphins was washed from a commercial oceanarium on the Mississippi coast during Katrina. Eight were found with the navy's help, but the dolphins were not returned until US navy scientists had examined them.
Sheridan is convinced the scientists were keen to ensure the dolphins were not the navy's, understood to be kept in training ponds in a sound in Louisiana, close to Lake Pontchartrain, whose waters devastated New Orleans.
The navy launched the classified Cetacean Intelligence Mission in San Diego in 1989, where dolphins, fitted with harnesses and small electrodes planted under their skin, were taught to patrol and protect Trident submarines in harbour and stationary warships at sea.
Criticism from animal rights groups ensured the use of dolphins became more secretive. But the project gained impetus after the Yemen terror attack on the USS Cole in 2000. Dolphins have also been used to detect mines near an Iraqi port.
can someone clairfy if this story is genuie ????
Killer Navy dolphins ???
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1577753,00.html
Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina
by Mark Townsend Houston
Sunday September 25, 2005
The Observer
It may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Experts who have studied the US navy's cetacean training exercises claim the 36 mammals could be carrying 'toxic dart' guns. Divers and surfers risk attack, they claim, from a species considered to be among the planet's smartest. The US navy admits it has been training dolphins for military purposes, but has refused to confirm that any are missing.
Dolphins have been trained in attack-and-kill missions since the Cold War. The US Atlantic bottlenose dolphins have apparently been taught to shoot terrorists attacking military vessels. Their coastal compound was breached during the storm, sweeping them out to sea. But those who have studied the controversial use of dolphins in the US defence programme claim it is vital they are caught quickly.
Leo Sheridan, 72, a respected accident investigator who has worked for government and industry, said he had received intelligence from sources close to the US government's marine fisheries service confirming dolphins had escaped.
'My concern is that they have learnt to shoot at divers in wetsuits who have simulated terrorists in exercises. If divers or windsurfers are mistaken for a spy or suicide bomber and if equipped with special harnesses carrying toxic darts, they could fire,' he said. 'The darts are designed to put the target to sleep so they can be interrogated later, but what happens if the victim is not found for hours?'
Usually dolphins were controlled via signals transmitted through a neck harness. 'The question is, were these dolphins made secure before Katrina struck?' said Sheridan.
The mystery surfaced when a separate group of dolphins was washed from a commercial oceanarium on the Mississippi coast during Katrina. Eight were found with the navy's help, but the dolphins were not returned until US navy scientists had examined them.
Sheridan is convinced the scientists were keen to ensure the dolphins were not the navy's, understood to be kept in training ponds in a sound in Louisiana, close to Lake Pontchartrain, whose waters devastated New Orleans.
The navy launched the classified Cetacean Intelligence Mission in San Diego in 1989, where dolphins, fitted with harnesses and small electrodes planted under their skin, were taught to patrol and protect Trident submarines in harbour and stationary warships at sea.
Criticism from animal rights groups ensured the use of dolphins became more secretive. But the project gained impetus after the Yemen terror attack on the USS Cole in 2000. Dolphins have also been used to detect mines near an Iraqi port.
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restful
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That is THE best story yet out of all this, thanks for posting it. How or why they take the cute/fuzzies and turn them into killer dolphins (of all things) is awful.
Anyway, hope nobody is planning on swimming out there just yet. I think there's another on the way...hurricane or tropical storm flashed on the news a little while so ya'll have another round ;D.
B
That is THE best story yet out of all this, thanks for posting it. How or why they take the cute/fuzzies and turn them into killer dolphins (of all things) is awful.
Anyway, hope nobody is planning on swimming out there just yet. I think there's another on the way...hurricane or tropical storm flashed on the news a little while so ya'll have another round ;D.
B
With any luck it'll kill one of the bastards who trained it.
Gene
Gene
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restful
Guest
I'll answer even though it's not directed towards me... :-X.
Soy vanilla milk or anything icy, frosty and crunchy straight from the freezer...no caffeine or alcohol though ???. Icy water is good LOL.
Brayden
Soy vanilla milk or anything icy, frosty and crunchy straight from the freezer...no caffeine or alcohol though ???. Icy water is good LOL.
Brayden
<wanders in from street>
Hey this place is great, but why don't you guys put some pictures up, decorate or something? All these plain grey walls a little odd for a bar eh? Just water for me thanks. Well...OK just a splash of scotch. What's this on the juke box? binaural beats? Is that a new band? Haven't heard of them. Send that dolphin with a harness at the end of the bar a drink on me, he looks like he could use it.
Hey this place is great, but why don't you guys put some pictures up, decorate or something? All these plain grey walls a little odd for a bar eh? Just water for me thanks. Well...OK just a splash of scotch. What's this on the juke box? binaural beats? Is that a new band? Haven't heard of them. Send that dolphin with a harness at the end of the bar a drink on me, he looks like he could use it.
<staggers into bar in wetsuit with large dart protruding from his butt cheek...glances silently around room with dazed look in his eyes>
LMAO!!
(I try to lighten the mood with a song from 'binaural beat' called 108-100Hz but the juke must be broken cause it's just this wierd tone. The man in the wetsuit eyes the dolphin suspiciously while fingering the dart in his cheek. A drunk robot gets up from his grey dentist chair/barstool and staggers across the room.)
(I try to lighten the mood with a song from 'binaural beat' called 108-100Hz but the juke must be broken cause it's just this wierd tone. The man in the wetsuit eyes the dolphin suspiciously while fingering the dart in his cheek. A drunk robot gets up from his grey dentist chair/barstool and staggers across the room.)
I guess out of the tap options I would go for the Corona.
And don't you just love those awesome corona commericals on the desert island?
My favorites are the sail boat going into the battle, and the one where it starts raining, and the guy places the cell phone to cover up his corona to keep it form getting from getting in
Oh, you want decorations for the bar?
Well, here ya go, this is our sign that hangs out in the wind out the front door
I hope this is ok PJ
GW
And don't you just love those awesome corona commericals on the desert island?
My favorites are the sail boat going into the battle, and the one where it starts raining, and the guy places the cell phone to cover up his corona to keep it form getting from getting in
Oh, you want decorations for the bar?
Well, here ya go, this is our sign that hangs out in the wind out the front door
I hope this is ok PJ
GW
Barkeep says,
"Well, on channel 32 we've got Celebrity Deathmatch, The Amazing Randi and Ed Dames go head to head in a 12 round ultimate cage fight, and on 15 we've got the 23rd annual Westminister Spoon Bending Competition/Dog Show. I'm keepin it on CNN though, I can't get enough of this media coverage about these escaped military dolphins."
<dolphin quietly makes his way for the back door as man in wet suit squints at the tv>
"Well, on channel 32 we've got Celebrity Deathmatch, The Amazing Randi and Ed Dames go head to head in a 12 round ultimate cage fight, and on 15 we've got the 23rd annual Westminister Spoon Bending Competition/Dog Show. I'm keepin it on CNN though, I can't get enough of this media coverage about these escaped military dolphins."
<dolphin quietly makes his way for the back door as man in wet suit squints at the tv>