>>A group of 40 sea lions has been making itself rather unwelcome in this upscale community
Posted on 09/19/2005 7:34:42 AM PDT by genefromjersey
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Newport Beach, California : A group of 40 sea lions has been making itself rather unwelcome in this upscale community.
The creatures keep residents awake by barking most of the night. They climb aboard residents’ prized boats : fouling and damaging them. In one case, all 4o climbed aboard a small, pricey sailboat – causing it to sink.
Residents are at their wit’s end , because the sea lions are protected by a 1972 federal law , which says the creatures cannot be killed,harmed, or harassed.
(It is, incidentally, a law Newport Beach residents lobbied for in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s…)
Wellington,NZ: A Green Party legislator – who promised he would run naked through the streets if his rival was elected – says he will keep his promise.
Legislator Keith Locke said he would do “the nude dash” if Rodney Hide won a parliamentary seat in Epsom.
Mr. Hide won by a 3200 vote plurality.
Now Locke says there are certain preparations that have to be made before he keeps his end of the deal. There is body paint, choreography, and artistic effect to be considered. One cannot simply rush into these matters !
Local merchants have expressed a willingness to have a specific street closed off for the event, to arrange for any necessary permissions, and to supply Mr. Locke with a loincloth at the conclusion of his run.
(Perhaps slippers for Mr. Locke’s rapidly cooling feet ? )
Fargo, ND: A man who apparently thought supplying police with a videotape of himself attacking a woman he was told to leave alone would lead to a lifting of the restraining order was proven wrong.
Prosecutors say the man secreted a video camera in the woman’s home,then forced himself upon her.
The video – about half an hour long – includes plain evidence of the woman’s unwillingness, and her struggles with the defendant, according to the prosecutor.
(Everybody wants to be a star … Oh well : Guess this wannabee will soon get a walk-on part in a courtroom production ! )
wwahwahwah! they got what they wanted. now they can live with it.
Liberal Schadenfreude!
Little tough to know what he was thinking of here.
Ugh, how many days until this thing finds its way onto the internet?
"They climb aboard residents’ prized boats : fouling and damaging them."
I guess that is why they call it the "Poop Deck."
A half gross of M-80s would do the trick.
Maybe they could play killer whale sounds through a hydrophone for a few days.
Fargo, eh? Good thing for the woman that the guy didn't have a wood schipper.
You mean to scare seals,
or to lure a killer whale
to an easy meal?
(When the PETA types
sue you, the lawyers will ask
this same question . . .)
Hehehehe...
Wasn't there a story some time back where some California do-gooders found an injured sealion pup, nursed it back to health, and with a deal of media attention, released it back into the wild offshore, only to record it being taken by a Great White, with a splash, a yip, and a burp, before the assembled masses?
I know you know this story...
But that was back when the residents were a bunch of hippies. Now that they own homes and expensive boats, everything has changed.....unless of course it's somebody else's property being damaged.
LOL !
Imagine THAT - multiplied by 40 - barking outside your house all night !
I can't laugh long or hard enough!
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