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Whale Wars Live Thread (Season 4 Episode Three)
Animal Planet ^ | June 17, 2011

Posted on 06/17/2011 6:11:26 PM PDT by Pan_Yan

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whale wars   BATTLE CRY
Premiering Friday, June 3, 9PM e/p
The Sea Shepherds depart on their 2010/2011 ant-whaling campaign with a new, fast interceptor vessel. Early on, they find two harpoon ships before the whaling fleet has killed a single whale. Could they be set up for their most successful campaign ever?

Video: Operation No Compromise Video: Blood and Sweat
Video: Testing the Spud Gun Video: Whaling Fleet Found
Deleted: Security Breach Deleted: Tailed by Mystery Boat

whale wars   NO ESCAPE
Premiering Friday, June 10, 9PM e/p
After engaging the harpoon ships using the small boat teams, Captain Paul Watson makes the call to abandon the harpoon ships and go in search of the factory vessel. After a few hours of sailing, the tables have turned — two harpoon ships begin tailing Sea Shepherd!

Video: Dangerous Underwater Mission Video: Helicopter Lost in Fog
Deleted: Dropping the Stern Line Deleted: New Stealth Speedboat

whale wars   GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE
Premiering Friday, June 17, 9PM e/p
Tailed by a harpoon ship, the Steve Irwin enlists the help of the Sea Shepherds' new, fast interceptor ship in an attempt to break free. Meanwhile, the Bob Barker crew spots a large blip on their radar and believe it could be their ultimate target: the Nisshin Maru.

Real Time Update:


Sea Shepherd Delta pursued by irate group of fishermen while being hosed by water cannon.
Photo: Libby Miller

Eco-Group's Founder Uses 'Aggressive Nonviolence'
By DON MELVIN, Associated Press – ABOARD THE STEVE IRWIN June 13, 2011 (AP)

From the crow's nest, some 60 feet (18 meters) above the waves, the horizon forms a perfect circle, and the visible world a perfect disc — empty in all directions but for the sea.

Down below, the ship's captain is frustrated by that emptiness. He believes quite strongly that boats are fishing for bluefin tuna illegally, hastening what he fears is the species' demise. He wants to find those fishermen and stop them. But there are few blips on the ship's radar and few specks on the horizon save for the occasional NATO warship.

Paul Watson, captain of the Steve Irwin and founder of the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, is mostly frustrated by what he sees as the Byzantine bureaucracy that fails to enforce its own fishing quotas and makes it very difficult for him to determine who is out on the Mediterranean harvesting tuna illegally.

His crew carries lists by of boats prepared by ICCAT, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. The list shows the quotas allotted each boat. But it's difficult to tell if a boat has met or exceeded its quota. And some boats are on the list but have no quotas assigned, which means they can help other boats fish but not do the fishing themselves — and whether they are abiding by that can also be difficult to pin down.

So on Monday Watson ordered the Irwin to head south, into Libyan waters and make its way westward about 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of the coast. He hoped to find boats whose names were not on the ICCAT list at all, making them clearly illegal. Those he would confront, sending in divers to cut the nets and free the tuna.

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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; TV/Movies
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To: Dengar01

I was just talking about this with my son about the Discovery Channel.

Things okay to kill:

King Crab (Deadliest Catch).
Alligators (Swamp People).
Swordfish (Swords)
Trees (that logging show)
I think there are others as well.

But whales are NOT okay to kill.


21 posted on 06/17/2011 6:29:36 PM PDT by 21twelve (Obama Recreating the New Deal: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts)
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To: SevenofNine
I wonder if this going be episode Japanese sink Godzilla or Steve Irvin ship

I be fan of Japanese for rest of the my life if they do that hey I like Japan they brought my fav monster to Life GODZILLA LOL!

I think I would end up exploding with laughter.

I still can't get over these tards prop fouling themselves!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I've said this for years since Pan_Yan started these threads. The ultimate anti-depressant is Whale Wars. You get to see hippies make absolute fools of themselves!!!

Liberalism is a MENTAL DISORDER!!! After whales we move on to Bluefin Tuna something I'm going to have to wikipedia...

22 posted on 06/17/2011 6:29:39 PM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: Pan_Yan

OMG I going watch tonight at 9pm my time zone LOL!

What would be great crossover show have hippie tangle with Northwestern crew that get 40 share LOL!


23 posted on 06/17/2011 6:30:04 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

The whaling has been a political problem in Japan. It’s a matter of pride not to give in to pirates, but they whole operation is heavily subsidized. Japan’s public debt is over 220% of GDP. They can’t afford it any more. I’m pretty sure this will be the last season.


24 posted on 06/17/2011 6:30:14 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Dengar01

I be laughing so hard I be crying LOL! ROFL

That be greatest thing to we ever see on Animal planet


25 posted on 06/17/2011 6:31:15 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: 21twelve

I haven’t watched Swamp People but people told me it was nutty. Is that worth DVRing?


26 posted on 06/17/2011 6:31:23 PM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: Pan_Yan

That’s the funny irony of it because in the 1970’s they would serve whale instead of beef because beef was too expensive.


27 posted on 06/17/2011 6:32:30 PM PDT by struggle
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To: Dengar01

“I still can’t get over these tards prop fouling themselves!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I’ve said this for years since Pan_Yan started these threads. The ultimate anti-depressant is Whale Wars. You get to see hippies make absolute fools of themselves”!!!

In that case, FRiend, I *HIGHLY* recommend the movie “Grizzly Man”. :-D


28 posted on 06/17/2011 6:33:23 PM PDT by SoKatt ("Change" is not a strategy!)
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To: Pan_Yan

That idiot is lucky the morons had the engine off otherwise he’d meet an untimely demise :D


29 posted on 06/17/2011 6:33:57 PM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: TaMoDee
Just started to watch the new series. Looks like the Captain stocked his locker in his cabin with Twinkies again.

Has to be Twinkies and Ho Ho's because I don't know how you get that fat on a vegan diet. He's getting his protein from God knows what. I don't eat whale for protein but I need either Chicken, Beef, Pork or Lamb everyday or I get jittery.

30 posted on 06/17/2011 6:36:12 PM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: SevenofNine
It's not Gojira anymore. Now it's the Brigette Bardot.

Bardot

31 posted on 06/17/2011 6:36:55 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

HAHAHA now they buy a new helicopter and the damn thing is broke! They should of used the other one it worked fine but they wanted more camera people in it. But Chris is trying to blame the battery meaning somebody F’d up!!!


32 posted on 06/17/2011 6:37:58 PM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: Pan_Yan
The Captain of the Bob Barker looks like one of the rioters in Vancouver. What happened to good old Chuck Swift who looked dumbfounded in every shot?

I noticed Luke Van Horn isn't with them, maybe he had a reality check.

33 posted on 06/17/2011 6:39:55 PM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: Dengar01

Notice ratface boy still hasn’t been made captain yet? This is the third season he’s been shuffled off as someone else’s first mate.


34 posted on 06/17/2011 6:41:41 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Dengar01

I haven’t watched it either - or the other ones for that matter. Ice Road truckers is one I like though.


35 posted on 06/17/2011 6:42:12 PM PDT by 21twelve (Obama Recreating the New Deal: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts)
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To: Pan_Yan

Even a rat-faced boy has to know his limitations.


36 posted on 06/17/2011 6:42:51 PM PDT by Roccus
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To: Pan_Yan

Is it just my TV or does the narration sound muted?


37 posted on 06/17/2011 6:43:55 PM PDT by FortWorthPatriot (Obama is no Hitler; Hitler got the Olympics!)
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To: Pan_Yan
Yeah he is a rat face you have that right. He must be a really shitty seaman to have these random weirdos become the honorary Captain.

I will admit that I like Swift and this tool better than the one guy with the long hair and glasses who was so arrogant. I honestly don't remember his name but he was a prick.

He's the idiot who piloted the ship directly into ice and damn near sank the ship.

38 posted on 06/17/2011 6:44:46 PM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: Pan_Yan

I REMEMBER!!! The idiot co-Captain from Season 1 and 2 is named Peter Brown. Probably the dumbest person they’ve had on the Steve Irwin.


39 posted on 06/17/2011 6:46:28 PM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: Pan_Yan
I wonder if Locky plays for the other team?

Anyone named Locky is a creep in my book.

40 posted on 06/17/2011 6:47:31 PM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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