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Whale Wars Live Thread (Season 4 Episode Four)
Animal Planet ^ | June 24, 2011

Posted on 06/24/2011 3:56:27 PM PDT by Pan_Yan

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1 posted on 06/24/2011 3:56:31 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Dengar01; OKSooner; JerseyHighlander; Mad Dawgg; tupac; smartyaz; mowowie; Thunder90; mojo114; ...
Hippies Failing Badly!TM

SPWW

Please let me know if you want on or off the Whale Wars ping list.

(I'm on time tonight, Dengar01.)

2 posted on 06/24/2011 3:58:00 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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The great thing about packet communications, even deep in the southern ocean, is that you can get a short text message through extremely quickly, even if conditions aren't fantastic (say, for example, when your satellite phone works like crud...)

It never ceases to amaze me how they'll write and issue press releases, then get frustrated that they can't even get a simple position ping from another vessel. I mean, I understand, it's super easy to sucker a contributor to pitch in for satellite telephone time - after all, Paul Watson has to have his statement/interviews while in the southern ocean - much harder to talk someone into popping for internet time.

Over and over again, there's location identification problems, basic direct commands that are unable to get through, all of which could easily be handled with off the shelf communication equipment for much less than what they blow in quick telephone calls ship to ship, or ship to boat which results in zero communications in the end.

3 posted on 06/24/2011 4:07:14 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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One strafing run and this show would have been off the air quicker than “Hello Larry.”


4 posted on 06/24/2011 5:05:02 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Sarah Palin, the only candidate to be vetted by the NY Times, the Washington Post and NBC.)
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To: Pan_Yan

I think that Meth chic is mostly going almost drown tonight I been seeing preview while watch my various Discovery Channel shows


5 posted on 06/24/2011 5:56:53 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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I just got home (from shopping in a monsoon) and turned it on. Just in time to hear that lovely whine of the Gojira's engines quitting again. I'm looking forward to tonight's episode.
6 posted on 06/24/2011 5:59:16 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

I have feeling that blonde chic she barely got out of lightboat


7 posted on 06/24/2011 6:03:23 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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So you’re on a helicopter in the antarctic in the fog and you can’t communicate with your mother ship.

Is that bad?


8 posted on 06/24/2011 6:13:28 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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YEAHHHH LOL!

BOY I think safe to say Capt Paul Watson is no Sig Hansen LOL!


9 posted on 06/24/2011 6:42:15 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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So the little boat caught the big Maru? Sometimes the dog does catch the car and has no idea what to do with it.
10 posted on 06/24/2011 6:45:42 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! Tea Party extremism is a badge of honor.)
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If they have their GPS tracker on the boat, why bother with trying to prop fouling it? To a normal person, this would be a unnecessary risk, to Capt. Coco Puffs it seem great since it is not you life at risk.

Why not track it and get video of them actually killing whales. That would be more powerful IMHO.


11 posted on 06/24/2011 6:47:17 PM PDT by matt04
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I love the trivia question. Two of the ships’ captains started out as chefs in the galley. I think can see Admiral Chubby’s priorities when giving promotions.


12 posted on 06/24/2011 6:48:01 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! Tea Party extremism is a badge of honor.)
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I’m betting that’s the two guys who would sneak him a greasy burger and pork rinds while the rest of the crew was eating their vegies.


13 posted on 06/24/2011 6:50:40 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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Really, sinking is bad? How do they not realize this before hand.


14 posted on 06/24/2011 6:53:39 PM PDT by matt04
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They ripped another $100,000 zodiac in half. Time for another fundraiser.

Nice.


15 posted on 06/24/2011 6:55:12 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

My cousin who watch Whale war mention that once she even think she is Frisco Lib think they full of it


16 posted on 06/24/2011 6:57:58 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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Hypothermia. What idiot leaves a bunch of their crew in a small boat in the antarctic FIVE HOURS from the nearest ship?


17 posted on 06/24/2011 7:02:15 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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I hope the japanese kill every one of the protesters!


18 posted on 06/24/2011 7:02:58 PM PDT by dalereed
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“I hope the japanese kill every one of the protesters”!

No need-they seem to be determined to kill themselves!


19 posted on 06/24/2011 7:05:00 PM PDT by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
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And they claim they got farther than planned. I doubt they ever had plan besides get on little boat, find big boat.


20 posted on 06/24/2011 7:05:12 PM PDT by matt04
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