A) At Starbucks...my cup had a quote talking about how Darwinism led to the problems of eugenics, racism, and abortion. It is part of Starbucks' "The Way I See It" ad campaign. Below the quote, Starbucks makes sure to add: "The opinions put forth by contributors to 'The Way I See It' do not necessarily reflect the views of Starbucks." So, no, Starbucks isn't rushing to join the pro-life movement...but at least they put their money where their mouth was and let a counter-cultural argument get through the cup censors.
B) Drudge linked to an article about some whacked-out animal rights activist who is arguing that Knut the polar bear cub should have been exterminated rather than suffer the "humiliation" of being bottle-fed by humans when he was abandoned by his own mother. The vast majority of the reader comments actually agreed that killing the cub would be stupid idea. This might have been the first and last time in the history of the Internet that everyone got along in an extended comment box conversation.
C) I was never a big fan of the G.I.Joe Movie from the 1980s. It ruined the whole mythology of the franchise, and it was utterly lacking in Snake-eyes. This morning, however, it occurred to me that it could easily be resurrected as an argument against the extremism of the environmental movement. Remember that the villain, Golobulus, is the leader of an ancient civilization that lives in complete symbiosis with living organisms. In Golobulus's civilization, with the unfortunate name of Cobra-la, all of the technology actually consists of freaky animals and living tissue. Cobra-la is annoyed that humanity is dominating the Earth with non-ecologically friendly technology, and so Golobulus plans to release spores that will mutate all human life into animals...because that's all they really are.
Thus, the Real American Heroes are called in to save the world from rabid environmentalists turned terrorists. Sound uncannily poignant?
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