Thank you!! I've fallen so in love with kangaroos after seeing the video below. Someone here was telling me that as cute as they are, they sometimes attack so you shouldn't get too close...which is what inspired my cute "kung fu kangaroo" avatar.

@pumkinandstorm A kangaroo!

I like the kangaroo heading off (0:50) to look for more penguins to munch down on.

Amongst the diversity of extinct australian megafauna is the Propleopus oscillans, a carnivorous kangaroo. Perhaps this one is just reverting to type. Evolution in progress. Take that, creationists!

In the kangaroo's defence, penguin is very tasty.

Uh... what do kangaroos eat normally? Cuz, I didn't think it was penguins...

Never seen a kangaroo walk slowly like at the end of the clip, where it is literally being used as a hind leg, and the actual hind legs become middle legs.

That was really amazing to watch, even before the choke-out. Interesting how their tails are nearly a third leg. They seem like they can support the full weight of the kangaroo for some time even.

I'm with you, but I must admit that the ONLY argument that gave me any pause was the one that goes "if he is practicing civil disobedience, he should WANT to get arrested and stand trial".

Real civil disobedience types like Martin Luther King Jr. and others intentionally broke laws (bullshit laws, but still laws) knowing full well that they would be arrested and go to jail. The point was to bring those terrible laws under public scrutiny and ideally ridicule. Point out how unfair they are. I think that people that take such actions are incredibly noble and selfless. To a certain degree, I think that the arguments that Snowden could or should follow that approach at least partially resonated with me.

But then, I considered some mitigating circumstances. IF Snowden had done that right out of the gate, he'd probably have been tossed in Gitmo for life without ever standing trial -- the administration has made it clear that they consider him an enemy of the state and that they are fine with the precedents of how such individuals are treated (ie., rights don't apply to you).

Basically, it boils down to respect. Dr. King Jr. hated some of the BS laws and social injustices in the South, but he respected the justice and good intentions of the US Government in general at the time. Snowden, on the other hand, had firsthand knowledge and proof that our government doesn't deserve such respect from us. They lie, they shit on the constitution, and they have the audacity to call him a criminal.

So, fuck them. They've pushed the line too goddamn far to expect civil disobedience; I think they clearly deserve every bit of blowback they get in the form of uncivil disobedience. Hell, I hope that Snowden has enough more dirt that he can turn the dial up to 11 and get into downright nasty disobedience if the government steps a single corrupt toe out of line in their attempts to extradite him back to their bullshit kangaroo courts.

Mister Dagmar;

Be (oh do be) mine ally disheartened nor dismayed in the face of these ramparts yet un-breached-Time and punishment shall render a favorable outcome deemed wholly satisfactorily suited to your own (ego not allowed) particular skill-set and lesson-afforded, for another round at consciousness albeit in another dimension hitherto elucidated or otherwise ~ Comprendes Mendez?-

Teach yer kids two valuable lessons if you do anything for them besides putting musical instruments in their hands whilst screaming, "SssssuuUUHUT UUUUUUP!!"

Teach them mandarin and/or Cantonese

and.....and (kinna forgot the other importunate thing 'cause on account-a I stepped off to water the plants'n pee'n what not..) OH!....

Impress upon 'em that sprouted grains will hold'em over till starvation sets in and right up near until the time the edible fruits of the same seed begin to show themselves worthy of a dinner plate to accompany the frog and kangaroo meat they're pullin' at yer pants legs for after the grocery trucks stop running, because you got the BBQ mojo down like nobody's business on accounta you originally hail from........................drum roll...................(here's yer cue, insert home state

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Ugghhhh, that state prosecutor....douche-meter pegged the red-WTF is up with a 6-person, all-female jury?? Poor George, he's gonna get kangarooed!

There is the other daddy-long-legs ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones ) I'm more familiar with. It's also known as a harvestman and is not a spider and has no venom whatsoever. Kangaroos do fart and other birds can see blue. Indeed, some bowerbirds specifically use blue objects to decorate their bowers.

Lemurs, kangaroo, dog, toy hippo? What is this magical place?