New Hampshire tourist Todd Connell captured the moments leading up to the death of SeaWorld whale trainer Dawn Brancheau (note: the actual attack is not shown). If you skip forward to the last 20 seconds you can see Brancheau lying down next to the whale, Tilikum: apparently a breach of protocol with a whale that was already responsible for two deaths.
Maybe wild animals should remain in the wild?
The N&O’s Mark Johnson reported on state Senator R.C. Soles’s guilty plea to assault charges yesterday. I don’t know the true circumstances of what took place at Soles’s house, though when a homeowner shoots a stranger in their home it’s often in self-defense. Soles pled guilty and that’s that.
I do take issue with the way Johnson painted the picture that it’s almost always Democrats in trouble. Johnson seems to forget state Rep. Cary Allred, the Burlington Republican who was about to get ticketed for driving 102 MPH but pulled rank on the trooper and got off – at least until the news broke. He was also said to have showed up drunk to the General Assembly and gave what many witnesses considered to be an inappropriate hug to a female teenage page. Not exactly Boy Scout behavior, is it?
I’m just as upset as others are of the shenanigans taking place with state politicians. Unlike most politics lately, though, this truly is a bipartisan effort. Let’s not omit that, Mr. Johnson.
I was wondering if the Dalai Lama would be as happy if he had to deal each day with morning traffic.
