camel – Tacky Raccoons

Nothing Much Happened Today.

Three traders unload a camel from their truck in the small town of Birqash, Egypt.

Photograph: Jonathan Jasberg/Siena International Photo Awards

A Little Something Just For You

“Hello, Mr. Camel. I brought you a token of my esteem. Eat it.”

Bet this looks odd from the camel’s perspective. Indiana Jones Temple of Doom stuff.

[Found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 597 – In The Camel Lot, Pretty Little Bottle Opener & Pumpin’ The Conc

[Found here, here and created from here.]

Sunny And Warm With A Chance Of Scattered Hot Links

Sikh Humor.

The pasta race.

There’s nothing here.

How to use a step drill. [h/t Lucy D.]

No A/C? How to make a swamp cooler.

Organic farming: Weeding without pesticides. [h/t Alan U.]

The 5th Amendment of the US Constitution addresses Double Jeopardy. It prevents one from being prosecuted for a crime, acquitted of that crime, and being prosecuted again and again and again, for the same crime, until a conviction is obtained.

The protection from double jeopardy is over 2,355 years old and is one of the oldest legal concepts in Western civilization.

The Attorney General of New York Barbara Underwood wants to rescind the 5th Amendment. REALLY.

30 years ago he spoke into his watch and owned a driverless car. Then he ate a cheeseburger.

[Top image from Camel eats cactus, found here.]

Condoned by Congress, The USS Comfort Carried Captured Camels

In 1855, Congress approved a plan developed by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to import camels as pack animals for the U.S. Army operating in the American Southwest.

The camels were also considered for use as a long-range mounted force that could drive “hostile Indians out of the country.” The storeship USS Supply was refitted with special hatches, stables, hoists and a “camel car” for the sole purpose of loading and transporting dromedaries.

Once the first herd of camels was obtained in North Africa, Supply [w]as further modified to compensate for the towering humps of the camels by cutting away part of the main deck. The camels were delivered to Texas where their potential was recognized but the plan was never fully implemented due to the advent of the Civil War.

So instead of wasting them, the U.S. Army sold the camels to zoos. TRUE

[Image and story found here. More about the Camel Corps here.]