Do you need Fred and Freddy back ?

If social bonds matter that much to all Orcas, then having any one individual alone (in any size of aquarium) seems more cruel than having a human trainer . . . . . but are humans willing to take the risk of continuing to be ‘friends’ ?
Elephant keepers continue to do so, despite knowing all it will take is a day of a “really bad mood” that they underestimate to result in their being crushed.

Also it may not necessarily be a solution to bring captive orcas together for company – how do you tell if they are getting on or rather just about tolerating each other, and what is the minimum size of family to be acceptable to them ?

Perhaps they are hoping to tempt Danica Patrick away from IndyCar ? Don’t think she’d go for a color, if that’s what they’re up to.

do you reckon anybody …. ? ….. Nah ! they’d have been too damaged and anyway would you have to use the reverse thrust buckets to go astern, when backing down on that marlin ?

As I gathered it, the writer was saying that by trying to be bipartisan and ‘inclusive’ instead of railroading-thru something that would please most of the Democrats (and not upset most of the others enough to vote against) while he still could he missed his chance to fulfill his election pledges.

I wonder if Stan is right, that other writer is right, or if there was no way any H.R. plan worth the houses’ time could have been passed anyway – ever ?

Meanwhile, over on another fishing site (naming no names, but it is based in the North East) the moderators, unashamedly Republican, are pointing out all the things Obama can’t do, hasn’t done and (in their opinion) should not do. They’re not (quite) “crowing” about it but are very clear in their hatred of all things “liberal” (or should that be “Liberal” ?) and Democrat.

It’s reasoned hatred (not blind hate) but still comes across as hate supported by ‘facts’ and opinions…..rather than ‘facts’ and opinions leading to a strong view.