Shark Story Alert On CNN!

[RBHam]

Here we go!

We all know what that means!

:nuke:

MIHOP II is on the way!

Duck and cover!

:scared:

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. gee louist

can they get any more obvious?

DSM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get out the shark stories

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. Damn!

I figured it would be round the clock live coverage at outside the doors of MJ's jury room.

[fooj]

5. Santa Maria is close to the coast...

maybe it'll be a two-for-one deal!!!!

:spray:

[KansDem]

18. "BREAKING! Michael Jackson about to pick nose...!!!"

"Will it be the left or right nostril!!! Details coming up next, right after a series of commercials from companies with 1-800 numbers!!!" :crazy:

[Greybnk48]

22. KansDem you silly pickle

Michael doesn't have a nose!!

[BlueIris]

3. Holy shit.

This isn't good for my paranoia.

[Individualist]

12. I've been expecting this

considering the chimp's low approval ratings.

[BlueIris]

19. So have I, considering a lot of other things in addition to his sucky

numbers. But, just lately, I'd been harboring some unexpected hope that we might avoid the worst case scenario. Now...shark stories. Not. Good.

[Dogmudgeon]

4. Why are we overlooking the obvious?

This isn't a very good distraction story at all.

Dig this: Anomalous shark attacks increase during years when the Atlantic Thermohaline Current changes the most. This is a direct effect of Global Warming.

The water temperature at the Jersey Shore has increased 10F in some areas over just the past two weeks. The salinity figures would be likewise interesting to look at. It appears that there has been a tug-of-war between fresh water from melted ice, and saltier tropical water.

This ought to be made the environmental story of the summer. Instead, we sit around making "nothing to see here, move along" cracks. Sharks in a chaotic and dying ocean will logically get hungrier as time goes along.

It's not a diversion, it's an omen.

--p!

[RBHam]

7. Before 9-11, CNN ran a spate of shark scare stories, even though...

statistics indicated that shark attacks were actually occurring LESS than usual - they were making a mountain out of a molehill, but a code was being sent to operatives...

The shark is in the water...

[Norquist Nemesis]

8. Man the lifeboats! Man the lifeboats!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[RBHam]

9. He who laughs first...

and all that...

[FreedomAngel82]

20. Interesting

Do you think something is up? :\ They are wanting to go to Iran and all and nobody is joining the military. Has anybody seen anything in PNAC's plans about a second attack?

[MadHound]

10. I agree with you on this, however, you have to understand the history

Around here on DU

During the spring and summer of '01, CNN and other MSM outlets were broadcasting virtually 24/7 about shark attacks, even though statistically speaking, shark attacks were on the decline. We all were wondering why they were doing such an obvious diversionary tactic. Then 911 hit, and we new that was indeed, the public was having the wool pulled over their eyes.

It isn't that we don't take these things seriously, it is more of an inside joke amongst those of us who were around at the time.

[RBHam]

13. I came to DU two months after DU...

At the time I was a regular at Bartcop, mediawhoresonline and the cnn chat room.

after 9-11, my writings about MIHOP got picked up here...

I followed...

Diversion? or Code?

we'll see...

[FreedomAngel82]

21. I hope not

but I wouldn't be surprised if something happens. :\ Bolton isn't in the UN so they can't do that plan and they're still wanting to go to Iran. :\ I was reading another thread last night dealing with Bilderberg and a lot of them were against going to Iran because it would basically be too much trouble and we all know Bush wants to because of the oil pipeline and his PNAC plans. I only wonder if they would do it. Cheney did say last year that if you vote for the wrong person you'll get attacked again. I've learned with these people they speak backwards talk and to take everything they say and turn it around. So do you think he was really talking about them or what? On one hand I think people would turn against him because Bush ran on the "great protector" ordeal and how there hasn't been another attack since 9/11, so if another attack happens he could loose people. But then I think that if he does do another attack people would want to rally around them and they could get the patriot act reinserted and part two as well. Knowing these people they probably would do it because they only think of themselves. The republicans who are running in 2006 can run on "protecting freedoms" and all that and win seats. My question is: where would they attack? Somewhere in New York, California or where?

[RBHam]

25. San Francisco...

Shwarzenegger can do his Giuliani routine, the country will rally around Bush as he calls for the invasion of Iran...

"Facts will be fixed..."

[RBHam]

27. Dirty bomb, harbour, N. Korean liner, Iranian connection...

Ouila!

A dirty bomb would actually be much less damaging to infrastructure than is commonly believed, is containable to a degree, the homeless will suffer the most, S Frisco is a pariah to the X-tian Right...

If all the RW talk show hosts in Frisco decide to vacation in washington at a RW Talk Show convention....

[Dogmudgeon]

15. Actually, I do understand that history

I didn't agree with it because half a dozen shark attacks couldn't compare to 3000 people dying in a well-planned terrorist attack. It works as a joke, but I get the distinct impression that a lot of people accept it as truth.

The problem with it now is that it's such a piece of DU lore that many of us ARE overlooking the obvious. Nearly everyone brings up the fact that the statistics showed fewer shark attacks, but those that were happening were moving toward the shallows of the coastlines, places sharks usually avoid. Sure enough, in many areas where there have been major fish die-offs, sharks are dying of a kind of oceanic famine.

I like a good joke, but the shark attacks really are frightening, and from a different point of view than reminding people of Jaws. It's news in itself -- and not a diversion at all from the destructive environmental policies that Bush and Co. continue to support.

--p!

[uppityperson]

17. Thanks for the explanation.

I've heard this referred to over the last 9 months I've been here but never explained. Thanks.

[kittenpants]

6. should I fear the landshark? n/t

[WillyT]

16. Yes... Yes You Should !!!

Half-a-gram...

:evilgrin:

[TreasonousBastard]

11. The shark story was big around here...

for a couple of hours.

Even the kid's mother agreed a sharkbite was so unusual it "was just one of those things."

Aside from questions about the conditions of the oceans and that we kill over a million sharks a year (so, who's really the victim?) it is interesting that the last two shark attacks in NJ were at the opening of "Jaws" and at its 25th anniversary.

[kliljedahl]

14. Was it a blond attractive teenage shark?

If not, I'm not interested.


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[The Animator]

23. Well Jaws just hit it's 30 year anniversary a week ago.

I work at Universal Studios Florida, we just opened our new "Fear Factor" (rolls eyes, it wasn't my idea, I swear!) attraction. Fear factor Live! was all over the news, and of course the park was promoting the hell out of it. Then while in the breakroom, I see a piece on ABC at Martha's Vinyard (Where Jaws was filmed, and they were having a big 30th anniversary party there.)

I thought that was funny as hell, I WORK at Universal Studios and I didn't know, the Jaws attraction is right next door to me and nobody said a peep. All the focus was on the opening of Fear Factor. I wondered if the people working at Jaws even knew it was the Thirty year anniversary of their movie.

A warped scene from Sixteen Candles flashed through my mind, Jaws is crying "They forgot my birthday!".

[Ron Green]

24. MSM diversions have jumped the shark. n/t

[displacedtexan]

26. Holy Spielberg! Look at these Google results!

WPVI 1st NJ shark attack in 30 yrs.
New York Daily News, NY - 11 hours ago
... The attack occurred in Surf City on Long Beach Island, where a 1916 shark attack launched an infamous, terror-filled summer in which the predators claimed four ...
White shark attack confirmed Asbury Park Press
Great White May Be Behind Surfer Attack NBC4.TV
First New Jersey Shark Attack In 30 Years 7Online.com
All Headline News - CBS New York - all 145 related »
NJ`s first shark attack in 30 years
Monsters and Critics.com, UK - 4 hours ago
... At first Horton did not know what was causing the pain in his ankle but medics quickly advised him it was a shark attack. Biologists ...

News24 Matie dies in shark attack
News24, South Africa - Jun 5, 2005
... time. "People often go overboard after a shark attack, but there are far more dangerous sports than water sports," his father said.
Parents make peace with shark attack victim's fate
Dive South Africa, South Africa - Jun 7, 2005
... Murray's attack comes only seven months after 77-year-old Tyna Webb was taken by a ... There have been seven shark attacks in the Western Cape since 2002 but shark ...
Search off for shark attack victim Dive South Africa
Only fond memories of shark attack victim remain Dive South Africa
Shark attack: Emotions run high iAfrica.com
Dive South Africa - all 15 related »
Friend tries to rescue shark-attack victim
Dive South Africa, South Africa - Jun 6, 2005
In a horrific attack off Miller's Point on Saturday a massive shark came out of the depths, seized young spearfisherman, Henri Murray, 22, of Durbanville and ...
Diver missing after Cape shark attack
iAfrica.com, South Africa - Jun 4, 2005
A Durbanville scuba diver has apparently become the latest victim of a shark attack in False Bay, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said on Saturday. ...
Diver missing after shark attack
SABC News, South Africa - Jun 4, 2005
... what type of shark it was. Craig Lambinon, a National Sea Rescue Institute spokesperson, says rescue services were on the scene soon after the attack, but no ...
South African surfer survives shark attack
Reuters India, India - May 25, 2005
... Cape Town. The International Shark Attack File says 61 attacks were reported in the world last year, seven of which were fatal.
Surfer survives shark attack
iAfrica.com, South Africa - May 25, 2005
A surfer has received 100 stitches after being attacked by a shark at the mouth of the Kei River in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday. ...
British surfer beats shark attack in feeding frenzy
Times Online, UK - May 25, 2005
A BRITISH surfer who fought off a shark attack yesterday on South Africa’s coast is recovering with more than one hundred stitches to wounds on his hips ...
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Damn! CNN could waste the entire summer on shark stories!

[RBHam]

28. "Damn! CNN could waste the entire summer on shark stories!"

Indeed...but they roll them out big time during times of Low Opinion Polls for Bush.

[RBHam]

29. Shwarzenegger demands return of Nat'l Guard troops...

Sniff! Sniff!

Do I smell the dirty bomb that will make Arnold a Guilianesque figure???

Bush's polls down, the people hate the Patriot Act, Iraq War is unpopular, DSM minutes won't die, shark stories, Dems are MEAN to Republicans, economy sputtering, officially sanctioned torture, false confessions...

Duck and cover for sure!