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• These Photos Of a Giant Marlin Sinking a Fishing Boat Are Supposedly Real

  February 1, 2013 at 3:44am

  As much fun as it is to think that this majestic fish has won the day – it simply isn’t so. As a professional captain (and I’m sure there are other mariners, professional and avid enthusiasts here that could confirm this) that being “pooped” (taking seas over the stern is one of the most dangerous situations a skipper can face. If there are any openings like hatches, gangways, engine compartment hatches that are not closed and sealed it doesn’t take long before it can scale up into a full blown sinking emergency.

  If this was the case, as it appears in the first photo, and the marlin is exerting ANY side ways force on the boat, any water in the bilge will rush to that side causing the boat to list even further. With enough water inside the hull it can become a run-a-way effect and ultimately capsize the vessel.

  After examining the photos in my image editor it appears that the captain standing on the fly bridge remained on his feet throughout the entire sequence. I don’t believe the claim that he fell – I believe he simply got caught up in the moment, concentrating on the location and matching the movement of the fish and lost sight of what was happening to his boat.

  I don’t envy the captain. A sinking incident is a huge black mark on one’s license whether you have a “good excuse” or not.

  meanwhile … later that evening at the Marlin residence … Mr. Marlin to Mrs. Marlin, “Wow, honey, wait till I tell you what happened to ME today…!

• Homeless Man Behind Viral NYPD Photo Now Shoeless Again, Demanding ‘Piece of the Pie’

  December 3, 2012 at 2:34pm

  You folks have all lost sight of the original story – an act of kindness from a caring individual who happens to be a policeman.

  Of course this troubled man used the boots to pay for his addictions! The fact that the man Officer DePrimo tried to help has much deeper problems than just cold feet has absolutely nothing to do with the focus of the original story,

• Daughter’s Panic as Two Whales Swim Shockingly Close to Her Canoe During Outing With Her Dad

  December 1, 2012 at 2:20pm

  In reply to cosmic dogma.

  All of you who are being critical of a young girl “being a ninny” and such, have obviously NEVER been in a small boat being investigated by a wild and curious, and VERY large (I repeat – WILD) animal. When in an easily capsized boat like a canoe or small dingy, even a close encounter with a few dolphins can be a heart thumper. Whales and dolphins both have been known to overturn a boat in “play”, and the thought of suddenly and unintentionally entering the realm of these creatures, and the unknown outcome of such an event can start the adrenalin flowing.

  At least she maintained her composure enough to continue filming and she didn’t start screaming like a rabid monkey!

• Believe It or Not, This Is an Illusion: The Most Mind-Blowing Thing You’ll See All Day

  November 29, 2012 at 3:44pm

  In reply to CaptPK_in_the_Gulf.

  …. so does this video.

• Believe It or Not, This Is an Illusion: The Most Mind-Blowing Thing You’ll See All Day

  November 29, 2012 at 3:42pm

  Actually artists have been painting “anamorphic” art in various forms for several centuries now. Anamorphic imagery is used (for example) in film making to compress a wide screen image onto a narrow format film – when projected through a correcting lens the image on the screen is returned to it’s wide screen format.

  There are many examples of 2 and 3 hundred year old paintings of this type of illusion where secondary images are hidden within the primary image that are only seen (or recognized) when viewed from a very specific angle or reflected from a cylindrical or spherical surface.

  This is not a “new thing”, simply a new way to create an established form of art. The fact that technology makes this a bit easier to produce does not detract from the astonishing nature of the image.

  I can forgive the editors for including this story in the main headlines for the simple fact that The Blaze seems to be lacking a category for art or “the arts”. I clicked on it so I guess I wanted to read about something other than gloom and doom and certain destruction and …..

  Bottom line definition of “Art” – “Anything created by an individual (or individuals) that can invoke an emotional response from the viewer.” Example: “Obama In Pee Pee” by Glenn Beck can be considered a work of art because of the response it creates from so many. You may or may not agree with it’s value, but it still fits the base definition of art. Judging from the comments found here, so doe

• Believe It or Not, This Is an Illusion: The Most Mind-Blowing Thing You’ll See All Day

  November 29, 2012 at 12:50pm

  In reply to Iamnotanumber.

  Convinced of … what?

  Did you just watch the video and didn’t read the article? He took photographs of these objects on the desk and used an image editor to “skew” the image before printing them out to create the illusion.

  The video is a presentation of one type of anamorphic illusion – not a magic trick!

• Glenn Beck Clashes With Creator of Crucified Obama Painting Over First Amendment Hypocrisy: ‘This Is So Dishonest’

  November 29, 2012 at 2:00am

  For those of you arguing about the O-bobble-bama wearing an American flag, you should arm yourself with the facts as they are written in the United States Code (of law) concerning the nation’s flag. This is found in Title 4,§8 – “Respect for the flag” http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/8

  Warning: title 4. §8 also covers all of you displaying your US flags upside down inappropriately since the election – so be prepared to scorn yourself for such behavior.

  The argument you point out about the plastic doll “wearing” an American flag has already been argued, fought and won by the liberals back in their hippy days in the ’60 and ’70. Many of them wore painted “T” shirts (normally a display of contempt) with a “Depiction” (important distinction) of the US flag. Title 4,§8 states “No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform.” It was argued in the ’60s that meant that no article of clothing could be fashioned or re-worked from an official US flag. Since the “depiction” did not fit the USC Title 4 description of the flags proportions and materials, it was deemed that a T shirt or any other article of clothing depicting the US flag was NOT actually a US flag and therefore no “disrespect” was being perpetrated.

  I suspect the same argument applies for the doll as well. It’s a “Depiction” of the US flag – not actually a US flag.

  If any disrespect is being portrayed here it is the doll wearing a US flag that is itself

• What Should America’s Children Be Taught About Thanksgiving? These People’s Answers Might Shock You

  November 22, 2012 at 1:07pm

  Here’s a few thoughts:

  First impression: Who cares what these indoctrinated children think? On second thought … these are the people who put Obama in office … TWICE! (Please Lord, can I have someone with a hockey puck stuck in his ear lobe for a friend and supporter?)

  What? Not indoctrinated? Listen to their response. They all use the same words in their answer. It’s almost as if they have been scripted.

  another thought: I wonder how the parents of these idiot kids would answer this question?

  I wonder: do these kids feel the same way about the Jewish people who were expelled from their homeland 2500 years ago? (Yes Virginia, the Jews were there first!)

  It’s interesting to note: There seems to be a conspicuous lack of black and native American kids in this video. I wonder how they would answer.

  The problem is that Thanksgiving is day set aside by our forefathers for worship and prayer and thanks giving for God’s guidance and protection in bringing them to a land where they could freely do just that. (I doubt that they only did this one day out of the year.) When you remove God from the day set aside to thank God, it becomes pretty pointless. Who are you thanking and for what? … for raising a generation of idiot kids like these?

• Should This Woman Lose Her Job for Flipping Off the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (And Then Posting a Pic of It)?

  November 20, 2012 at 8:49pm

  In reply to Proverbs17-12NLT.

  No … actually it wouldn’t be a different story. Being blatantly rude is being blatantly rude, whether you agree with the sentiment or not! A public display like this is just bad form no matter how you look at it and shows the person’s inability to express themselves in any meaningful, intelligent and useful way.

• Should This Woman Lose Her Job for Flipping Off the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (And Then Posting a Pic of It)?

  November 20, 2012 at 8:18pm

  What we have here is a serious lack of forethought and judgement – a “brain fart”!

  This young “lady” (a gross misuse of the term) states that she and her friend are just challenging authority in general. Would she have done the same thing standing a midst thousands of white crossed, veterans’ graves in Arlington National Cemetery? I will give her the benefit of the doubt and say no.

  Her display is a “protest” against a sign posted by the federal government demanding silence and respect. Where her and her friend’s brains obviously went out the back door to take a smoke is that the silence and respect the federal sign reminds us to observe is for the countless young men. for whom the monument stands, that were lost or so horribly mangled as to be unidentifiable while fighting for the freedoms we enjoy in this country.

  This woman is typical of most young people in our country who have a complete lack of knowledge not only of social manners, but of even our most recent history. Her comment – “OBVIOUSLY , we meant NO disrespect to those who serve or have served our country.” – implies that she has no clue of the history or meaning of the memorial.

  I commend the attitude of questioning the growing authority of the federal government over our daily lives, but recommend that Ms Stone stop and realize that there are certain social behaviors that will ALWAYS be right and good – no matter WHO it is that is reminding you; the government or your grandmother.