ALLIGATOR EATS OTHER significatly smaller ALLIGATOR

Photographer captures gator eating gator!

Photographer Andrew Lilyquist captured a rare image of a gator eating another gator at Circle B Bar Nature Reserve in Lakeland, Florida. 

Link to video

So in the "ideal world" I guess alligators and people and animals in general wouldn't have to eat and just photosynthesise thus solving world hunger and all other eating related problems I guess. So whoop dee do ,perfect world, no eating... sounds great. 

Nigeria

There were several kidnappings of girls in Nigeria. The girls were taken two years ago, but just recently the government received footage of some of the girls begging for the government to cooperate with the militants for their release. If we lived in an ideal world then everyone would follow the Golden Rule; we wouldn't have to worry about kidnappings in the first place so none of this would've happened. These girls would be safe in their homes with their families.

Corporations Are People, People Are Not

Actually the headline was Corporations Are People, FEC Commissioners Are Not. And maybe this story does a better job of covering the situation.

The FEC has ruled that one of their own members is not a person under the law. This is another step in the erosion of the rights of real people, in favor of legal "persons". Remember the Citizen's United case? It gave more political rights to corporations, in the form of unlimited political spending. Meanwhile, individual campaign contributions continue to be limited to $2700. This adds to the many rights granted to corporations, which are not granted to real people, such as limited liability, immortality and taxation on net income instead of gross income.

Principles are obvious: Corporations are not people; Money is not speech.

For the ideal world, I will quote from D&C 104:50 "And you shall do your business in your own name, and in your own names." There is no hiding your actions behind corporate limited liability in Zion.

Muslims vs. Muslims

This bombing in the news caught my attention this week.

Iraq: Bombing at Soccer Stadium Kills At Least 41

Of course, this bombing is being under-reported, because it belies the propaganda that Muslims are at war with Christians. If Muslims are bombing Muslims, what are the real issues?

Of course, in an ideal world, no one would throw bombs at anyone else, but failing at that, we could at least stop using God as an excuse for killing people, and stop using those who claim to kill in the name of God, as an excuse to persecute honest people from the same religion. We are not all jihadists and inquisitors.

Playing into IS's plan

L"It is never a good idea to do what the terrorists want you to do, yet so many people are doing exactly that. The goal of terrorist groups is not simply to kill people but to influence their target group."

This article by a former CIA counter terrorism agent is, in my opinion, something everyone should read. It is so easy to imagine Trump's comments, especially, being excerpted and included in terrorist recruitment videos. Frightening thought. The terrorists want to convince all Muslims that the non-Muslim world hates them. Too many people in the spotlight are making that goal easier. 

In an ideal world, we would respect the lives of others and follow the Golden Rule. This would stop both military actions and terrorism, and additionally Trump wouldn't say such awful things. 

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/27/opinions/getting-terrorism-completely-wrong-opinion-hasler/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Candidates ranked after being fact checked

A couple weeks ago we talked about fact checking and this mentioned that so I thought I might as well post it and it was also just interesting to see the candidates compared this way. From what I've heard about these guys it doesn't seem like any of them are ideal but if I was able to vote I think I would go with the most honest person because even if they aren't amazing at least you can trust them...most of the time. I think the principle for this would be honesty and it's importance. Link --> http://www.startribune.com/assessing-the-candidates-overall-truthfulness/372603041/?from-mobile=true

Brooks' Place BBQ

On January 1, 2016, a law was passed in Texas, making it so that open carry of handguns is no longer prohibited. You still need a license to carry a gun, concealed or not, but now that license will allow you to carry your gun openly. Private institutions, such as businesses, can ban them on their private property if they so please. But one well-regarded business, Brooks’ Place, a small BBQ trailer in Cypress, Texas, is openly supporting gun carry.

The same day as the new law came out, Trent Brooks, the owner, made a 25% discount for all open carriers. Soon this was lowered to a 10% discount for open and concealed carry, where it remains as of today.

The responses have been mostly positive, though he did get a threat on facebook. Someone posted, "I'll shoot up the place on Saturday. Let's see how your gun toting patrons will stop me." However, Brooks didn’t close on Saturday. No attack came.

When I saw the title while looking at the news, This Texas barbecue joint will give you a discount for carrying a gun, my first reaction was, “Well, that might be a little too much.” But as I read about it, I decided that it really wasn’t, and that it’s good that he’s standing up for our right to self-defence.

Sources (and further reading):

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-texas-barbecue-guns-20160119-story.html

http://www.ammoland.com/2016/02/tx-brooks-place-bbq-offers-discount-for-open-carry/#axzz43sUmmRZy

http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/cyfair/news/article/Houston-area-BBQ-favorite-25-percent-off-for-6735344.php#photo-9186521