Interesting here is the interplay between your studies and those of the swarms south of the English channel (Babbleus lunarius francais) by Dr. Ian Eurueasuck.

Ground dwelling babbleus lunarius francais bucks exhibit tremendous landspeed locomotion in a contrary direction from virtually all stimuli, including threats, primary colors, shampoo bottles, any lack of irony, Hong Kong Phooey and the letter M.

Another outstanding study.

I don't know how you keep your wits about you in the midst of all that asshatery.

Moonbats believe that he bides his time until Ragnarok, or the "final reckoning," when the faithful will be called to revolution on the middle plane of Earth.

At which point the whole lot of Loki's will be cast into Nifelheim to wail and gnash their teeth for eternity.

Y'Rallih willing.

Absolute, solid gold, Bill. I bow to you. I have to wonder if you're a biologist, this is so true to form.

Are you?

I currently work in marketing/advertising, but I am contemplating (and working on pre-reqs for) a second career in genetics and/or medicine.

I -need- a Dreaded Killer Anarchist Tree-bat t-shirt.

Hi-larious!

Dreaded Killer Anarchist Tree-bats!!!

"Vee vant to suck your blo-oood."

I was forced to dispatch him with several well-placed Hydro Shock rounds.

I nearly pissed myself on that one. Bravo!

Fascinating anthropological field study! You may well uncover a new species of Lunaria, and it would be neither immodest nor without precedent to name one after yourself, as discoverer. Perhaps "Chiroptera Lunaria Indicii".

One wonders whether a number of these creatures have called in sick to the brokerage houses, banks, and insurance companies where they work.

I laughed. Then I kept laughing!

Well done!

Speaking of moonbats and their effect on horses, in Sydney a couple years ago there was a moonbat swarm which was so spooked by the presence of police horses that the swarm spontaneously excreted thousands of hard glassy spheres for the horses to slip on (and one horse did, as I recall).

Afterwards, the police were criticized by the press for provoking the moonbats by the use of mounted officers, and thus endangering the poor horses. There may have been something to this; as we know, moonbats (like all wild creatures) cannot reason, they can only obey their instincts.

Excellent work, Bill!

(By the way, if you're serious about starting a second career as a scientist, I hope you've accumulated a nice fat nest egg from your current career. You'll need it.)

Working on it (the nest egg), though these bandwith charges are killing me! :-)

Thanks.

I should never surf the web in your direction while taking a serious technical class. It was hard to explain the gatorade blowing out of my nose!

Think of all the parents who, upon spying their offspring in this fine photo-documentary, will no doubt be reflecting with swelling satisfaction on the college tuition dollars so obviously well-spent.

Man...you just have nothing of value to say at all, do you? You've taken some very good photographs, but your jokes all fall flat and your hatred and jealosy really shine through.

Hatred and jealousy?

Bwahahahahahahaah!

This is light stuff Don, very light stuff. I bear no ill-will towards the swarm, and I thought my treatment was somewhat complimentary in spots. If we can't crack jokes about folks that are screaming for attention by performing simulated humping in a park, what exactly is fair game?

As I've admonished you before, lighten up.

Correction: I bear no ill-will towards the MOST OF the swarm. Those that are actively supporting terrorists may kindly die with those that they admire.

Don Myers,
Hatred & jealousy?? Try contempt and disgust. Or is that too un-PC?

If the moonbats had anything of value to say to begin with maybe mocking them would be a tad bit insensitive.

They are, however, spoiled and petulant malcontents and misfits. They are so puffed up on self-righteous convictions that they're nothing more than caricatures which invite scorn.

And they say this religion is weird and out of this world.

Whatever you may think it can't be denied that Bill is performing an important scientific task, that of educating us about moonbats as well as creating a taxonomy which distinguishes them.

I can't tell you the amount of times that I've been minding my own business walking under a tree and suddenly had feces flung at me from a branch on high in said tree. I used to think it was some practical jokester but I now know that Desmodus lunarius nihilista arboles is the culprit.

I for one am grateful for this knowledge and have thoroughly enjoyed reading about the different species, their rituals, etc. Thanks again Bill.

No, thank YOU, orfi.

Bill, I know you maintain that this is "light stuff," but it really comes off as mean-spirited and right-wing. At least to me.

You're quite correct that I should lighten up, of course---but every time I look at the corporate-controlled media I tend to get my panties in a bunch.

All and all, however, I do like your blog...

Right wing? You bet your ass! Good read. I am right-wing on many issues, notably national defense and economics.

But it's also compassionate conservatism here at INDC.

Don, you've got me thinking - mayhaps I should do a post just to illustrate the difference between poking fun and downright mean ... hmmmm ...

Hey Don

What's wrong with corporate-controlled media? Would state-controlled media be better?

Don,

"[C]orporate-controlled media"? Do you mean the media that finds anything remotely capitalistic a deadly threat to all life on earth? Surely this is your attempt to lighten up and is put forth as a jest?

The next time you get ruffled by the corporations, try to go for three days without using anything that was grown, manufactured, produced, shipped, or retailed by a corporation. That will include power, water, food, clothes, tools, housing, commercial buildings, and transportation. If you have your own sheep, from which you make your own cloth and thread, your own hut made from local materials gathered by hand, your own (hopefully bacteria free) stream, your own horse, and your own garden, you should do just fine. Try it; it is amazingly instructive.

As far as "mean-spirited," you have no idea how mean-spirited some of us can get about people who want to rip our liberties away (aka the 'left') and turn every facet of our lives over to heavy-handed government bureaucrats who couldn't run a lemonade stand with a complete materials kit and a set of printed instructions. So, yes, Bill from INDC Journal is producing this very “light stuff,” which I recommend that you enjoy as fine satire.

May your life be stress free and full of joy.

Pinky is a treasure.

Bill:

You should be the next host of Wild Kingdom! On my trip to DC last July I was only able to see 4 or 5 moonbats in front of the W.H.---disappointing! (although I think some of the species hanging around DuPont Cir were actually moonbats pre-morph).

Angie:

You're right, it had to be instinctual. You know moonbats all have their PETA cards and would NEVER intentionally harm a horse, no matter what kind of foul storm trooper is atop it!

If you listen closely, you can hear the plaintive cry of "ispeaktruthtopower", a common linguistic feature of all moonbati that allows them to recognize each other.

The other chief mode of expression sounds something like "thatsnotfunny". This, also, is common across the genus.

"Macroglossius lunarius narisplanus boarerus in full-throated yowl."

Oh my hell! That is the absolute best photo to sum up the Moonbats....in the post I wrote about this, I used this photo. Of course you got all the credit...the whole post was about you and your daring feats in DC...I hope you don't mind I put it up...if you decide you want me to remove it, let me know...I hope not cause again, it's perfect.

Thank you once again for getting out there and being so close to the.......ugh...I shudder at the thought....just...just thank you Bill.

Corporate controlled media is right wing?

Actually, I find it mostly just mindless drivel, not right wing at all. Are the right wing messages somehow encoded, Don? Perhaps I would find it more right wing if I recorded the news and played it backwards?

God bless the Economist, or I wouldn't get any news at all.

Bill - Very entertaining and funny. But don't get too cocky. I'm sure you'd be quite embarrassed to find out that you were the specimen under observation without even knowing it.

This would make a kick-ar$e thesis!

The world needs to know: What are the scientological efficacies of the various vector mechanism theses regarding patchouli glandular secretions in dictating intra-species ingestion rates of the anti-nauseal "sticky-icky" herb?

Should such readily observable behavioural patterns be considered to be sub-species dependent, or are such herd-bonding activities driven more by a common socio-biological collectivist parasitism? Furthermore is the resultant Venal Vegetative Vegan State of Disorder (V3SD) the desired evolutionary outcome or are practitioners just a common pack of Peerus Wankersaurus engaging in aposematic mimickry?

Anyway, I find it all so enthralling! Just the mere contemplation of engaging in facsimulsex (dry-humping in the common vernacular) protestation with DeeDee has actually got me considering crossing species.

...on second thought, the female's distinct resemblence to Herr Dr. Seus alongside such copious patchouli residues would require an intensive "sticky-icky" prophylactic treatment which could quite possibly damage my brain irreparably.

In any event, I implore you to keep up this important yet dangerous line of research...I'm sure there's grant money out there for such valuable scientifical work.

Lovely! That's my field.

Idea - if you need an assistant the next time? I'm not too far away, and I'd be honored.

This reminds me of my kindergartners class. They do dress up, arts and crafts, clap and sing songs. Of course, they also appreciate our soldiers and sailors protecting them, so I guess the comparison is not exact.

Rtfm - Go back and read the moonbat FAQ post, where I discuss that there is in fact no endogenous patchouli secretion.

Jimmy -

I'm really unsure what you are getting at ... am I being cocky? Are you projecting something here?

Listen - we are ALL specimens under observation, every day. As I mention earlier, when one decides to scream and carry a sign, put on unusual clothes and dry hump others in a public park while singing about masturbation, one IS asking, nay BEGGING for attention.

I'm just providing a service.

I will brook no suggestion that I am being petty or mean with my analysis. You will notice that there are no direct malicious attacks on any god-given physical characteristics in any post, or much of anything that resembles reality, for that matter. It's very light satire ... and why am I even explaining this again?

Maura, I'll keep it in mind. Been getting some offers of help and I'm not sure if it might just slow me down. :-) But thanks.

I favor a stout blast of di-hyrogen oxide for self-defence in these situations too. I always pack a side-arm so loaded on such days.

Hey Carolynn,

"God bless the Economist, or I wouldn't get any news at all."

YHTNROTH

I thought I was the only one who felt this way!!

In the midst of this sad yet natural event, I could hear the minis shouting. "Kofi, help us! Heeeeelp us!"

Pure gold. I just had a vision of Kofi swooping down, wearing brightly-colored tights, with a big "K" on his chest...

Bill, I will be flying into DC to hang with my parents over Mom's Day weekend. Is there any moonbat crap going on for the dates 5/6-5/10? I want to come down and harras them and wear my new "Peace Through Superior Firepower" Tee Shirt.
Shoot me an email if you get this. Thanks.

As a denizen of the caves of the Seattle SSR, I am most familiar with moonbattery. I commend your powers of observation and analysis. I could almost smell the little cuties.

So Bill, when do you think the herd will be large enough for a regular hunting season? Or do you think we will be restricted to catch-and-release for the foreseeable future?

We must have passed each other while moonbat-watching. Here are my own photos of the World Bank Protest:

http://groups.msn.com/ConservativePropagandaFotoFollies/worldbankprotestmarchdc.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=2

I particularly admire the Communist flags right up front and the giant socialist banners. That't truth in advertising. You know exactly what you're getting in this march.

Tantor
Editor For Life
Conservative Propaganda

Nice pics!

kind of silly. only slightly amusing.
and a selective choice of subjects.
that was supposed to be the largest march on dc.
no christian pro-lifers in your pix.
no groups of women.
just goofy kids.
so what?

please speak up more for corporate socialism, and the expansion of the military welfare state. you need to be a fortune 100 company just to get a hand out around here!