NPR had a story today about how the U.S. Navy says it needs to train sailors off the coast of California, including in areas where blue whales travel. I am with the whales on this one. The Navy has the whole Pacific Ocean–the largest body of water in the world–and it can’t steer clear of whales? I say cut the training lest a single blue whale be harmed–and I’m not an environmentalist in any degree.

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