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This Is Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society

Don’t let a few dead cats stand in the way of progress: NY lawmakers want cat declawing outlawed

The New York State Veterinary Medical Society, however, opposes the bill. […]
“(Declawing) is one method to allow a beloved feline companion to continue to live in a household rather than relinquishing the family pet to a shelter,” the Veterinary Medical Society’s lobbyist wrote. “Declawing should remain a viable alternative to euthanasia if all other options have failed.”
Not all veterinarians agree with that position, however.
Declawing cats can result in complications with both long-term and short-term effects, said Eileen Jefferson, a veterinarian and member of Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association.

I will say, it’s amusing to watch as the brave new humane generation of progressive-educated veterinarians plot occupational suicide.
(h/t Jay)

This Is My Doctor Mohammed, And This Is My Lawyer Mohammed

We get letters.

Did you here the Gormley show this morning (podcast) on the article about International Medical Graduates? He interviewed the author of the Univ. of Calgary study and opened the line for call-in.
I called and criticized allowing those who refuse to shake hands with a member of the opposite sex or who are doing a residency in Obstetrics with inadequate training and experience as being dangerous.
John thought it was easily overcome with some training, I countered with if their moral view is that women are morally inferior, lives worth less than that of a man. Then training isn’t going to be enough.
I didn’t use the term Muslim nor Islam, and neither does the article published by the Un. of Calgary.
Though everyone knows what is referred to… that which cannot be named out of fear.
Shortly after, a Muslim doctor named Mohamed from Regina called in. He criticized John for letting me say such things about Islam, and that moreso he’d allowed me to do that before.
Then he criticized the National Post as the only paper that would publish such an article. To top it off, he criticized that the article/study had even been done and published.
By the time he’d finished I was reminded of Tarek Fatah’s warning that the M.B. is run by Engineers, Doctors and Lawyers… Their specialty is suppressing any public criticism of Islam using e.i. legal jihad — the threat of lawsuits.
What regular practicing physician has the time to call in an Open Line show? Could it have cost him $200.00-$300.00 in lost billing? Or not? Perhaps, simply covered by the next patient in the waiting room for the length of the phone call?
I thought you’d find it amusing 🙂

Indeed.

I, Napoleon

Just posting this is a hate crime: Do you agree that transgender Canadians need human rights protections under the Criminal Code? (Poll) (update – poll’s been retired with “No” winning)
Wait, there’s more!

The NYCHRL [New York City Human Rights Law] requires employers[, landlords, and all businesses and professionals] to use an [employee’s, tenant’s, customer’s, or client’s] preferred name, pronoun and title (e.g., Ms./Mrs.) regardless of the individual’s sex assigned at birth, anatomy, gender, medical history, appearance, or the sex indicated on the individual’s identification.
Most individuals and many transgender people use female or male pronouns and titles. Some transgender and gender non-conforming people prefer to use pronouns other than he/him/his or she/her/hers, such as they/them/theirs or ze/hir. [Footnote: Ze and hir are popular gender-free pronouns preferred by some transgender and/or gender non-conforming individuals.]

Government by the crazies, for the crazies.

Operation Empty Chair

Free Beacon;

The classified details behind Iran’s treatment of several U.S. sailors who were captured by the Islamic Republic during a tense standoff earlier this year are likely to shock the nation, according to one member of the House Armed Services Committee, who disclosed to the Washington Free Beacon that these details are currently being withheld by the Obama administration.
Rep. Randy Forbes (R., Va.) told the Free Beacon in an interview that the Obama administration is still keeping details of the maritime incident under wraps. It could be a year or longer before the American public receives a full accounting of the incident, in which several U.S. sailors were abducted at gunpoint by the Iranian military.

Related: Why Hasn’t Obama Fired Ben Rhodes?

h/t Colonista

Wynneing!

Ontario’s big, green assisted economic suicide plan

…this new plan, billed by the Liberals as a “once-in-a-lifetime transformation” for Ontario’s economy, may also prove the end of Ontario’s lifetime of economic progress. In an era where assisted dying is the big thing with Liberals, this could be the first case where it’s tried on a province.
The leaked cabinet document, reportedly signed-off on by Premier Kathleen Wynne, lists a jaw-dropping 80 or so policies including: The eventual ban on heating new homes and buildings with natural gas, with only electric or geothermal being legal; $4 billion to be doled out by a “green bank,” funded by carbon taxes, to subsidize retrofits of buildings to get them off natural gas; the requirement that homes undergo an “energy-efficiency audit” before they can be sold; and a stack of rules, regulations and handouts to get an electric car into every two-car household within eight years, including rebates, free electric charging, and plug-in stations at every liquor store. Naturally, there will be billions more in traditional government-spending programs on public transit, bike paths, upgrades for schools and hospitals, and “research” funds and centres of climate excellence, not to mention new ethanol fuel standards that will gratify the Liberals’ top corporate donors in the biofuel lobby.

All in the family: Wynne’s Brother-in-law the new CEO of EHealth, BUT he also has deep ties to the Wind Industry

Don’t Contaminate My Black Purity

The spokesmen at Black Lives Matter 101 gave voice to what would quickly be recognised in any other context as claims of racial exclusivity. They were not shy about this or worried that it would undermine their larger claims. But, in fact, this view does undermine their larger claims. Their eagerness to take racial categorizations as fundamental, unalterable, and essentially “true,” contradicts their sense that racism is unjust and wrong. Replacing one form of racism with another takes us no closer to a fair and just society… What is the use of protesting racism by affirming an intrinsic all-powerful racial identity?

One of these.

I Felt A Great Disturbance In The Narrative

The expert is always the last to know: Crime researcher reverses course, Ferguson Effect now ‘leading hypothesis’

Looking at data from 56 large cities across the country, Rosenfeld found a 17% increase in homicide in 2015. Much of that increase came from only 10 cities, which saw an average 33% increase in homicide.
“These aren’t flukes or blips, this is a real increase,” he said. “It was worrisome. We need to figure out why it happened.”
All 10 cities that saw sudden increases in homicide had large African American populations, he said. While it’s not clear what drove the increases, he said, he believes there is some connection between high-profile protests over police killings of unarmed black men, a further breakdown in black citizens’ trust of the police, and an increase in community violence.

Related!

Podcast – The Conservative Party Leadership is officially a race


The Conservatives have a real race on their hands for party leader. Michael Chong has announced and Maxime Bernier has relaunched his campaign. Meanwhile Kellie Leitch is upping her game online. Chong and Bernier join Brian to discuss their campaigns plus Alise Mills of Conservative Voice calls in to give her thoughts on the race.
Also on the show, David Martosko from The Daily Mail on the US political race and Adrienne Batra, Editor in Chief of the Toronto Sun on Sophie Trudeau’s tone deaf call for a “team.”

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