“One of the benefits of living in the British countryside is the large variety of birds you can see in the wild….”
h/t Neek
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Flame
I don’t normally do cat blogging, but then, I don’t normally do cat portraits, either.
I’m making an exception tonight. This is for Jay and “Flame”. They’re going through a tough time.
You Are Asked, And Then You Weren’t
“The only people on Twitter for politics are people who want to hurt you.”
This Is Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society
Animal Rights: The Final Solution
Domestic animals are neither a real or full part of our world or of the nonhuman world. They exist forever in a netherworld of vulnerability, dependent on us for everything and at risk of harm from an environment that they do not really understand. We have bred them to be compliant and servile, or to have characteristics that are actually harmful to them but are pleasing to us. We may make them happy in one sense, but the relationship can never be “natural” or “normal.” They do not belong stuck in our world irrespective of how well we treat them.
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[If] there were two dogs left in the universe and it were up to us as to whether they were allowed to breed so that we could continue to live with dogs, and even if we could guarantee that all dogs would have homes as loving as the one that we provide, we would not hesitate for a second to bring the whole institution of “pet” ownership to an end.
We regard the dogs who live with us as refugees of sorts, and although we enjoy caring for them, it is clear that humans have no business continuing to bring these creatures into a world in which they simply do not fit.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
“Do you remember that thing about how the banks wouldn’t lend to blacks and Hispanics because they were racists? And do you remember how they passed the Community Reinvestment Act so that banks were forced to reduce down payments practically to zero and lend to a lot of people they knew were bad credit risks? And do you remember how Wall Street bundled all these risky subprime mortgages and sold them to investors around the world so that when it became clear that those people weren’t going to be able to pay their mortgages banks everywhere were left holding the bag and all five of the Wall Street investment houses either went under or had to be bailed out by the federal government?”
Those days are over, right?
h/t john g
CWB: Not Dead Enough
“The Liberals have always supported jailing farmers who resisted the old and unjust Wheat Board monopoly, so it’s no surprise they don’t approve of doing the decent and just thing now that the Wheat Board monopoly has been abolished,”
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Gracie Fields may be in the shadows on a grey and weary day, but she’s sticking out her chest, hoping for the best, and Looking On The Bright Side.
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Honey, I Finished The Internet
More Pavilions At Folkfest
Canada Is Allowing Webcam Proxy Marriages Between 1st Cousins From Pakistan
North America Strikes Back!
Germany at the mercy of our masked marauders:
This Is Awkward
This is the first time Obama’s inner circle has been tied to the restructuring and its illegal subordination of those taxpayer loans. If Daley was briefed on the details of that restructuring before it got put in place and it still went forward, one can infer that Daley didn’t raise any objections to it. It’s hard to imagine that Daley would have gone out on that limb without getting approval from the man to whom he directly reported — Barack Obama.
h/t Chris in Texas
“First, note the non-denial”
Harry Reid’s Office Responds To Rumors That He’s A Pederast
How’s That Hopey-Changey Thing Working Out For Ya?
“…42 consecutive months with the unemployment rate above eight percent.”
The Obama Jobs Recovery Picture Book
But wait! There’s more!
the Birth Death adjustment, which adds to the NSA Print to get to the final number, was +52k. How does this compare to July 2011? It is about 1000% higher: the last B/D adjustment was a tiny +5K! In other words, of the 163,000 jobs “added”, 429,000 was based on purely statistical fudging.
Not Waiting For The Asteroid
| “…you wouldn’t know anything about the national phenomenon by reading the front pages of most of the country’s leading newspapers. There’s no mention of Chick-fil-A on the front pages of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and the Boston Globe.” |  |
More – “… the Washington Post has received a $500,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to shore up its shrinking newsroom. The Los Angeles Times already got a $1 million grant from Ford for the same purpose.”
The Tolerant Left
Y2Kyoto: If You Don’t Believe In Global Warming
Just check out your streetlights.
Reader Tips
Tonight, four-man interpretive dance troupe Bianco e Nero Cazzotto perform a work entitled Online Commenting #34 Aubergine.
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Those Moderate Muslims!
A Sudanese woman accused of adultery has been sentenced to death by stoning and is being held shackled with her six-month-old baby in jail, activists said on Wednesday, in the second such sentence in the past few months in the country.
Thomas Friedman Must Be Ecstatic
Hong Kong parents are trying to fight the Chinese government’s plan to brainwash their children. But it’ll be “progressive”, so no need to worry about anything.
Audio discussion here
One can only wonder how this news is being received at Tom Friedman’s house.
Islamic Humour Ain’t No Laughing Matter
Muslim comedian Abdi Jeylani Malaq Marshale enjoyed making jokes about Al Qaeda. No longer.