A Card For Andrew Lawton

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Kathy Shaidle;

As most of you know by now, conservative blogger, podcaster and activist Andrew Lawton is seriously ill.
His family says flowers aren’t permitted in the ICU, but they welcome your cards!
Here’s the information:
Andrew Lawton, Patient
Victoria Hospital, Critical Care Unit
800 Commissioners Road East
London, Ontario
Canada N6A 5W9

The Nanny State, On Your Plate

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Mandatory food enrichment – what could possibly go wrong?

White flour, enriched pasta and cornmeal have been fortified with folic acid since 1998 to help ensure that women of child-bearing age consume adequate amounts of the vitamin to prevent neural-tube defects in their offspring.
[…]
Dr. O’Connor said it may be a good idea for men and children to avoid supplements or multivitamins that contain folic acid. “We’ve shown that there’s virtually zero chance of [men and children] being deficient, but [their] levels are starting to get a little on the high side,” she said.
Excessive consumption of folic acid is drawing increasing concern from scientists who fear that it may be linked to cancer. For instance, a Norwegian study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association last year found that heart-disease patients treated with folic acid and B12 were more likely to be diagnosed and die from cancer than patients who did not receive those vitamins as treatment.

Because there’s nothing that you can eat that government can’t make better.

This Is Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society

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Thirteen dogs have boarded a flight to the United States to find new homes there, in the latest attempt to save some of Taiwan’s many stray dogs, animal rescue workers said Sunday.
The dogs were rescued from southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City, where they were found to have been abused or suffering from illnesses, rescue workers said. The dogs were first taken by train from Kaohsiung to Taipei before boarding the flight.
It is hoped that by taking the dogs to shelters in the U.S., their chances of being adopted will increase.
Since 2004, the rescue team has carried out more than 200 such cases, flying a total of 1,470 animals rescued in Taiwan to North America, by cooperating with similar organizations in the U.S and Canada.

Think that’s a one off?

I wanted to write a post about the organization that I volunteer with, and where we rescued our corgi, Rocky from. The group is called Ocean Dog Rescue and works to rescue dogs from Taiwan and find forever homes for them in Vancouver, BC.

And now you know the best kept secret of the animal rights racket. Shelters have been long importing strays to supply demand for puppies, while lobbying the public for financial donations, and governments for anti-breeding legislation, all in the name of ending “pet overpopulation”.
Related – Regina Humane Society imports Ontario pit bulls. Because they don’t have enough of their own, I guess!

Reader Tips

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Let’s get slapping – it’s time for a bit of traditional dance, Bavarian style:

The Schuhplattler mimics not machinery but wildlife–the “aurhan,” the famous ring-tailed wood grouse. As large as a small turkey, the aurhan cock preens and struts in front of the hen on a fallen log, beating his wings to create a rhythm to impress the object of his lust. It works when the hen responds by turning in circles before him. The Schuhplattler does the same thing.

The men’s dance consists of a syncopated series of very loud slaps on lederhosen-clad thighs and the soles of the shoes (thus “schuhplattler” or “hitting the shoe”). Every district has its own unique plattle (slapping rhythm), many of them very complex, all requiring strength, flexibility, and stamina.

Here’s a group of men – they might well be Bavarian – slapping and hopping their way through The Schuhplattler.
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