Cat saves boy from dog attack

(hat tip to Diane Ravitch)

Wow.  It doesn’t surprise me that the cat is a tiger cat….love them–they’re definitely people cats.  My two kitties in adulthood, Samantha, and Bandit, were both tigers and the best pets.

It tickled me to hear the owner say that she followed them home.  She “chose” them.  Heh.

Glad the little boy is okay.  What an experience to tell your buddies. So there, cat haters. 🙂

(And I’m not trying to be down on dogs, because you all know that I love dogs, too.  Owners, on the other hand…they’re like the parents that say their kids “would never do that” when confronted with wrongdoing…same with dogs…)

 

 

People who say the right things…

(hat tip to Thomas at Yes Means Yes)

An ex – NFL star is being accused of raping women after he drugged their drinks.  It allegedly happened on several occasions in several different cities, but the m.o. was the same–drug their drinks and rape them.

What is outrageous about Darren Sharper is that he presented himself as a supporter of women and women’s rights….while he allegedly abused them.  Good God.

Dept. of Defense…against Zombies…

(A side note~ Hello! to my Russian reader. Glad you’re back and apparently able to access the ‘net again.)

…well, here we go again with the “plan” that won’t die. Pun intended.

You might recall this is an old scenario bordering on ridiculous.  I can’t believe the money spent.

 

The report is short on details–who were the sponsors that paid for this?  If the attendees only paid $1,000 to go, who paid for their hotel rooms? Meals? Flight tickets? Rental cars? Lots of questions here, not a lot of answers.

Nor can I believe the concept that one can kill the undead…how does one do that, anyway?

What they really need are un – brain -dead Dept. of Defense employees who quit looking at life as one big disaster waiting to happen.  And that the American public is the enemy–guilty until proven innocent.

 

The words of third grader…

….only they’re uttered by a leader of a country…or I should say, the state-controlled media…

Actually, the title is an insult to all third graders.  My apologies.

I mean, really…your lack of intellect is showing.  Not only that, but the ad hominem attack only shows that you have nothing of substance against the person you’re attacking.

Classless.

 

10 Biggest Oil Spills in History

We don’t hear a lot about oil spills in other parts of the world…we’re lucky if we hear about ALL of them in our little corner of the world…so I thought I’d post this on the worst that has happened.

From the Gulf War in Kuwait:

The largest oil spill the world has seen exacted little permanent damage on coral ecosystems and local fisheries, according to a report by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission at Unesco. The study concluded that about half the oil evaporated, one-eighth of it was recovered and another quarter washed ashore, mostly in Saudi Arabia.

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I found it hard to believe that this spill had not done a lot of damage…especially now that there are cases of MERS in Saudi Arabia that are on the increase.

Could oil spills from over a decade ago be impacting the immune health of the folks there? I don’t know for sure, but it is a possibility. Something has compromised their immune systems…GMO’s, grain-based diet, chemicals…and on.  I would start looking at the folks whom have survived it and do detailed investigation into their diet and what chemicals they have been exposed to.

I found this website that not only dismisses the idea that there wasn’t a lot of damage, but the spill was not an accident–but a deliberate act of environmental warfare.  (I highlighted the text with my mouse so I could read it.  Black and white, people. Black and white, if you want a person to read what you write.)  (haha. poet and don’t know it.)

Not only did they have to contend with the oil spill on the land and water, but then they had an oily rain to deal with.  Good Grief.  If your land is polluted, the normally beneficial rain cannot help do its work of cleansing the Earth, as well as replenishing the water supply, and nourishing the plant life.  All life stops the minute the water supply is polluted.

 

 

 

 

Woman in Saudi Arabia gets 150 lashes for driving

I read this yesterday and can’t get it out of my mind.  Nothing is said about the reasons she was driving–was she on her way to a job interview and had no other way to get there? Was she on her way to the doctor or perhaps the hospital?  Was she escaping an abusive husband?  Did she just want to freaking drive?

I can’t imagine being flogged 150 times and what kind of permanent scars that would bring (both emotionally and physically).

In a country that goes through the motions of punishing men who abuse women, I don’t see this as setting a good example of how to treat women (note that the fine does not include flogging for him).  If the state condones violence towards women…why would a man think he did not have the state’s implicit endorsement to do the same?

All she wants are the same rights as men…to drive…to vote…to move about freely without having to have a male companion…why is that such a threat? (Yes, I know that women have been given the right to vote…if they have a male companion who approves….so yeah, not much in the way of progress there.)

 

 

 

Obama High School and Affirmative Action

Fred Klonsky posted his viewpoint on Barack Obama College Preparatory School and Obama’s silence on a Supreme Court decision on Affirmative Action.

President Obama, however much I disagree with his education policies, is entitled to his opinion…whether it be for or against Affirmative Action.  I presume he is for it, but chose not to speak out at this particular decision.  I really don’t recall him speaking out on much regarding Supreme Court decisions— so because he’s black, he should speak out on this particular decision?

Perhaps I’m misinterpreting things…but this piece just struck me wrong.

As a side note~ Cabrini Green?  Really?  That was the housing project that was famously featured when former Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne *cough* moved in….the press was all over it…but what they forgot to tell people was that she wasn’t moving in as in moving all her household…but rather, she kinda sorta stayed there one night a week./snark

Or perhaps it was a few hours in the daytime./snarkier

Or perhaps she just drove past the place…on her way to her real home…./snarkiest

We need jobs, not eggs.  Funny how it’s been thirty years and not much has changed, eh?

Oh, wait…

Rahm builds an elite high school on this historical spot….not only do you not get jobs, but you get thrown out.