Marty was working at Tufts Veterinary Medical School when she got Frank and Louis, who was brought in at one day old to be euthanized...
Frank&Louie--the Janus Cat
As the local video news report below shows, he is a mostly normal, playful kitty. Thanks to Marty being the right person in the right place at the right time, he has had the opportunity to live a good life.
"It's actually pretty simple: We just have to ask ourselves if people doing the same thing in the past caused something bad to happen," Collins continued. "Did the thing we're thinking of doing make people upset? Did it start a war? If it did, then we might want to think about not doing it."RTWT, then decide if you should laugh or cry.
In addition, Collins carefully explained that if a past decision proved to be favorable—if, for example, it led to increased employment, caused fewer deaths, or made lots of people feel good inside— then the nation should consider following through with the same decision now.
While the new strategy, known as "Look Back Before You Act," has raised concerns among people worried they will have to remember lots of events from long ago, the historians have assured Americans they won't be required to read all the way through thick books or memorize anything.
Although apostasy is not an offense in the Iranian penal code, the country’s constitution includes a clause (article 167) that says if the basis for a judicial ruling does not exist in the law, judges must turn to “authoritative Islamic sources and authentic fatwa.”But don't worry. Islam is a 'religion of peace...'
Islamic scholars who argue for the death penalty for apostasy cite texts like sura 4:89 of the Qur’an, which urges Muslims to seize and kill those who turn away. A hadith (the traditional writings and sayings of Mohammed) quotes the prophet as saying, “Any [Muslim] person who has changed his religion, kill him.”Not in my country. Not on my watch. Not now, not ever. لن استسلم .
Under the rubric of dialogue and debate between the “Left” and Right about amending the U.S. constitution, this conference will further legitimate the reactionary Tea Party movement.
The U.S. is waging unjust imperial wars. The ecosystems of the planet are endangered. The know-how and technology exist to produce enough food for everyone on the planet; meanwhile some one billion go hungry. Capitalism is a horror and a failure.
I put this challenge to progressive people seeking change and attending this conference. Rather than reaching out to the proto-fascists and Tea Party-ers with their anti-immigrant, Islamophobic, and racist-encoded “states rights” agenda, rather than looking to repair a system that has only meant misery and more misery for humanity—why not reach forward to a viable and emancipatory alternative? This is what the Constitution of the New Socialist Republic in North America (Draft Proposal) From the Revolutionary Communist Party, U.S. is about.OK, here we go. First, I shall present the comments debunking this buckethead's first paragraph:
I hate to disillusion Mr. Lotta's beliefs here, but the reality is that for the vast amount of human history, most people have lived very miserable existences. The average age at time of death stubbornly held around 40 for centuries. Proper hygiene practices were unknown.
But more importantly, most people had little or no money to obtain the foods necessary for a proper diet.
That's all changed with the advent of capitalism. Thanks to capitalism and the drive to invent, running water and flush toilets are common in even the poorest communities on earth. Thanks to capitalism, everyone on the planet enjoys a higher standard of living than nearly all people who lived before the 17th Century -- including the wealthiest of the time. Thanks to capitalism, people are able to market and sell their goods to others around the world.
It's idiotic to claim that capitalism causes more and more misery, when the historical fact is that it has vastly improved the lives of everyone on the planet.
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I put this challenge to progressive people seeking change and attending this conference. Rather than reaching out to the proto-fascistsLet's get it out in the open. You do not seek any sort of positive 'change.' You do, in fact, seek fascism, ie; "anti-anarchist, anti-communist, anti-conservative, anti-democratic, anti-individualist, anti-liberal, anti-parliamentary, anti-bourgeois and anti-proletarian.[15] It entails a distinctive type of anti-capitalism and is typically, with a few exceptions, anti-clerical.[16][17] It rejects egalitarianism, materialism, and rationalism in favour of action, discipline, hierarchy, spirit and will.[18]" This is what you desire, and don't try to pretend that you want anything different. Reality calls you out.
and Tea Party-ers with their anti-immigrant,We are not anti-immigrant. Three of my four parents came here from other countries--LEGALLY. We oppose invaders, not immigrants.
Islamophobic,"Islamophobic" connotates an irrational fear. When you're facing a bunch of maniacs who wish to institute a global theocracy which promotes the murder of queer folks, the subjugation of women and the annihilation of free will,--no matter what they have to do or who they have to kill--the fear of this is not irrational.
and racist-encoded “states rights” agenda,Please enlighten me as to how enforcing the Constitution is 'racist.' Oh, are you referring to the excuse your fellow Democrats used to keep people down because of their skin color? Hey, pal--the racist scum on your side are the ones that perverted the concept of "states rights" to further your own evil agenda. Sorry if the truth hurts. Take an ibuprofen and deal with it.
rather than looking to repair a system that has only meant misery and more misery for humanity—why not reach forward to a viable and emancipatory alternative? This is what the Constitution of the New Socialist Republic in North America (Draft Proposal) From the Revolutionary Communist Party, U.S. is about.I got your 'misery' right here, sucker. Communism/Socialism is responsible for the murder of well over one hundred million people in one century. Your precious 'alternative' leads to nothing but death, destruction, loss, suffering, misery and despair. Every single time it's been tried. Every one. Without fail.
A southern California couple has been fined $300 dollars for holding Christian Bible study sessions in their home, and could face another $500 for each additional gathering.Now, if a bunch of Muslims were fined for gathering at someone's house, I'm certain that the city of San Juan Capistrano would be the target of Leftist fury from across the nation and around the world. That is, if SJC even dared to serve the citation in the first place. But it's just a bunch of those nutjob, possibly-terrorist Christians, so you're not likely to see any discussion of this outside of the Real Media.*
City officials in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. say Chuck and Stephanie Fromm are in violation of municipal code 9-3.301, which prohibits “religious, fraternal or non-profit” organizations in residential neighborhoods without a permit. Stephanie hosts a Wednesday Bible study that draws about 20 attendees, and Chuck holds a Sunday service that gets about 50.
It doesn’t do us or Sarah herself any favors if we start to see (and overreact to) attacks where none were intended, or even where there’s enough reasonable doubt in the matter that a more reasonable person would just let it alone. We (justifiably) poo-pooed Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter for decrying how unreasonable we Palinistas are, but stuff like this is only handing them (and others like them) more ammunition. It’s the flip side of Palin Derangement Syndrome, in which anything anyone says that could possibly be construed as a negative toward the Governor is immediately decried as vile hatemongering. It’s wrong when they do it, and it’s wrong when we do it.Yeah...it's exactly like that. One of the main reasons the Right has been losing the culture wars is because we've been derided as straitlaced, uptight and not being able to take a joke. And this, I'm sorry to say, is an accusation not without merit. Whether the joke is funny or not, we have to know "when to, and when not to." This routine was a complete non-issue until some of my fellow Palinistas went insane about it, and I'm asking you all to please knock it off.
Judged by the company we keep? Really? Using that as the plumbline, how do you then explain: "Spain to Investigate Saudi Prince for Sexual Assault" - Only little issue is that Talil is a grand puba in fox's parent comnpany so it isn't good business to share he is being investigated for rape in 2008 that's been reopened by the appeals court or that the other grand pubas - of Aussie origin are really beginning to feel all kinds of heat in the UK. The company we keep indeed! Oh that's right: a.)Fox hasn't mentioned it, the druggie blimp hasn't had it cross his radar - out of sight out of mind. If it comes up, get the empty caricatures of womanhood [m. kelly et al] to front it. They've even managed to warp what it means to be a woman through these bimbos and their pretentious indignation plus the token philipine female hound. [GARDEN TOOLS] B.)Gallagher [An abuse of the name no doubt given the person using it > O Gallchobhair in Irish, signifies descendants of Gallchobhar or Gallagher, who was himself descended from the King of Ireland. Mike Gallagher isn't worthy to feed the royal pigs. ...the usual suspects. Some of them make me wonder though. Stuart Varney. You do realise you can never work on air in Europe again don't you? Hope it was worth the 30 pieces of silver [he'll get it. YOU WON'T! Trust me! ....AGAIN - PLEASE FEEL FREE TO VIOLATE MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND SCRAP IT. One question - How do you sleep at night Wallace with how you've sold your soul to this organisation [a recurring them with the right] Chris Wallace was once described as, "one of the great network television journalists" you, his offspring,keeping his name, came to be known as an errand boy for the loonies. If you've had any, i sincerely hope you haven't passed that weakness of spine and character to your children. Jon Stewart put it best. Paraphrasing,"You'll never get it because of the 'soup you swim in'" You parent most certainly must be disappointed. GET A REAL JOB that will make you feel better. You are better than this hate , fear, suspicion and negativity you business you are now peddling.
Oh the scum that is the tea party. President downgrade indeed. Popped back after a short holiday across the pond | Still amazed at the degree of felonious $tupidity that is the tea party. It brings in stark relief parents' and teachers' warnings about the !diot friends that had a rather dodgey grasp on learning and comprehending what it was they were at school for. True to form, they'd run trite campaigns for class prefect with entrities like; if i become prefect what is that? i can see your peasant minds begin to lurch into questioning [just take the word - with your thinking abilities herein displayed, you are most likely too dum6 and wouldn't have been in a school that had such a structure so...take my word for it - it's a suitable lable for your illiterate a$$ sheeeeeeshh] ...Like i was saying before taking a detour to have you keep up - they'd run campaigns with mandates or manifestos suggesting, 'if i get elected, i'll see to it that we get less homework, i'll see to it that we have longer holidays and i'll also see to it that we do less math and science classes = a lot like what you are offered by the buffoons in charge right now but are to myopic to see the wood for the trees. Alternative, since fox hasn't told you what to think, you resort to simple one liners that require ZERO processing power ergo: -Cut and run -Freedom fries -Give the enemy a timetable when we are leaving -We'll never forget - only to have one of your grand wizards [glenn beck] state he is tired of the nine eleven widows. That you are retarded, hey, as long as it floats your boat, go ahead. My resentment is from the fact that i spent a lot of the last decade working round the clock to make sure clowns like you were safe. With remarkable ignorance of the things to keep your foolish racist behinds safe, you utter rubbish like "these are the people who are now running the country. {How dare you then insert the creators name in such a negative analysis you offspring of a cross-eyed rattle snake?} YOU CAN SCRAP THE COMMENT. I WOULD HAVE BEEN PLEASANTLY SURPRISED IF YOU'D RESPECTED THE FIRST AMENDMENT. I MEAN I'M ONLY A CITIZEN RIGHT?
In a free-market economy like ours, it's the entrepreneurs who create jobs. They do this by starting new businesses, and by expanding businesses that are already up and running. If you want to create more jobs, you create an environment in which entrepreneurs will thrive. They'll take it from there, because creating jobs by starting and expanding businesses is what thriving entrepreneurs do.RTWT. Wondering where the jobs are going? Why no one's hiring, expanding or investing? This is why. And this state of affairs will continue until we STOP DOING STUFF THAT DOESN'T WORK. Yes, folks...it really is that simple.
Think of it this way: if you want more milk, create an environment in which cows will thrive. And just as it makes no sense to say you want more milk but oppose cows because they're smelly, dirty, and leave their droppings all over the place -- it makes no sense to say you want more jobs but oppose entrepreneurs because when they succeed they often wind up with more money than the rest of us. You cannot have it both ways.
Entrepreneurs thrive when they are confident about the future. Every time an entrepreneur makes a decision to start a new business, or to expand his business by launching a new product or service, he or she is putting his own money -- and his employees' futures -- on the line. So an entrepreneur wants to know what taxes he's going to pay in the years ahead. He wants to know what his costs will be for high-priced expenses such as his employees' health care. He wants some certainty that the regulations in place when he launches that new product or service won't change six months later and destroy his investment overnight. And an entrepreneur wants some confidence that the overall economy will be sufficiently robust to provide customers who'll buy that new product or service and by doing so enable the entrepreneur to earn back his investment and make some profit besides.
The 2012 GOP Presidential field offers an array of candidates who claim to espouse “conservative principles” and that they will act in consequence of them if elected. When applied, these ethics, rather than those on the Socialist/Marxist continuum, lead to more freedom and economic prosperity.RTWT at the newest addition to the Infinite Blogroll, Lipstick 2012.
The catastrophic state of the nation requires that we vote like human beings. If ever in our lives we behaved in the booth like herd-beasts committing emotion-induced mob dereliction of reason, we do so again next November at the peril of destroying our future as free Americans.
So how do we vote like human beings? By using reason and verifying that the candidates’ actions were consistent with objectively sound, stated principles. Of course, we cannot judge the adherence of a candidate’s executive actions to conservative ideals if he or she has never been an elected executive. As we all stated at the time of Obama’s election, it is not prudent to elect as Chief-Executive of the Free World, a person who has no executive experience. We have no logical way to be certain that, confronted with the pressures of actually managing conflicting interests, resources, and budgets, they will be true to their stated principles.
• Ayers was not simply protesting "against" the Vietnam War. Firstly, he wasn't against war in principle, he was agitating for the victory of the communist forces in Vietnam. In other words: He wasn't against the war, he was against our side in the war. This is spelled out in great detail in Prairie Fire. Secondly, and more significantly, the Vietnam War was only one of many issues cited by the Weather Undergound as the justifications for their violent acts. As you will see below, in various quotes from Prairie Fire and in their own list of their violent actions (and in additional impartial documentary links), Ayers and the Weather Underground enumerated dozens of different grievances as the rationales for their bombings -- their overarching goal being to inspire a violent mass uprising against the United States government in order to establish a communist "dictatorship of the proletariat," in Ayers' own words.
• Ayers and his co-authors freely brag about their bombings and other violent and illegal acts, and even provide a detailed list, most likely typed up by Ayers himself, of the crimes they had committed up to that point. Ayers' list, scanned directly from Prairie Fire, is shown below. He may have escaped conviction due to a legal technicality (the prosecutors failed to get a warrant during some of their surveillance of the Weather Underground), but this in no way means that Ayers was factually innocent of the crimes. As has been widely reported, after the case against him was dropped, Ayers decribed himself as "guilty as hell, free as a bird."
• Just because Ayers tries to appear respectable now doesn't mean that he wasn't a violent revolutionary in the past. In fact, as the text of Prairie Fire shows, Ayers was one of the most extreme extremists in American political history. And as the links given as the end of this essay will prove, Ayers is just as politically radical now as he was back then. He has never renounced the political views he professed in the 1960s and 1970s. The only difference is that now he no longer commits violence to achieve his goals. After his stint as the leader of the Weather Underground, he shifted to a different tactic: to spread his ideology under the aegis of academia. But the goal remains the same: to turn America into a communist nation. Ayers' contemporary writings contain many of the same ideas (and even the same phrases) found in Prairie Fire, just toned down to make them more palatable in polite society.
Undercover agent Larry Grathwohl, who had infiltrated and joined the Weather Underground, described their post-revolution governing plans for the United States in this video taken from the 1982 documentary "No Place to Hide." The Weather Underground openly discussed exterminating 25 million Americans who refused to be "re-educated" into communism.
Here's a transcript of his interview:
I bought up the subject of what's going to happen after we take over the government. We, we become responsible, then, for administrating, you know, 250 million people.
And there was no answers. No one had given any thought to economics; how are you going to clothe and feed these people.
The only thing that I could get, was that they expected that the Cubans and the North Vietnamese and Chinese and the Russians would all want to occupy different portions of the United States.
They also believed that their immediate responsibility would be to protect against what they called the counter-revolution. And they felt that this counter-revolution could best be guarded against by creating and establishing re-education centers in the southwest, where we would take all the people who needed to be re-educated into the new way of thinking and teach them... how things were going to be.
I asked, well, what's going to happen to those people that we can't re-educate; that are die-hard capitalists. And the reply was that they'd have to be eliminated. And when I pursued this further, they estimated that they would have to eliminate 25 million people in these re-education centers. And when I say eliminate, I mean kill. 25 million people.
I want you to imagine sitting in a room with 25 people, most of which have graduate degrees from Columbia and other well known educational centers, and hear them figuring out the logistics for the elimination of 25 million people.
And they were dead serious."
-- Larry Grathwohl, former member of the Weather Underground
