Archive for January 21, 2012
A Vote For Newt is a Vote for Callista
Newt just now: “Callista and I decided to run…”
So a vote for Newt is a vote for Callista?
Okey dokey.
Fun Family Vacation: Kill a Giraffe
Tourist trophy hunters are paying thousands of pounds to go and shoot giraffes with high-powered guns and bows.
The gentle giants are loved around the world for their comical appearance and gentle nature.
Just like character ‘Melman’ played by Friend’s-star David Schwimmer in Disney’s Madagascar, they are a hit with kids who love their long necks and eyelashes.
But shocking images show how scores of big-spending men and women – and even families – travel from across the globe, some even from Britain, to kill them for sport.
We humans are going insane I say as my heart breaks for the little girl in this picture. Look at those happy faces and her hand on the dead giraffe.
So cool huh?
Fight back: GiraffeConservation.org
Jeb Bush to Endorse Mitt Romney
UPDATED: 1-22-12
I’m hearing that Jeb Bush will endorse Mitt Romney ahead of the Florida primary but I don’t have anything solid to link to to back that up.
I’d say trust me but hey, I’m just a lowly blogger sitting in a dark basement somewhere eating Cheetos.
Photo: AFP
The Republican establishment is freaking out over Newt’s win in SC tonight. They want Mitt and they’re the deciders (We the People aren’t). Period.
More later.
UPDATE per Bloomberg:
Jeb Bush, the popular former Florida governor, said he will “stay neutral” in the state’s Republican presidential primary while warning his party’s candidates to leave the “circular firing squad” of their debates behind and start appealing to a broader audience.
The younger Bush described both Romney and Gingrich as “credible” candidates in a November contest with President Barack Obama. “I intend to help whoever wins the nomination,” the former governor said in the interview yesterday.
Fox’s Audience Doesn’t Know What “Electability” Means?
How dumb is Fox’s audience? So dumb that eight minutes ago I watched Brit Hume,
Fox’s senior political reporter and analyst, explain what electability means.
Oy.
Tagg Romney Thinks We’re Idiots
Tagg Romney, Mitt’s oldest boy, seems to think that tweeting a picture of his millionaire, 1%-er father standing over a washing machine will convince us that Dad’s just a regular guy:
Sorry Tagg. This doesn’t do anything for me. BTW, does he know how to turn the thing on?
Joe Paterno Reportedly Near Death
Paterno in Grave Condition
Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno is near death, a source confirmed to The Citizens’ Voice.
Paterno’s wife, Sue, summoned close friends and longtime staff members this afternoon to the State College hospital where Paterno has been undergoing treatments since last weekend.
Paterno wanted to see them and say a final goodbye, Sue told one of the staff members, the source said.
Paterno, diagnosed with cancer days after his Nov. 9 firing, has been weakened by radiation and chemotherapy treatments, a member of his family told the Voice.
Earlier this week I read an article written by a woman who’d recently interviewed Paterno (of course I can’t find it now). She said it was hard for him to speak because his lung function was so compromised by the lung cancer. That kind of shocked me because at the time of his diagnosis, we were told Paterno had a “treatable form of lung cancer.”
I take this as a warning to have more than one passion so I don’t keel over if my ability to pursue that one passion evaporates.
Obama Campaign Offers Ringtone of Obama Singing Al Green
Surely you caught video of President Obama singing Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” the other day at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. If not, here it is:
(Via.)
Now the Obama campaign is offering that as a ringtone.
Love it.
1,100 Dogs Destined for the Dinner Table Rescued in China
As a dog lover/adorer, I can’t imagine seeing dogs as commodities like fish or artichokes.
What a bitter sweet story:
Call it a Chinese New Year miracle. Earlier this week more than 1,100 dogs destined for the slaughterhouse in Chongqing were saved from an ignoble ending by a pet-loving Good Samaritan.
The China Daily reported that 1,137 dogs were rescued on Monday from the back of a flatbed truck by a 40-year old blogger and volunteer at the Chongqing Small Animal Protection Association (CSAPA) surnamed Peng. Peng found the dogs crammed into tight cages that were stacked high atop each other.
Volunteers in Chongqing work to rescue over 1,100 dogs that were destined for slaughter. Photo: Netease
The rescued dogs soon became a sensation in this central Chinese metropolis and hundreds of volunteers and donations began flooding in. One man donated nearly 1,000 square feet of warehouse space to house the dogs for free while there is now enough food to feed the dogs for the next 20-30 days.
But the biggest immediate concern right now is finding enough professional volunteers to help take care of the dogs during the busy Chinese New Year holiday when most people empty out of the big cities and head back to their hometowns.
Long term, many people are wondering how they will find homes for so many dogs. The CSAPA predicts about 20 percent of the dogs will eventually be adopted, but the majority of them will likely never be claimed. The association is now considering whether to solicit donations to build dog houses for the remaining animals.
More photos here.
Jewish Newspaper Editor Suggests Israel Should Assassinate President Obama
Andrew Adler doesn’t seem to realize that his anger has driven him to be as insanely vicious as he perceives Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran to be:
Andrew Adler, the owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, a weekly newspaper serving Atlanta’s Jewish community, devoted his January 13, 2012 column to the thorny problem of the U.S. and Israel’s diverging views on the threat posed by Iran. Basically Israel has three options, he wrote: Strike Hezbollah and Hamas, strike Iran, or “order a hit” on Barack Obama. Either way, problem solved!
Three, give the go-ahead for U.S.-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place, and forcefully dictate that the United States’ policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies.
Yes, you read “three” correctly. Order a hit on a president in order to preserve Israel’s existence. Think about it. If I have thought of this Tom Clancy-type scenario, don’t you think that this almost unfathomable idea has been discussed in Israel’s most inner circles?
Another way of putting “three” in perspective goes something like this: How far would you go to save a nation comprised of seven million lives…Jews, Christians and Arabs alike?
You have got to believe, like I do, that all options are on the table.
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UPDATE: Adler has told JTA that he “regrets” the column and plans to publish an apology. Oh, and the Secret Service says it will “make all appropriate, investigative follow-up in regard to this matter,” according to ABC News.
See a larger version of the image above here.
The Republican Circus Stops in South Carolina
Good one sentence summary of today’s South Carolina primary:
