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Be a traveling stable for those who can’t find room at the inn.

Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.

You come for women, you’re gonna get your ass kicked.

The gop is a fucking disgrace.

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A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

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Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

In my day, never was longer.

The words do not have to be perfect.

The arc of the moral universe doesn’t bend itself. it’s up to us.

Today’s gop: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

We’ll be taking my thoughts and prayers to the ballot box.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

We still have time to mess this up!

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

I wonder if trump will be tried as an adult.

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Just a quick hit of kindness before I run off for the day.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. —

From Raymond Hall on campus at Providence College, students were on a mission to surprise their favorite person in the building, James, who’s the security guard, with a gift.

“You told us a while ago that you wanted to see your family in Nigeria that you haven’t seen in a long time, so we came together and spread the word, and we started a GoFundMe because we take care of our own because that’s what we do at Providence College. They’ve done that for me, we’ve done that for each other, so now we’re doing it for you. You’re of the family, so our gift to you is a trip to Nigeria,” said sophomore student Daniel Singh.

Nearly $3,000 was raised within 24 hours for James to see his family, including his son, in Nigeria.

“He’s just the kindest soul anyone has ever met in this building. He means so much to us he’s so important. It was amazing how fast everyone connected and were able to put it together for him,” said freshman student Brandon Reichert, who helped organize the GoFundMe.

Singh and Reichert say it was a no brainer to start the GoFundMe after learning it had been 11 years since James had seen his family.

A moment that no one in the room to witness the act of kindness will forget.

“Tears to my eyes. Such an act of kindness. It was such a great reminder of the good our Friars are bringing into the world and a great reminder of how we can all do a small act of kindness every day that can make a difference,” said Dean of Students Sean Sears.

You can watch the entire story here

Keep a good thought for Zander – he’s been doing poorly and without some seriously invasive tests, so far everything has been inconclusive. He’s in good spirits, though.

Open Thread: A Little Kindness All Around

and we’ll take it a day at a time.

Name the band:

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And Trixie just watching the world go by out the window:

Open Thread: A Little Kindness All Around 2

That’s it for me. My house is filled with 5 dogs, 3 cats, 4 people and we’re spilling out the seams. We are off to watch my niece in a drumline competition, which is always fun and I’m glad they come to CO once a year for this event so I can see her play. She’s amazing on the marimba. Heck, she’s just plain amazing. And I’m not saying that because she introduces me to her friends as “the person who made me cool.”

This is an open thread. Play nice

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  3. 3.

    MagdaInBlack

    I wanted to thank you, TaMara, for the ” Carbon Cowboys” series. I binge watched all of them last Sunday and I loved them. Kind of bittersweet: my late husband would have been all over that type of farming. It was his thing.

    My best wishes too, for Xander.

  4. 4.

    NotMax

    Name the band:

    Two Dog Night?
    :)

    Speaking of bands, came across this zircon of prediction:

    “We don’t like their sound. And anyway guitar music is on its way out.”
    – Decca Records executive in 1962 talking about why they passed on signing The Beatles
    .

  12. 12.

    moonbat

    Name the Band: Jazzy Jasper and the Monochromes.

    Lazy Boy and the Recliners (?)

    Thank you, TaMara, as always for the uplift!

  15. 15.

    laura

    Did some body say Mirimbas? Check these Louisville Leopards- and little sister up front! https://youtu.be/JYuOZnAqQCY?

    There’s so much good in this world, such kindness, thank you for wringing tears of happiness out to start the weekend.

    Sending back vibes of comfort and healing to Narya and her family and Betty Cracker.

  19. 19.

    NutmegAgain

    My good news is I just formally adopted my most recent foster dog. He’s a Newfoundland, brown, and a big boy with the biggest heart. He’s 3. I am so much the lucky one with this fluffy fellow.

  21. 21.

    sab

    I saw my first brown Newfie last Halloween. I had thought they were only black. What a big boy! The ultimate gentle giant.

  23. 23.

    piratedan

    just for grins, I posted a series of ideas over on bluesky with the # Billionaire Hobbies, feel free to pile on if so inclined, there’s gotta be a better way for the rich to spend their money!

  24. 24.

    NotMax

    @sab

    Friend once had a mastiff who (inadvertently) destroyed any dog toy. Until they got him a coconut to bat around the room.

    ::WHAM::

    “What’s that?”

    “Oh, that’s just Buster playing with his coconut.”

  26. 26.

    kalakal

    Best wishes for Zander

    Just watched the video. I’ll to do something about the dust in this room

    Thank you for posting it

  27. 27.

    Another Scott

    @NotMax: A work friend had an Australian Cattle Dog that played with a Hoppity Hop (or similar) ball that was bigger than she was.  Herding it, leaping 6 feet in the air to try to catch the handle when it was thrown, etc.  That dog was all muscle and energy when we saw her at a company party one summer.

    Funny beasties.  Glad I didn’t have to walk her!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  28. 28.

    sab

    Ponyo (our American Staffordshire Terrier) squeezed her way under the fence yesterday in search of the neighbors’ golden retriever puppy (Penny is the best name ever for a golden). Penny was inside, so Ponyo was stuck shivering in fear in the wrong yard.

    Meanwhile we were out searching the neighborhood for her. Neighbor put her on a leash and brought her home and was waiting when we came home from our fruitless search. At least he has now met her and knows she is a harmless goof.

    Ponyo is the worst guard dog ever but an excellent companion dog. Ask any of our cats.

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    she introduces me to her friends as “the person who made me cool.”

    Not sure it gets any better than that!

    I thought I was doing good when my nieces were around 16 and they said I was the only one who got to buy them clothes.  Yours is even 10x better than that.

  31. 31.

    sab

    @Another Scott: My late lamented first dog had an Aussie cattle dog as her best friend. They used to zoom around the neighborhood chasing each other. That dog’s actual last name was Ferrari, which was so very appropriate. Joey Ferrari. My girl was just Wooster, Wussie for short. Which was so wrong because she was a tough little girl.

  35. 35.

    trollhattan

    @Another Scott: When I encounter commercial backcountry packers in the Sierra, their trail dogs are all cattle dogs. Smart, loyal, fearless, don’t get lost.

    One of those breeds I admire but do not think I’m a match for either in smarts or keeping them occupied. They really REALLY need a jerb.

    Similar for border collies, plus the bastards like to nip, would maybe consider an Aussie shep but lordy, that coat.

  38. 38.

    Jackie

    Best wishes for Zander! I hope you figure out what’s ailing him and he’s on the mend SOON!🤞🏻♥️

  42. 42.

    trnc

    @rikyrah: It occurs to me that if Karla Romero sought asylum to escape the cartel today, Britt would help Abbott put her on a bus.

  47. 47.

    TBone

    @NotMax: when hubby is irritated with me, he’ll put Ancient Aliens on.  I will now present this to him. Every. Single. Time.

  48. 48.

    Jackie

    THIS is great news!👏🏻

    The Biden administration can keep operating a program that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds after a federal judge on Friday dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states.

    U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton said Texas and 20 other states had not shown they had suffered financial harm because of the humanitarian parole program that allows up to 30,000 asylum-seekers into the U.S. each month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela combined. That was something the states needed to prove to have legal standing to bring the lawsuit.

    https://apnews.com/article/immigration-biden-haiti-cuba-nicaragua-venezuela-trial-fac9dc853231ba04ff0ea4e7442057ef

    BAHAHAHAAA to Abbott and the other 20 state losers!

  49. 49.

    MomSense

    @trollhattan:

    How about a border collie red heeler lab GSD combo?  You have an indefatigable, territorial dog who is obsessed with food and met everyone she cares to know in her first 10 weeks of life.  Mine is 9 now and still does not tire.

  54. 54.

    J.

    Great story and love the pet photos. I’m rooting for Zander. Also, 5 dogs, 3 cats, and 4 people is 3 or 4 dogs, a cat, and 3 or 4 people too much for me. Hope you get some peace and quiet and space.

  56. 56.

    Almost Retired

    We are entertaining the Grand-dog for two weeks, a somewhat neurotic pit bull mix, while our son and his wife are traveling.  The dog is quite elderly,  My son left us a detailed list of instructions and admonitions.  It’s almost like he has some sort of inside information regarding deficiencies in our parenting skills?

  57. 57.

    sab

    @Jackie: Shows Biden is humanitarian not a bigot. As a Democrat I say “do we need any more Venezuelans”? As a humanitarian he says we don’t need them but they need to be among us. So welcome.

  59. 59.

    sab

    @eclare: Me too! We were so fucking scared when she went missing. Our helpless baby, but also seen in the world as a ravening pitbull.

  60. 60.

    eclare

    @trollhattan:

    Think twice before getting a shepherd dog.  The Aussie shepherd at the dog park was there every morning and night.  So much energy.  He eventually shepherded us, the people.  We needed to be closer.

  61. 61.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    @sab: I’m glad she’s home!

    When we first inherited Roxie from a friend who died, she slipped out of our yard and went visiting. She wandered into the yard of the neighbors across the street and let herself into their kitchen via their dog door, startling them no end. (Their dog had long since crossed the rainbow bridge) They brought her home on a leash too.

  62. 62.

    Eyeroller

    @sab: Minstrel shows were wildly popular with white audiences from the 1830s to about 1900.  “Jim Crow” was the first minstrel character.  Black performers were able to get into show business by performing in minstrel shows and outgrowths of them, but obviously they had to do some appalling things to succeed.  African Americans performing in blackface was much more common than we’d probably have expected.

  63. 63.

    sab

    @eclare: I had a German shepherd and I married a guy with six golden retrievers. My shepherd thought of them as urban sheep, just waiting to be herded.

  64. 64.

    TBone

    @NotMax: I forgot ear plugs but my parents didn’t 🤣 j.k. they turned me on to all the cool, music and otherwise.  Until disco. Then they noped out!  Thanks ❤️ Dobie

  67. 67.

    NotMax

    @Eyeroller

    “You may wonder why a Negro had to do that, and all I can tell you is that’s the way it was. Just about every Negro entertainer in those days worked in burnt-cork and lip make-up – even Bert Williams who was the greatest of them all. Matter of fact, I never went before an audience without my burnt-cork until 1943 – more than twenty years later.” Source

  68. 68.

    TBone

    I am a bad person for laughing at this, but Rumpy OCD neighbor guy out leaf blowing in the street in the pouring rain.  In the public street.  In his fluorescent orange hunting hoodie 😜 He’s stress vacuuming!

  69. 69.

    persistentillusion

    @MomSense: My red heeler doesn’t consider it a good day unless I let her chase the geese in a nearby park. She’s currently upside down on my bed after an hour-long walk (and chase).

  70. 70.

    sab

    My stepson (a machinist) visited two weeks ago fresh off work. He and Ponyo adore each other. She still smells oily.

  71. 71.

    NotMax

    @TBone

    W. C. Fields described Bert Williams as “the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew.”

  73. 73.

    cain

    Great story but need to ask how much this college is paying the security guard that he couldn’t afford a trip to see his family for 11 years.

    That it required students to step in is a bad look for the college in my opinion.

  76. 76.

    Another Scott

    @trollhattan: Our Ellie from the tiny town of Appalachia, VA supposedly is 3/8 Aussie, 1/8 Collie, 1/8 Rottweiler, and the remainder other stuff.   Around 48 pounds.  She’s a great dog, but has the most ear-piercing bark when she sees something she hates (foxes, kids on electric skateboards, babies in strollers, motorcycles, noisy trucks, (anything with wheels can be problematic until she’s used to it), people in hats, etc.).  :-/

    She was apparently hit by a truck when she was a young puppy (pelvis broken in 4 places, femur shattered) and somehow healed up on her own.  (Yikes!)  She was too old for any surgery to be possible by the time we adopted her when she was around a year old.  She’s on various pain meds and it seems to help her a lot.

    Oh, and she digs foot-plus deep holes in the yard trying to get at chipmunks.  :-/

    She sheds a little, but it mostly comes out in the brush (which she loves) when she’s kinda molting.

    Amazingly tough and loveable little girl, but Ack!  The Shrieking!  It’s like icepicks to my ears!!11

    ;-)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  77. 77.

    kalakal

    If you want a dog that has infinite energy and athleticism a Lurcher is for you. The idea was to get a smart sighthound. So guess what you get when you cross a Greyhound with a Border Collie?*

    Here’s one Playing with a Whippet

    They’re lovely dogs, smart, great nature, but have a lot of energy

    *They’re a very mixed breed, collies. terriers. whippets, greyhound. Ours was the Collie/Greyhound mix  which was the most common around Leeds

  78. 78.

    sab

    @persistentillusion: In my day job I do “agreed upon procedures” for homeowners associations. Sort of mini-audits, This year I stumbled across ” Ohio Geese Patrol”. One of their services is patrolling Ohio ponds. Canada geese are a protected species. So if they find geese they bring out the big guns (and charge extra for..)  border collies.

  79. 79.

    trollhattan

    @eclare: Not tempted, honest. The thought has passed.

    We have a huntin’ dog and he’s plenty of dog for us. And while “shorthaired” is officially part of the breed name, really needs an emphasis placed on “hair.”  So much hair.

  80. 80.

    Kirk

    @NotMax:

    The toy for my once upon a time neighbor’s rottweiler (Buddy) was an adult sized bowling ball. A gentle giant unless you threatened the children.

    I never understood why the fool that proved that last did so. I mean, he lived in the same neighborhood and I know he saw that dog toss his ball in the air and catch it just as the rest of us did.

    (oh. no blood. Just hold till an adult could take over.)

  83. 83.

    trollhattan

    Hooray, outer suburban antivaxxers, well done!

    A child tested positive for measles this week after being evaluated at hospitals in California’s capital region, and about 300 residents may have been exposed, according to Sacramento County and El Dorado County public health officials.

    A child was evaluated Tuesday at both a medical facility in San Joaquin County and UC Davis Medical Center’s emergency department, health officials said. People who were potentially exposed live in 16 Northern California counties, said Elizabeth Zelidon, a spokeswoman for the Sacramento County’s public health office.

    Zelidon did not have list of the affected counties as of Friday evening. El Dorado County residents who were at UC Davis Medical Center’s emergency department between noon and 5 p.m. Tuesday are asked to contact the county’s public health line, said Carla Hass, a spokeswoman for El Dorado County. Placerville-area residents may call 530-621-6320 and South Lake Tahoe-area residents may call 530-573-3154.

    El Dorado County Public Health Officer Dr. Matthew Minson said in a statement affected individuals will be contacted for further instructions. He requested residents refrain from going directly to emergency departments to reduce the chances of spreading the disease. Measles is a very contagious respiratory virus that can pose a serious threat to children younger than 5 years old, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Measles is so contagious that if one person has it, up to 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected,” the CDC said.

    https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article286458475.html#storylink=cpy

    That crunching sound is my eyes having rolled all the way backwards.

  85. 85.

    Nelle

    @eclare: My son has a border collie that just wants to work.  I have to be careful playing with the grandchildren.  If it gets even a little rambunctious, the dog intervenes to protect them.

    We were up at a sheep station (we’re in New Zealand right now) last week, visiting our friend who is head shepherd.  He trains dogs and also competes in dog trials.  He got so interested in my story of my son’s dog that he asked for a photo and wants to meet her when he comes to visit.  Asked if we could find some sheep near us.  Herding dogs live to work.  So do their trainers.

  89. 89.

    persistentillusion

    @sab: Here they’re viewed as pests.  They no longer migrate and poop everywhere, including playing fields for youth sport.  Completely unafraid of humans and loud.

    We’re fine if they’re swimming in the small lake.  It’s on land that they’re annoying and smelly.

  90. 90.

    Josie

    @NotMax: ​
     I’ll put my corgi up against any dog, even a sheep dog, for shedding fur. If I knew how to knit with it, I could make a fortune.

  93. 93.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @TBone:

    Midnight at the Oasis,

    Smoke a Camel in bed –

    Fire singeing our faces, races

    Round the room until we’re dead…​

    ;^p​​

  94. 94.

    TBone

    @Josie: ooh I learned the spinning wheel at a colonial living history museum where I volunteered. I could do that make a sweater thing 🤣 We started by tackling the sheep for old fashioned shearing.  I was captured by the Red Coats because of my kitchen wench skills and forced to carouse!  Ankle irons and all!

  97. 97.

    NutmegAgain

    @sab: Yes! Browns are much more common than when I was led astray down the Newfie path. Recognized colors are Black, Brown, Grey, and Black & White (Landseer). All cuddly, all clever, all loogie-flingers!

  99. 99.

    lowtechcyclist

    @NotMax: ​
     

    Would you believe Sammy Davis Junior in blackface?

    (Context: Bert Williams was a very popular African-American vaudeville performer who worked in blackface on stage.)

    Let’s see: a black man disguised as a white man disguised as a black man.

    I totally understand the sad history of why it was necessary for them to do that, but it does have a sort of Victor/Victoria vibe to it.

  100. 100.

    sab

    My dad’s hospice had a veterans’ recognition for Dad yesterday. Dad enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and years later enlisted in the AirForce during Korea in the 1950s (1950-1955.) Weird coincidence.

    Ceremony was touching and interesting. I was surprised Dad was so into it. He never talks about his service. I never knew about his reserve duty and I never knew he was a colonel.

    Dad’s nurse’s aide has a daughter who was in the Army ( I knew her when she was in middle school). My oldest sister has a father in law on the other side during the Korean War. Both doctors. Dad was with US. He was with China. Exact same job, medical guys patching up military guys.

    The world is a surprisingly small yet big place.

  101. 101.

    trollhattan

    @NutmegAgain: ​
    Friends had one and she was everything as described, the loveble lug.

    The best game was teasing her rottweiler sister to the point of being forced to go after your feet, at which point the Newfie would seize the rotty by the scruff and haul her off. They take their rescue duties very seriously and a hundred pound dog has no say in the matter.

    But god, the gallons of saliva between those two.

  104. 104.

    sab

    @NutmegAgain: My stepson wanted to get a Tibetan mastiff. Those guys are scary. I suggested  an off color newfie as an alternative. Looks scary but very safe to have at home.

    Instead he went for  an Amish puppy mill reject. Birth defects but fine dogs. He has two. Too small for my taste but tiny adorables. One of them is missing a couple of feet. Has two good feet, one half foot and the fourth foot is just a stump. The other guy is just fine but needed some surgery the Amish couldn’t be bothered with.

  105. 105.

    Mel

    @sab: My neighbors had peacocks / peahens on their farm when I was a kid (upper south/ lower southeast). The peacocks had a small barn that had been retrofitted for them to roost in during cold weather. They would start seeking out the barn when temps got down to about 15 to 20 degrees, and they were given high calorie food in the winter months. They liked to come out and stroll around / play in the snow, though.

    Surprisingly hardy birds, and pretty friendly, as well.

  106. 106.

    TBone

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: it was a lot lotta fun! I was underage at the time, but beer and cider were AOK.  Lived like a colonial person for fun, and learned so much as pay.  We did laundry over an open fire with a big cauldron and a canoe paddle to stir.  We sheared, boiled, cleaned, picked, and carded wool to spin.  We made authentic food from the gardening and I got to help feed livestock and farm animals.  We dyed linens in authentic dye made from scratch.

  107. 107.

    Jeannedalbret

    @cain: delurking briefly to observe it is not uncommon for immigrants to send all disposable income back home, where they perceive the need is greatest.  This gift might make it possible for him to réalise his dream in good conscience.

  110. 110.

    sab

    @TBone: Wish we had advancd notice so my siblings and their kids could have been there. The lady soldier would have liked that.

  113. 113.

    TBone

    @sab: did you manage to get photos?  I hope so!  I’m sorry your family wasn’t there to see it, but hope they’ll let you tell the story.

  115. 115.

    Jay

    Unlocking the Secrets of the Woolly Dog
    Oral history, DNA and Coast Salish weaving layer together to reveal the hidden life of an ancient Pacific Northwest dog breed.

    Audrey Lin didn’t set out to study an extinct breed of fluffy white dog. Nor did she plan to be part of the international team that produced the first high-quality sequence of the full Coast Salish woolly dog genome. It happened by chance.

    In 2021, Lin, a molecular evolutionary biologist, was working as a post-doctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., when she came across a Hakai Magazine article about some very important, very furry little dogs.

    In February of that year, Hakai published a feature by Virginia Morell about the woolly dog, an extinct dog breed domesticated by the Coast Salish people long ago. On the shores of the Pacific Northwest, Coast Salish people bred, raised and sheared these dogs, using their woolly hair to weave blankets that were at once practical and symbolically and culturally significant.

    there is more,………

    https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/18/Unlocking-Secrets-Woolly-Dog/

  116. 116.

    Jeffro

    @trollhattan: yup

    and trump is campaigning on withholding federal funds from any school district that has vaccine requirements(!)

    not just the wrong side of every issue, but the wrongest side

  119. 119.

    Jay

    Immune Amnesia: How Your Immune System Forgets to Fight
    One of the most unique—and most dangerous—features of measles pathogenesis is its ability to reset the immune systems of infected patients. During the acute phase of infection, measles induces immune suppression through a process called immune amnesia. Studies in non-human primates revealed that MV actually replaces the old memory cells of its host with new, MV-specific lymphocytes. As a result, the patient emerges with both a strong MV-specific immunity and an increased vulnerability to all other pathogens.

    https://asm.org/articles/2019/may/measles-and-immune-amnesia#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20unique,a%20process%20called%20immune%20amnesia.

  121. 121.

    MomSense

    @Almost Retired:

    HA!  My son and DIL always give me a super detailed list of instructions when I watch the grand dog.  At least they have a sense of humor about the meals which DIL calls “Ridiculously complicated and bougie”

    I realized that the grandparent love is real.  Not only do I adore my grand dog, but now that I work for my son his dog follows me everywhere at the office.

  123. 123.

    What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?

    @Jay: I was aware of that aspect of measles and have thought over the years about asking for a measles booster. When I was in college (I think Sophomore year which would have been 89/90) a couple of my classmates got measles – that was when they discovered that the vaccine they gave us as young children didn’t convey the lifelong immunity they had thought it did. So there was a drive by the local health dept to get us all vaccinated and I got a shot then. But I got the first shot course in early childhood and it didn’t apparently last for even two decades so is the shot I got 34 years ago still somewhere approaching 100% effective?

    I asked a doctor about a year ago and she said they didn’t recommend boosters for adults but until recently why would they? Herd immunity had pretty much eradicated it as a risk but that’s not the situation anymore.

  125. 125.

    Jay

    @TBone:

    @What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?:

    Get tested by your Doctor or a clinic first. They take a small blood sample and test it for immunity. It’s a quick reactive test, and results are known pretty quick.

    Results are in only 3 results, good, maybe and get a booster right now.

    I got tested a few weeks ago and my 30yr old MMR shot results are “still good”.

  127. 127.

    NutmegAgain

    @trollhattan: I would love to see that trick.  The upside of a 120-130lb. dog is they are strong and can rescue you in water, etc etc. On the other hand/paw, they can be stubborn assholes, and when they set their butt down and say they’re not moving, they’re not moving!

  128. 128.

    NutmegAgain

    @sab: All the hearts to anyone who takes on mill dogs. I’ve fostered a few, and wow it really makes you want to murder or at least torture the humans involved. I say this as a very peaceful person!

  129. 129.

    sab

    @NutmegAgain: In Ohio there is a whole phucking industry placing these little guys. I am not complaining about the people who place them, just that there are so many who need placed and everyone knows the Amish are cranking out these defective dogs in such big numbers.

    In the rest of the country when we say Amish you think pacifist. In Ohio when we say Amish we think puppy mill.

  130. 130.

    Miss Bianca

    @Jay: fascinating!

    My Susi is a Finnish Lapphund, and her fur would definitely spin – measuring a single strand with calipers, it’s finer than anything else but angora.

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