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Great, just great
Now our beloved Governator is proposing to tax veterinary services. Just what animal welfare and food safety needs: make vet care even more expensive and therefore an even less likely expenditure for the irresponsible and greedy.
Details of the plan and opposition to it are available at the California Veterinary Medical Association websiteThose ( Read more... ) -
Future Farmers of America
If you can spare a few seconds, please go to this site: http://www.helpgrowyoursoup.com/ and click on the red barn. Campbell's Soup company will donate $1.00 per click (only one, per person, per day) to Future Farmers of America, an organization that promotes agricultural education for young people ( Read more... ) -
Sad news
I just heard that Obama's grandmother has passed away in Hawaii. At least he got to see her. -
The Princes in the Tower
I thought it was about time I posted something fannish, and have been meaning to do a pic spam of this 2005 BBC "docudrama" The Princes in the Tower for some time. We rented it from the library, and I was absolutely smitten.
To start off, here's the happy family:
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Okay, *this* made me laugh
“I have to say if there’s a prettier state than North Carolina, I have not seen it yet,” he [Obama] said at a Democratic dinner here Saturday night. “I confess that I haven’t been to Alaska.”
The assembled Democrats lapped it up, cheering wildly as a man in the back of the room shouted, “You can see it from Russia.”
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The Olympics is over for four more years, but...
in case you didn't get enough of the gymnastics:
I don't recall ever seeing this guy before, but I did laugh :-) -
Don't try this at home, kids
Hot Frenchman, beautiful horses, what more could you ask for on a Thursday afternoon?
I found this on one of my favorite horse blogs, Equine Ink. I've never heard of this fellow before, but I sure would love to see his show live. -
Helicopter rescue
I couldn't resist sharing this vid of Kern County California firefighters' helicopter rescue of a baby off a roof during recent flash floods.
Enjoy :-)
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