Out of 760 dogs impounded, they killed 713, arranged for 19 to be adopted, and farmed out 36 to other shelters (not necessarily “no kill” ones). As for cats, they impounded 1,211, euthanized 1,198, transferred eight, and found homes for a grand total of five. PETA also took in 58 other companion animals — including rabbits. It killed 54 of them.
h/t KevinB
Tonight we head overseas for a bit of Romanian Christmas music, as the the Bucharest Madrigal Choir sings the traditional carol Dom, Dom sa-naltam.
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Glen McGregor take note: “Where are the Journal News employees in your neighborhood?”
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Miss Royle’s married name is Lambert. She lives in White Plains and here is her Facebook page complete with pictures of her and her kids. Hello Sanctimony.
http://www.facebook.com/CynDeeRoyle
Cynthia R Lambert
17 Mcbride Ave
White Plains, NY 10603 (914) 948-9388
Work: 914-694-5001
For shopping starved Canadians who were deprived of their favourite past time for the last 24 hours, Boxing Day has arrived! With the NHL on strike, Boxing Day Shoppers provide a substitute of sorts … albeit watching people without any talent fighting for the proverbial puck in the corner. Rock on my fellow Canuckies, you show your nation so much pride! 🙁
The latest newsletter from the environmentalist group Earth First! Journal contains a curious topic — assassinations.
Naturally.
Via
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II delivers her Christmas Message to the Commonwealth.
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There’s an old Chinese proverb that has an extra special significance at this time of the year: “If there’s food on the table then the family will have many problems to discuss. If there’s no food on the table then there’s only one problem.”
As a special mention to my fellow SDA’ers, while we constantly gripe about politicians and taxes and the NHL strike (and rightfully so), do take a moment to look at the world as a whole and realize that most of us are so incredibly blessed to be living at this time in history. Do keep on working hard – for yourself, your family, and your country – but also pause this Christmas to take stock of the many blessings you have!
On the occasion of his horse and namesake winning the 1980 Syrian Seaa Handicap.
The real life story of “George Bailey”.
Merry Christmas, and may we all be guided safely home.
(h/t batb)
“A football was kicked out of our trenches and we played the Germans” (Via)
Floating through the ether for 100 years, the Trinity Choir makes a stop once again to perform Hark The Herald Angels Sing.
Here’s wishing you all a very merry Christmas, full of peace, love, joy, and communion.
So, who’s looking after yours?
…to save the world, the aboriginals behind Idle No More want to stop Bill C-45, and along with it to force the government to recognize that Canada belongs to the Indians and anyone else who is here are “settlers” who need to get the permission of the aboriginals to do anything on the land. (We said we’re not making this up.)
h/t Neil Edmondson
The importance of prosecuting David Gregory;
I still have not heard back from the three NBC News communications executives I e-mailed just after noon yesterday asking for the position of NBC News on whether the ammunition magazine was real and whether Gregory violated the law.
But assuming, as Gregory stated, that the magazine was for an AR-15, then why shouldn’t Gregory and the staffers to and from whom the magazine was transferred, be prosecuted? […]
Gregory’s possible violation of the law was exposed by the conservative blogosphere, which also pointed out that Gregory sends his kids to a school with armed security at the same time he was mocking the NRA suggestion of armed security in schools.
Tonight, in a stirring performance, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir charge apace with composed exaltation through the Christmas classic O Come, All Ye Faithful.
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Justin Trudeau lectures gender-segregated Islamist audience about “coming together.”
Magnotta was elected Newsmaker of the Year even though he didn’t receive a single vote from a newsroom in Quebec, where much of the story was anchored.
Quebec had several big news stories in 2012, including the months-long student protests, the explosive Charbonneau Commission looking into corruption, and the shooting only metres away from Pauline Marois on the night she returned the Parti Quebecois to power.
“As news goes there were certainly far more significant issues that touched our nation,” Doyle MacKinnon, the Lethbridge Herald’s managing editor, said in explaining why he chose Magnotta.
MacKinnon said it’s a sad commentary that men such as Magnotta and former colonel Russell Williams become household names while many Canadians don’t know who the recently canonized Kateri Tekakwitha is.
“But the fact is,” he said, “the truly reviled invariably make bigger news than the moderately revered.”
“Invariably”. As though the “news” just flies out their asses on its own.
h/t soundofmusak