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 | This story about asthma, Allergy-Induced Asthma More Common in Affluent Countries, reminded me of a George Carlin routine in which he said: “in my neighborhood no one ever got polio, no one, ever. you know why? cause we swam in the east river. we swam in raw sewage! it strengthened our immune systems, the polio never had a prayer, we were tempered in [...] The Unitarian Universalist General Assembly (a meeting of UU congregations in the US) is meeting this week at the Portland Convention Center. On day 2 I attended 2 great workshops. 1) A dramatic reading about the 2003 death of an American activist in Gaza, "The Story of Rachel Corrie: A Death in Rafah," taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie, her parents and [...] Since dogs have been on my mind lately and contrary to what is implied in this Columbian article with a very misleading headline (the article itself says the judge didn’t specify a legal difference between pit bulls or any other breed), here is some solid information about one of my favorite breeds of dog: Ten Facts About Pit Bulls Every One Should Know [...] This is so sad. And why did it take 2 years for anything to be done about this? Lawsuit: Katrina Pets Executed Investigations, Two Criminal Indictments and a Lawsuit Put the Heat on St. Bernard Parish’s Sheriff’s Office By JIM AVILA, ELIZABETH TRIBOLET and CHRIS FRANCESCANI ABC News Law & Justice Unit June 11, 2007 For nearly two years, pet owners from the low-lying [...] Mass murderers don’t deserve fame. They don’t deserve our attention. Enough is enough. Please turn off your TV, throw out your newspapers, don’t click on that link until the media frenzy is over. People who mass murder are cowards. People who commit suicide are cowards. Rather than trying to cope and work on themselves, they project their deficiencies, hurts and grievances upon innocent people. [...] Macy’s faux fur coats from ‘raccoon dog’ NEW YORK (AP) — Macy’s has pulled from its shelves and its Web site two styles of Sean John hooded jackets, originally advertised as featuring faux fur, after an investigation by the nation’s largest animal protection organization concluded that the garments were actually made from a certain species of dog called “raccoon dog.”“First these jackets were falsely [...] |      | ||||
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