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Animal Rights proponents demand that those who want a dog go only to the "overpopulated" shelters. So why are shelters going out of the country to get thousands more dogs? "When animal shelters started going overseas to fill their emptying kennels, some worried the imported strays would bring foreign diseases and even rabies into the USA."

Of course it will likely be people like me or my friend Vladimir, who import only one or two selected dogs, who will be prohibited from bringing them in.

As anyone knows who pays attention, the west is drying up. “You can’t call it a drought anymore, because it’s going over to a drier climate. No one says the Sahara is in drought.” And people keep on coming to the cities... (HT Annie P- H)

The Japanese truly are, as Jonathan Hanson says, "the weirdest country in the world". I love them but-- VENDING MACHINE DISGUISES??

National Geographic has a big pro- hunting article. Prepare for the ravers to come out of the woodwork!

Michael Vick and PETA make common cause. Why am I not (too) surprised? HT Gail Goodman.

Doctors in Britain want to ban pointed kitchen knives. Anthony Bourdain says "This is yet another sign of the coming apocalypse.." But a spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence said that people in his movement were "envious" of England for having such problems.

If you come right down to it I just don't like politics. Neither does "Roger de Hauteville". "When average people are required to pay close attention to the government, because the government is the source of all succor or pain in their lives, the country is doomed. No well-adjusted person should be-- or should be required to be-- interested in politics very much.

"Come to think of it -- none are."