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May 6th, 2024 - 11:11 pm § in Donald Trump, Humor, Politics, Republicans

How’s this campaign slogan?

BLOCKHEAD FOR GOVERNOR VICE PRESIDENT Hey that wasn’t my idea. To skip the partisan stuff, I’m gonna pretend I’m a campaign consultant who’ll work for a candidate of any party. (“Gun for hire” doesn’t work well in this context, for reasons you’ll soon [...]

May 6th, 2024 - 6:49 pm § in Biden, Politics, Republicans

Biden’s dog receives death threat

“Say hello to Cricket.” It reads like a bloodstained note from a serial killer. Cricket is in doggy heaven, blown to bits with a shotgun in a gravel pit. His killer’s message implies a similar fate for the recipient. After killing her own dog 20 years ago, Kristi Noem is going arou[...]

May 2nd, 2024 - 3:18 am § in Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

Kristi Noem’s dead dog

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is campaigning to be Trump’s 2024 running mate. When she revealed she shot her dog “Cricket” (photo, left; story here) because of behavior problems, her intent was to present herself as someone who can “make tough decisions.” The dog’s offe[...]

June 15th, 2016 - 8:58 pm § in China, Misc.

CHINA: Dog Meat Festival

Dog Meat Festival Draws Ire of Animal Rights Activists  The annual Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in Guangxi Province has drawn increasing attention from animal rights activists in recent years. This year, a social media blitz condemning the festival helped bring it to international attention a[...]

April 3rd, 2016 - 8:11 am § in Misc.

Bad Taste in Vietnam

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February 13th, 2014 - 1:45 pm § in Misc.

Taliban Holding American Dog Hostage

The nationality of the dog is disputed, the US claims he is a Brit. The video shows a starving dog surrounded by heavily armed militants. Islam is known to have disdain for dogs so this could be a dog dying for lack of kibble. …[...]

October 31st, 2012 - 3:08 am § in America, Hypocrisy

Halloween and the Supreme Court

DRUG-SNIFFING DOGS – Two disputes involving drug-sniffing dogs will be heard by the court on Halloween. In one, the question is whether a dog brought to the front door of a home to sniff for marijuana amounts to a search. In the other, the court will consider a dog’s reliability and qualific[...]