31 Dec
Archive for December, 2008
31 Dec
Convinced yet?
From the Department of “Stuff I Really Wish I Hadn’t Read” come two recent news items which illustrate quite clearly just how close we are to economic armageddon.
Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2008:
Even jury hiring is frozen
To cut costs, New Hampshire courts won’t hold criminal or civil jury trials for a month. At least 19 [...]
31 Dec
PA SPCA in Susquehanna County offers progress report
From the Susquehanna Independent Weekender:
Published December 31, 2008
The Pennsylvania SPCA (PSPCA) is committed to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing Susquehanna County’s animals in need and has made significant strides in the past year to fulfill its mission.
The advancements include expanding operating hours to seven days a week, giving local residents more opportunities to visit the shelter [...]
30 Dec
PSPCA update regarding PACCA cats [UPDATE 1]
Received today from PSPCA (via the “Contact” form on this site):
Name: Kim
Email: kwolf@pspca.org
Subject: PACCA Cats
Message: I’m contacting you about the false information reported on
your web site. I work for the PSPCA and I can confirm that the cats
will NOT be euthanized. For more information, please refer to our web
site: http://www.pspca.org/services/acct
We hope that you will correct [...]
30 Dec
Reader Comments: Cruelty charges deserve scrutiny [UPDATE 2]
Originally posted: December 24, 2008
UPDATE 1: December 27, 2008
UPDATE 2: December 30, 2008
From the Pocono Record’s website
Comments appeared here:
Reader comments: Cruelty charges deserve scrutiny
Original article appeared here:
Cruelty charges deserve scrutiny
or read the archived copy here: http://tortiball.com/wp/2008/12/cruelty-charges-deserve-scrutiny/
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Not surprisingly, someone sounding amazingly like a PSPCA employee posting as DogsRule jumped in with the first comment, attempting to [...]
30 Dec
PAWS/PACCA cats in urgent need of help [UPDATE 2]
Originally posted December 29, 2008
[Update 1]: December 29, 2008
[Update 2]: December 30, 2008
This message arrived via email this morning:
“I just heard from one of my contacts at PAWS that all of the cat rooms at PACCA have been broken down and the only cats left are those in the ISO (isolation rooms) - most of [...]
30 Dec
Quote of the day
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The secret of freedom lies in educating people,
whereas the secret of tyranny
is in keeping them ignorant.
…………………………………..~ Maximilien Robespierre
29 Dec
Quote of the day
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“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
~ Abraham Lincoln
