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Siamese Rescue Faces Closure at Year’s End

Tami Manning, left, and Alisa Lee, run the Texas Siamese Rescue in Corinth.

Tami Manning, left, and Alisa Lee, run the Texas Siamese Rescue in Corinth.

I reported back in July about the Texas Siamese Rescue in Denton County, Texas; an organization devoted to rescuing Siamese cats and providing them with good homes.  Tami Manning and Alisa Lee had taken over the group last year, after its previous owner died.  But, when Manning and Lee inherited the organization’s 179 cats, they also inherited its outstanding debt of $244,000.  If the duo could raise $40,000 by the end of the year, that amount would be waived from the overall debt amount.  Now, though, Texas Siamese Rescue is facing closure by year end, as the group hasn’t been able to recoup its losses.

They’ve been able to reduce the number of cats, however, through foster homes and have been able to pay back $10,000 so far.  A donor has agreed to match up to $5,000 in donations; at this point, up to $3,500 has been matched.  But, there’s still the possibility the group may have to euthanize some of the cats if homes can’t be found for them.

Donations can be made to: http://tx.siameserescue.org/TXdonate.php.  They can also be sent to: 1123 N. Corinth St. Corinth, TX 76208.

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Colored Bullets

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Courtesy of singer / songwriter / music producer Phonte.

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Rifle Up the Ass

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“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”

– Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, in a much-anticipated press conference Friday, the 21st, about the Connecticut school shootings.

With an invisible coon skin cap on his head and the ghost of Charlton Heston looming over him, LaPierre took the expected stance of the NRA: guns don’t kill, people kill.  Ergo, we need more guns.  With 50% of the world’s firearms therefore, the U.S. should be the safest nation on Earth.  Strangely, we’re not.  Like the Republican Party’s attitude towards taxation (giving the wealthiest citizens tax breaks to stimulate jobs), the NRA mantra is a perfect example of insanity: doing the same damn thing over and over, expecting different results.  It would be a hard-fought battle, but I hope the nation has finally come to its senses and will ban assault weapons.  Then, we reasonable-minded folks can tap-dance on Heston’s grave.

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Last Rights

This past Friday, the 21st, a nationwide moment of silence was held for the 26 victims of the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings.  I don’t have children and I’ve never been a victim of a violent crime.  Thus, I can only imagine the extraordinary pain the victims’ families must be enduring right now, especially the parents of the 20 kids murdered in that rampage.  Who could believe in a god after a massacre like this?

Charlotte Bacon, age 6

Charlotte Bacon, age 6

 

Daniel Barden, age 7

Daniel Barden, age 7

 

Rachel Davino, age 29

Rachel Davino, age 29

 

Olivia Engel, age 6

Olivia Engel, age 6

 

Josephine Gay, age 7

Josephine Gay, age 7

 

Ana M. Marquez-Greene, age 6

Ana M. Marquez-Greene, age 6

 

Dylan Hockley, age 6

Dylan Hockley, age 6

 

Dawn Hochsprung, age 47

Dawn Hochsprung, age 47

 

Madeleine F. Hsu, age 6

Madeleine F. Hsu, age 6

 

Catherine V. Hubbard, age 6

Catherine V. Hubbard, age 6

 

Chase Kowalski, age 7

Chase Kowalski, age 7

 

Jesse Lewis, age 6

Jesse Lewis, age 6

 

James Mattioli , age 6

James Mattioli , age 6

 

Grace McDonnell, age 7

Grace McDonnell, age 7

 

Anne Marie Murphy, age 52

Anne Marie Murphy, age 52

 

Emilie Parker, age 6

Emilie Parker, age 6

 

Jack Pinto, age 6

Jack Pinto, age 6

 

Noah Pozner, age 6

Noah Pozner, age 6

 

Caroline Previdi, age 6

Caroline Previdi, age 6

 

Jessica Rekos, age 6

Jessica Rekos, age 6

 

Avielle Richman, age 6

Avielle Richman, age 6

 

Lauren Rousseau, age 30

Lauren Rousseau, age 30

 

Mary Sherlach, age 56

Mary Sherlach, age 56

 

Victoria Soto, age 27

Victoria Soto, age 27

 

Benjamin Wheeler, age 6

Benjamin Wheeler, age 6

 

Allison N. Wyatt, age 6

Allison N. Wyatt, age 6

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Damn! It’s still not over!

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December 22, 2012 · 11:51 PM

Happy Summer Solstice!

For our friends and loved ones in the Southern Hemisphere!

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Happy Winter Solstice!

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December 21, 2012 · 7:34 PM

TIME Magazine’s “Person of the Year”: President Obama

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This morning TIME Magazine announced that President Obama is their “Person of the Year” for 2012.  He last received that honor in 2008.  The other contenders were: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head for advocating for girls’ education; Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi; and Bill and Hillary Clinton.  Obama is only the second African-American after Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., to be selected.  I eagerly await the usual cacophony of rancor from the Tea Party loons over TIME’s choice.

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Bulletproof Backpack

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Well, this makes sense.  A company called Amendment II American Armor has come out with a “Bulletproof Backpack” – literally!  Sold online for $300, the backpack “provides built-in ballistic protection in a backpack that weighs just ounces more than a non-armored backpack.”  They come in a variety of styles, but you can also get them in the “Disney Princess” and “Avengers” versions.

It’s come to this?  Teaching kids how to duck and cover, along with how to read and write?  I can only imagine what all parents of young children are going through right now.

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God Could Have Saved the Little Critters, If You’d Invited Him Back!

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“You know the question’s gonna come up, where was God?  I thought God cared about the little children, God protected the little children.  Where was God when all this went down?  And here’s the bottom line: God is not gonna go where he’s not wanted.  Now we have spent, since 1962, this, we’re 50 years into this now, we have spent 50 years telling God to get lost.  Telling God, we do not want you in our schools, we don’t want to pray to you in our schools, we don’t want to pray to you before football games, we don’t want to pray to you at graduation, we don’t want anyone talking about you in a graduation speech.  We’ve kicked God out of our public school system.  And I think God would say to us, ‘Hey I’ll be glad to protect your children, but you’ve gotta invite me back into your world first.  I’m not gonna go where I’m not wanted.  I am a gentleman.’”

– Bryan Fischer, of the American Family Association, blaming the Connecticut shootings on the lack of prayer in schools.

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