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Aug. 30th, 2010
There's this rather abhorrent practice called "bear baying", here in South Carolina, apparently the only state in the U.S. where it is still legal.
Basically, you capture a bear (usually a cub), de-claw it, remove most of it's teeth, and then have it chained, and let dogs attack it, although not to death (usually) because then you'd have to get another bear.
Disgusted yet?
The particular asshats who practice this and the fans of it (of course there are fans of it. This is South Carolina, after all.) call it hunter training for the dogs.
Yeah....
Because, you know, when (oh please, if) those dogs are out being used in hunting other bears, out in the wild, those bears will be kind and considerate enough not to use their claws or teeth.
So basically, the excuse these drooling fuck-widgets use is a poor one.
And there's no way this can be made illegal until at least 2011, because the earliest time to pre-file legislation to outlaw this crap is December.
Basically, you capture a bear (usually a cub), de-claw it, remove most of it's teeth, and then have it chained, and let dogs attack it, although not to death (usually) because then you'd have to get another bear.
Disgusted yet?
The particular asshats who practice this and the fans of it (of course there are fans of it. This is South Carolina, after all.) call it hunter training for the dogs.
Yeah....
Because, you know, when (oh please, if) those dogs are out being used in hunting other bears, out in the wild, those bears will be kind and considerate enough not to use their claws or teeth.
So basically, the excuse these drooling fuck-widgets use is a poor one.
And there's no way this can be made illegal until at least 2011, because the earliest time to pre-file legislation to outlaw this crap is December.
Well, this isn't good news for me
Aug. 30th, 2010 12:34 pmHeavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers, Study Finds
Basically, even after discounting those non-drinkers who were formerly heavy drinkers, the highest mortality rates (over the 20 year period covered) were for non-drinkers, then heavy drinkers, and the lowest mortality rate was for non-drinkers.
.....
Well, then... Seems I need me a beer. (Actually, I find most beer to taste terrible, but I've been thinking about picking up a bottle of Scotch whisky.)
Basically, even after discounting those non-drinkers who were formerly heavy drinkers, the highest mortality rates (over the 20 year period covered) were for non-drinkers, then heavy drinkers, and the lowest mortality rate was for non-drinkers.
.....
Well, then... Seems I need me a beer. (Actually, I find most beer to taste terrible, but I've been thinking about picking up a bottle of Scotch whisky.)
That's... uh.... man, what?
Aug. 30th, 2010 01:27 pmCatholic Church defends their position in not ordaining women.
Barring women from being Catholic priests is not the result of sexism 2,000 years ago, it's because women cannot fulfill a basic function of the priesthood, "standing in the place of Jesus," a leading British Catholic thinker argued Monday.
He went on to say that the Catholic Church would get back to us on that whole "molesting children" thing. (Yes, still ripping off this, from waaaaay before he started drawing cats.)
Barring women from being Catholic priests is not the result of sexism 2,000 years ago, it's because women cannot fulfill a basic function of the priesthood, "standing in the place of Jesus," a leading British Catholic thinker argued Monday.
He went on to say that the Catholic Church would get back to us on that whole "molesting children" thing. (Yes, still ripping off this, from waaaaay before he started drawing cats.)