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Sophie Goes Under the Knife

As much as we hate to admit it, Sophie is getting old. She has all sorts of dental problems, kidney disease and a rapidly growing lump above her left shoulder....so off to surgery she goes.

Sophie showing off her full set of teeth. Here we have the very last shot of Sophie with her full set of teeth, before 7 of those beautiful fangs are pulled. What a cute smile you have!


Post-op Photo Opp. Sophie, just after the surgery. Drugged up, immobile and in pain. Stitches in the mouth and on the shoulder. Sophie let us know how she felt by whining all night long.

Dragon's Cave

I just stumbled across this picture from our trip to Lava Beds Nat'l Monument. Can you see who is watching us?

Washington Post Censors Opus the Comic Strip

The Washington Post decided to censor a comic strip last Friday. You may ask, 'What could possibly have been the reason?' Well, look at the picture below...and if it isn't obvious to you, well, you just aren't "sensitive" enough.

A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over the weekend because this time it took a humorous swipe at Muslim fundamentalists.

The Washington Post and several other newspapers around the country did not run Sunday’s installment of Berkeley Breathed’s “Opus,” in which the spiritual fad-seeking character Lola Granola appears in a headscarf and explains to her boyfriend, Steve, why she wants to become a radical Islamist.
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The Washington Post Writers Group syndicates “Opus,” and the Post is the cartoon’s home newspaper. The syndicate sent out an alert about the two strips in question, according to Writers Group comics editor Amy Lago.

Sources told FOXNews.com that the strips were shown to Muslim staffers at The Washington Post to gauge their reaction, and they responded “emotionally” to the depiction of a woman dressed in traditional Muslim garb and espousing conservative Islamic views.

There was also considerable alarm over the strip at the highest echelons of The Washington Post Co., according to the sources.

Lago said she flagged some of the syndicate’s newspaper clients for two reasons: because of the possibility that the jokes about Islam would be misconstrued and because of the sexual innuendo in the punchline.

“The strip came in and I knew we would have to send out an alert to all the newspapers,” Lago said. “I do that fairly regularly with materials that might pose issues for local areas. ... We knew that because it was a sex joke, it could raise issues. And there is another client that has issues with any
Muslim depiction whatsoever.”

Of course, this has nothing at all to do with "sensitivity" and everything to do with the press on being cowed into submission by threats of violence. But notice, just as with the Mohammed cartoon "controversy", that nobody in the mainstream press has the intellectual fortitude to admit as much. Quite disgusting really.

Right-of-Center Bloggers in San Francisco? Say it ain't so?

I had the opportunity to join some bloggers in San Francisco this past weekend for "Blog Fest West", a social gathering of right-of-center bloggers. In attendance were quite a few successful and substantive bloggers, including Roger Simon, Mickey Kaus, and Ed Driscoll.

That's me in the back talking with (from right) Jerhad! Jeremy, SanFransanity "Realist", and "reads blogs all day" John Atkinson. Photo courtesy of Jeremayakovka

A British Fairy Tale

You don't have to like reality shows to appreciate this moment.

Outrage of the day

DOCTORS and health workers have been banned from eating lunch at their desks - in case it offends their Muslim colleagues:

http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/16309

A perfectly ironic comment by a Scotsman can be found below this article:

IT'S A GOOD START
After the homegrown violence this year we should be asking ourselves what we can do to better integrate our Muslim citizens. It is not as if British civilisation is going to collapse from a few accommodations to make Muslims less self conscious about their unique status.

Unfortunately this latest move did not help enough. It created new problems. Now that meal carts and working lunch is banned Muslims will be left alone in the office while their coworkers go out to eat together. Muslim health care workers will be missing out on important social networking opportunities that their non-Muslim coworkers receive. We need a solution for that. We should instead encourage non-Muslims to try sharing their Muslim coworkers' experience of fasting. It might be difficult the first year or two but eventually it will become familiar.

Amazing Safari Video

This could very well be the most incredible safari footage ever caught on video:

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