This is really getting out of hand. Cooler heads need to start prevailing, and fast.
Several thousand Syrian demonstrators set the Danish and the Norwegian embassies on fire on Saturday to protest at the publishing of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad by European newspapers.
The title of this thread comes from a Flash animated cartoon, by the way. Hopefully nobody will be offended by it.
I caught this shot of the boys as I was heading out the door to class this afternoon. There’s nothing particularly unique or special about this moment; just two sweet kitties enjoying each other’s company.
I know there are far worse things going on in the world, but this is what’s getting my disgust-o-meter going today:
Colombian smugglers turned puppies into drug mules by surgically implanting them with packets of liquid heroin, authorities said.
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Ten puppies, including Labrador retrievers, were rescued during a 2005 raid on a farm in Colombia, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Wednesday, while announcing more than 30 arrests.
A veterinarian had stitched a total of 3 kilograms of heroin into the bellies of six pups. Three died from infections after the drugs were removed.
I don’t care what you think about whether or not drugs ought be illegal; people who do stuff like this are evil.
I was in class and missed the whole thing. I have no interest in raising my blood pressure by watching the news snippets and/or reading a transcript of the President’s State Of The Union speech. I’m just going to pretend it didn’t happen and get ready for Wednesday Hell Day.
I don’t usually do all-out commercial plugs here, but I make an exception for Cafe Cosa. It’s a family-run coffee company in Costa Rica that both grows and roasts the coffee in-country, then ship the finished product to the US in vacuum-sealed bags (which is not generally the case for Central American coffee growers). It’s nicely roasted, smooth, rich but not over-bold, and makes excellent coffee.
Coffee purists will object to the shipping time delay (about 2 weeks), and point out that the optimal coffee is achieved by roasting in small batches to maintain freshness, and the longer the beans sit, the worse they get. That’s true, but I’m not that much of a coffee geek. Roasted within the last month is fine by me.
Plus, even with the shipping, the price is very reasonable. So if you like coffee, give it a try!
Obligatory disclaimer: No, I do not get anything for pitching this product on my blog. The American agents of the company are friends, but I’m doing this because I want to. I like their coffee. And also because I don’t feel like blogging about the dismal political situation this morning.
UPDATE: It must be something in the air today. Digby is blogging about coffee too, and pointed me to a new blog on the subject: Smelling the Coffee.