- Bear Bussjaeger does what he does so well: debunking the latest lies of anti-gunners.
- This isn’t the way it should be done, and you’ve really gotta laugh at the idea of gigantic coercive monopolies accusing corporations of monopolistic practices (mostly to extort cash out of them). But at least it’s an encouraging sign that the most evil tech giants are finally facing scrutiny.
- The WaPo op-ed, with its implication that the government should manage every life from cradle to increasingly early grave and that individuals don’t matter, is creepy. But its history of how American medical care came to be standardized in the twentieth century is accurate and interesting.
- Don’t just “do something” about guns. Judge Napolitano gives a historical perspective.
- O Canada — where you need fists, knives, and rocks to fight off deadly woodland predators.
- In case you haven’t noticed, the price of gold is soaring and some think it’s still got a long, long way to go as the next financial crisis hurtles toward us.
- Amazon swiftly whacks peasants (like me!) who break its most arcane rules. But you know how it is; rules and laws are only for the little people.
- Yeah, I always thought Metallica was pretty scary.
- Doesn’t this reconstructed Druid woman look like somebody you’d meet at your local farmer’s market?
- Which is better at soothing lonliness: dog or cat?
These are service dogs attending a performance of Billy Elliot to learn how to behave in a theater. More pix at the link.
“Oh, lookie! There’s a hungry mountain lion.” (Sets phone on video.)
There were also loads of videos taken by people while fleeing during the El Paso shooting.
That’s not “tunnel vision,” it’s “funnel vision.”
Which is better at soothing lonliness: dog or cat?
Doh.
AFAIK the only feline social interaction more complex than hooking up when the female is in heat is the lion pride. OTOH I can’t think of a canine species that doesn’t run in a pack.
When was the last time you saw a service cat?
In our house, the humans are there for when the cat wants his ears scratched.
Dog vs cat: I’ve had both as pets, and sympathetic whimpering from my dog left me trying to console her, whereas a warm, steady purr from my cat reassured me I was going to be alright in the end. There’s a certain “Chin up, mate!” quality to the independence of a cat that inspires a person to try to find a way out of the mess.
I think it depends on what the person needs from the animal to determine which animal helps relieve lonliness the best.
The psychologists in these tests were trying too hard (as usual) to analyze the perception of the animal, rather than the needs of the individual. (They may have already made up their minds which animal was most effective, and why.) The sheer presence of another living entity often helps better than what the animal is. I had a hamster once that took away lonliness just because he was a warm living entity and I could talk to him. I was responsible for him, and he was someone to love and take care of — and that made the difference.
I love to play with my dog and get my cat!
The cat complains but loves it, even though she bites the heck out of me if given the chance.
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Gold prices have allegedly been manipulated for over a decade by LIBOR. Google it for details. One of my rules is to never believe hucksters, con men, or commodity traders about the rising value of what they’re selling.
Dogs in theater seats: “We have no idea what we’re doing here, but the Human said sit still and there are treats involved, so whatever.”
True, Joel.
OTOH I have the same reaction at some of the events my wife takes me to.
The real curiosities are the price of platinum (half of gold) and palladium (equal to gold!). What is happening there?
Antibubba,
You know the answer. It is the dynamics of supply and demand. Find a way to bring something to market for less than the offer price and you have incentive to engage in the enterprise. New uses, new demand, raises the offer price. Surplus supply drops the market price. Some sources of supply stop being cost effective and go off line. 🙂