{"id":17756,"date":"2014-07-01T19:39:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T02:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=17756"},"modified":"2014-07-01T19:39:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T02:39:07","slug":"midweek-links-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/01\/midweek-links-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Midweek links"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Dog just hanging out in its own backyard. Cops canvassing neighborhood for a lost toddler (who turns out to be snoozing in his own family basement). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/sltrib\/news\/58105457-78\/officer-kendall-dog-police.html.csp\" target=\"_blank\">Guess what cop does<\/a>? Yeah. Again. But once again, the dog&#8217;s dad is on a take-no-prisoners quest for justice. (H\/T furrydoc)\n<li>Okay, let&#8217;s have some better dog stories. Including this happy <a href=\"http:\/\/kdvr.com\/2014\/07\/01\/police-officers-heartwarming-response-to-vicious-pit-bull\/\" target=\"_blank\">cop and &#8220;vicious&#8221; pit bull<\/a> story via naturegirl.\n<li>And how about &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waow.com\/story\/25899693\/2014\/06\/29\/diamond-dog-returns-missing-wedding-ring\" target=\"_blank\">dog returns wedding ring<\/a> missing for five years.\n<li>New study warns against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/stop-cheering-me-some-people-dont-want-hear-it-1D79852039\" target=\"_blank\">trying to cheer<\/a> some folks up. Yeah, I can see that, for sure. Sometimes you just need validation and sometimes those cheery platitudes are just plain grating. Still &#8230; where comes the point where you just tell Debbie Downer to quit whining and fix her own life?\n<li>So former shooting hotshot and alleged historian Dick Metcalf. still hasn&#8217;t bothered to learn the meaning of the term &#8220;well-regulated.&#8221; And now the left <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2014\/06\/how-to-interpret-the-second-amendment\/373664\/\" target=\"_blank\">is loving on him<\/a>. (H\/T RC) Bob Owens gives the <a href=\"http:\/\/bearingarms.com\/metcalf-dick-heads-left-becomes-useful-idiot-gun-control-cult\/\" target=\"_blank\">useful idiot<\/a> a touch of what he deserves.\n<\/ul>\n<p>Forget that. Cartoon time. Here&#8217;s one for Joel (via <a href=\"http:\/\/neveryetmelted.com\/2014\/07\/01\/when-you-live-in-the-boondocks-its-satellite-modem-for-you\/\" target=\"_blank\">Never Yet Melted<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2014\/07\/01\/midweek-links-7\/internetrecluse\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17762\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/InternetRecluse.jpg\" alt=\"InternetRecluse\" width=\"375\" height=\"446\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17762\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And one for all us makin&#8217;-a-livin&#8217; arty types lost out here in Cyberland:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2014\/07\/01\/midweek-links-7\/doonesburyartists-digital-revolution_140629\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17764\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/doonesburyartists-digital-revolution_140629-450x624.jpg\" alt=\"doonesburyartists-digital revolution_140629\" width=\"450\" height=\"624\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17764\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(H\/T <a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Bovard<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dog just hanging out in its own backyard. Cops canvassing neighborhood for a lost toddler (who turns out to be snoozing in his own family basement). Guess what cop does? Yeah. Again. But once again, the dog&#8217;s dad is on a take-no-prisoners quest for justice. (H\/T furrydoc) Okay, let&#8217;s have some better dog stories. Including this happy cop and &#8220;vicious&#8221; pit bull story via naturegirl. And how about &#8230; dog returns wedding ring missing for five years. New study warns against trying to cheer some folks up. Yeah, I can see that, for sure. Sometimes you just need validation and&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/01\/midweek-links-7\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Midweek links<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,12,16,18,19,20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dogs-and-cats","category-guns-and-gun-rights","category-humor","category-mind-and-spirit","category-miscellaneous","category-money","category-thuggery-and-bad-law","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}