I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Blue, took me a moment to figure out your post with the picture.  Very cute.  (The post and the pooch).

Try going to the vet with two cats.  OMG.  Duelling meows.  

To all the ostriches - about the meat, I don't know if it is true, but I did find a fair bit on the internet about it.  Was wondering if anybody knew anything about it.

Buyer Beware is getting harder each day.

Barbara -- Congrats on the Lightning win last night!

Blue -- Poor Virgil looks like me when I have to visit the dentist!  My cats, on the other hand, walk right into their carriers when I put the on the hall floor.  They hate the car (dueling meows indeed!) but are perfect little angels with the vet -- unlike former furballs...

Molly -- I think if we ever really knew what goes on behind closed doors in the meat industry, we'd never touch the stuff.  Now I only buy locally grown free range chickens and eggs, given that the chicken industry insists on putting antibiotics in with the feed as a means of "prevention" because the chickens are packed together like sardines.  Ghastly.

FLASHBACK: In 1983, Reagan Warned Of ‘Incalculable Damage’ If Debt Ceiling Wasn’t Raised

As of today, the United States has officially hit its legal borrowing limit, bumping into the statutory debt ceiling. The Treasury Department has some options at its disposal for delaying default, but those will be exhausted around August 2.

For months, Republicans have been claiming that they will refuse to raise the debt ceiling — and thus risk the widespread economic consequences of the U.S. eventually defaulting on its debt — unless several conditions are met, including cuts to Medicare and Social Security. In fact, some Republicans have said that they think that default wouldn’t be so bad. “The case has not been made that this is an absolute necessity,” said Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI).

However, Republicans poo-pooing the necessity of raising the debt ceiling might want to look to conservative icon Ronald Reagan. In 1983, Reagan warned that the consequences of failing to raise the nation’s borrowing limit “are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate”:

The full consequences of a default — or even the serious prospect of default — by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and the value of the dollar in exchange markets. The Nation can ill afford to allow such a result. The risks, the costs, the disruptions, and the incalculable damage lead me to but one conclusion: the Senate must pass this legislation before the Congress adjourns.

In a 1987 radio address, Reagan also said, “Congress consistently brings the government to the edge of default before facing its responsibility. This brinksmanship threatens the holders of government bonds and those who rely on Social Security and veterans benefits. Interest rates would skyrocket, instability would occur in financial markets, and the Federal deficit would soar.”

Several key Republican leaders, including Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) have admitted that failing to raise the debt ceiling is simply not an option, with Boehner saying that it would be a “disaster,” while Ryan called it “unworkable.” But the GOP continues to play games, inching the U.S. ever closer to the scenario that Reagan explicitly warned against.

meat glue---interesting.  I'm not bothered per se about the concept but I am not excited to hear how its used to sell bits of meat at a higher price.  I mean if you sold it at the price of stew meat 9what the stuff in the video looked like to me) and told people to treat it like mass produced hamburger, ie, no rare, that would be one thing.  But of course, thats not what happens.

Me I buy all our meat from people I know who raise the animal and deal with the slaughter.  No meat glue in my fridge!

How cool is that, Blue!

Blue -- Couldn't seem to get the clip to work -- but since I've met your DD, I'm sure she was wonderful and beautiful in it!

Hmmm... dinner will be whatever looks palatable at the cafeteria of the hospital where my MIL is currently being held hostage.  Lunch was some kind of dead chicken with rice pilaf and overcooked veggies. Oh, yeah -- plus, banana pudding.  Not bad, actually, for hospital food.  The staff are friendly, and the food is cheap and plentiful.

otter

204 new Obamacare waivers granted in April. Nice. If it is so great, why do all these unions and companies want a pass?

President Barack Obama's administration approved 204 new Obamacare waivers in April. Thirty-eight of them went to upscale businesses including four-star hotels, gourmet restaurants, day spas and hip nightclubs in Nancy Pelosi's district. That's in addition to 27 new waivers for health care or drug companies and the 31 new union waivers Obama's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved.

Other common waiver recipients were labor union chapters, large corporations, financial firms and local governments. But Pelosi's district's waivers are the first major examples of upscale, gourmet restaurants and hotels getting a year-long pass from Obamacare.

I know, Mickey D's, a bunch of insurance companies (imagine that), etc. etc. The list grows longer. I think I will file a waiver request and see what happens. It is dangerous to allow government agencies such power with no checks and balances or Congressional oversight (not that they do much but add to the problems).

Well .. I'm just plain disgusted with Arnold.  I feel sorry for his family.  How could Maria not know he was giving this woman money to care for the child.

Otter ... been thinking about you and hoping you're okay ... know you've been spending time looking after your MIL.  Hugs buddy,

Bren

I haven't seen the picture of the boy yet......so far all of them have been  blurred, but for those who have, they say he looks just like his "Daddy". you mean that didn't send up a red flag for Maria knowing he was a cheater.

All I can say is she must have been pretty good in bed, cause she sure isn't good in the face..........Maria is not raving beauty now, but that many years ago she was very pretty.  The Kennedy women do not age well, so I'm figuring that is the reason she looks beat now, also way to thin.

She didn't deserve this, and actually I'm thinking..........who would want him..........he certainly isn't good looking by any stretch.......oh well to each his own.......

Love Tiger Wood , but look what he went after................what the hell is wrong with the men today ........Problem is they think with the "little head" instead of the Big One.

3M .. Interesting article .. I copied the following paragraph.

For now, for this flawed man, it remains mystifying how much love, trust and dignity is routinely squandered by powerful men for a relatively few moments of pleasure and release. Not to mention how much power and status they thereby ironically forfeit.

Barbara -

I am going to marry my dust bunny collective.  We play floor hockey with an ancient jelly bean I found under the bed, and the Capitals always win because there's only one team.  HA!  HAHA!  HAHAHAHA!  Where's my Xanax?

WTG Vancouver Canucks!  Next stop -- the Shark tank.