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Nagykirva () falu Ukrajnában, Kárpátalján, a Técsői járásban.

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Técsőtől északkeletre, Kiskirvával szemben, a Tarac bal partján fekvő település.

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Nagykirva (Kirva) nevét 1373-ban, majd 1415-ben említette először oklevél.

Nagykirva a Kirvai család birtoka volt a Tarac túlsó partján fekvő Bélavárral együtt, melynek mai neve Kiskirva.

1910-ben 946 lakosa volt, melyből 6 magyar, 233 német, 707 ruszin volt. Ebből 712 görögkatolikus, 233 izraelita volt. A trianoni békeszerződés előtt Máramaros vármegye Taracvizi járásához tartozott.

A Técsői járás települései
Máramaros vármegye települései

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These are the examples referred to in the article on Links Hover and Rollover Effects.
This link changes to red color when visited and green when mouseover.
In addition to the green, this link is also bigger in font when you hover your mouse over it.
You can now see a yellow background when you place your cursor over it.
Do you see a different typeface or font when you place your mouse over this link?
Notice that the link blinks when you mouseover and it has an underline when you have visited the link. This works in Firefox but not in IE.
Notice the violet border around the above link when you hover over it.
This hover link has a combination of styles - a different font family, bold and bigger font, highlighted background, and it blinks when you hover the mouse over it.
For details on where the code can be inserted in the template to change the effects of links in the sidebar and Post title, please refer to the article on Links Hover and Rollover Effects.
Erm, i saw some links in my frnds blogs when rollovered, the bottom bar of the internet explorer has some other text, instead of the website that you'll be directed to.
For example, i scroll my mouse over to a link named 'VALERIE'.
instead of the website of the link.
Great article on changing the hover effect on links. Very clear and you even posted some excellent examples. May I make only one recommendation when it comes to colors. Simplicity is the key when it comes to tutorials for beginners, so perhaps get away from using hexadecimal colors at first and use plain English colors (e.g, 'red' instead of '#ff0000', etc). Just a thought. Thanks for the great site!
Is there any way to incorporate this "mouseover" effect to generate a small popup while hovering over links? I've got references (words) on my page that need a definition described when viewers roll their mouse over it. I'm not looking to popup another page or site, just a brief definition...text!
BTW, I'm trying to accomplish this in my posts...not the sidebars, headers or footers.
I found that If I made them a hyperlink and gave it a title attribute, that popup works great, except the font is too small, bg color is unchangeable and the message disappears without user input! Great idea though...maybe CSS?


The Alzheimer's Association held its 33rd annual gala on Tuesday October 25, 2016 at Cipriani 42nd Street with cocktails beginning at 6:30 PM. The theme this year was "The Time Is Now" reflecting the urgency for finding a cure and the optimism that one day we will live in an Alzheimer's free world.
Since the Rita Hayworth Gala began in 1984 more than $70 million has been raised for research, a remarkable milestone. The dinner, underwritten by Rolex, included socialites and philanthropists: Margo and John Catsimatidis, Jonathan and Somers Farkas, Michele Herbert, Sarah Ferguson, Zang Toi, Sharon Bush, Nurit Kahane, Robert Verdi, Wendy Williams, Paola and Arnie Rosenshein, Anne Hearst and Jay McInerney, Paula and Tony Peck and so many others.
Alzheimer's is a disease that has touched the lives of so many, including Rita Hayworth who started to deteriorate in her 40's but was not diagnosed until 1981, after suffering for decades before that. Her daughter, Yasmin Aga Khan, the General Chair and Founder, told me she became active in 1981 when there were just a couple of people, currently evolving into a major global organization.
Tonight, emcee and actress Sarah Rafferty, said that Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. with one in six women over the age of 60 developing the disease as opposed to one in eleven who get breast cancer, costing taxpayers $18 million per hour.
Karyn Kornfeld, gala chair, then reiterated the seriousness of the disease, stating that some of the ways to prevent Alzheimer's were eating a heart healthy diet low in saturated fats, engaging in exercise, avoiding smoking, and keeping your mind active.
A lady who keeps her mind very active is CEO of HSN Mindy Grossman who has been at HSN for ten years, previously holding stints at Nike and Ralph Lauren. Grossman, whose mother suffered from dementia, loves her job because she "gets to bring brands to life."
She introduced honoree and President of HSN Bill Brand as a co-conspirator and someone she spends more time with than her husband. Grossman presented the Rita Hayworth Award to Brand, who helped HSN raise one million dollars for the disease and said he was hopeful it would be eradicated.
Another award recipient, former NHL player Brendan Shanahan, who is a dead ringer for Kevin Costner, and is the only player in the history of the National Hockey League to score 600 goals and record 2,000 penalty minutes spoke lugubriously about his father's struggle with Alzheimer's.
When Brendan was just 14 and his mad rush to make it to the NHL so his father would be able to recognize his achievement. Unfortunately, Brendan didn't enter the NHL until the age of 18 when his father's cognitive abilities were long gone. Brendan's father died when Brendan was just 20 and his father was 59.
After all these sad stories were recounted, a live auction was held where tickets for "Beauty and the Beast" were bid on for $5,000 with two bidders getting the prize for a total of $10,000. Furthermore, a Domingo Zapata painting with a value of $50,000 was auctioned for just $14,000, an unfortunate occurrence when the proceeds go to charity. Thankfully, an Ed Ruscha one-of-a-kind jacket was bought for $26,000, allowing the lucky visitor to schedule a private visit to Ruscha's studio in Los Angeles.
After the conclusion of the "business portion" of the evening, guests were treated to a delectable Cipriani vanilla cake and music by "The Elements." Yasmin Aga Khan, in a green Naeem Khan bridal outfit, danced up a storm with fellow socialites Louise Kornfeld and Paola Bacchini. Guest were handed goody bags containing potato chips, perfume and moisturizer-all perfect antidotes to the brisk, inclement weather.


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'Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting you!': Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders ribbed each other nonstop at CNN's debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders went head-to-head with Sen. Ted Cruz in a CNN town hall debate on the Republican Party's tax plan on Wednesday night.
The polarizing topic has been at the center of Capitol Hill, as lawmakers have attempted to reform the tax code. Republicans, in an effort to pass the tax code, have explored trying to pass tax reform without Democratic support; while Democrats have complained that they have been left out of a crucial, bipartisan process in governing.
Included in the GOP tax plan is a 20% corporate tax rate, the elimination of the estate tax, and the implementation of three tax brackets.
Cruz defended the plan, saying on CNN, "Republicans want to lower the taxes for each and every person watching this debate," and said that lowering the corporate tax rate would allow businesses to create more jobs.
Sanders, however, said the GOP's tax plan is about giving "tax breaks to people who don't need it." The senator said he supports "a tax cut for the middle class and working families."
Throughout the evening, the two senators threw several verbal jabs at each other's expense.
As you can read In the liveblog below, the Bernie vs Cruz buget debate went as one might expect. (Bernie knows what he's talking about and articulates it, Cruz does very little of either) There's plenty of quotes, and tweets and all that stuff you might enjoy, so you may want to go check it out. I'll be posting reactions articles in the comments but just incase you missed it and have time to spare, here it is:
https://youtu.be/tAZGxRmxMH0
(If this copy gets taken down I'll find another version… because yet again for some reason these kind of things never make it to the MSM of your choices Youtube page)
More progressive news/video/etc. in the comments including:
*Mnuchin Gives Away the Game: "It's Very Hard Not to Give Tax Cuts to the Wealthy"
*Cash In: Sanders Leads Pack in Fundraising
*Bernie Sanders leads Joe Biden in 2020 New Hampshire poll
*Pruitt Threatens to 'Purge' Scientists Who Refuse to Be Fossil Fuel Puppets
*Why Are Incarcerated Women Battling California Wildfires for as Little as $1 a Day?
*Pipeline updates, Water Protector, Indigenous News & More
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Thanks to last nights livebloggers!
'Robin Hood' and other key takeaways from the Ted Cruz-Bernie Sanders tax debate
Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders agree that America's tax code needs an overhaul. And that's about it.
The political polar opposites, participating Wednesday in a CNN debate, highlighted the yawning policy divide that confronts conservative and liberal lawmakers of all stripes as they prepare to take on a monumental task that's stymied Congress for decades.
With these two loquacious senators, however, the split was crystal clear.
Cruz, the Texas Republican, pitches the GOP revamp as a way to streamline the code and "lower taxes for each and every person." Sanders, the Vermont Independent, sees instead a "massive tax break for the wealthy" that comes at the expense of low- and middle-income earners.
Cruz got Sanders to admit that the GOP's idea to double the standard deduction was a "good idea." But just as Cruz cheered the common ground — a "miraculous night," he joked — Sanders quickly objected to the elimination of the personal exemption and other related tax provisions.
"You have to look at it in a comprehensive way," Sanders said.
Cruz, Sanders debate tax reform in CNN town hall
As the Senate gets ready to make a major move on tax reform, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont faced off in a CNN town hall debate Wednesday night to discuss efforts to overhaul the tax code.
CNN's Jake Tapper, anchor and chief Washington correspondent, and CNN's Dana Bash, chief political correspondent, moderated the debate, which was in Washington.
Cruz began by defending the Republican's tax plan, and called on Congress to lower taxes overall.
"Bernie and the Democrats want every one of you watching today to pay more taxes, and Republicans want to lower the taxes for each and every person watching this debate," Cruz said.
He later said the objective of tax reform should be cutting everybody's taxes.
Sanders said that although he supports "a tax cut for the middle class and working families," he does not support tax breaks for the most wealthy individuals.
"What this entire proposal is about is to give tax breaks to people who don't need it," Sanders said during the debate, adding it would be at the expense of other programs that working families depend on.
orlbucfan
Yeah, especially the estate tax. Arseholes like the Kochs, tRumps, Mellons, Bushes, Clintons (they wish), you-get-the-drift are obsessed with eliminating it. That way their worthless heirs pay nothing to inherit. Beyond absurd! T and R to the usual suspects!! 🙂
magsview
Beyond! Like they need the money!
Bernie Sanders vs. Ted Cruz: Who Won the Tax Debate? [POLL]
Currently sitting at 79% Sanders.
In tax debate, Ted Cruz aims to make Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren the face of Democrats
Ted Cruz spent Wednesday night's nationally televised tax debate portraying his counterpart Bernie Sanders, along with the Senate's other top liberal, Elizabeth Warren, as the face of the Democratic Party.
The CNN debate was supposed to be about the Republican tax plan. But, starting with his opening comments, Cruz tried to reframe the conversation to focus on the Vermont senator's vision of transforming the U.S. into a high-tax country with Nordic-style social democracy.
"Bernie and the Democrats want every one of you watching today to pay more in taxes," Cruz told the audience in his first comments.
After an early skirmish with Sanders over the estate tax, Cruz informed him that "you and Elizabeth Warren represent the heart of the Democratic Party."
Later, he mused that "the lesson the Democratic Party took from [the 2016] election was Hillary Clinton was too moderate, and I think the Democratic Party is the party of you and Elizabeth Warren."
jcitybone
Thanks Ted!
Ted SS-is-a-Ponzi-scheme Cruz. He thinks Warren is liberal? Is there a better phrase than 'genetically stupid' to describe this cretin?
Haha, Cruz sounds like a fake preacher half the time, and spouts lies and puts words in people's mouths the other half of the time.
Cash In: Sanders Leads Pack in Fundraising
Thinking about running against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in 2018?
If so, consider this. According to his latest campaign finance report, submitted to the Federal Election Commission last weekend, his senatorial campaign fund has an astounding $5.86 million in cash on hand.
It would be virtually impossible to spend that much money in Vermont, even if Sanders were to face a real challenge. Last time around, Sanders managed to spend $2.6 million in defeating Republican John MacGovern by a massive 45 percentage points. He couldn't possibly do much better, even if he spent twice as much this time.
So what's he doing with all that money? A lot of it goes to fueling the machine: fundraising, strategy and consulting. But a goodly chunk has been spent on his large, enthusiastic campaign-style rallies across the country.
Bernie Sanders leads Joe Biden in 2020 New Hampshire poll
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is leading former Vice President Joe Biden in a hypothetical matchup of the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary, according to a new survey.
Sanders, who won New Hampshire in his unsuccessful bid to upset Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign, maintains stronger support in the state than any other presidential hopeful of his party. That includes party luminaries such as Biden and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, according to the University of New Hampshire's survey.
Most Democratic primary voters (58 percent) are undecided or could not provide a name when asked in an open-ended question whom they would support," the Granite State Poll found. "Democratic primary voters most recently mentioned Bernie Sanders (14 percent), Joe Biden (five percent), Hillary Clinton (five percent), Elizabeth Warren (four percent), and Joseph Kennedy III (four percent)."
Sanders' support rose when the respondents were provided a list of potential candidates. That question revealed 31 percent support for the self-described socialist, compared to 24 percent for Biden and 13 percent for Warren.
Bernie Sanders Is Coming to Somerville
Bernie Sanders is coming to Somerville on Monday, where he will stump for progressive candidates in local elections.
The Vermont Senator says he'll be at Once Somerville, the music venue, at 9:30 a.m. to rally behind a pack of candidates in Cambridge in Somerville who are running for school board, city council, and board of aldermen. The election for those seats is on November 7.
He will also "be discussing how we can make local government work for ordinary citizens," Our Revolution says on its website, adding, "Join Bernie and our candidates for local office as we fight for livable wages, affordable housing, and quality public education."
Candidates backed by Our Revolution include Somerville's Matt McLaughlin, Will Mbah, Jesse Clingan, JT Scott and Ben Ewen-Campen, and Cambridge's Vatsady Sivongxay, Sumbul Siddiqui, Quinton Zondervan, Dennis Carlone, Jan Devereux, and Jeff Santos, along with Foxborough state Sen. Paul Feeney.
DNC resolution pressures Sanders to join Democrats
The measure is clearly aimed at Sanders, who is on the shortlist of potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. And it exemplifies the continual unease among some Democrats about turning their party over to a candidate who won't fully embrace them, as well as the frustration of Sanders supporters who see the repeated attacks as only meant to needlessly cut the senator down.
The resolution, sponsored by California DNC member Bob Mulholland, lauds both senators' contributions "to key Democratic causes" but argues that "a strong and unified Democratic party … puts us in the best position to win elections." It goes on to call on the party to "urge" Sanders and King to "register or affiliate with the Democratic Party in 2017, 2018 and beyond."
"If Sanders plans on being part of the Democratic Party family in 2020, let's ask him to be part of our family in 2018," Mulholland told The Hill. "I can't believe our team, the DNC, is not in favor of people running as Democrats."
Mulholland went on to suggest that he believes that, since Sanders has sought to have a large say in the direction of the Democratic Party, he should fully commit to the party.
"Sanders runs around the country screaming at people to adopt his policies. The least the DNC can do is urge him to run as a Democrat in 2018 in the era of Donald Trump," he added.
Yes "runs around" and "screaming" tells me all I need to know about this Mulholland joker.
Mulholland saying that Bernie is "screaming at people" is pure unadulterated bullshit meant to trigger HC supporters who can't handle Bernie's message so resort to shallow attacks about Bernie 'wagging' his finger and whatnot.
Also, Mulholland sure didn't gain too many fans on the left side of the spectrum by saying this:
"There's only two real teams in the presidential election in 2020, and that's Trump versus a Democrat," Mulholland said Tuesday night. "And with Trump running the White House, we need more people to call themselves Democrats and stop standing on the sidelines."
Not to mention that the fact that TPTB do everything they can to KEEP the number of "teams" to two, which is part of why so little progress happens! They get to keep up with the 'us vs. them' false scenario. Both major parties LOVE that! Good for fundraising and keeping people in line.
Another thing. Hey! Mulholland! I thought you 'resist' people were all about impeaching Trump! Shouldn't you have said that 2020 will be a battle against Pence?!
Standing on the Sidelines, unlike Sec Clinton who is helping elect a Mayor in Birmingham, elect a mayor in Atlanta, holding televised debates for MCA, Taxes, etc. Putting on press conferences on gun bump bans, ripping into GOP corruption on the house floor, speaking at womens conferences as well as travelling promoting local candidates, etc, etc. Sideline Sanders…yeah, that so fits….
At this point I almost wish the Bernie would take a break and rest up!
But I'm glad to hear that he's now focusing more on local races.
Bernie Sanders Shouldn't Become a Democrat
The truth is that the Democratic Party needs the Vermont Senator more than he needs them.
But Sanders is hardly standing on the sidelines—by some measures he's the most popular politician in America, and his Medicare-for-all legislation has served as a rallying cry for people across the left, including many Democrats. And it might do the party more harm than good to count Sanders as a member. His status as an independent has been integral to his recent political success, and can actually serve as an asset to the Democrats.
uh huh
Some Democrats who object to Sanders clearly don't dislike him because he's an independent; they dislike him because of what he represents. On Wednesday, the New York Times published an op-ed by a former Bill Clinton pollster that blames "Hillary Clinton's lurch to the left" for her election loss and implicitly criticized Sanders for "demonizing banks and Wall Street."
But if you look at Sanders's popularity, it's hard to believe that left-wing politics are what doomed Clinton. He's earned his status as a progressive standard-bearer because he's been willing to stick to progressive policy views and force Democrats to come to him. Declaring himself a Democrat would make him look weak-willed, and alienate some of his fans who might otherwise vote for progressive Democrats.
bernin
Bernie has more money right now than the whole DNC. Almost twice as many people like Bernie (57%) than identify as Democrats (30%).
Seems like we're more of a party than the DNC is.
Across the aisle, the Democratic National Committee had raised $46.3 million by the end of August with $6.8 million cash on hand.
May I ask? How can DNC raise $46 million (in first nine months of 2017) and only have $6.8 million in 'cash on hand'?
Here's hoping Turd Wayer Mulholland bites the dust. He can also take the DNC and stick it where the sun don't shine!!
Rewarding Brazile for her giving the questions to Hillary in advance shows that the DNC has learned absolutely nothing. Tom Perez magnifies his incompetence with this maneuver! This surely will help the anemic fundraising!
How Climate Change and Wars Are Increasing World Hunger
Around the globe, about 815 million people—11 percent of the world's population—went hungry in 2016, according to the latest data from the United Nations. This was the first increase in more than 15 years.
Between 1990 and 2015, due largely to a set of sweeping initiatives by the global community, the proportion of undernourished people in the world was cut in half. In 2015, UN member countries adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, which doubled down on this success by setting out to end hunger entirely by 2030. But a recent UN report shows that, after years of decline, hunger is on the rise again.
As evidenced by nonstop news coverage of floods, fires, refugees and violence, our planet has become a more unstable and less predictable place over the past few years. As these disasters compete for our attention, they make it harder for people in poor, marginalized and war-torn regions to access adequate food.
Around the world, social and political instability are on the rise. Since 2010, state-based conflict has increased by 60 percent and armed conflict within countries has increased by 125 percent. More than half of the food-insecure people identified in the UN report (489 million out of 815 million) live in countries with ongoing violence. More than three-quarters of the world's chronically malnourished children (122 million of 155 million) live in conflict-affected regions.
At the same time, these regions are experiencing increasingly powerful storms, more frequent and persistent drought and more variable rainfall associated with global climate change. These trends are not unrelated. Conflict-torn communities are more vulnerable to climate-related disasters, and crop or livestock failure due to climate can contribute to social unrest.
War hits farmers especially hard. Conflict can evict them from their land, destroy crops and livestock, prevent them from acquiring seed and fertilizer or selling their produce, restrict their access to water and forage, and disrupt planting or harvest cycles. Many conflicts play out in rural areas characterized by smallholder agriculture or pastoralism. These small-scale farmers are some of the most vulnerable people on the planet. Supporting them is one of the UN's key strategies for reaching its food security targets.
Natural Laws in action regarding human overpopulation. BTW, WWJD?
Sorry you'll have to click the link for the charts:
Two Graphs Explain Why California's Wildfires Will Only Get Worse
The deadly wildfires ripping through Northern California are just the latest in a season of record-defying natural disasters in the U.S. As the death toll passes 40, reports of Californians hiding in pools as their houses burn and scenes of devastated homes and vineyards add to 2017's apocalyptic picture of how climate change is impacting America today.
As the Trump administration guts environmental protections and undermines science, California is one of the states leading the way on climate action. Ironically, experts agree the state can expect devastating fires like the ones in Napa to become the new normal. Drier and drier conditions and creeping temperatures in the American Southwest, definitively linked to climate change, serve to create tinderbox conditions for massive, catastrophic fires to explode.
A quick look at two sets of data shows exactly how climate change has impacted California's susceptibility to wildfires—and what the state can expect as the planet continues to warm.
The past 10 years have been among the hottest years on record. It's no coincidence that 13 of California's largest 20 fires by acreage burned have occurred since 2000, and 10 of those in the past decade. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2014, 2015 and 2016 are the third, second and first hottest years on record to date, and each of these years hosted its own record-breaking fire in the state.
It's worth noting that this graphic only covers fires through 2016. The fires in Napa have already burned more than 240,000 acres—surpassing all but three of the fires on this infographic. As of Tuesday, firefighters are still working on 12 blazes still burning in the state.
September 2017: Earth's 4th Warmest September on Record
September 2017 was the planet's fourth warmest September since record keeping began in 1880, said the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and NASA this week. The only warmer Septembers came during 2015, 2016 and 2014. Minor differences can occur between the NASA and NOAA rankings because of their different techniques for analyzing data-sparse regions such as the Arctic.
By appointing Pruitt to lead the EPA Trump is attempting to MAHA (make America HOTTER again).
Boss brought up a golf course that burned up that just a week earlier had held a PGA event (if I got him right), said that he'd seen Fox news covering that fire and said they called it a "crime scene". So he was under impression that the fire had been set intentionally.
Very misleading of Fox, they are contributing to climate change denial!
Of course Fox is very good at contributing to ignorance in general..
Mnuchin Gives Away the Game: "It's Very Hard Not to Give Tax Cuts to the Wealthy"
For weeks President Donald Trump and the Republican Party have been peddling the demonstrable lie that their tax proposals are primarily geared toward helping the middle class, not the wealthiest Americans. But in an interview with Politico's Ben White published Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin gave away the game, admitting: "It's very hard not to give tax cuts to the wealthy."
"The math, given how much you are collecting, is just hard to do," the treasury secretary added.
But as The Huffington Post's Arthur Delaney notes, the math is not hard at all. In fact, the White House's own tax framework, released last month, had a useful suggestion: add in a higher top marginal rate.
"An additional top rate may apply to the highest-income taxpayers to ensure that the reformed tax code is at least as progressive as the existing tax code and does not shift the tax burden from high-income to lower- and middle-income taxpayers," the framework says.
When asked about Mnuchin's comments during Wednesday's press briefing, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders didn't deny that the rich would benefit enormously from Trump's tax plan. Instead, she claimed that cutting taxes for the middle class remains "the focus and the priority."
Nothing like still another arrogant, stupid, rich biped! UGH!
Leonardo DiCaprio Invests in Plant-Based Food Company
Animal agriculture is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector, but eating a burger doesn't have to come with a side of guilt.
Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio has invested in Beyond Meat, the makers of the world's first vegan burger that's famously known to look, smell and even taste a lot like the real deal.
The company's staple Beyond Burger is made mostly from pea protein. Beet juice gives it a red meat-like color and allows it to "bleed" like a regular beef burger when cooked.
"Livestock production is a major contributor to carbon emissions," DiCaprio said in his investment announcement. "Shifting from animal meat to the plant-based meats developed by Beyond Meat is one of the most powerful measures someone can take to reduce their impact on our climate."
"The company's ability to create appealing, healthy meat directly from plants will go a long way in helping everyday consumers take action on climate change," he added.
I love peas and I love beets, so maybe I'll try this if it's not too expensive (I rarely eat beef as it is). Has anyone every tried them? I just googled and the burgers go for around $12/lb apparently.
The closest plant item that tasted like beef that I've ever had was some grilled portobella mushrooms. They way they were prepared, if you closed your eyes you could have been fooled into thinking you were eating grilled steak.
Portobello Mushrooms Grilled Like a Steak
Grill, slice, serve over greens, yum.
DiCaprio is very smart, plus he's gaining more and more green cred.
He worked with Thom Hartmann on The 11th Hour years ago, and has been doing good things for the climate for probably even longer. Wish more stars would find the time to care about something. It's not like Leo's lacking in the 'having fun' department either.
World's First Floating Wind Farm Will Power 20,000 Homes
Scotland has officially switched on the Hywind Scotland, the world's first floating wind farm.
"Hywind will provide clean energy to over twenty thousand homes and will help us meet our ambitious climate change targets," First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said.
The 30 megawatt wind farm, operated by Norwegian oil company Statoil ASA and Masdar Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co., consists of five turbines and is located 25 kilometers offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire.
"This marks an exciting development for renewable energy in Scotland," the First Minister continued. "Our support for floating offshore wind is testament to this government's commitment to the development of this technology and, coupled with Statoil's Battery Storage Project, Batwind, puts us at the forefront of this global race and positions Scotland as a world center for energy innovation."
Why Are Incarcerated Women Battling California Wildfires for as Little as $1 a Day?
Video @ Link
Warnings of 'Big Pharma Coup' as Trump Considers Drug Exec. for Health Secretary
With media reports indicating that President Donald Trump is leaning toward selecting former pharmaceutical industry executive Alex Azar to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen warned in a statement Wednesday that Azar's appointment would essentially complete "Big Pharma's coup of the healthcare sphere."
"Just days after denouncing 'out-of-control' drug prices, President Donald Trump appears set to show he doesn't mean it by naming a former pharmaceutical company executive to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services," said Public Citizen president Robert Weissman. "In his public statements, Alex Azar has made clear that he is opposed to measures to restrain drug company profiteering and limit improper marketing and favors weaker drug safety approval standards."
Azar spent a decade as an executive with the pharma giant Eli Lilly, where he directed the company's sales operations. Before joining Eli Lilly, Azar served as deputy secretary of the HHS under George W. Bush.
As Politico reports, Azar also happens to be "one of the many drug industry executives" who contributed to Trump's presidential campaign—a fact that runs counter to the president's frequent criticism of elected officials who take cash from pharma executives.
Despite Puerto Rico Disaster, Vulture Firms Relentlessly Seeking Billions in Debt Payments
As Puerto Rico continues its struggle to manage $95 billion in Hurricane Maria-related damage stacked atop its $74 billion of pre-existing debt, investigative journalists have revealed the 10 biggest financial firms that "are still fighting to get billions out of the bankrupt island as it tries to rebuild."
After a months-long investigation by In These Times and Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI), the team published their exposé on Tuesday.
"The popular narrative of Puerto Rico's debt holders is that they are 'small' individual bondholders—rookie investors who trusted their savings to financial firms," they write.
"But our investigation reveals that some of the most aggressive players demanding debt repayment in Puerto Rico's bankruptcy court are so-called 'vulture firms,'" the report continues. "These hedge funds specialize in high-risk 'troubled assets' near default or bankruptcy and cater to millionaire and billionaire investors."
As Trump Denies 17-Year-Old Abortion Access, Court Battle Exposes Broader Problem
The Trump administration's refugee office is preventing an undocumented 17-year-old from receiving a court-approved abortion, and according to documents and reports that have surfaced since the ACLU filed two lawsuits on the teen's behalf, she's not the first. "
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has effectively banned abortions for undocumented pregnant minors who enter the U.S. alone and are detained in federal immigration shelters by requiring "shelters to get its approval before releasing girls for abortion-related services―approval that officials have refused to grant," Elise Foley explains for the Huffington Post.
A Look Inside Our Abusive Immigrant Prisons
Each year, the US government locks up roughly 440,000 immigrants in over 200 immigrant prisons.
Pruitt Threatens to 'Purge' Scientists Who Refuse to Be Fossil Fuel Puppets
In what climate researchers and activists are denouncing as a blatant call to "purge" the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of experts who refuse to toe the fossil fuel industry line, EPA chief Scott Pruitt told the conservative Heritage Foundation on Tuesday that he is planning to rid his agency's advisory boards of scientists who have received federal grants, arguing that such funding compromises the "independence" of their work.
Climate experts and advocacy groups quickly pushed back. Jennifer Sass, senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), highlighted the fact that Pruitt never questions the independence of scientists bankrolled by big polluters.
This fact, Sass argued, lays bare Pruitt's "single goal," which she said is to "get rid of scientists who tell us the facts about threats to our environment and health."
"Now the only scientists on Pruitt's good list will be those with funding from polluters supporting Trump's agenda to make America toxic again," Sass concluded.
Documents Reveal Active U.S. Support of Indonesian Mass Killings in 1960s
Newly declassified files from the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta confirm the extent to which American officials supported the killings of hundreds of thousands of Indonesians in the 1960s, as the U.S. worked to keep Southeast Asia from falling into Communist control.
The U.S. supported a narrative pushed by the Indonesian military that blamed Communists for a failed coup in 1965, targeting the anti-American President Sukarno.
This narrative emboldened the Indonesian military, paramilitaries and others to oversee the killings of 500,000 Indonesians who were suspected Communists, including students and union members.
"The U.S. was following what was happening very closely, and if it weren't for its support, you could argue that the army would never have felt the confidence to take power," said John Roosa, author of the book Pretext for Mass Murder, about the events, in an interview with the New York Times.
2018 cost of living adjustment shortchanges America's retirees
What's been hailed as the largest Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in five years doesn't go very far in the real world where retirees live. The 2.0 percent boost in COLAs for 2018 amounts to only $27 a month for the average retiree — barely enough for a prescription co-pay, a tank of gas, or a bag of groceries.
What's more, average beneficiaries will see their COLAs almost completely wiped out by rising Medicare Part B premiums. Those premiums will likely go up by $25 per month in 2018, making the math pretty simple. Many retirees will net only $2 extra per month, which might buy a cup of coffee but not much else.
In 2018, the average Social Security benefit will be about $1,400 a month. That's hardly a lavish amount considering that almost two thirds of seniors depend on Social Security for at least half of their income, and one-third rely on it for at least 90 percent of their income.
According to Ted Dimwit Cruz, SS is a "Ponzi scheme." Oh really, Teddy?!
Exclusive: Dem megadonor Steyer calls on govs, mayors to support impeaching Trump
Billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer sent a letter to mayors and governors urging them to publicize their stances on impeaching President Trump and call on federal lawmakers to support his removal from office.
Steyer addressed the letter to all 50 governors and 2,000 mayors of cities around the country, who he said, "have a duty to speak out." He accused Trump of "violat[ing] the Constitution, the office of the Presidency, and the trust of the public."
Steyer's latest letter, obtained by The Hill, comes a week after he penned letters to Democratic congressional offices and Democrats' House and Senate campaign committee, demanding that they support impeaching the president if the party regains control of Congress in 2018.
The Democratic megadonor and environmental activist points to criticism of Trump from within the Republican Party and his own Cabinet and condemns the president for "actively sabotaging" ObamaCare and his decision to pull out of the Paris climate change agreement.
I think that Steyer should stick to environmental issues for all the good that this initiative will produce.
Even After Equifax and Wells Fargo, GOP Sides With Big Financial Institutions by Elizabeth Warren
The Equifax data breach and the Wells Fargo fake accounts scandal have given America a peek into business practices at some of America's biggest financial institutions. In both companies, a related practice popped to the surface: forced arbitration clauses.
These little clauses, often buried in a fog of fine print, are a way for the companies to slither out of accountability when they cheat their customers. And Senate Republicans are on the verge of ramming through a resolution that will allow companies like Equifax and Wells Fargo to continue using these tricks to get away with even more misconduct.
Trump Plans to Make It Easier to Kill Civilians with Drones. Sadly, We Can Thank Obama for That.
As the war on terror enters its 17th year, it's clear that abuses of power by one administration lead to abuses by the next.
Insider Threat Program Training and Trump's War on Leaks: A Chilling Combination for Whistleblowers by Jesselyn Radack
The ongoing targeting of whistleblowers is contrary to a free and open democratic society, especially one where the First Amendment protects freedoms of speech, association, and the press.
BO started that one; hairballed brain is just picking up where BO left off.
@ProgressiveWing We've had two great CA Congressional candidates on our pod this wk: @MikeLevinCA & @electroza2018 https://t.co/DLRIgLDGNN pic.twitter.com/QrRKq7Qjua
— Candidates Podcast (@candidatespod) October 18, 2017
Amazing women are leading the charge to #FlipTX26. My Campaign Manager Michelle is one of them.
Her full story: https://t.co/bdxbeQbtzu pic.twitter.com/Mg48wA0rFK
— Will Fisher 🇺🇸 (@WillFisherTX) October 18, 2017
Don't tell me Dems aren't fired up about 2018. Over 100 folks showed up to the Sun City Dems event tonight in Bluffton. Thx for having me! pic.twitter.com/ZDi91BsCHL
— Joe Cunningham (@JoeCunninghamSC) October 18, 2017
Mark Sanford's Fundraising Struggles Are Real
U.S. congressman Mark Sanford has more than $1.5 million in the bank in his bid for a fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, but the scandal-scarred politician collected just $83,000 in contributions during the most recent fundraising quarter according to filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
That's a terrible showing … especially for a candidate who gets off "dialing for dollars" (something most candidates hate doing).
"That's odd for him," one former Sanford staffer told us. "Very odd."
Indeed it is. For all of his faults as an elected official (and trust us, they are legion), the one thing Sanford has always been able to do exceedingly well is raise money.
Well … and naval gaze.
Not anymore, it seems …
Sanford's anemic total for the third quarter of 2017 was eclipsed by his GOP challenger, state representative Katie Arrington (who raised $120,000 in one month) and by Democrat Joe Cunningham (who raised $100,000 over three months). Arrington has tons of buzz surrounding her bid, while Cunningham has been running a smart, aggressive campaign in anticipation of the upcoming general election.
I love @BernieSanders for debating anyone, anywhere. I will too! @IronStache, can I join you in NY? #CNNDebateNight https://t.co/H536Qu4COK
— Cathy Myers (@CathyMyersWI) October 19, 2017
I appreciate the support of my union sisters & brothers! We've been through a lot together! pic.twitter.com/oCDs5xUN09
Protecting 21% of the world's fresh water should be a MAJOR priority for our lawmakers. Contact them to urge support https://t.co/IneQYQe1qs
— Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) October 18, 2017
Jealous Endorsed by Booker, Religious Leaders for Md. Governor
Former NAACP President Ben Jealous, who has already garnered numerous endorsements in his bid for Maryland governor, will receive a big one Thursday: Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey.
The two will appear at 5 p.m. at Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville to meet with supporters and talk about Jealous's vision for Maryland.
Afterwards, Jealous will travel to Galilee Baptist Church in Suitland and receive another prominent endorsement from the National Capital Baptist Convention, a group of religious leaders from the D.C. area which supported Gov. Larry Hogan three years ago.
"I'm honored to receive this endorsement as we continue building a broad, diverse coalition to get Maryland back to doing big things," Jealous said of the convention's backing. "As a civil rights leader and community organizer, I have worked closely with faith leaders in Maryland and across the nation to make life better for working families."
The Rev. Charles McNeill Jr., president of the convention, said Hogan failed to follow through on his campaign promises to provide jobs and appoint some people from the community to specific positions.
"We can't even get something as simple as an appointment," he said. "I am not going to support a candidate that reneges on any promises."
Im all for Jealous but this is something I/everyone should get behind:
Alec Ross, candidate for Maryland governor, pitches voting by mail, online and in jails
f elected governor, Democrat Alec Ross wants Maryland to vote by mail, by smartphone and from jail cells.
Ross unveiled a broad campaign promise Monday to expand access to voting, and part of that promise is to allow incarcerated people to cast ballots while still behind bars.
"I don't understand how stripping people of their citizenship became part of punishments," Ross said. "It doesn't make sense to me. They've lost their freedom, but they haven't lost their voice."
Last year, Maryland lawmakers restored voting rights to convicted felons on parole, but left in place a prohibition against felons voting while locked up.
Only two states, Maine and Vermont, allow felons to vote while in prison.
Although jailhouse ballots are the most provocative piece of Ross' multi-part plan, he said two of his ideas would most quickly increase access to the ballot box: universal voter registration and a month-long early voting period.
1st District candidates report congressional fundraising
The most recent federal campaign finance numbers are in for the 1st Congressional District, and they include the first look at Democrat Cathy Myers' fundraising.
While things could change in the 10 months before the primary election, Myers' contributions so far are the lowest of any candidate, $53,987 from Jan. 1 through Sept. 30.
Myers, of Janesville, is running against Randy Bryce of Caledonia for the Democrats' nomination to take on Rep. Paul Ryan.
Myers lists total income of $82,512, which includes a $28,525 loan and an ending cash on hand, as of Sept. 30, of $20,076.
Bryce, who has received extensive national news coverage, reports receiving $1.46 million in contributions with ending cash on hand of $1.03 million.
So now that they've noticed he's picked up extensive national news coverage, will a journalist ask why Cathy doesn't get even any coverage, let alone equal or 'extensive'. ?
I trust McGrath less than I do Bryce, though their rise to fame ($$$) has been quite similar:
McGrath takes big financial lead over Thomas in Democratic primary to challenge Barr
Retired Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath jumped out to a large financial lead in the Democratic primary to challenge Republican Andy Barr for his Central Kentucky congressional seat.
In the first few months of her campaign, which was officially announced in August, McGrath outraised state Sen. Reggie Thomas, D-Lexington, by a seven to one margin, pulling in $771,532 to his $109,034.
McGrath's total put her among the top fundraisers for the quarter, which ran from July to September, including other insurgent Democrats looking to take long-held Republican seats. Randy Bryce, the Democrat challenging House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, raised more than $1 million in the quarter.
National attention certainly helped McGrath. Her announcement video garnered the attention of several national news outlets, raising McGrath's profile nationally. Though the McGrath campaign said it raised $77,414 from 703 Kentucky donors, 90 percent of the money raised came from out-of-state donors.
Congressional Candidate Dan Canon Calls On Lawrence County To Act
Dan Canon, Congressional candidate in Indiana's 9th district, issued the following statement after Lawrence County's County Commission failure to renew their needle exchange program.
"This is inexcusable. With the public health emergency across the district, state, and nation, elected officials have a moral obligation to act to solve the opioid, Hepatitis C, and HIV crises," Dan Canon said. "Cutting access to any program that seeks to mitigate these crises is morally bankrupt, at best. These programs are a necessary response to the utter devastation we've seen in Scott County and elsewhere. Lawrence County officials know full well that our people will die as a result of this move. We call on these county commissioners and other elected officials to use the full resources at their disposal to help solve this issue before it gets even further out of control. The people of the Ninth District deserve better."
A new generation of candidates makes clean energy a campaign centerpiece
According to polling and public opinion analysis, support for strong action on climate change and clean energy is an across-the-board winning political issue.
Yet progressive candidates for high office have historically downplayed those issues, as has the Democratic party — both in the 2016 national election and even in the wake of the recent unprecedented string of superstorms.
But a new generation of candidates are taking a new approach, refusing to be silent or even defensive on these issues, which are overwhelmingly popular with voters. They understand that Americans are increasingly concerned about climate change and want to see climate action.
ThinkProgress spoke with four such candidates who are currently running in Democratic primaries. Each has their own remarkable story:
•Rebecca Otto, Minnesota's state auditor who's running for governor, is a former science teacher who is shouting from the rooftop — her solar rooftop — about her clean energy plan for the state.
•Sean Casten, a clean energy entrepreneur, is running for Congress in Illinois' 6th District on a clean energy platform. Why? "Once an engineer, always an engineer."
•Sam Jammal, a former Tesla and SolarCity employee running for Congress in California's 39th District, is bringing his expertise and passion for clean energy and the good-paying jobs that come with them.
•Diane Russell is running for governor after 8 years in the Maine House of Representatives. She plans to undo the anti-renewable, anti-climate policies of Maine's current governor, Paul LePage, who she calls, "Trump before Trump."
IT'S LONG PAST FRIGGIN' D*** TIME!!!!
3rd Congressional District candidates talk foreign policy, education at BYU debate
The three top-polling candidates in the 3rd Congressional District special election squared off on issues including foreign policy, guns and education at a debate at Brigham Young University on Wednesday night.
While the three candidates could agree on a few issues, such as banning "bump stocks," the tool that allowed the Las Vegas gunman to convert a semi-automatic weapon to act like an automatic weapon, there were many other issues that painted stark contrasts.
Health care is one such issue. While Republican front runner John Curtis emphatically stated that he wants to see free-market forces at work in healthcare, Democratic opponent Kathie Allen says health care is not a commodity, and as such does not respond to free-market forces. Allen has supported single-payer health care throughout her campaign.
Jim Bennett, a moderate running in the newly-created United Utah Party, outlined his approach for a system that provides catastrophic coverage.
Bennett and Allen both heavily criticized President Donald Trump's handling of foreign affairs when asked about the United States' relations with North Korea — particularly his tendency to take to Twitter on the issue.
"I think that I might start by taking Donald Trump's phone away," Allen said. "I think we absolutely have to respect the negotiation process with North Korea."
Curtis sidesteps Trump in Utah congressional debate while Allen and Bennett take president to task
John Curtis stood quietly at the podium while his two opponents in the race for Utah's vacant congressional seat took turns criticizing President Donald Trump.
"Our president has gotten us to the brink of nuclear war," said Democrat Kathie Allen during a debate Wednesday night.
"There is no more reprehensible element of the Trump administration than the immigration policies," said the new United Utah Party's Jim Bennett.
"I think that I might start by taking Donald Trump's phone away," Allen added to laughs from the crowd of roughly 200.
3rd District Candidates Tussle Over Health Care, Partisanship in Debate
Democrat Kathie Allen, Republican John Curtis and the United Utah Party's Jim Bennett tussled over everything from gun control to tax reform to increased partisanship in Washington.
One area where the candidates couldn't be more different is health care. Allen is a lifelong physician and supports Medicare for all.
"Health care in this country has become about profit," she said. "And as long profit is the motive and we're paying large CEO salaries and we're failing to address other crucial issues of the health care puzzle, such as access and quality, nothing is going to be solved."
"But I believe ultimately the way we lower costs and increase competition is by returning back to free market forces," said Curtis, who favors private insurance. "I'll take my bet with the free market over a government-imposed program any day."
Democratic divisions in California complicate hope for national party gains
Democrats are at war with themselves in California, where restless activists are challenging party leaders to resist all things President Donald Trump and move further left on health care, the minimum wage and populist issues.
The conflict could complicate Democratic hopes of winning as many as nine congressional seats in the state, a cluster that would go a long way toward helping the party grab the House majority in next year's midterm elections.
The Republican civil war has been on full display, with forces aligned with former White House adviser Steve Bannon challenging the GOP establishment and incumbent lawmakers. In California, where Democrats control all levers of power in state government and no Republican has won a statewide election since 2006, the party is feuding over who is doing a better job resisting Trump.
Democrats counter that whatever discord exists is a symptom of unprecedented energy that will help them next year, but acknowledge they're in new territory.
"I've never seen the type of grassroots political activity I've seen since the election," said Mike Levin, one of several Democrats — all of whom back single-payer health care — vying to face vulnerable GOP Rep. Darrell Issa in San Diego's northern suburbs. "I've grown up here and I think we're just going to have to wait and see. All I can do is talk about our priorities."
Indigenous communities call for 'reconcili-action' 10 years after UN report
A Halifax event marking the 10th anniversary of the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples sparked motivating discussions on reconciliation and how to achieve it — sooner rather than later.
The declaration, adopted by the United Nations in 2007, is a comprehensive report outlining "individual and collective rights of Indigenous peoples from around the world." It reports on issues like culture, identity and community. When it was originally adopted, Canada voted against the declaration, but formally announced its support in May 2016.
Over 100 people turned out for a panel discussion and workshop at Halifax's Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre Wednesday afternoon, co-ordinated by the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. A diverse crowd heard commentary from seven Indigenous panelists whose experience ranged from law and education to the lasting effects of residential schools.
Mi'kmaq educator Jude Gerrard spoke about the importance of ensuring the Truth and Reconciliation Commission isn't strictly an "academic" process.
"When I think about the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples back in the early 90s, there was no action from that," he said. "With the TRC coming out, with the calls to action and talking about reconciliation — I think it's time for us to start talking about 'reconcili-action.'"
Native American Leaders Meet In Milwaukee, Push For Climate Action
Native American leaders meeting in Milwaukee this week at the convention of the National Congress of American Indians are asking the Trump administration to do more to combat climate change.
Tribal leaders speaking at the conference say recent wildfires and hurricanes that have destroyed housing and other resources are a sign of rising global temperatures, and that federal action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is needed.
Their call for change comes days after the Trump administration signed a rule to rollback the Clean Power Plan, and months after the United States announced it would abandon the Paris Climate Agreement, an international agreement to reduce pollutants.
Frustrated by the lack of action at the federal level, Jodi Gillette, former senior policy advisor for Native American Affairs in the Obama administration, said some tribes aren't waiting for Washington.
One example being the low-carbon energy generation by the Forest County Potawatomi.
"They have 30 kilowatts of solar on top of their tribal building. They're adding 5 megawatts of power to power their casino. And they're piping in the biogas generation plant heat back into their water system to do their laundry," Gillette told the convention Tuesday.
She also praised efforts by the Oneida, Ho-Chunk and Menominee tribes to reduce carbon emissions.
How big pharma's money – and its politicians – feed the US opioid crisis
onald Trump was not wrong. Hours before his nominee for "drug czar" withdrew from consideration over his part in a law limiting the Drug Enforcement Administration's ability to crack down on pharmaceutical distributors feeding the US's opioid epidemic, the president took a shot at the influence of drug companies over Congress.
"They contribute massive amounts of money to political people," he said, standing next to Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader.
"I don't know, Mitch, maybe even to you," he added.
Trump was right on both counts. Pharmaceutical companies spend far more than any other industry to influence politicians. Drugmakers have poured close to $2.5bn into lobbying and funding members of Congress over the past decade.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have gone to McConnell – although he is hardly alone. Nine out of 10 members of the House of Representatives and all but three of the US's 100 senators have taken campaign contributions from pharmaceutical companies seeking to affect legislation on everything from the cost of drugs to how new medicines are approved.
Anyone in CA district 39?
Please don't vote for Steve Cox.
More on that if you need it..
Judge to hear arguments on tribe's pipeline contingency plan
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., will accept arguments over the next month on whether the developer of the Dakota Access pipeline must stage equipment near an American Indian reservation in southern North Dakota to respond to any oil spill under the Missouri River.
The idea is part of a fallback plan proposed by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in August in case U.S. District Judge James Boasberg eventually decided to allow the four-state pipeline to continue operating while federal officials do more study on the $3.8 billion project's impact on the tribe.
Boasberg ruled on Oct. 11 that oil could keep flowing from western North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to a distribution point in Illinois, as it has been since June 1. President Donald Trump earlier this year pushed through the pipeline's completion.
On Wednesday, Boasberg conferred with attorneys on both sides of an ongoing tribal lawsuit against the pipeline and set a timeline for arguments on Standing Rock's proposal. It includes increased public reporting of pipeline issues such as repairs, and implementation of an emergency spill response plan — including equipment staging — at the crossing beneath the Missouri River's Lake Oahe reservoir.
The tribe gets its water from the reservoir and fears harm from any spill. Standing Rock is the leader of four Sioux tribes hoping to convince Boasberg to shut down the line, which Texas-based developer Energy Transfer Partners maintains is safe.
'People Over Pipelines' October event opposes Enbridge pipelines in Wisconsin
An event to protect Wisonsin's water, land, and communities from Enbridge's tar sands pipelines — People Over Pipelines — takes place Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at 2700 S. Central Ave. in Marshfield.
Enbridge is moving forward on plans for another oil pipeline through the heart of Wisconsin — the Line 61-twin or Line 66. The pipeline could jeopardize major waterways (like the Namekagon River, Wisconsin River, and Rock River), property rights, the safety of communities, climate, and more.
Information on the lessons learned from pipeline fights around the country will be provided, as well as an opportunity to hear from those threatened by the proposed pipeline, including tribal members, Enbridge easement-holders, environmentalists, youth activists and more.
The event features speakers such as:
•Jane Kleeb, founder of Bold Alliance, sharing the long story of building up an unstoppable coalition to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline.
•The Minnesota Youth Intervenors, who were granted full intervenor status in Enbridge's Line 3 Replacement process, allowing them to take an unprecedented role in fighting the pipeline based on concerns about climate change.
•Paul DeMain, owner of Indian Country Communications, who has documented the extreme actions of Energy Transfer Partners used during the Dakota Access fight.
•Mark Borchardt, founder of 80 Feet is Enough!, who has led the fight to protect property rights from Enbridge's potential use of eminent domain.
•Paul DeMain, Bear Clan, Oneida/Ojibwe
Fayette commissioner, others object to approval of pipelines
Children Are Dying at Alarming Rates in Foster Care, and Nobody Is Bothering to Investigate
Children in the for-profit foster care system are dying at alarming rates, but the deaths are not being investigated, and autopsies are not even being attached to the now-closed case files, a two-year investigation has found.
The investigation, conducted and released in rare bipartisan fashion by the Senate Finance Committee, looked closely at one of the largest private providers of foster care services, the MENTOR Network.
The companies and agencies charged with keeping foster children safe often failed to provide the most basic protections or take steps to prevent tragedies, the investigation found.
In the wake of the report, shares of the MENTOR Network's parent company, Civitas Solutions, traded sharply downward, but quickly rebounded amid a lack of press coverage.
By pushing the report to colleagues, Sen. Ron Wyden, the committee's top-ranking Democratic member, said he and panel chair Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, are trying to "light a big fire around" how important it is to fix the child welfare system's flaws.
The report was prompted in part by a BuzzFeed investigation into the company two years ago. The committee found that 86 children had died in the company's care over a 10-year period, and the firm had conducted internal investigations in only 13 cases.
Journalist acquitted of protest charges
One year after her arrest, the first journalist to go to trial in connection to last year's pipeline protests has been acquitted.
Sara Lafleur-Vetter was filming for The Guardian, a London-based news outlet, when she was arrested on Oct. 22, 2016, with 140 other people near the Dakota Access Pipeline easement by State Highway 1806.
After a daylong misdemeanor court trial with four co-defendants, Surrogate Judge Thomas Merrick dismissed the misdemeanor charges of physical obstruction of a government function, disobedience of safety orders during a riot and disorderly conduct.
Defense attorney Amanda Harris had motioned for a Rule 29 judgment of acquittal after the court heard testimony from several law enforcement officers throughout the day.
"There's no evidence against her. All it shows is she was working," said Merrick, referencing still images of Lafleur-Vetter with cameras and equipment. "She was out there working."
Lafleur-Vetter, the only defendant from Wednesday's court action to have all charges dropped, said Merrick's decision shocked her. She also said media in the courtroom and her journalist credentials may have helped, but left her with survivor's guilt.
"As a journalist, I have a lot of resources and people who vouch for me, while my co-defendants do not," she said.
@Benny I believe has way more detail on this:
Shake-up at Democratic National Committee, Longtime Officials Ousted
A shake-up is underway at the Democratic National Committee as several key longtime officials have lost their posts, exposing a still-raw rift in the party and igniting anger among those in its progressive wing who see retaliation for their opposition to DNC Chairman Tom Perez.
The ousters come ahead of the DNC's first meeting, in Las Vegas, Nevada, since Perez took over as chairman with a pledge earlier this year that he would unite the party that had become badly divided during the brutal Bernie Sanders-Hillary Clinton 2016 primary.
Complaints began immediately after party officials saw a list of Perez' appointments to DNC committees and his roster of 75 "at-large" members, who are chosen by the chair.
The removal and demotion of a handful of veteran operatives stood out, as did what critics charge is the over-representation of Clinton-backed members on the Rules and Bylaws Committee, which helps set the terms for the party's presidential primary, though other Sanders and Ellison backers remain represented.
Those who have been pushed out include:
•Ray Buckley, the New Hampshire Democratic chairman and longtime DNC official who ran against Perez for chair before backing Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., lost his spots on the Executive Committee and DNC Rules Committee;
•James Zogby, the president of the Arab American Institute and prominent Sanders backer, is no longer co-chair of the Resolutions Committee and is off the Executive Committee, a spot he has held since 2001;
•Alice Germond, the party's longtime former secretary and a vocal Ellison backer, who was removed from her at-large appointment to the DNC; and
•Barbra Casbar Siperstein, the first transgender member of the DNC who supported Ellison and Buckley, was tossed from the Executive Committee.
Longtime Officials Ousted in Shakeup at Democratic National Committee
Several longtime officials at the Democratic National Committee have lost their positions ahead of their first meeting since Tom Perez took over as chairman.
The DNC is facing particular criticism for the over-representation of Clinton backers on its Rule and Bylaws Committee, according to NBC News. That committee helps create the rules for the party's presidential primary.
Many members that were ousted were supporters of Rep. Keith Ellison's (D., Mich.) bid to run the DNC. Ellison became vice-chair under Perez.
The announcements exposed a rift between Ellison and Perez, who have publicly expressed their support for each other since the election of Perez as chairman.
One DNC committee member pushed out, James Zogby of the Arab American Institute, expressed displeasure with his ouster.
"I'm concerned about the optics, and I'm concerned about the impact. I want to heal the wound of 2016," Zogby said.
Tom Perez is attempting to make DWS look good!
This doesn't bring the party together. It deepens the divide at a time we need all hands on deck for '18 & '20. https://t.co/KHUNLrBYtC
— James J. Zogby (@jjz1600) October 19, 2017
It's still unclear to me why Perez was qualified to be DNC chair and what he's actually managed to accomplish.
— Jonathan "Boo and Vote" Cohn (@JonathanCohn) October 19, 2017
LOL One of them is a lobbyist for Fox News. https://t.co/S3HAtTIKd1
Our new president @ninaturner: "Change doesn't happen by the will of the grass tops. It happens by the will of the grassroots & that is you" pic.twitter.com/8lENSwsspW
— Our Revolution (@OurRevolution) June 29, 2017
Buckley loses spot on DNC Rules Committee as part of apparent shakeup by new national party chairman
New Hampshire Democratic Party Chairman Raymond Buckley was among several veteran party officials caught in a shakeup at the Democratic National Committee as the party's new national chairman, Tom Perez, prepared to host his first meeting since taking over the top post earlier this year.
Some of the changes appear to be rooted in continued hard feelings at the DNC as a result of the bitter battle for the 2016 presidential nomination between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Buckley, as state party chair, stayed neutral in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary contest.
At the DNC's summer meeting in Las Vegas, Buckley was not reappointed to a post on the powerful DNC Rules Committee – a post he had occupied since being named by prior Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz – New Hampshire Democratic Party spokesman Wyatt Ronan told WMUR.
Also, Buckley was not among those appointed to the national party Executive Committee by Perez. But, according to Ronan, Buckley still could be elected to a post on the Executive Committee by the Eastern Regional DNC members.
Ronan confirmed that Buckley told reporters after learning of the shakeup, "I understand the chair can do as he pleases, but still, it's all just very disappointing."
Democrats Plan to Name Lobbyists, Operatives as Superdelegates
The Democratic Party this week plans to name 75 people including lobbyists and political operatives to leadership posts that come with superdelegate votes at its next presidential convention, potentially aggravating old intraparty tensions as it struggles to confront President Donald Trump.
The new members-at-large of the Democratic National Committee will vote on party rules and in 2020 will be convention delegates free to vote for a primary candidate of their choice. They include lobbyists for Venezuela's national petroleum company and for the parent company of Fox News, according to a list obtained by Bloomberg News. At least three of the people worked for either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders in 2016 while also casting ballots as superdelegates.
The superdelegate system has been a focus of complaints from supporters of Sanders, the Vermont senator who challenged Clinton, and activists on the left, who have said the party's nominating system is rigged in favor of corporate interests. While most superdelegates are elected to a public or party office, the at-large DNC members are chosen by party leaders.
The appointment of active corporate lobbyists as at-large members of the 447-member Democratic National Committee has aroused controversy in the past.
"I will register my customary objections" to the selection of at-large members, said Christine Pelosi, a California-based vice-chair of the DNC who in February authored a proposal to bar the appointment of corporate lobbyists as superdelegates. The national committee voted down her proposal.
Super delegates need to go the way of the dinosaur. Their only good for rigging the primary candidate that the DNC Neolibs want to shove down our throat. The DNC didn't learn a F%$#ing thing from 2016.
Obama Returns to the Campaign Trail
In his first public campaign appearances since leaving office, Barack Obama today stumps for two Democratic gubernatorial candidates: Phil Murphy in New Jersey and Ralph Northam in Virginia.
And it will be interesting to see which issues Obama raises — health care (probably), Iran (probably not), Gold Star families (unlikely) — because whatever he says will probably get attention from the current Oval Office occupant.
As the New York Times writes, Obama's trips today to Newark and Richmond are about firing up African-American voters. "Mr. Obama's appearances on behalf of Virginia's lieutenant governor, Ralph S. Northam, in Richmond and the financier Philip D. Murphy in Newark — two white candidates in predominantly black cities — come as Democrats struggle to inspire African-Americans to vote this year. While Mr. Murphy appears comfortably in the lead in New Jersey, the race in Virginia is close."
Obama's event in New Jersey begins at 3:30 pm ET (with him taking the stage after that), while the Virginia campaign stop begins at 7:30 pm ET (with Obama likely hitting the stage in the 8:00 pm ET hour).
Guess we'll see how that goes!
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Bernie talked a lot about the Koch brothers last night, said that the $300 million they plan to spend (this year? next year?) to get things their way is chump change. He was right.
Koch Bros' wealth grew by $13B since 2016, to $97B. https://t.co/MQkWabpTeM
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) October 18, 2017
Got our tickets to hear Bernie this Sunday. Same place we met him in Sept 2014.
Hope to hear all about it!
Yes I will. There is a YouTube of when we saw him before he decided to run. Look up Bernie Rollinsford Legion September 2014. My GF and I have some pictures with him that we cherish. His tireless energy is remarkable as is his caring and devotion to all of us.
I'll certainly look it up! Always interesting to see the difference between pre candidate Bernie and then post… (ok well there isn't one, which is whats so fun)
I somehow have not yet gotten a picture WITH Bernie, so theres a bucket list item for me. Quite happy to have managed to grab some selfies with Jim Hightower and Nina Turner last weekend.
I'll be going to a meet and greet for candidate Todd Allen here in Texas on the 30th so will try and get enough material to make a post out of that event.
Wow! Bernie just doesn't stop. Please let us know how it goes.
In this age of cynicism, distrust and disgust toward the status quo and establishment politics, government and economics, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is undeniably, hands down, the most popular public servant in America.
Furthermore, Senator Sanders' ideas and solutions about the economy, health care, education, the environment, social justice, immigration and campaign finance reform are every bit as wildly popular as he is! I, personally, no longer view "Bernie" as an individual politician as much as I do as a massive movement of the people.
"Confounds the Science". Great anti-Trump parody video from Not Simon & Garfunkle. They really do a good job mimicking S&G. The lyrics are spot on.
Awesome!!!!!!!!!
For all of the state of emergency this guy (Spencer) caused in Gainesville, FL, at the U of FL:
Chants of FUCK YOU SPENCER as he takes the stage #SpencerAtUF pic.twitter.com/lcyolc2vhd
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) October 19, 2017
Little bit of shouting, but most of the seats were not filled.
It didn't seem to go very well.
Protesters heckle Richard Spencer at Univ. of Florida talk
Protesters greeted white supremacist leader Richard Spencer with loud boos and chants of "Go home Spencer" during his speech Thursday afternoon at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/us/university-florida-richard-spencer-speech/index.html
Cute picture of the day!
Meet Olivia, a 25-day-old spider monkey at Cali zoo in Colombia pic.twitter.com/TqYUVghRi7
— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 19, 2017
U.S. Senate to vote on measure to block drilling in Arctic reserve https://t.co/cpiYwiw4pN pic.twitter.com/BeGXhRXL3k
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 20, 2017

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Anne Bartlett, Garnett Wilson
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Ngarrindjeri elder Garnett Wilson was born at Raukkan, South Australia, in 1928. At the age of twelve he suffered a serious injury which developed into a painful and permanent disability. Tough family love turned him away from bitterness and self-pity towards a lifetime of achievement and service.
Garnett was the first Aboriginal woolclasser in South Australia. He was an inaugural member and long-standing chair of the State's Aboriginal Lands Trust, the first Aboriginal land-holding body in Australia. He served as an executive member and acting chair of the National Aboriginal Conference. He also chaired the South Australian Aboriginal Heritage Committee. In fact, he chaired so many committees, he came to be known as 'The Chairman'.
The Chairman is Garnett Wilson's autobiography, recorded by Anne Bartlett. Colleagues, friends and family have added their voices to the telling, setting the story of a remarkable elder statesman in its wider social context.
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Theoretically, Sanders' left-wing redistributionism should elicit opposition on the right. Yet, the tech oligarchs have so tilted toward the Democrats that there's little common ground with, or sympathy from, those on the right, particularly as more tech leaders embrace the idea of a national guaranteed income, and expanded government redistribution, as a solution to make up for the poor protections for their expanding sector of "gig" workers.
So, even the natural supporters of "creative destruction" increasingly feel no stake in protecting these billionaires. The persecution of dissenters from the industry's politically correct menu — including Google's own James Damore, a former engineer who was fired for writing an internal memo critical of the company's diversity policies — further alienates many conservatives, moderates and those liberals who still believe in free speech. And the prospect of news "curated" by politically driven algorithms by Facebook, Twitter and Google threatens both dissenting liberals as well as those on the right.
Nor do the grassroots have economic reasons to support the oligarchs. Oil, energy, auto and other traditional firms won over millions by creating a vast middle class, while, for the most part, the oligarchs have created massive wealth largely for themselves, and just a few others. The oligarchs now account for three of world's five richest people — Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg — but have become fabulously rich without sparking broad-based prosperity.
The tech moguls' gambit of "Talk left, live right, hide at the Ritz out of sight," as University of North Carolina business professor and consultant Jack Kasarda once expressed it to me, is no longer working as it did during the Obama years. In the coming months, we can expect growing calls for antitrust enforcement, largely from the left, but also from the right, just as has already occurred in Europe.
Lots of people have reasons to fear the oligarchs — many small businesses, taxi drivers, unions in fields like groceries, as well as the remnants of the old publishing literati. Even bodegas, the largely Latino small markets, are being targeted by the oligarchs.
With the Democrats drifting to the left, and conservatives alienated, the oligarchs may find themselves, for all their wealth and power, increasingly marginalized politically. They clearly need to open themselves up to more diverse opinions, and stop arrogating the right to curate what is permissible and what is not.
Great wealth and power are never safe unless the people who wield them are aware of their limitations, and respectful toward the society that harbors them.


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Just Power for a Reformed UN
Nayef Al-Rodhan / June 7, 2018 / 993
Jonas von Hoffmann 2018-06-07
The UN secretary-general began his mandate in January 2017, renewing hope about the organization's reform. Repeated failings of the UN Security Council during various conflicts like the Palestinian issue or the Syrian conflict are sharp reminders that the United Nations simply is not delivering on its aims of global peace.
Reforms must consider justice and dignity, both of which have strategic relevance for powerbrokers with the all-encompassing connectivity of the contemporary world alongside heightened attention to values, reputation and credibility in terms of legitimacy and regard for human rights.
The merits of the UN in global governance should not be understated. A wide range of contemporary challenges – from climate change to terrorism – cannot be adequately addressed unilaterally or even multilaterally. Facing these challenges requires a level of cooperation only achievable under the auspices of institutions with global reach. Yet scope alone is not sufficient – the nature of the power exercised in such institutions significantly determines the likelihood of their success.
Only the use of just power, and the legitimacy it confers upon institutions, is sustainable in the long-term. Just power integrates justice in the exercise of power – and must be defined according to ethical benchmarks that underscore international law. Obstacles that prevent the United Nations from assuming its rightful role as the arbiter and executor of just power are not insurmountable. A reformed UN may yet become an important contributor to sustainable history.
International relations discourse continues to be framed largely within the parameters of Realism. Thucydides summarized this theory in his account of the Athenian generals who said: The strong do as they like, and the weak endure what they must. The historical mode of foreign affairs has largely involved an over-reliance upon hard power and mobilization of military forces. Yet all strategic goals cannot be achieved via force, and diplomacy and attraction can be more persuasive. Theorists began emphasizing a role for soft power and later "smart power," intended to balance effective applications of hard and soft power on appropriate occasions, based on "contextual intelligence." Though not accidental, the near complete absence of any reference to justice in these accounts of power is striking.
My invocation of just power goes beyond smart power to include considerations of fairness and regard for international law and norms, including those concerned with human rights. Power that manifests itself in dominating ways and fails to respect the dignity of individuals is inherently unstable. Compromise of essential human needs threaten community, social and political systems. Regimes that repeatedly assault the dignity of their constituents or perpetuate forms of injustice are bound to crumble, irrespective of the strength and reach of their military and security apparatuses. Ultimately, the costs of not exercising power alongside justice and inclusiveness lead to social turmoil, political instability and potentially revolutions.
Displays of military might, including military undertakings with names like "Operation Shock and Awe," do succeed in shocking people mainly through the temerity of their unilateral character, while notably damaging the legitimacy of the actors involved.
The application of just power imposes critical parameters upon the use of force, ruling out the possibility of justification when there is a lack of regard for individuals and their dignity. Pragmatically speaking, just power also emphasizes the attractiveness of nations and regimes that adhere to high standards of justice and a willingness to abide by the same set of standards that apply to all other parties.
The United Nations draws frequent criticism regarding its unbalanced focus on the interests of great powers. In its more cynical form, this perspective paints the UN as an organization created by great powers for great powers, in line with the Realist conclusion that WWII victors would not do anything to undermine their own advancement. Scholarly works demonstrate the early UN's historically entrenched biases and comfortable coexistence with the continued colonialism of its founding members and authors of the UN Charter. Staunch advocate of the UN, Thomas Weiss, sees it as maintaining attachment to a largely obsolete Westphalian conception of sovereignty. Still, evidence suggests that the UN is in transition and optimism regarding further reforms is justified.
Two recent UN events indicate the magnitude of change underway. The 2006 resolution enshrining the Responsibility to Protect, R2P, attenuated claims to absolute state sovereignty while shifting emphasis from the concerns of states to those of victims and drew consensus of all member states. While more recent developments, especially the 2011 Security-Council-mandated intervention in Libya under the auspices of R2P, distorted the 2006 resolution's spirit they do not preclude the UN's great potential.
Another UN accomplishment was the 2002 establishment of the International Criminal Court despite strong resistance from all permanent members of the Security Council. The UN achieved legitimacy in terms of support garnered through consultative procedures – the overwhelming democratic consensus in the General Assembly was required to sidestep Security Council reservations – and its aim to uphold justice. The ICC signals heightened global interest in just power though it remains vulnerable to commandeering by those in positions of power and criticisms of a disproportionate focus on less powerful states, as highlighted by African Union calls for a collective African withdrawal from the ICC.
To realize its potential as a mechanism of just power, the UN must become more democratic and develop ways to minimize the structural power asymmetry enshrined in the Security Council. Structural reform of the Security Council is unlikely in the near future, given the enduring opposition of three of five permanent members. Still, concerted efforts should follow up on proposals to encourage permanent members to waive their veto rights in the case of mass atrocities – a need made all the more apparent by the civil war in Syria, which the UK permanent representative called a "stain on the conscience of the Security Council."
The United Nations is one of the pivotal organizations contributing to global governance. In order to further the objective of good global governance, the work of the UN must be guided by the minimum criteria for sustainable global governance, which apply to all international organizations: 1.effective multilateralism, 2.effective multilateral institutions, 3.representative multilateral decision-making structures, 4.dialogue, 5.accountability, 6.transparency, 7. burden-sharing and 8. stronger partnerships between multilateral organizations and civil society actors.
Secretary-General Guterres is correct to state that "all that we strive for as a human family – dignity and hope, progress and prosperity – depends on peace," but as I have argued elsewhere, a greater emphasis on dignity at the heart of good governance – an intrinsic result of the implementation of just power – is equally a fundamental imperative for resolving and preventing conflict.
This article was originally published by YaleGlobal Online.
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So you're traveling through LAX with your pet?Good news! LAX is actually one of the pet-friendliest airports in the country, and it's getting moreso every year. Based in LA, the Vetted PetCare vets are often traveling out of LAX with a furry friend in tow. Here's what we want you to know about navigating Los Angeles International with your dog or cat.
Your pet is never allowed off-leash at LAX, with the exception of their time in fenced-in relief stations. Most pets who are comfortable in their carriers simply stay in them throughout their airport experience.
Bring a leash in addition to your pet carrier. You may be asked at some point to remove your pet from her carrier and you'll need a leash to ensure she stays closeby – unfamiliar noises and people can spook a pet!
All airports have peak times and slow times. Traveling with a pet is stressful enough, so we recommend trying to book your flight off-peak to avoid the hassles of crowd control. At LAX, that means flying during the week on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday and aiming for a midday (11am-2pm) flight or one that takes off after 7pm. Bonus: Late flights may mean you and your pet are both so tired you get some in-flight rest!
No one likes going through security, least of all your dog or cat. First and foremost, give yourself plenty of time; cabin-bound animals in carriers take extra time to screen. Remember, TSA says they will never ask to X-ray your pet – they may want to X-ray your empty carrier, though.
The particular agents on duty will decide the best way to proceed. Some ask pet owners to "walk" their on-leash animal through the metal detectors with them. Others opt to send everyone to secondary screening for a more comprehensive experience. If you have a preference, let the TSA agents know. Remember to be kind! Stay calm and don't forget that airport security is there to keep everyone (including your pet!) safe, even if that's a bit inconvenient.
Did you know that LAX has more pet relief stations than any other airport in America? How convenient!
There are actually 11 pet parks located all throughout the airport including eight indoor relief stations and three outdoor. They're all used by passengers, security animals, and therapy/assistance animals alike. Of the indoor stations, 7 of 8 are past security, so keep that in mind. All 3 outdoor relief areas are in the arrivals/lower level. All the relief stations are fenced and offer poop bags for easy cleanup.
Here's a handy map of all the official pet relief stations at LAX airport.
Traveling without your pet this trip? Don't fret! You'll have plenty of opportunity to get some heavy petting in before your flight thanks to LAX's P.U.P. program. It stands for "Pets Unstressing Passengers," and it's just what it sounds like: certified therapy dogs roaming the airport in official P.U.P. gear simply helping to alleviate some of the anxiety of air travel!
There's generally at least one P.U.P. dog and volunteer handler on duty at any given time. Look for them at your gate and be sure to tag a pic of you destressing with your P.U.P. on social media, too.
Before you fly anywhere with your dog or cat, it's a good idea to have your vet perform a comprehensive evaluation. Vetted PetCare vets offer in-home vet visits in LA and beyond…we can help with travel certificates, vaccinations, anxiety issues, and more.


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