The noble German shepherd then could scale an 8.5 foot fence and now can’t, Mus notes.
He also has examples of English bulldogs, dachshunds, boxers and bull terriers, basset hounds, Saint Bernards and pugs, all of which now appear to be freakish mutants compared to the attractive creatures they once were. The modern animals are more inclined to disease and other maladies, the blogger says.
The blog post is dated Sept. 9, 2012 albeit the MailOnline, a major British website, carried an article based on it late 2013.
Mus musculus is the scientific classification for house mouse.
Rafferty, a Republican, has been accused of trying to kill the bill, SB 501, which would keep money from being involuntarily taken from the paychecks of public employees for political purposes.
The law would not stop the deduction of money for collective bargaining.
When the bill first came up for a vote in early March it failed 24-24. Sen. Scott Wagner (R-28) laid blame specifically at the feet of Rafferty and Dominic Pileggi (R-9), both of whom voted against the bill at the time.
“I have found Senator Rafferty to be the most disingenuous member of the Republican Caucus,” Wagner said. “To be honest and direct, I have watched Senator Rafferty repeatedly undermine our new leadership – Senator Rafferty is self-serving and badly wants to be Pennsylvania’s Attorney General.”
Ouch.
Well, yesterday, Rafferty proposed an amendment that would have exempted unions representing police and firefighters from the law.
It’s a dubious concept that police and firefighters would somehow think one was doing them a favor by taking their money without their permission to advocate for candidates and causes which with they might not agree, so the amendment was overwhelmingly voted down.
Rafferty then voted for final passage. Some think that’s because he sees the writing on the wall regarding what it takes to get the Republican nomination for state Attorney General, a position for which he has declared himself a candidate.
Pileggi, it should be noted, has been consistent in his opposition.
The Pennsylvania Senate, today, Oct. 13, amended SB 501, also known as Mary’s Law which would prevent money being deducted from public employees paychecks for political purposes.
The law grandfathers in existing contracts but prevents deductions from being included in future ones.
The vote sets up final passage which could be as early as tomorrow, according to Matthew Brouillette of Commonwealth Foundation.
The vote was 26-23 for passage of the amendment. Every senator representing Delaware County, shamefully, voted against it including Republicans Tom McGarrigle (R-26) and Dominic Pileggi (R-9), who along with Stewart Greenleaf (R-12) and Robert Tomlinson (R-6) were the only Republicans to do so.
How can one even morally justify taking money against the will of someone to use to promote causes in which he does not believe?
Update: The Senate passed SB 501, today, Oct. 14 by the same 26-23 vote.
Stephanie Schuster of The Phoenix tells us that “trigger warnings” are common at Swarthmore College.
The Phoenix is the college’s campus newspaper. “Trigger warnings” inform students that course material has the potential to evoke physiological or emotional response to a past trauma.
“Trigger warning” advocates claim they are not censorship as they do not seek to ban content. An unspoken understanding, however, that one will get grief if one broaches certain subjects or expresses certain opinions is most certainly censorship. Trigger warnings obviously create such an unspoken understanding.
Further, they are infantile. One has to understand that the vast majority of college students are legal adults who can vote.
It used to be that some censorship was considered necessary for pop culture things — movies, music, the Comics Code Authority etc. — that would be seen by children and not-so-deep thinkers whereas in higher education the restrictions would be off as those getting such an education would need to be able to face the ugly stuff as they would be our leaders.
My how things have changed.
It is especially ironic that inspiration for “trigger warnings” comes from so-called “feminists”. Remember when women would get mad if someone told them they needed to be protected from the ugly things of life? LOL.
If someone is that unable to deal with traumatic experiences that person is far better off in therapy than in an intellectual free-for-all where open discourse and the free flow of ideas are what should not just be expected but demanded.
It’s not concern for trauma but the need for drama that pushes trigger warnings.
To its credit, the American Association of University Professors has come out against trigger warnings. Maybe there is hope.
