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We all know Westboro Baptist Church tries to ruin everything. Most recently they decided to write a "parody" to Panic! At the Disco's song "I write Sins, Not Tragedies." Their version was called "You Love Sin, What a Tragedy" The song is not uplifting so I won't post it here. It's all about how terrible "Fags" are. The church also decided they were going to show up and picket at Panic! At the Disco's latest concert in Kansas City. So here's where the uplifting part comes in. The band came up with the most amazing response to WBC. They Tweeted: "Today WBC is going to picket us. For every member of WBC that actually shows up we will donate $20 to Human Rights Campaign #pride2014" Only 13 picketers actually showed up. But the band thought that a $260 donation was a little small. So they made it an even $1000. They also donated 5% of the merch sales at the concert to HRC as well. George Takei issued his stamp of approval via Facebook: “Now THIS is how you handle hatred with both grace and humor. Sorry Westboro. You got schooled by Panic! at the Disco.”  Articles here with more tweets and pictures. http://www.queerty.com/westboro-bap...aign=PanicDisco http://www.freep.com/article/20140726/ENT04/307260085/Panic-at-the-Disco-WBC
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My girlfriend went for a walk today and met a family of swans!   And this is a friend's cat: 
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Ridgewell posted:My girlfriend went for a walk today and met a family of swans! If swans are like any other waterfowl, then they are complete and utter assholes. Catte's cute through.  Fake Edit: Cross-posting from the Cosplay Thread
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Another dog fostering kittens video, but I love the way she's obviously staked a claim on them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IulFwMdvgYc
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Jul 29, 2014 03:44
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kinmik posted:Another dog fostering kittens video, but I love the way she's obviously staked a claim on them. Considering that dog had puppies her brain was probably just going "babies? MY BABIES."
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All the other kits With their barked-up mitts You better purr better purr Louder than my dog All the other kits With their barked-up mitts You better purr better purr Louder than my beagle
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kinmik posted:Another dog fostering kittens video, but I love the way she's obviously staked a claim on them. I love the one she goes back for that's just chillin and eating, and mom's like "NOPE GONNA DRAG YA OVER AND LICK YOUR BUTT"
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Sad Mammal posted:All the other kits  Oh my god.
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Hey hey and it's okay I've got more pups than I remember having yesterday Hey hey and I'm alright Gonna wrap my arms around em all and hold on tight
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umalt posted:If swans are like any other waterfowl, then they are complete and utter assholes. They can get quite aggressive but we have a couple at Uni who produced a batch of cygnets every year (they mate for life). Even with their young, they never attacked and there were always quite a few people around. They'd take food from your hands and come and sit beside you if you were reading or something by the lake. I think admin named the parents Romeo and Juliet. 
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My wife volunteers for a Dachshund rescue. She's fostered a few of them, but her most recent fosterdog is a puppy mill dog. Miranda is 9ish, and clearly has had a rough life. When her previous owners surrendered her to animal control, the vet that they took her to had to remove all but two of her teeth, she's got bald spots, and just has had a sad life for a comically shaped dog. But if you look past how worn down she is, ignore the balding spot on her butt, or the fact her lip hangs on the remaining teeth (giving her a warthog like look), she's one of the sweetest dogs ever. My attempts to document the dog failed miserably simply because if you got close to her, her immediate reaction is to get close and try to snuggle with you as much as possible, little geriatric tail going crazy. It's like she's just stuffed with love for people (and other dogs), and is so excited to express it. It's ridiculous. She also has a dinner ritual. She needs special dogfood for the whole host of things that aren't quite right with her digestive system. It needs to be spooned out of a can, chopped up, and then run under warm water for just a bit. During this process, Miranda does a lap around the island in the kitchen, and then when she reaches where her dish usually is, does a little pogo style hop, makes a "merp!" sounding noise and then repeats until the food is deposited on the floor. The merping becomes more plaintive the longer it takes, so after lap seven or so (small kitchen) it's progressed onto a sort of "MERP??!!?? ): ):" I've never heard her bark, or make traditional dog noises, it's just "merp" and soft little grunty noises when she's getting comfortable (usually squeezing between my wife and mine's legs, because there's always room for dog). Bringing an adult dog into your life can be really challenging. But it's really rewarding to know we've turned the dog's life around, and just so much love and affection from something so small and fuzzy.
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saurkrautwerfer posted:Sweet doggie love story. This is so sweet. Miranda sounds great. That reminded me of a video my dad took of our dog Gypsy a few christmases back. She loves to destroy things. My dad took an empty box of wine and put a couple stinky treats in it with her new toys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBnmxvAGbB0
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Buggiezor posted:This is so sweet. Miranda sounds great. This is one of those things which seems so great when you think of it. Until the next year when you put your presents under the tree and you discover that sometimes a dog can have an incredible memory and you trained him to associated brightly coloured boxes placed under a tree in the living room with delicious treats. Ask me how I know that.
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Our miniature pinscher in the morning, the only time she is sweet and calm:
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There are more great painted elephant pictures, like this: here: Painted Elephants at the National Geographic site. At our local zoo the elephant gets painted for her birthday.
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I went to Monterey for a couple days and I brought back pictures of cute marine life. A sea otter hanging out in a bucket at the aquarium  Some sea lions hanging out at the wharf   This bugger was so loud and grumpy.  And some harbor seals hanging out on some rocks.  
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May your road lead you to warm sands.
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BrainToad posted:I went to Monterey for a couple days and I brought back pictures of cute marine life. Seals is dogs that live in water
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The new Ring sequel looks adorable  Lunita
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Divers go into a sunken ship to recover bodies, but instead find a survivor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKL11BavG0U E: not quite the normal fare for this thread, but I was looking at it from the survivors point of view. No food, water or light for three days, thinking you're going to die and then some space man looking guy in full diving gear pops out of nowhere and saves you. Popping out of the water into the sun must have been amazing. -Zydeco- has a new favorite as of 17:13 on Jul 30, 2014 |
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Hahaha I love the bit around 18 seconds in when they realise he's alive. "loving hell I don't know what we're going to do".
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:May your road lead you to warm sands.
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Sometimes celebrities are dicks. Sometimes they aren't. Sometimes they're amazingly cool people. Sometimes they're Bruno Mars serenading a little girl who lost most of her family in a car accident with her favorite song.
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-Zydeco- posted:Divers go into a sunken ship to recover bodies, but instead find a survivor. This is amazing And made better by the rescue diver's helium voice
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cool kids inc. posted:Sometimes celebrities are dicks. That is so loving great. Especially giving her his fedora and guitar. Thank you.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOOxpT9q2mo A doctor with an incredible bedside manner makes a toddler laugh while giving him shots. And a heartwarming obituary for a noble dog (from the virtual pet cemetery). Popeye Been gone for a long time, never forgotten. He was a good ol' boy, born somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Endured a lot of hard times with us, and the good times, too. The old man got him when he was just a tiny pup and Pop hung tough for drat near 17 years. In the end I reckon he just got tired. Deaf, gimpy with arthritis, shotgun pellets in his rear end, shrapnel wounds perhaps from taking down a deer (or a prize cow) or from messing around with the wrong woman. But, Popeye was always one hell of a dog. Eat the rear end out of an intruder (or mailmen or cops), all's we had to do was just grab that ruff of fur around his neck and holler "Go!" Climb a 6 foot fence, ford a raving river for a stick or a frisbee. Didn't have much tolerance for other male dogs or cats of any kind. Nope, none a'tall. Had a few war wounds to prove it, too. Pop used to run away. Not because he didn't love us. Just because... Doggie wander-lust and a crazy need for adventure. The old man always ran ads in the paper for him (sure, Pop could read) or just mapped out miles and scrounged around till he found Pop. One time these kids had him tied to a tree, had re-named him Killer and were counting on siccing him on other dogs. Another time, some old redneck had him and was going to breed him with his dog, that's just how good looking Popeye was. I suppose the only time Pop didn't want to come back home was the time he ran off and landed on easy street. Be damned if some rich one wasn't riding Pop around on his yacht, feeding him top sirloin and calling him "Handsome" But the old man whistled and Pop sailed right on up into the bed of that pickup truck. Think he held a grudge about being found that time... Popeye crossed the country at least three times and back, in all sorts of bogus vehicles -- slept in motels and under trucks and out in the cold and down by the river. He was always there and he was always just a good old boy. He's buried up in the Oregon Cascades next to a river, in the cool of an old Douglas Fir. He died in California, but the old man didn't feel it was fitting to lay his boy down in the land o' fruit and nuts. So, we made a sad sojourn to lay Pop away fittin'. The old man got drunk and stayed drunk for about a year after Pop died. The old man won't ever be the same. I'm just glad he didn't have Pop stuffed and mounted on wheels so he could always have him nearby. Took a heap of talking, but I finally convinced the old man that Pop was the best of dogs and deserved a safe, comfortable place to rest. So, Popeye, here's to you, boy. Thanks for being a fine friend and courageous companion. Stout of heart, Sound of spirit the very last of all the Carolina Yeller Dogs Good Boy. Popeye The Dog
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Faat caat in a lit-tle siiinnkkkk
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Inzombiac posted:Wanna smoosh dat face! Careful, it looks like it'll stay however you smoosh it. (It's so adhorrible...)
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Cacao farmers on the Ivory Coast have no idea what happens to their crops and don't believe that something everyone enjoys worldwide can come from something like their beans. Their faces once they taste chocolate are priceless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEN4hcZutO0 "This must be why white people are so healthy." 
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kinmik posted:Cacao farmers on the Ivory Coast have no idea what happens to their crops and don't believe that something everyone enjoys worldwide can come from something like their beans. Their faces once they taste chocolate are priceless. I don't think I'm much of a Marxist really but the premise of this video is kind of depressing.
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