Hawaii Bans Plastic Bags

(No Plastic Bags?)

(Hawaii Bans Plastic Bags | Sustainable Products and Practices)This month,Hawaii became the first state in the US to outright ban plastic bags. They also banned paper bags that don’t have a minimum of 40% recycled content.
This one action will keep about 450 million bags a year out of the state’s waste stream and prevent them from ending up in the ocean.
The proposal was led by the Sierra Club chapter and the Surfrider Foundation. Along with the plastic ban, the groups expect a small fee on paper bags to be implemented. A 10-cent fee would raise $20 million a year which would go toward restoring and protecting watersheds and rainforest areas that get trampled by non-native animals such as goats and pigs.
Hawaii’s action comes on the heels of a plastic ban in Los Angeles and about a dozen California municipalities.
Check out a video about plastic bans on the Documentary Channel here.

Grrrrrr!

Dog-walking protest planned for Toronto mosque

Toronto Sun:

Allan Einstoss, a jewish man is removed from the crowd at an Al-Quds rally is held at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Saturday, August 18, 2012.

Credits: VERONICA HENRI/QMI AGENCY

TERRY DAVIDSON | QMI AGENCY

TORONTO – A Facebook event has been launched inviting people to walk their dogs outside an east-end mosque during Islamic prayer sessions.

The call to action was launched to protest a man being arrested while walking his English mastiff at an anti-Israel rally at Queen’s Park last Saturday.
The Facebook page encourages people to bring dogs “of all colours and breeds” to the Salahuddin mosque in the city’s east end on Sept. 14.
On Saturday, a Jewish man was arrested while his dog near a rally held outside Queens Park by an Islamic group marking Al-Quds Day, a yearly event calling for the destruction of Israel and the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Allan Einstoss, a Jew who opposes the Al-Quds doctrine, showed up at the rally with his big-yet-friendly English mastiff, Cupcake. After Einstoss was allegedly told by an Al-Quds demonstrator to keep the dog away, he claims to have been punched in the chest by another. When Einstoss pushed back, he was handcuffed and held by Toronto police.

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via vladtepesblog.com

Woof!

Arrested for walking a dog?

"I was arrested at the rally for, "offending Islam" by walking in a PUBLIC park with my dog. Apparently, Muslims do not like dogs. I was warned by a few demonstrators not to go near them. Of course I ignored them and reminded them this is Canada, not Pakistan. Well I was assaulted and returned the favor in kind.

At that point I was jumped by four COPS, dragged off and hand cuffed. Oh my the police were so angry! They said I was, "insensitive" and "inciting a riot". 30 minutes later they cut me a big deal. No charges if I left. So I left. Imagine this happening in Canada? Walking a licensed dog on a leash at the park in front of our Provincial Legislature and being arrested for that simple act!"

NB: This is a therapy dog. Works at hospitals.

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now I know how to deal with such marches in the future. I'm always with a dog!

#Bono leaves message: A dog called #Hope // #ObamaEatsDogs

U2 FRONTMAN Bono, on holiday in Israel with his family, has left a poetic note at the luxury Jerusalem Hotel where they were staying.
The internationally renowned singer left the message in the guest book of the King David Hotel, according to the website BuzzFeed.
He has been visiting Israel with his wife and two sons.
The note, on headed hotel paper says: “Hope is like a faithful dog” and is signed by Bono, Ali, Elijah and John. It also includes Bono’s sketch of a dog.
The letter says: “In Jerusalem, hope springs eternal.
"Hope is like a faithful dog, sometimes she runs ahead of me to check the future, to sniff it out and then I call to her: Hope, Hope, come here, and she comes to me. I pet her, she eats out of my hand and sometimes she stays behind, near some other hope maybe to sniff out whatever was. Then I call her my Despair. I call out to her. Here, my little Despair, come here and she comes and snuggles up, and again I call her Hope."
He signed, "With great thanks for great room in great hotel in great city, Bono."
Israeli newspaper Harretz reports that Bono was believed to be in Israel for a private visit, and did not hold any performances.

If Obama's slogan was HOPE... and he eats dogs... what do you think Obama would do with a dog named HOPE?

Gone to the dogs

from what I know about Islam... they don't like dogs very much. Those dogs might be the best way to protect anyone who doesn't tow the line to appeasement. One almost wishes we would throw the entire middle east to the dogs.

(israelmatzav.blogspot.com) A number of Arab neighborhoods in 'east' Jerusalem are being overrun by packs of wild dogs, and there isn't anything the city can do about it. That's because the city cannot send municipal workers into those neighborhoods without an IDF escort, and the IDF has better things to do with its time. Really.

At least 150 wild dogs, many running in feral packs, have for months been roaming the streets of the Ras Hamis neighborhood, at the edge of Shuafat, itself a village within the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem.
The city has a full staff of dog catchers, but because of security concerns, a municipal spokesperson told reporters, they could only be sent in to do their jobs with an IDF or police crew to protect them, because of the strong likelihood that they will be pelted with stones or beaten with metal pipes – or worse – as has occurred on numerous occasions in the past.
As a result, residents of the neighborhood say they have taken to arming themselves with bricks and pipes to fight off the dog menace. The dogs, say the residents, are particularly vicious, and have chased and attacked many people, especially the elderly and children, who have a hard time outrunning them.
Attorney Nasrian Alian from the Israel Civil Rights Association said that the problem was present in all Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem. “In 2010 over 1,000 dogs were caught in Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem. The city's Veterinary Service does not provide sufficient services for the neighborhood and does not even operate in some of them – and they fail to do the job properly in areas where they do operate,” she told reporters.
In response, the municipality said that the IDF no longer permits municipal workers to enter some Arab neighborhoods without a security detail to protect them. Shuafat is one of those neighborhoods, the city said.
Attacks on Israeli workers in Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods are not uncommon, and numerous workers have been badly injured when Arabs converged on them as they tried to undertake maintenance work in Arab areas.

If they can't be civil, let them deal with - or go to - the dogs all by themselves.

Huff-Watch: HuffPost's anti-Israel incitement: Dog execution edition

(Huff Watch) If you saw the following headline published near the top of one of the world's most-read "news" websites --- which enjoys preferential treatment at White House press conferences, and claims it is nonpartisan --- what would you think?

BBC is for the Dogs

Reports that a Jewish rabbinical court in Israel condemned a stray dog to death by stoning have been strongly denied.

The source of the report, Israel's Maariv newspaper, apologised for its headline and for any offence caused.
The head of the court, Yehoshua Levin, was quoted by Maariv as saying: "There is no basis for abuse of animals from the side of Jewish Halacha [law].''
In a statement, the court denied that a dog had been condemned.
A dog had entered the court and been removed, it said.
The story was reported in the Israeli and international press, including the BBC News website.
The original reports said that the dog entered the Jerusalem financial court several weeks ago and would not leave.
It was reported that the dog reminded a judge of a curse passed on a now deceased secular lawyer about 20 years ago, when judges bid his spirit to enter the body of a dog. The animal was said to have escaped before the sentence was carried out.
An animal welfare organisation filed a complaint with the police against a court official. via bbc.co.uk  and image via en.wikipedia.org

the hatred at the Beeb is getting funny

Obama's Dog Quarantined in Hawaii

Must be a problem with his long-form birth certificate or something.

Even if you're the dog of the president of the United States, you still need to follow the rules. As the Obama family slowly trickles into Hawaii for the holidays (the first lady and first daughters jetted there over the weekend, but the president remains in Washington until Congress wraps up its business), the first dog, who is making his first trip to the island, is subject to the state's quarantine program.
The policy requires a veterinary exam upon landing, and the dog can be released on the same day if previous requirements and documentation have been fulfilled, including a fee, a microchip for identification, a rabies test and two rabies shots in the dog's lifetime (including one within 90 days).

Nice to see the Obamas flying there separately in order to save taxpayer money. Oh wait...

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Woof!

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Dogs Smarter Then Cats

The Telegraph reveals its canine bias:

Dogs are 'smarter than cats'
Dogs are cleverer than cats because their friendly character has helped them develop bigger brains, a study set to end the argument between pet lovers has shown.

The intelligence of “a man’s best friend” has evolved at a greater rate than the less social cat over millions of years, scientists at Oxford University have claimed.
It was often thought that the feline pet was smarter than its canine counterpart because it needed less attention but researchers have discovered that cat’s brains are smaller because they are less social.
...They found that there was a link between the size of an animal’s brain in relation to the rest of its body and how socially active it was.

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Grrrrrrrrrreat

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Fatwa against dogs and a solution. Hijab for your dog!

(UK) For a while now western nations have bent over backwards in which to accommodate the followers of Islam who happen to live within their borders. Anybody who objects to mosques,halal meat, Sharia law etc... is branded a racist and ostracised from decent society. One such example is how Manchester Airport in the north of England has set aside changing rooms for around 10,000 plus Muslims who they expect will undertake the Haj to Mecca. These changing rooms at Terminal One will enable these travellers to change into the simple white robes that Muslims clad themselves in while walking round Mecca. But the part which caught my eye is how spare robes will be made available for those travellers who feel that they have been contaminated by police dogs at the the airport. For years now all we have heard from protesting muslims is how they see our canine friends as unclean and that we have to respect their views by going nowhere near them with them.

despicable:

the biggest rise in dog fighting in over 100 years had been reported in the UK, surprisingly the idiots behind this despicable (and forbidden) act are all Islamic. get that the very people who protest about being near dogs are the very ones keeping them at home. (Which may help explain why 18 month old Zumer Ahmed was ripped apart by her uncles pitbull in the family kitchen.) Well returning to Manchester it seems that Arshad Hussain has just been found guilty of mistreating 4 pitbull types he kept in a lock-up at the back of the house. When the RSPCA raided his premises they found all the dogs sporting injuries consistent with dog fighting , he claims that they had been fighting amongst themselves. Yup that old excuse.
In light of this growth of this underground Islamic led dog fighting scene, the question needs to be asked is why do we continue to pander to this notion that we must respect Muslims by going nowhere near them with dogs when it transpires that they have no problems at all with dogs. I mean it didn't stop a number of Islamic idiots from trying to plant explosives inside a number of them the other-day in Iraq.

via eye-on-the-world.blogspot.com

Muhammad, profit of Islam,
hated dogs too.
Every soldier of Allah
seeks to emulate Muhammad
because he was the perfect man,
uswa hasana, al insan al kamil……

(Reuters) - A senior Iranian cleric has decreed dogs are “unclean” and should not be kept as pets — a move aimed at discouraging Western-style dog ownership in the Islamic state, a newspaper reported on Saturday
Dogs are considered “unclean” under Islamic tradition but, while relatively rare in Iran, some people do keep them as pets.
By issuing a fatwa — a religious ruling — Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has sent a clear message that this trend must stop.
“Friendship with dogs is a blind imitation of the West,” he was quoted as saying in Javan daily. “There are lots of people in the West who love their dogs more than their wives and children.”

Guard dogs and sheep dogs are considered acceptable under Islamic law but Iranians who carry dogs in their cars or take them to public parks can be stopped by police and fined.
The Koran does not explicitly prohibit contact with dogs, Shirazi said, but Islamic tradition showed it to be so. “We have lots of narrations in Islam that say dogs are unclean.”
The interpretation of religious rules on personal conduct is a constant source of debate and potential conflict in Iran which has been an Islamic republic since a revolution ousted the Western-backed Shah in 1979.
In a television interview last week, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad weighed in on the issue of the Islamic dress code, saying women who fail to cover their hair completely should not be harassed by the police.
Morality police are conducting their annual crackdown and women who reveal strands of hair are liable to be stopped in the streets for failing to respect the dress code, or “hijab.”
Ahmadinejad’s surprisingly liberal view was condemned by fellow hard-liner politicians and senior clerics “I wish he had not said those words about the hijab,” Grand Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati told the faithful during the week’s Friday prayers, in a rare criticism of the president.
“We are grappling with many problems including economic and political ones but the issues of morality and ethical security are among the important issues that cannot be ignored,” he said.
Tehran University has set up a thinktank “to investigate the problems related to hijab,” the representative of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the university announced on Monday.

via sheikyermami.com

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