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Politicians parade their faith as if gullibility were a positive trait.
~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 61)

In a perfect world, animals would be free to live their lives to the fullest: raising their young, enjoying their native environments, and following their natural instincts. However, domesticated dogs and cats cannot survive “free” in our concrete jungles, so we must take as good care of them as possible. People with the time, money, love, and patience to make a lifetime commitment to an animal can make an enormous difference by adopting from shelters or rescuing animals from a perilous life on the street. But it is also important to stop manufacturing “pets”, thereby perpetuating a class of animals forced to rely on humans to survive.
~ PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Companion Animals: Pets or Prisoners?

Arctic sea ice is melting much faster than even the most optimistic computer climate models predicted. Oddly, the scientists refer to this as the computer models being too conservative. They don’t mean conservative in the sense of erring on the side of safety. They mean erring on the side of predicting too little change. You could also say they mean conservative in the sense of too much conservative, Christian-right, god-will-rescue-us-from-any-folly, wishful thinking.
~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 61)