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Archive for February, 2008
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The 8 Signs of Groupthink
Posted on February 27, 2008 | 2 CommentsGroupthink is an endemic problem of groups and bureaucracies charged with making decisions when the decision makers use peer pressure to limit debate, enforce an often false consensus, and avoid... -
Killing for a Myth
Posted on February 25, 2008 | 18 CommentsIn my recent correspondence with a pet rescuer who has yet to embrace No-Kill, I saw firsthand the phenomenon that Nathan Winograd discusses in Redemption: that we hear so much... -
Parroting PeTA
Posted on February 22, 2008 | 18 CommentsHere’s an e-mail I got today from a horse and dog rescuer (Help A Horse Organization) who is rather miffed at my “Buy From a Breeder” rhetoric. I think she... -
Hatred for Winograd
Posted on February 19, 2008 | 2 CommentsAn unintended occurance of a visual double negative. When paradigms shift and the new guard replaces the old guard there is generally a lot of spitting and cursing and ill... -
We Feel Fine
Posted on February 15, 2008 | No CommentsI just got a click through from a rather strange looking address, www.wefeelfine.org, and I thought I’d investigate. It turns out that it’s a rather fascinating project (with a Stanford... -
Memes about Me
Posted on February 15, 2008 | 4 CommentsI rarely participate in chain letters (and I do recall getting one or two physical letters before the internet was popular) or mass e-mails and the like (they still arrive... -
Happy Valentine’s Day
Posted on February 14, 2008 | 2 CommentsHappy St. Valentine’s Day from Gemma, Mercury, Bella, Zeke, Maximus, and Stella Rose! * * *Comments and disagreements are welcome, but be sure to read the Comment Policy. If this... -
Buy From A Breeder
Posted on February 13, 2008 | 4 CommentsThe New York Times is a little slow on the uptake and is just now reporting on PeTA’s disgraceful advertising campaign featuring dead dogs in body bags and the message... -
BC/R&F: Viggo Mortensen
Posted on February 13, 2008 | No CommentsI began the Border Collies of the Rich and Famous series with the decidedly sub-par performance of one-time BC owner Ellen DeGeneres. We turn things around this time with exemplar... -
I have to buy WHAT?
Posted on February 12, 2008 | 7 CommentsHere’s a post that I wrote up a few months ago that I neglected to publish at the time. Breeding and not-breeding dogs has made for some classic conversations at...
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