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In what may be Governor Schwarzenegger's most sympathetic move yet to make housing more affordable for potential home-buyers in California, he does what he can to encourage young Californians to migrate away from the state, thus setting the stage for home-prices to spiral downwards.

With already ailing education budgets slashed even further, convicted criminals let loose to terrorize innocent citizens and 20% of state parks closed, the Governor hopes that more productive Californians will be encouraged to seek domicile in Oregon and nearby states. This calculated and clever move will enable property prices eventually to reach levels where the 22,000 inmates, who will be in dire need of good housing after their early releases, can afford them.

Fuck! I cannot think of any other word. Sorry.

I don't know about you, but I couldn't watch past the midpoint of this video. I was hoping to vent some in this article, but it doesn't seem to help! Perhaps the least I can do to show my support to PeTA (where I am a member) and to other animal rights organizations is to spread the word.

I bet half the people who wear fur will give it up if only they knew what went into making it for them, just as Erwin Schrödinger hypothesizes in his famous essay that half the people who ate meat will give up if only they had to kill the animal themselves!

The following video is not for the weak-hearted. Click not if you can stomach not. Instead just read the equally compelling but less shocking text at: http://www.peta.org/feat/ChineseFurFarms/index.asp

Again, here is a link to the full article at PeTA's site:

http://www.peta.org/feat/ChineseFurFarms/index.asp

Please support PeTA!

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Last night, I was at a networking social with the Olympic Opening Ceremony on an enormous screen. But I was there strictly to socialize and catch up with good friends. I could not bring myself to enjoy the opening ceremony, flamboyant and ostentatious as it was, in light of the appalling abuses of human and animal rights in a country where, at the very least, all this money could have been put to much worthier use in improving the human condition!

People might say that it's my loss for missing this magnificent display of oneness and splendor. But I don't see it. Fortunately for me, there is no dearth of interesting alternatives in today's world that can equally well and guiltlessly take up my time. Fortunately, I suffer the ancient Chinese curse. I live in interesting times. I must boycott the Olympics to protest in what little way I can against such appalling cruelty as PeTA exposes.