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Marco Rubio is toast: Fox News trips up another Republican with simple Iraq war question

First it was Jeb Bush. Today, Marco Rubio seemed unprepared and uninformed for the question of the week on Iraq

“This is as important as the Berlin Wall”: A former leader of UN Peacekeeping operations remembers 9/11

In the first major challenge of my UN tenure I urged caution, and have never regretted it

All special-needs parents know

A mother is suing after she and her daughter are kicked off their flight home. It could have just as easily been me

The 5 stages of TV finale grief: As a beloved show ends, our collective mourning begins

First, we deny that Don Draper and Dave Letterman are leaving us. Then we move on to the anger, the bargaining ...

Hate at Seton Hall: Priest alleges he was fired for supporting LGBT rights on Facebook

"I've been fired from SHU for posting a pic on FB supporting LGBT "NO H8". I'm sorry it was met with this response"

Hog manure’s disgusting king: How corporate pig production made North Carolina nasty

Dump the manure straight into streams? Sure! Just destroy the lives of rural Americans ...

“We are born into this”: Meet the First Nations leader who defeated a mining behemoth

Marilyn Baptiste on the fight to defeat one of British Columbia's biggest, and destructive, mines

The Shakers — the ones who made furniture and hated sex — were not only ahead of their time on women’s rights, they were ahead of ours, too

The Shakers believed in one unassailable truth: That equality of the sexes is a human right

“This is how I talk!”: Louis C.K. brings his sublime gift of awkwardness to season’s finest sketch

It was on "Saturday Night Live," but it could've easily been on "Louie"

Will Sit For Food

Just returned from visit with V’s mom, or for the sake of this dog blog, Daisy’s grandma. Hound wolfed down a slice of fresh-out-of the-oven, flakey-crusted cheese pie and a half dozen handmade breadsticks, plus the kibble and food scraps left out for stray cats. Oh well, it’s not everyday Daisy gets to see grandma so I let her indulge.  

 

She’s back to her normal bottomless-pit level of consumption. Couple of days ago she was heaving up slimy hunks of grass, so I held off on the kibble and put her on rice and boiled chicken diet. Pure pumpkin and yogurt are other tummy-settling cures I’ve tried in the past. I realize it’s normal for pets to eat grass and puke. Someone told me that young spring grass tastes sweeter so that’s why dogs go nuts over it. Still, when I saw the amount she’d purged I was concerned. Not surprising. I’m a dotting pet parent. As market research will attest, those of us who fuss over the care and feeding of pets is a multiplying breed. Just walk into any Petco, PetSmart, or boutique pet mart and you’ll see what I mean. Or turn on the TV. Yesterday I saw a commercial for Bake a Bone, basically a bone-shaped mold into which you can pour your organic puree made from the bonus cookbook: https://www.bakeabone.com

This “as seen on TV” item is something I’d consider buying if it weren’t for the trillions of treats already available. Even for the most discerning pet parent there’s enough gluten free, non-China-made, organic yummies to choose from without one having to get all Betty Crocker. In terms of foodstuff my two- and four-legged companions are treated equally. Around this house both man and dog are well fed and cost about the same to run. However, if Daisy starts smoking and drinking we could be in serious financial trouble.

Heads up! For those of you who live in NKLA mark your calendar: Super Adoption coming up in May. http://bfla.bestfriends.org/events.html

 It’s estimated that over 17,000 dogs were killed in Los Angeles animal shelters last year due to overcrowding. For animal lovers everywhere, even one is too many. So spread the word—adopt, spay, and neuter. After all, as always, it’s all about the dog!