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Critters

Cattlemen, all in a dither

The Missouri Cattlemen got together, and worked themselves up into a froth of anxiety about HSUS. You know that HSUS has to be doing something right when a meeting of cattlemen talks more about HSUS than cattle. Michael Parson was doing his usual: using his elected position to bully non-profits because he doesn’t agree with them. Anyway, […]

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Critters

Puppies may be going away

I am considering discontinuing this site. I want to focus more generally on animal issues, rather than only puppy mills in the state of Missouri. I’m also running into difficulties with getting records from the state and the USDA. Especially, and surprisingly, the USDA. Without the power of a team of lawyers behind you, it’s […]

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Burningbird

Kernel panics and nodes

Something is up with my VPS (virtual private server) the last 24 hours. I’ve twice had memory spikes that caused a kernel panic, which basically flat lined my system. I did find out I was using an outdated Linode kernel, so hoping this might have led to the problem. Otherwise, I’ll have to indulge in […]

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HTML5 W3C

This week in HTML5 in verse

This week in HTML5…in verse. So <time> is saved though it may be changed, and <data> is on the horizon. <hgroup> is going, you can hear it moaning, as HTML5 continues to wizen.

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Critters

Draft ACFA Rules

I have a draft of the ACFA rules after the modification by the “Missouri Solution”. These are draft until vetted by the Secretary of State. The Humane Society of the US, the ASPCA, and the Best Friends Society had mixed reviews of the new rules. On the plus side, a veterinarian annual exam must be physical, not visual. […]