Important Safety Tip!

From the French.  Who should know.

Signs someone is flipping to the Dark Side (tm).

My French is *way* worse than my Spanish.  That said, it looks like (to me), from top left:

Rejecting parents.

Rejecting family members

Changes in eating habits

Dropping out of school

No longer listening to music

No TV or movies

Quitting sports

Changes in style of clothing

Interest in extreme social websites

Absent the rejection of media, it sort of sounds like adolescence.

From the ever-on-top-of-things Weasel Zippers!

Hello, Benny of PA!!

The pack has grown by one new member - Benny:

This is Benny on his way to his new foster home a couple of months ago.

He has fit right in. Suzu and Griffin did the obligatory olfactory check (as did Benny), and that was about it for the first encounter.

He's hopped up to join me on the couch a couple of times - he is a serious snuggle-bug.  Seems pretty bomb-proof, not easily startled. Barked as I walked along the side of the house, so I now have the guard dog/alert dog function covered.

He does like to bark when he's excited. He stops if I clap my hand or stamp my foot in front of him, so the should be an easy correction.  He does not like the stairs here, but then who does?  They have narrow streads, and are pitched at a 45 degree angle, so they are a challenge.

But!  He's here, he fits in, and seems to be quite happy!

Benny at home in the office.

Three Things...

...from the reading list.  

First, A Demon's Nest of Sentiments:

Next, Pastor Phil:

Finally, Chris Muir has the poster du jour:

See the whole thing at Day By Day Cartoon

But wait, there's more...

Lest I forget:

Public Secrets reports: 

Once there was this neat thing called “Western Civilization,” which gave the world such wonderful ideas as human liberty, the worth of the individual, and the freedom to speak, write, and publish without the fear of being punished for what we say.
That was then, this is now:

And this, from Kate:

Vodkapundit:

I clicked the link from RCP, because I couldn't believe the text was an accurate description of the headline. I screencapped the headline because I couldn't believe it was an accurate description of the piece. But when Sally Kohn is the author, all bets on sanity are off — so, yes, the headline and link both accurately reflect today’s pravda from her perch at CNN

I love a good juxtaposition (from Weasel Zippers):

Islamodespicio me... (Updated)

Update  You gotta read this:

Book Review: Introduction to the Qur’an (1953) by Richard Bell

Some thoughts on Islam from around the web. Some are serious, some are what I consider humorous speculation.

Enjoy.

Velociman breaks a seven month silence:  No, the wretched fact is, and remains, that the West has been at war with militant Islam, off and on, for 1,400 years  Also found at Gerards:

Pretty much says it all, don'tcha think??

DougM at Sondrakistan: A phobia is an unreasonable fear (perverted in Progspeak to mean opposition to Prog Canon).So, who is it that fears Islam … unreasonably?

Roger Simon at PJ Media:

But a “sleeper cell” in the White House?  It would certainly explain Obama’s not going to France, which was a decision that hurt the USA, hurt the effort against Islamic terror and hurt the president’s already tarnished reputation into the bargain.

From The Diplomad:

We, however, have no President; and Obama, the man who pretends to be President, watched TV, instead.