Similar to the concept of Lawfare. When a government can impose their laws or economic leverage on a foreign country thereby occupying them without troops or a military presence.
I work at a healthcare facility, and the "emotional support" animals are a huge problem. We only allow Service Animals in our building.
I frequently ask patients to keep their birds and even reptiles in the car.
The ADA is very specific in that they only recognize dogs and miniature horses as Service Animals.
It is worth noting that "emotional support" animals do not enjoy the same protections that the ADA provides.
It doesn't stop patients from claiming that their emotional support animal is an actual Service Animal, but requiring proof is a slippery slope toward a discrimination lawsuit.
Seems ridiulous that asking for proof of a valid service animal is a slippery slope. It seems welldefined, and a legit service animal would likely carry the documentation with them.
You're incorrect. Miniature horses are used in situations where someone is e.g. blind and also allergic to dogs. They're used as guide animals in much the same way as seeing eye dogs.
Indeed. I work at a local clinic and see the fallout of the opioid crisis on a daily basis.
I'm always surprised how the Opium Wars seldom comes up in these discussions.
Opioids are quite effective at coaxing a population into complacency. Unless the government intervenes, I don't see the problem slowing down anytime soon.
As someone else pointed out, the lobbyists are very influential...
I've noticed a decline in Monarchs here in Northern California as well. The very few I do see are colored differently than when I was a kid.
They used to be a deep orange hue, but now they are all a pasty yellow color. At first I thought it was a different species. I've mentioned it to other people, but they don't really care. They're more interested in upgrading their cell phone or checking their instabook.
The monarch population is actually declining to dangerous levels. Scientists believe this is due to the decline of the milkweed plant which is the monarch's main source of food.
I have the same experience. I've never met anyone else with my name - Nehemiah.
If I order food, I use the name Tom. No one wants to spell my name out, including me. Also the consonants are easily confused, so if I do spell it out people are like, N-E-A-T...Tom is easier for everyone involved.
It does create a talking point when I mention to people that Tom is not my real name.
I do agree with the article. Having a unique name does seem to imply to other people that I am a little different.
I've taken to this mainly because my name has two syllables and still gets mangled out of shape by restaurant staff. For me the inside joke is that I get to pick the name of a favourite author, eg. Frank (herbert), Herb (Wells), Max (Muller), Fritz (Leiber), etc.
Hmmmm...I'm trying to verify the outage in LA. The tweet about the power outage at LAX is from today, but the other tweet in the example is from 2/22/17. No articles about a power outage in LA are popping up on google. Something about this article feels a bit click-baity.
Unless a bunch of outages have cleared up, looks pretty typical to me. The biggest outage I'm seeing on that map is labelled as planned maintenance, affecting 66 people. Nothing major on the LADWP map either.
I lived in NYC during the 2001 blackout. It was the first power outage since 1977. The lights don't go out in NYC...it's a really big deal when they do.
Meanwhile, if you read the subway service advisories, there's always some sort of issue causing delays. I saw the notifications about the power outages today and thought absolutely nothing of it. If the entire system went offline, that's kind of a big deal. But it's one station without lighting.
Santa Rosan checking in. Can confirm, we have a lot of really great breweries here. I'm surprised there was no mention of Pliney the Younger by Russian River Brewery in the article. This town fills up with people from around the world when that beer comes out. I've never actually tried it because I have better things to do than wait in line for 3 hours for a beer. Especially when there are so many top shelf selections to choose from.
It is a little odd that Russian River doesn't show up in the "Top Breweries" list. I like Bear Republic, but I would go to RR any day over them, and not just for Pliny.
