August 31, 2016

Surviving and thriving: Chancellor Lee Adams turns 16

In 1999, they tried to kill Chancellor Lee Adams before he was born.

They conspired to commit murder – to shoot and kill his mother. That way the unborn baby’s life would end, too, and his father wouldn’t have to pay any child support. It was a horrific crime that altered Chancellor’s life forever and exposed us all to the dark side of professional sports.

And yet here is the son of former Carolina Panthers first-round draft pick Rae Carruth. He is smiling, holding on to his grandmother’s arm and walking slowly toward the horse named “Raider” that he rides every week.

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Chancellor has special needs. Owing to his traumatic birth, he has cerebral palsy. Loss of blood and oxygen the night of his birth caused permanent brain damage. When he was born, he looked blue.

link: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/scott-fowler/article45045603.html#storylink=cpy

I remember this case vaguely. I was surprised when it happened.
After seeing he helped kill his g/f I thought he was garbage
But reading this, Rae Carruth is much worse than that
3 of the 4 people involved have apologized to the mother of the woman they killed...
Guess which one hasn't
The loser gets out in a couple of years

August 29, 2016

The Vampire Hedgehog 3 Adorably Cute photos

Move over Bunnicula there's now Huff, the Vampire (?) Hedgehog

3-year-old Huff, a rescued hedgehog that lives in Utah, who’s not just your regular sweet-looking hedgehog, he has a pair of vampy fangs that should scare all of us, but we’re really just collectively going ‘awww!’

link
http://www.top13.net/rescued-cute-vampire-hedgehog-instagram/?utm_source=rcm&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=animals

August 23, 2016

That's Brigadier Penguin to you

Nils Olav the most famous king penguin in the world, parades his way to a new honour

On Monday morning, 22 August, His Majesty the King of Norway’s Guard paid a very special visit to RZSS Edinburgh Zoo to bestow a unique honour upon our resident king penguin Sir Nils Olav. Already a knight, the most famous king penguin in the world was given the new title of “Brigadier Sir Nils Olav”.

The prestigious title was awarded during a special ceremony which was attended by over 50 uniformed soldiers of His Majesty the King of Norway’s Guard, who are taking part in The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo this year. Sir Nils paraded his way up Penguin Walk, whilst inspecting the soldiers of the Guard.

0The regal, black, white and yellow bird is the mascot of His Majesty the King of Norway’s Guard and in 2008 was awarded a knighthood, an honour approved by King Harald V of Norway.

Nils Olav’s story goes back as far as 1972, when a king penguin at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo was named after two people: Major Nils Egelien, who organised his adoption by RZSS Edinburgh Zoo in 1972, and the then-King of Norway, King Olav. RZSS Edinburgh Zoo has had a long history with penguins and Norway, with the Norwegian family of Christian Salvesen presenting the Zoo with its first king penguins in 1914. Soon after, in 1919, the Zoo had the first successful hatching of a king penguin chick, the first outside of the South Atlantic. Since then, RZSS Edinburgh Zoo has been pioneering the science and care of penguins, and penguins have remained an iconic and integral part of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland ever since.

link:
http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/news/article/11711/nils-olav-the-most-famous-king-penguin-in-the-world-parades-his-way-to-a-new-honour/

August 23, 2016

Duck cheers up dog who was depressed for two years after his best friend died

Jacqui Litton, based in Corryton, Tennessee, has a dog named George.

George has been sad and mopey ever since his best friend, a Labrador called 'Blackie' died in 2014. On the anniversary of Blackie's death, a duck wandered onto the Litton's property. According to Litton, the duck seemed to be trying to comfort sad George.

They had been together for 12 years. George has been heart broken and has grieved with anxiety so bad that he has almost died twice. We have no idea where this duck came from but he sure does love George and since the duck has arrived George has not cried one time.

link:
http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/duck-cheers-up-dog-who-was-depressed-for-two-years-after-his-best-friend-died--bkn1Qr4pPZ?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100

cute pics at the link and a short video
i'd post them but that'd take away from going to the Independent that is reoprting it

August 12, 2016

Three stupidest things I have read/heard in the last 24 Hours -- Election Edition

1. The DNC staffer that was killed was likely a hit job and probably by HRC - Fox News
2. The myriad of explanations about what Il Douche really meant by 2nd Amendment solutions.
Funny how he means what he says and then when he says something caustically stupid... "He didn't mean that."
3. And this for me takes the cake for stupidity...
In response to the Roger Ailes sick saga at Faux someone responded
'Anything to get Hillary's pay-for-play at the state department off the front page.'
That's the ticket... It's probably Morgan Fairchild that did it all

on edit: Eric Bolling and Monica Crowley said 'hit job'
Yes friends and neighbors Bolling is the stupid one