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A GROUP OF golden retrievers were sent from a Lutheran organisation in Illinois to Newtown, Connecticut, where they will comfort the survivors and others affected by the recent massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The group of 10 dogs arrived in Newtown late Saturday night from Lutheran Church Charities in Addison, Ill. — which is near Chicago, according to the organisation’s website. They were in attendance for US President Barack Obama’s speech at an interfaith gathering Sunday night.
“Dogs are non-judgmental. They are loving. They are accepting of anyone,” Tim Hetzner, the organization’s president, told The Chicago Tribune. “It creates the atmosphere for people to share.”
The dogs have travelled across the country to places devastated by tragedies like Superstorm Sandy and the tornado in Joplin, Missouri.
Chewie (left), Ruthie (back) and Luther (right).
That’s Barnabas (left with Dan Fulkerson) and Prince (right with Pastor Tim Engel).
Images: Lutheran Church Charities. See more here.
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Bolivia now should offer Mr Snowden a passport.
That will allow the man to legally travel (one way or another) and at the same time will be an “Up Yours!” to the American bullying government.
I’m sick of the double standards coming from America right now.
Simple logical solution
It’s all getting a bit messy now.
Can’t wait for the movie.
Not a film but air crash investigation..
@ joe dangermouse
There is really no way American fighter planes could fire on another countries plane (unless they claim it was an accident of course!). To do so would be an act of war by America.
Would they be that bravado and stupid? Sadly maybe!
well they did it to united 93!
Hi j.rudd,in your first paragraph you said that the Americans would never do such a thing,and in your second paragraph you said they just might.
Been honest I wouldn’t put anything past the C.I.A..I mean what’s your real opinion??.
You made a good point but its conflicted in a way.:-)
Hi j.rudd,in your first paragraph you said that the Americans would never do such a thing,and in your second paragraph you said they just might.
Been honest I wouldn’t put anything past the C.I.A..I mean what’s your real opinion??.
You made a good point but its conflicted in a way.:-)
@ joe dangermouse
Very very well said J. Rudd, sick of the Americans bullying the world, and doing what they go to war to supposedly stop others doing..bunch of fouling asshoels
Had to misspell stuff there to get past the journals ‘bad language’ policy…which to be honest is a bit of a joke considering some of the bile that gets posted.
Proof?
An act of war by America wouldn’t be that unusual, they’ve been at war almost continuously since ww2.
You’re a dick with comments like that!!
Green burqa that is
Why can’t the receiving Nation issue temporary travel documents for the individual which are vouched for by their Government. Simples !
Same here!!
That was a test comment I left there as I can’t reply to the pro life comments in another post booo this will be removed shortly I suspect
@ Ken Corcoran Watch this, and youre a the Dick not me.
http://www.sott.net/article/214988-The-Original-Pentagon-Strike-Flash-Video
Go Venezuela!!
A nice house overlooking lake titicaca. If he could only get there. Personally I would not be sitting beside him at 40000 ft. Incase I got the wrong meal if you know what I mean.
Delighted, to follow ones conscious is a rare thing these days. Good look to him
In my opinion the greatest risk to #Snowden of assassination comes from enemies of the US.
A framing to look like a US retaliation would be even more damaging than his revelations.
Now cowardly drone on attack’s on La Paz , and its citizens ??
Civilians in La Paz be aware
Snowden speaks:
http://wikileaks.org/Statement-from-Edward-Snowden-in.html
The issue of his lacking a passport brings up the question about the passports held by those being “renditioned” by the US CIA. Did their prisoners have passports when they landed in Shannon?
Meanwhile there are close to 100,000 Bolivians living in the USA.
To the people who are about to red thumb me, just think about that.
And what I mean that is, any country that has a significant number of its own population living abroad needs to take a hard look at itself before its leader starts making proclamations such as morales has done.
Sorry had to red thumb you Declan. The world needs whistleblowers like Snowden to let the rest of us know what really goes on. He has ruined his life doing this, and I hope one of those countries lets him in.
So Declan,what you mean is ( a significant number of people) have no right to say anything ? You mean the Irish in USA among others ? Sorry, I do not fully understand you.
You don’t know what you mean, Declan. Two posts and you still can’t put together a meaningful thought.
Padraic, I never said they had no right to say anything!
My point is that the US has offered sanctuary to all these people and someone like morales seems to neglect this. I wondering if he’s pandering to his base. He is a politician right. You know how they are.
Seamus, I do know what I mean. All these people getting high and mighty and ignoring the fact that the US still remains a sanctuary for people around the world.
We can have a debate about snowden but too many people here are making outlandish statements about the US on this.
Padraic above saying that the US will launch drone strikes on Bolivia?!
Absolute bollix!
If he is so right why aren’t other countries taking him except for one or two places that have questionable human rights records and freedom of the press.
So I ask again. Morales is a politician and maybe he’s pandering to his base.
Politicians do lie.
And Seamus, there is a different path that he could have taken that would have allowed him to let people know what’s going on.
Good man Declan, well said.
And did you ever wonder why so many Bolivians have had to leave their country? The US government and US companies have been a highly destructive force in Bolivia. It’s one of the poorest countries in South America even though it’s extremely wealthy in resources like tin and natural gas. American companies have effectively pillaged them in the past.
In 1999, even the water supply was privatised under a right wing government and a US company Bechtel were granted rights. They doubled the price of water and many people in Bolivia couldn’t afford it and it took an uprising from the people to renationalise it!
Evo Morales has done his best to reverse these destructive policies. He has nationalised the natural gas industry for instance.
Edward Snowden is a hero and he deserves protection. I don’t care if Maduro or Morales are political point-scoring I just want to see him safe.
What path is that?
Can I just ask a couple of questions which will probably gets loads of red thumbs but its a question that has an answer in, or at least to me it has….
It’s not me sayin what he has done is right or wrong .
Mr Snowden must have a slightly higher IQ than most especially to have held the job that he did in the US, when he decided to release this info/ documents ,he’s surely considered the consequences ?
How come if he’s that intelligent he’s now in a place in the world that he can’t get out of? How come he did not get to any of these South American Countries before he released this info ?
Because I would say he thought the Chinese would welcome him with open arms. Once the milked him dry of all the info he had they had no more use for him same with the Russians.
The Russians offered asylum if he stopped leaking, obviously he doesn’t intend to stop
“…all the info he had.” ?
You mean what was published in the Guardian? That info?
I would say there is a lot more he hasn’t told the papers. He had access to everything.
Saying it doesn’t make it so.
“Leaker” is a pejorative invented by the US State Department. Kindly show a little more respect for Snowden’s courage and placing himself at risk in the interest of disclosing illegal and immoral acts by his employers.
I will expect the Journal to refrain from such propagandist euphemisms in the future.
Try this:
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/11/whistleblowers_v_leakers/
Immoral you might say, illegal not so.
The laws in both Britain and America allow their security services to do it. And as most people are most likely using an American owned Web server that is working with said security services there was no illegality.
Might I recommend you read the 4th amendment to the US constitution. It is unequivocal that probable cause is necessary to conduct a search on an individual or their property. There is NO probable cause that virtually Americans and most Europeans are engaged in criminal activity, and therefore the mass surveillance is illegal and unconstitutional in the US:
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”
That’s pretty clear, isn’t it?
If you read the Patriot Act it gives the American Government the American right to eves drop on electronic communications. Plus if you had not noticed in the Senate hearings they had a Federal Judge sing warrants as “belt and braces” coverage.
A law that is unconstitutional is no law at all. Congress could well pass a law that requires you to worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster. That would be unconstitutional. But some, like you, I presume, would insist that it is illegal for US citizens not to worship the FSM.
Segregation was “legal”, though it was unconstitutional, violating the “equal protection” clause.
Slavery was “legal”. The genocide of the Native Americans was “legal”.
Similarly, The “Patriot” Act. First amendment, fourth amendment, fifth, sixth, and eighth amendments are thown under a bus. It is an anathema to anyone who supports constitutional governance.
He has one big problem to over come. How is he going to get to South America? No country in Europe will let any plane carrying him enter their airspace. So he is going nowhere.
You can get to South America from Moscow without crossing European airspace. That’s one of the benefits of living on a sphere.
The only direct flights from Moscow to Central/South America are to Cuba I believe and even they have to refuel in Shannon. And the American Government have already sent a request to the Irish Government to apprehend him if he lands in Ireland.
And if he tried to fly the opposite direction across Asia he would have to fly either over Japanese or Philliphino airspace and would have to refuel in one of the Pacific Islands like Tahaiti or Samoa one a French colony and the other allied to the US. So that is a non starter.
All European countries do not have all passenger lists of all aircraft overflying their airspace.
Flights from Moscow to Havana are 12 hrs non-stop and do not overfly Ireland.
But they do have to fly over European airspace. And you can bet that every flight is being watched.
Yes, flights are being watched. Air Traffic Control monitors air traffic over most of the world.
How is that relevant to Snowden’s hypothetical flight from Moscow to Cuba?
Most US corporations have a whistleblower process? What’s the big fuss?
Is he sending his plane back to get him?
Awful tabloid article.
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