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Classic movies to the rescue! – David Brussat

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Photo: “John Waters puffs out a mixed message.” Wrong decade, but no matter. (Joaquín Aldeguer) by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There – a repose on Turner Classic Movies It seems that Turner Classic Movies is at risk of being canceled. A trio of superheroes (mega movie stars and producers) has ridden to the rescue , for now, of the channel for people who like old and relatively old films, but the battles between streaming giants for audience share keeps TCM in a per Pet ual shadow. I don’t know or want to know anything about the competition for audience share, which seems to me to involve too much reverence for people with minimal taste, whose need for extremely loud and tedious content seems to override the needs of those with a little more taste, at least in the minds of those who set the parameters of this battle of post-Hollywood titans. But I do know that life will be poorer for me if I cannot have my usual fix of old movies. My patience genera...

Write a message to the breeder and rescue a hound to give her the best possible life.

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What would you say to someone you know who hurt your terrier or any breed ? Like Theresa Strader, there are so many things you want to scream about, which is why today we applaud the courage of this woman who after trying to adopt her gray terrier named Lily , wanted to make the story known and remove it from those who treated her so badly. In 2007 National Mill Dog Rescue was born in honor of Lily, a dog who came to Theresa’s side in the worst conditions.  The little animal had spent the 7 years of her life on a breeding farm  where she kept it in a small enclosure with little food and no veterinary care. During that time, the dog did not know what it was like to play or run outdoors since they only had her to reproduce her indiscriminately. When the furry one was rescued  , she was riddled with mammary tumors and had no jaw  due to an accident that no one on the farm could explain. The signs of abuse in the dog were evident, she also had a great fear of humans. Life h...