Word: bashings
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...Chinese province of Shandong and the southwestern province of Yunnan had turned dramatically against their canine populations. Instead of vaccinating people's pets to prevent further spread of the disease, local officials marched through village streets banging pots and pans. Whatever barking that ensued was quickly silenced by a bash to the dog's head. Bureaucrats in Yunnan's rural Mouding County reported that 54,429 dogs, or 99% of local canines, had been killed since July 25. And in Shandong's agricultural Jining County, many of the estimated 500,000 dogs who lived in a 3 mile radius...
...Which makes the town's main social event, the annual Eucla Golf Day in May, something of a wingding. They've even had clergymen from Esperance, 900 km away, drive in for the bash, which last year raised $A5,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Considering the state of the rocky course spiked with grass (fairway 9 also doubles as a rifle range, but not on the same day), that says a lot about the town's ability to put on a party spread. Even the police are roped in for the occasion. "Before Golf...
...hard to keep up the optimistic spin. Shi'ite and Sunni politicians may now sit together, but their mutual hostility is undiminished, undermining the government--and al-Maliki can only look on helplessly. A political lightweight and compromise candidate, the Prime Minister doesn't have the clout to bash heads, much less deliver on his promises to pursue insurgents with "no mercy" and crush the militias "with an iron fist." As the politicians continue to bicker, the big tent is looking shaky; there were calls last week for several ministers--including the Interior chief--to be replaced...
...While their opponents bash them as too close to Bush and the Republican leadership, these members are constantly emphasizing their differences with leading Republicans, occasionally to the point of sounding like Democrats. Simmons in Connecticut is touting his endorsements from labor unions, while Johnson is calling on Bush to get rid of the penalty for seniors who sign up late for the prescription drug plan. And all three supported the stem-cell bill that Bush vetoed. In this part of the country, every step that GOP candidates take away from Bush may be one step closer to reelection...
...Until the Repubicans have a plan of their own to tout, says GOP political consultant Cathy Santos, it won't do much good to bash the Governor's. "It's like a puppy bill. Of course people are going to support the notion. He's doing his job. Blagojevich is being a Democrat and Democrats like these big social programs," Santos says. "But where are the Republicans with their counter? Do we just shoot it down and wait for another Democratic plan to shoot down, or do we come up with an alternative...