Maybe Leave Dogs Out of This Anti- Vaccine Nonsense. Vaccines are good. Dogs are good—in fact, very very good, aren’t you girl?
Vaccines are good. Dogs are good—in fact, very very good, aren’t you girl? Unfortunately, some bad owners who have bought into scientifically unsupported anti. Unfortunately, some bad owners who have bought into scientifically unsupported anti- vaccine propaganda have begun choosing not to vaccinate their dogs, fearing that choosing to properly inoculate their canines will give them dog autism, the Daily Beast reported . Dog autism, of course, is not really a thing.“We see a higher number of clients who don’t want to vaccinate their animals,” the Veterinarian Wellness Center of Boerum Hill, New York’s Dr. Amy Ford told the Brooklyn Paper. This may be stemming from the anti- vaccine movement, which people are applying to their pets.”“I had a client concerned about an autistic child who didn’t want to vaccinate the dog for the same reason,”added Dr. Stephanie Liff, who works for Clinton Hill’s Pure Paws Veterinary Care. We’ve never diagnosed autism in a dog. I don’t think you could.”According to Pet. MD, research since 1. Brainstorm (aka Genitus and Charon) is a never-ending font of ideas. Whether he's in the middle of a battle or consciously working on another of his projects, new. But Pet. MD noted that it’s very difficult to translate a complex psychological condition in humans to a direct doggie equivalent—and “a number of other difficult- to- diagnose canine conditions (e. A dog with autism might require different behavioral management strategies than other dogs, Pet. MD noted, but this would mostly extend to helping the dog avoid whatever triggers atypical behavior or identifying activities which will reduce its stress.“For instance, if your dog becomes fearful and aggressive when approached by strangers at the dog park, don’t go to the dog park,” Pet. MD wrote. “A walk down a quiet trail is a better option.”But this is all somewhat beside the point, since the scientific community is very clear there is no link whatsoever between vaccination and autism—and the whole ant- vaccine movement is deeply rooted in senseless and offensive stigmatization and fear- mongering. The idea of subjecting your poor good boy or girl to the risk of preventable illnesses like rabies, which will definitely kill your dog, because of something Jenny Mc. Carthy or discredited scientist Andrew Wakefield said is deeply sad. They’re good dogs Brent. While a few anecdotes does not a widespread social trend make, it’s probably best this one gets nipped in the bud.[Brooklyn Paper via the Daily Beast]. Clone Wars | Wookieepedia | FANDOM powered by Wikia. Clone Wars"It is possible that the war itself has been only one further move in some greater game."―Palpatine[src]The Clone Wars (2. BBY), also known as the Clone War and the Great Clone War, was the name given to the major galactic conflict fought between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The war was named after the clone troopers utilized by the Republic against the battle droid forces of the Separatists. These armies, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Separatist Droid Army, were two of the largest ever pitted against each other in galactic history, and the fighting between them rapidly spread to countless inhabited worlds. Beginning with the First Battle of Geonosis, both sides scored significant victories over the other, and at different times during the war either seemed likely to triumph. The first two years of the war saw both sides skirmish with and raid each other, while fighting a handful of significant battles and trying to gain allies while they built up their respective war industries. A series of Republic defeats in the war's second year culminated in Operation Durge's Lance, a major strike into the Core Worlds led by the Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies, General Grievous. After the defeat of Grievous' forces in the Core, however, the Republic gained traction when it mobilized its greater industrial base. Using superior numbers, the Republic drove Separatists from the Core and Colonies and engaged them in their own territories, a series of attritional campaigns known as the Outer Rim Sieges. In an effort to reverse the course of the war, Grievous launched a massive strike on Coruscant through the Deep Core. Much of the Confederate fleet was lost and their Head of State. Count. Dooku was killed over Coruscant. General Grievous was subsequently killed at the Battle of Utapau. This, coupled with the issuing of Order 6. At the time, it was the largest galactic conflict to date. Unbeknownst to most of those involved, the conflict was started, maintained, and eventually ended by the Dark Lord of the Sith. Darth Sidious, whose ultimate goal was the transformation of the Republic into the Galactic Empire with him as Emperor as well as the eradication of the Jedi Order through the Great Jedi Purge. The conflict led to the Order of the Sith Lords controlling the dominant galactic government. Origins. Tensions in the Rim"I will not let this Republic which has stood for a thousand years be split in two. My negotiations will not fail.""If they do, you must realize there aren't enough Jedi to protect the Republic. We are keepers of the peace, not soldiers."―Palpatine and Mace Windu[src]Although the Clone Wars officially began in 2. BBY at the Battle of Geonosis, their origins could be found over a century earlier. Though a fictive event controlled by Darth Sidious, the war had its origins in the age- old divide between the galaxy's inner and outer systems. In 1. 24 BBY, the Galactic Senate passed two critical pieces of legislation: the entire Outer Rim Territories were declared a Free Trade Zone, repealing numerous sector- level taxes. Since the Ruusan Reformations of 1. BBY and the abolition of a centralized Republic Navy, the Outer Rim had been plagued by piracy and slavers, breeding political isolation. The act hoped to jump- start legitimate commerce and so restore ties between the Core and the Rim. Additionally, the status of "functional constituencies" was extended to include Senatorial representation of the galaxy's largest guilds and corporations.[6]These twin acts benefited various mega- corporations, including the Inter. Galactic Banking Clan and the Corporate Alliance, but none more so than the Trade Federation, a Neimoidian trade cartel. The Trade Federation rapidly expanded into the Outer Rim, stifled competition, and enforced deals with its powerful Trade Defense Force. By 6. 7 BBY it enjoyed full voting privileges in the Galactic Senate, and within a decade commanded the votes of hundreds of systems.[7] Many on Coruscant supported the Trade Federation, admiring the TDF's rapid extinction of piracy on the major hyperlanes. Others bemoaned Trade Federation corruption and the extinction of representation for the systems it controlled.[8]The issue of the Outer Rim polarized the Senate. By 5. 2 BBY, a faction known as the Militarists had emerged on Coruscant, calling for the restoration of the centralized Republic Military to restore order on the Rim. Meanwhile, a terrorist group known as the Nebula Front declared its intention to fight the Trade Federation by any means necessary. Amid this political storm began the career of one Senator. Palpatine of Naboo, representing the Chommell sector. Unbeknownst to all at the time and unclear to the rest of the galaxy until many decades later, Palpatine was in fact Darth Sidious, apprentice to the Dark Lord of the Sith. Darth Plagueis. Over the next two decades, he would manipulate the tensions between the Core and the Rim and the government and the Trade Federation to finally fulfill Darth Bane's. Grand Plan, a thousand- year scheme by the Order of the Sith Lords to foment a war that would destroy the Republic.[9]As Sidious, he fomented the Stark Hyperspace War of 4. BBY, a ruse cooked up by him, the Federation, and Iaco Stark so that the Trade Federation could demand additional rights to increase protection on its ships. As Palpatine, he worked his way into Supreme Chancellor. Finis Valorum's confidence as an opponent of the Trade Federation. In 3. 3 BBY, he encouraged Valorum to restore taxation on the Outer Rim trade routes in order to break the Trade Federation's power. In exchange, Valorum offered the Neimoidians the right to unlimited defense of their merchant ships. However, the attack on their finances through taxation drove the Trade Federation, the IG Banking Clan, and the Corporate Alliance together. After a disastrous summit on Eriadu that saw four Federation board members murdered at Sidious' behest, Nute Gunray was elevated to the position of Trade Federation Viceroy. With the Trade Federation radicalized and Baktoid Armor Workshop and Haor Chall Engineering filling its ever- larger orders for a new Droid Army, Darth Sidious approached Gunray and encouraged him to make a stand that would force the Senate to back down over the taxation of trade routes.[1. The Battle of Naboo"Why bring the war to Naboo?""How quickly you forget; after all, the war started here years ago!"―Anakin Skywalker and Count Dooku on Naboo's role in the Clone Wars[src]At Sidious' behest, the Trade Federation began a blockade of Palpatine's homeworld of Naboo. The entire incident made Valorum look weak, and in the Senate debate over what action to take over the blockade, Palpatine induced the enraged Queen. Padmé Amidala of Naboo to demand a Vote of No Confidence in his leadership. In the aftermath, a strong sympathy vote for Naboo rode Senator. Palpatine to the office of Supreme Chancellor. Thus, a Sith Lord had control of the Galactic Republic.[1. The invasion of Naboo saw the continued existence of the Sith exposed to the Jedi Order after Sidious' apprentice Darth Maulkilled. Jedi Master. Qui- Gon Jinn during the liberation of the planet. Additionally, events during the escape of Queen Amidala from Naboo to Coruscant saw the discovery of Anakin Skywalker on Tatooine, whom Qui- Gon had believed to be the Chosen One, the prophesied being who would bring balance to the Force. With Qui- Gon's death, Anakin was apprenticed to Jedi Knight. Obi- Wan Kenobi.[1. As Chancellor, Palpatine promised to bring an end to the corruption that had so often plagued the Galactic Senate. The first few years of his tenure saw very little done to fulfill that promise, however. The demilitarization of the Trade Federation was viewed by many as little more than a slap on the wrist, and Nute Gunray, Viceroy of the Trade Federation, managed to avoid any serious charges against him for his role in the Naboo conflict despite opposition from Padmé Amidala.[1. The Formation of the Confederacy"Pay heed to the way the Republic and the Jedi Order deal with them. The Federation will be dismantled, and the precedent will be set. Unless you take steps to begin a slow, carefully planned withdrawal from the Senate, taking your home and client systems with you, you, too, risk becoming the property of the Republic."―Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Plagueis to a holo- audience of the Commerce Guild, the Techno Union, and the Corporate Alliance, on how the Republic had dealt with the Trade Federation upon enacting the blockade of Naboo to protect its interests.[src]Darth Sidious contacts Count. Dooku. During this time, Palpatine, in his alter ego Darth Sidious, had contacted the experienced Jedi Master. Count. Dooku. Having lost his apprentice Darth Maul during the Naboo conflict, Palpatine was in need of a new apprentice and Dooku, whose own faith in the Republic had been shattered following the Battle of Galidraan and the subsequent inaction over Naboo, seemed the perfect one to mold. Having killed his old friend Jedi Master Sifo- Dyas to seal his fate and become Darth Tyranus, Dooku was then ordered to eliminate any reference to Kamino from the Jedi Archives: having had a vision that war was imminent, Sifo- Dyas had contacted the Kaminoans to organise the creation of a clone army for the Republic. Sidious did not intend to have the Jedi discover the clone army secretly being grown for them until they were desperate for an army. After being deemed worthy, Jango Fett was commissioned by Dooku to be the template for this army.[1. While the future Grand Army of the Republic was being prepared on Kamino, however, other forces of clone warriors were already active in the galaxy. Cloners and their products were no secret to Jedi like Obi- Wan Kenobi and fringers like former gunrunner Dexter Jettster, and around the time that Outbound Flight was destroyed in 2.
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