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Farewell, ol' Smoker-bear

From the NM DOG Facebook Page:

It is with a sad heart that we tell you, our sweet boy NOBEL (aka Smoky & Mr. Smokes) has crossed over The Rainbow Bridge 🐾🌈
Though we are very sad...more than that, we are grateful. Grateful that after having "lived" 10 loooong years at the end of his chain, he was able to know LoVe in a home, as part of a family for the past 2 & 1/2 years. When NOBEL first came to us, I didnt think we would have 3 mos to him but he showed us all what he was made of!!
After months in our care, NOBEL regained the majority of his mobility, he started to eat regularly & show interest in the world & the people around him. When his treasured FoReVeR Foster Dad adopted his little sister NMDOG TASHA...we really started to see a huge difference.
TASHA taught NOBEL how "to Dog" since he had never been given that opportunity at the end of his chain & she filled a hole in his heart that was created when we lost his lifelong chainmate LADONNA. It warms my heart to know they are now reunited.
We are so grateful to NOBEL'S Dad, NMDOG Volunteers that played a part in his journey, to our friends at The Doggie Den for going above & beyond in his care & to each of you that supports our work.... Without you, stories like his would not be possible, thank you ...
NOBEL peacefully passed in his home with the assistance of the good Doctor, surrounded by his favorite people & more LoVe than he could have ever imagined. Please wrap your arms around his family as we will all miss him dearly.
Our giant Koala Bear aka SMOKEY....you will live on in our hearts for FoReVeR

Recently we posted his NMDOG FoReVeR Foster Happy Tail which you can view at this link
NOBELS full rescue story can be viewed at this link 

Steeling Myself...

It is with incredible sadness that I/we recognize the time is coming when I/we shall have to bid adieu to my shaggy, woolly pal and send him on ahead to the Bridge..
He was seen by the Vet, yesterday and the diagnosis is that his hind legs are failing, having lost a LOT of muscle mass. It's something that happens with older/senior pups. We all know how to know when it IS time. That time is coming; though it is not yet here yet, it is not far...
Angela Stell, the driving force behind NMDOG, and Dawn Rivas, who were SMOKY's rescuers, and I, are all in agreement that we will not allow him to become immobile - which would break his spirit & his heart, he deserves better than that.
This is Angela's commentary:

"When we first rescued NOBS.....honestly, I didn't think he would last 3 mos. But because of the incredible care he received w/Dawn - followed by the amazing home he's had w/ Woody....he gave us 2.5 years ❤ That, is miracle, enough, in itself. Not only did he give us 2.5 years...but I am certain they were the best of his whole life & that alone is worth everything in the world.

"I wish things were different but we all knew this time would eventually come....& well, now its here 😞I will be making arrangements tomorrow to have a home euthanasia vet on stand by & Dawn & I will be (alternating) visiting him every other day so we are all on the same page with where he is at. 

"Right now it's all about monitoring NOBEL & wrapping our arms around Woody....I know this fuzzy Koala boy stole his heart. 

"I wish I had better news, but I dont. I hope you all find comfort in knowing you've played a very important role in his life & his coming back from the brink of death.  

"NOBEL did NOT die at the end of that stupid chain & he knew real LOVE, what it means to have family & place to call home. I love you all, I am grateful to each of you for all you have given of yourselves to ensure NOBEL had the best of the best. 

"Thank you for that ❤ Group hug....& some tears.

None of us thought he could/would last this long. I have to share the life-changing  "props" with my glorious tri-paw TASHA who gave him a doggy-reason to carry on. The change in his demeanor when she arrived a year ago was breath-TAKING.
And TASHA will be staying here, as I adopted her back at the beginning of summer.
All my thanks to all those friends, here and on F-book, who have followed, and admired (and loved) him from afar.

Why the "Left" Always Seems to Lose...

The American "Left" is a chimera; it's an "idea" more than it is a "movement": An "agenda" without a "constituency." And it is unlikely to be transformed anytime soon.  That's because the "Left" is (too) fragmented to effectively resist the concerted might of the Right, consisting as it does of a fragile and fractious amalgam of the counter-hegemonic interests, many with contradictory aspirations and expectations; and all of which are conditioned to struggle over the scraps thrown from the plutocRats' table. 

So, unfortunately, this will likely continue to be the case until they can plainly announce themselves as the ANTI-WHITE-SUPREMACY party, and have that single principle around which to organize.
This has been the secret of the Right's recent successes. The GOPhux have a single, simple set of organizing principles: 1) Keep The Nigras ("Undesirables") Down; 2) Preserve White Supremacism, and 3) Privatization. 

They have the additional advantage of being the Party of the PlutocRats and CorpoRats, and thereby imbued with the superior social status, enabling them to pull shit for which, if they tried it, the DIMs would be laughed into the Potomac. For instance, try to suppress your laughter at the idea of the Dims shutting down the Government, for ANY reason. Imagine the Dims, even with a majority, refusing to hear a GOPresidential SCROTUS nomination.
"White Power" will likely persist in the USofA long past the end of the White demographic bulge, because it is, I believe, extremely unlikely that People-of-Color will have the political power to wrest the financial hegemony away from the White establishment which will, in any case, bend every effort to turn the DIM fragments against one another--which works just about every time..