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BASTROP, TX (KXAN) – One of the biggest challenges now facing residents of the Bastrop County fires is how to get rid of piles of debris that have been collecting on their property.

Since Saturday, a long line of vehicles with piles of metal in their trailers have been waiting outside of Bastrop Metal Recycling , so they can get rid of the leftover metal and turn some of it into cash.

“Honestly, just trying to get it off. It’s the safest place to bring it, and getting a little bit back from it is kind of nice,” said Morgan Shurtleff. “Pretty much metal is the only thing left.

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Is it just me, or has PETA jumped the shark? The always-provocative animal-rights organization is at it again, this time announcing that its planning on starting its own porn site to draw attention to the plight of animals. And once again its alienating groups that it ought to consider allies.

See this version of the story, by Madeleine White, for the Globe and Mail: PETA to launch porn website: Is this still about animal rights?

The animal rights group, known for its naturalist ways, has registered the domain name peta.xxx and plans to launch a pornography website in December that “draws attention to the plight of animals.”

Not surprisingly, many feminists (in the broadest sense of the term) have objected. The Read more…