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Los Angeles Times
08-08-2025
- Los Angeles Times
Letters to the Editor: Shooting a bear that has already been tranquilized is ‘an act of cruelty'
To the editor: I sometimes reread pieces in the Opinion section to be sure I've understood all the nuances or to grapple with a particular perspective on an issue, including my own. Until today, I don't think I've ever read a news item twice. In fact, I was in such disbelief that I had to read it three times ('Bear trouble in Sierra Madre: After the Eaton fire, home invasions rise sharply,' Aug. 1). Authorities shot and killed a bear that had been tranquilized? The bear was not a threat to anyone while tranquilized. Yet, instead of trucking her farther into the wilds and releasing her, they found it necessary to kill her? To shoot a contained animal is an act of cruelty. If there were a legitimate reason to euthanize the bear, there are humane ways to put an animal down painlessly. It goes without saying that no one wants a bear breaking into their home, but this ill-advised attempt at a solution is an unnecessary act of barbarism, a 2025 version of the ending of the 1957 film 'Old Yeller.' Except that shooting that dog was an act of love. Shooting this bear was an act of brutality. Teresa DeCrescenzo, Studio City
Metro
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Crying for more: readers react to the weepiest film moments list
Do you agree with our readers? Have your say on these MetroTalk topics and more in the comments. That was a very interesting list of the 'Weepiest film moments of bawl time' (Metro, Fri) – and I wouldn't argue at all. I'm from the older generation though and my own personal pick would simply have to be a Walt Disney movie that was released in 1957, when I was ten-years-old. It was the movie Old Yeller and the scene which made me cry (and many others in the Studio 2 cinema on Oxford Street) came when the young lad Travis (Tommy Kirk) had to shoot his dear dog, after it had caught rabies. I'm sure many others in my age group, the late 70s, will recall that moment, too. The main star in the movie was Fess Parker who many will remember as Davy Crockett. Mike Bondy, London I would say the Samsung weepy movies poll left two films out. Firstly, The Railway Children made by Lionel Jeffries. The scene at the railway station is first class. The camera is slow. The reaction of Jenny Agutter seeing her father and her cry of joy still brings a lump to the throat. Secondly, One Life. This is the story of Sir Nicholas Winton. The scene where he appears on That's Life for the second time is very moving. He discovers that the woman sitting next to him is someone he saved. The actress playing Esther Rantzen asks if there is anyone else in the audience whose life he has saved and for them to stand up. The entire audience stands up. Sir Anthony Hopkins, who is playing Sir Nicholas, stands and looks at the audience. For a brief moment, this really is Sir Nicholas. What makes the scene even more poignant is that every member of the audience is a child or grandchild of the children Sir Nicholas rescued. Chas Kenny, Essex I was surprised to see that Titanic was voted the top tear-jerker finale, as The Notebook was clearly the best. I'm a little old and remember crying at the start of The Last Snows Of Spring when I saw it at the pictures, too. Lorraine Hassan, via email The list of film tear-jerkers is a complete joke. Nothing earlier than 1982 – are any of the voters aware of what came before? I would place the end of Chaplin's City Lights (1931) in the top spot and his Modern Times (1936) not far behind. There's also the magnificent Brief Encounter (1945). How could anyone omit that? And director Leo McCarey's 1937 film Make Way for Tomorrow inspired Orson Welles to declare, 'It would make a stone cry'. Elia Kazan's A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945) pierces the heart with wistful sadness. Then there are foreign language classics: De Sica's gut-wrenching Umberto D of 1952, Fellini's 1954 offering La Strada (that ending gets me every time!), Demy's poignant Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964) and Ku-rosawa's haunting Ikiru (1952). The list goes on. How can you compile a rundown of the best movie moments to make you bawl your eyes out if you more or less ignore 70 per cent of cinema history? Maybe some of those in the listing deserve a placing, but certainly not all of them. William Barklam, Kent Charles EL Gilman (MetroTalk, Fri) is wrong to suggest that Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle should be left empty. Both are fully functioning State buildings and have been part of the UKs history for a very long time. More Trending Buckingham Palace is the official residence of the UK's Head of State as the White House is for America's Head of State. He talks of Henry VIII being a monster. What in fact Henry was was the sole leader of England and as such he was personally responsible for the security, peace and prosperity of a whole nation. He had to do everything he could to keep the country together and not let it be split asunder again by rival political and religious groups. We cannot judge a 16th-century absolute monarch by today's idea of what is good or bad behaviour. D Turberman, London I stood in line outside the shop for ages the other day, I was waiting to get my hair cut. Never mind I thought, it's a lovely day for a barber queue. John Coyne, Leeds MORE: 'Surreal' explosion as plane crashes moments after takeoff at Southend Airport MORE: Three in five Brits 'wouldn't even trust Starmer or Farage to watch their bag' MORE: Transfer raid on Manchester City can raise spirits at Nottingham Forest
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
At $2,950, Would You Add This 2010 Saab 9-5 BioPower To Your Bio?
The ability to run on E85 makes today's Nice Price or No Dice Saab a flexible fueler. Let's see if this high-mileage ethanol imbiber comes with a price that's not too corny. In the relationships between journalists and businesses, the embargoing of information is an agreed-upon means for the former to meet deadlines while still allowing the latter to offer surprise and delight to its customers. The 1987 Toyota Supra we looked at last Friday brings to mind an instance when that tacit agreement was broken. Two years before our car hit the streets, and before Toyota had made any announcements about the impending model, a series of pictures of an undisguised version of the unannounced car crossed the desk of an editor at AutoWeek (then a print publication.) The magazine decided to run the images, breaking the embargo against their release and incurring the wrath of Toyota's marketing team. The blowback was AutoWeek losing out on some early access information for a time, but the scoop probably proved worth it for the journalistic feather in the cap it provided the publication. We had no such drama with our now well-known Supra. Featuring a fairly fresh coat of paint and a T-top roof, it proved pretty as a picture in the ad. That presentation, along with a $9,000 asking price, combined to earn the big Toyota a 59% Nice Price win in our voting. Read more: This Is Every Car Brand Killed By GM Toyota also wins when it comes to car production. The Japanese juggernaut is presently the world's largest car maker, with production totaling over 10 million cars and trucks last year. Saab, on the other hand, is... well, long out of business, the small Swedish manufacturer having shut its doors in 2011. Long before that, though, Saab established a modest but loyal fan base and a general reputation for the fun, safe, and arguably quirky nature of its cars. Bought by General Motors in 2000 (the company maintained a 50% stake in Saab all the way back in 1989), the company's cars started to lose some of that quirky nature as it was saddled with developing models from "off-the-rack" platforms from GM's German division Opel, and global platforms that tended to suffer from a one-size-fits-all approach to design. The 2010 Saab 9-5 we're looking at today is one of those GM-era cars. It is imbued with some Saab DNA—the ignition (here a button, not a key) is between the seats, and the car has unique styling that at least feels familial. Other than that and some suspension tuning, though, it's pretty much the same chassis as under an Opel Insignia or Buick Regal. The last 9-5 was also the last Saab to go into production. That run lasted less than a year before a bankrupt GM Old Yeller'd both company and car. In total, less than 12,000 9-5s were built before the lights went off for good. That makes this a fairly rare car, and the BioPower E85 engine makes it even rarer still. It's done a remarkable 220,000 miles, showing that the passing of a parent company need not spell doom for the models it produced. It's got some impressive deets, too: That flexi-fuel engine makes a solid 220 horsepower and 235 lb-ft of torque. Routed through an Aisin six-speed automatic transmission, those ponies spin all four wheels via an all-the-time AWD setup. According to the ad, it's fully loaded—although the absence of a center stack screen does date the car—and the seller says it "looks great!" On the exterior, the deep blue paint presents well, belying the car's age and miles. Those factors are evident in the factory wheels, though, which are a bit beat up. The cabin is in a similar state, with the leather on the driver's seat and the floor mat below that showing substantial evidence of occupancy. Only the latter has been worn through, though. Everything else appears to be in solid shape, and the styling has held up as well. The Saab comes with a panoramic roof, a clean title, and an unfortunate number of stickers on the boot lid and rear bumper. Those demonstrate an affinity for wire hair terrier dogs, among other things, and would likely need to be removed lest people think the new owner is someone who befouls their ride with bumper stickers. Nobody wants that. Of course, we must consider the car's $2,950 asking price before we even think about going all-in on de-stickering it. This is a fairly rare opportunity, and the car does seem to be in decent shape. Plus, while limited in its description, the ad at least doesn't call out any mechanical malarky that could call a purchase consideration into question. Where do you stand on this flexi-fuel Saab and that asking price? Does that feel like a steal despite the high miles, the dead brand, and the dog stickers? Or has this Saab's time come and gone? You decide! New York, New York, Craigslist, or go here if the ad disappears. Help me out with NPOND. Hit me up at robemslie@ and send me a fixed-price tip. Remember to include your commenter handle. Want more like this? Join the Jalopnik newsletter to get the latest auto news sent straight to your inbox... Read the original article on Jalopnik.
