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• In ancient times, indigo was considered a luxury item and was so valuable, the cakes were used as currency. • As demand for indigo increased throughout Europe in the 1600s, the supplies from India were not enough, so the plant was cultivated in the New World. Spanish explorers brought indigo to Central America (particularly El Salvador and Honduras), Jamaica, and the Virgin Islands. • It takes a lot of leaves to produce a small amount of dye, but not a lot of dye to color jeans, only a few grams for each pair.

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Protection and Aggression are Not the Same Thing Not long ago, a woman called me, very upset. She’d just dropped her dog off at a shelter - the same shelter from which she had originally adopt ed him only a few weeks earlier. When I asked why she returned him, she described what were obvious signs of severe aggressive tendencies. When I asked why she had taken him home with her in the first place, she said, “For protection.” OK. “For protection” makes sense. A lot of people bring a dog into the family for protection. But protection and aggression are not the same things. You don’t want your four-legged, iron-jawed protector protecting your home and belongings from you and your family. And you don’t want to have to protect yourself and your family from little Cujo. You are then prisoners in your own home, held captive by your own dog. That’s no way to live. We all want to feel safe. And we all have our ideas of how to find that feeling of safety. Bigwigs hire bodyguards. There’s the home alarm system - just a notch above the car alarm in effectiveness. And some folks keep a gun near the nightstand - intimidating, but not for everyone. Still others - many, many others - get a dog. If you’re leaning toward the latter, there are some things you should know and understand before diving in. Above all, protection dogs should be social, friendly and loving - with everyone. What? What about growling? Snarling? Frothing at the mouth? Protection dogs are not mean or scary. They’re highly trained, physically conditioned and mentally alert creatures. They’re also incredibly loyal and loving - when properly trained and socialized and treated with love, praise and affection. Protection dogs do their best work from inside the house. Left outside, your watchdog is vulnerable to the very people you want protection from. Dogs will be dogs, and even the most sophisticated and intelligent watchdog finds it hard to resist a juicy sirloin. If some ne’er-do-well drops a sweet-smelling hunk of beef seasoned with arsenic Casey's Corner: Turn to page 10

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The Post-Truth Era and Social Security They say we are living in the “post-truth” era -- a time when discussion and debate is framed by appeals to emotion rather than verifiable facts. This, of course, is nothing new. Throughout history, more than a few politicians have ridden a populist wave of half-truths and outright deception to places of power, sometimes all the way to the White House! But in this age of the internet and the proliferation of “fake news,” people can say just about anything, post it online, and large segments of the population will accept it as fact. For example, my granddaughter, in her first year of college, told me that some students in her American history class challenged the professor for allegedly covering up the “news” about Hillary Clinton ordering the mass murder of hundreds of people! And just as there are outlandish lies being spread in the online world about people and politicians, there has also been an explosion of misinformation on the internet about Social Security. I’ve covered many of these silly and sad stories in this column. But they just don’t go away. I recently got an email from a reader passing along a particularly vile and vicious lie that has been floating around for the past five years or so. It starts out with a photograph that is labeled, “Our tax dollars at work: Social Security office waiting room -- Austin, Texas.” It shows a room full of chairs. Sitting in those chairs are a collection of mostly young to middle-aged people. Almost everyone you see in the picture is African-American or Hispanic. Below the picture, it asks this question: “Do you see any gray- or white-haired retired folks?” And then this bit of vitriolic text accompanies the picture. “My friend went to the SS office to get a Medicare card. He took a picture of the waiting room. Please tell me if you can find a retired person in the place!!!! It’s called ‘disability’ insurance!!!! You no longer have to wonder why SS is broke!!!! These people do not pay into the system, nor are they disabled!!!! Please spread this picture to everyone you know...” Let’s get to the untruths in this racist and xenophobic post. I’ll start with this whopper: “These people do not pay into the system.” How in the world can you tell that the folks sitting in those chairs have not paid into Social Security? Because they are black and Hispanic, do we automatically assume they are not working and paying taxes? And then, supposedly, you can tell from looking at other people in the picture that “they are not disabled.” So, tell me, how does a disabled person look? Do they have to be wrapped head to toe in a body cast? Do they have to be on a hospital gurney? Maybe they just have to be white! And then there is the implication that peo-

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people in a local Social Security office. Where are they? They are home, sitting in front of their computers. Studies show that most middle- to upperincome people tend to use computers and SSA’s online services to file for benefits and conduct other Social Security business. That’s why it does tend to be poorer and less-educated people who need to go to a Social Security office, whether it is to file for Social Security retirement or disability benefits, or sign up for SSI, or get a new Social Security card. SHAME on the person who instigated this garbage, and on those who spread it. * * * If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2017 CREATORS.COM

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