Seasons greetings to you all.
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by Sarah, Proud and Tall| 76 Comments
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(h/t commentor RossinDetroit)
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Almost over, grinches. Then everybody can start fussing about New Year’s Eve…
Tuesday Evening Open Thread: Winding DownPost + Comments (77)
This post is in: Cat Blogging, Pet Rescue
From commentor OnlyMike:
Longtime lurker first time poster. I’m having a rough time this Christmas. The situation is entirely of my own making but it’s also affecting my two cats whose only fault is having me as an owner (at least one of them would argue as to just who owns whom). I live in Phoenix and am being evicted and need to find homes for both ASAP…
I can’t send pictures so I guess I can only describe them. Both are fixed but their shots are not current (it’s been over two years since they’ve been to a vet.) One is a long haired male tuxedo cat – very pretty. Not the smartest cat in the world (understatement) but one of the most lovable. He doesn’t particularly like to be picked up but loves to be petted and loves to curl up at my side and purr contentedly. Named Phantom because he has a black face with white markings like the mask of the phantom of the opera. I never actually call him Phantom though – I call him Goofyboy or (don’t know why) Spoob.
The female is basically my feline version of Rosie. Her name is Sophia but I call her Skronk (again don’t know why but it seems to fit). She was left behind by her owners in one of the apartments here when they moved and I took her because no one else would. She’s a tan and black striped short hair. She’s whip-smart and very funny but can be maddening – she’s going to do what she wants to do and that is pretty much that. I love her to pieces but she can be a handful – John Cole level patience will be required.
They’re both great cats but different as night and day. The reason I named the female Sophia is I stopped and watched part of an old Golden Girls episode where the Estelle Getty character (Sophia) was being talked about for her scrappiness and obstinance and I thought “ah perfect!” I got her in 2007 and I think she was less than a year old then – she started going into heat about two months later. She’s tiny but seems to think she’s a lioness. Phantom is a big guy – not quite Tunch size but he’s big. But with the dainty little cry of a kitten. I love both of them and have spent the last few days apologizing to them. It would be nice to get them into a new (better) home.
If you have any leads, send me an email at AnneLaurie (at) verizon.net — click on my name in the right-hand column. I realize that lots of regular readers won’t see this, so yeah, I’m planning on re-posting in a couple days.
by John Cole| 54 Comments
This post is in: Gun nuts, Fucked-up-edness, Our Failed Political Establishment
Looks like America has found one man who does not need a 30 round magazine:
The Washington Metropolitan Police Department is investigating whether any city laws were violated when NBC’s David Gregory displayed what appeared to be a 30-round gun magazine on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, a spokesman confirmed to POLITICO.
“The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating this matter,” said police officer and spokesman Araz Alali in an interview Tuesday.
Continue ReadingWhen pressed on what the police department was investigating, Alali added, “The ‘Meet the Press’, David Gregory incident.”
“There are D.C. code violations, D.C. code restrictions on guns, ammunition. We are investigating this matter. Beyond the scope of that, I can’t comment any further,” he said.
Dumbest nation in the world.
by Imani Gandy (ABL)| 54 Comments
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My mother is brining and baking things while I complain that “Love, Actually” isn’t on Netflix.
Hope everyone is having a pleasant day. I’m looking forward to tomorrow when all of this holiday nonsense will be over.
by $8 blue check mistermix| 113 Comments
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More news about yesterday’s fire and shooting:
Before killing two Webster firefighters and critically injured two others, William Spengler Jr. typed a chilling note detailing his horrific plan.
At a news conference this morning, Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering released new details about Monday’s ambush.
Armed with a Bushmaster .223 semi-automatic rifle — the same weapon used in the massacre in Newtown, Conn. — a Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun and a .38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver and a stockpile of ammunition, Spengler set a “clear ambush on first responders,” Pickering said, and followed through on the threats he made in the typewritten note he left behind.
“I still have to get ready to see how much of the neighborhood I can burn down and do what I like best: killing people,” Spengler wrote in the note, which Pickering said was a rambling two to three pages long and did not speak to motive.
Spengler’s sister is missing – they’re sifting through the rubble of his house to try to find her body.
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Who wants to brag about what Santa Claus left them?