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Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

“woke” is the new caravan.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

with the Kraken taking a plea, the Cheese stands alone.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Let’s show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

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One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

Quote tweet friends, screenshot enemies.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

Since when do we limit our critiques to things we could do better ourselves?

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

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Zsa Zsa Update

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Yes, I know I take shitty pictures:

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She’s a real sweetheart, and a night owl. The dogs slept through it, but I caught her on several occasions last night carousing around the bedroom while everyone else was sleeping. She was just exploring the space.

*** Update ***

One amusing anecdote- every time I go to pick up Zsa Zsa I almost launch her through the ceiling because she is only 7.7 lbs and so much lighter than what I am used to when picking up a cat. I’m used to bending at the knees and using my legs to lift when I pick up Tunch, but with this one I try the same strategy and almost launch her into the air she is so light.

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  13. 13.

    quannlace

    Quite the long hair on that one. Between Tunch, and two dogs, I hope you’ve got a great lint filter in your dryer.

  14. 14.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @quannlace:

    Quite the long hair on that one. Between Tunch, and two dogs, I hope you’ve got a great lint filter in your dryer.

    Dueling Furminators.

  16. 16.

    Violet

    She’s so gorgeous! Look at those eyes–so bright and alert and taking in everything. What a pretty girl.

  17. 17.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    We hear our Stewie ripping around the house every night between 2 and 5 AM. Up the stairs, down the stairs and bouncing off of everything he can bounce off of, usually dragging his candy wrapper or kabob skewer (that has the sharp tip removed). He has a thing about sticks; straws, chopsticks, skewers, pencils, pens, anything that looks like a stick has his attention.

    If you have a drink with a straw in it or are eating with chopsticks, you have to watch him because he will steal them right out from under your nose.

  19. 19.

    Violet

    @pat: I think he makes a point of wiping the lens of his iPhone camera with his thumb before taking the picture. That and taking it while moving.

  21. 21.

    kooks

    Hey John, do you know what kind of cat Zsa Zsa is? We have a kitteh that looks EXACTLY the same, except it’s a boy. Big tufts, big attitude, and loves to be the center of attention. We think he’s a Norwegian Forest Cat, which have a pretty cool Viking history…

  23. 23.

    paradox

    She’s lovely, John. Best of luck and health.

    Soon it will be time for a kitten or young cat in the house, but not yet. I need a baseball game, beyotch, but otherwise I’m fine.

  27. 27.

    Anne Laurie

    @Odie Hugh Manatee:

    If you have a drink with a straw in it or are eating with chopsticks, you have to watch him because he will steal them right out from under your nose.

    Thirty-plus years ago, when mimeography was still the cheap option for fanzine production, I lived with a big creamsicle-colored Maine-Coon-type rescue who loved to steal the Xacto knives used for correcting waxy masters. So, of course, we nicknamed him Conan the Cat-barian…

  28. 28.

    aimai

    Let me just tell you the sad tale of my two pet fish when I was a little girl. One was a guppy, the other was a Siamese Fighting fish. They were the best of friends…until one morning all that was left was a teeny tiny skeleton.

  29. 29.

    WereBear

    @Anne Laurie: Ow. That would make me nervous.

    Reverend Jim, our own Maine Coon mix, was always very good about Mr WereBear’s craft table; except his first two weeks, when he stole all six of the tiny machine guns (construction of a WWII diorama) that were drying on toothpicks.

    They all turned up later, at various points around the place, usually right before they would have been sucked up into the vacuum cleaner. Gave a real Twilight Zone vibe for a while…

  30. 30.

    jayboat

    Camera shake is not a special effect.
    You aren’t concentrating- remember your training on the range…
    think of the shutter button as a trigger, relax, breathe out…

  32. 32.

    zoej

    Are all short haired mostly white cats, um, large? I have one that looks a lot like Tunch, especially shape wise, although she has less color. She weighs in at 18 pounds+,

  33. 33.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @WereBear:

    Now that’s a happy looking handsome guy! I chose the name Stewie because he has a football-shaped head and now that he has grown up he spends all of his time pretending that I am Lois and his job is to maim and/or kill me.

    So far I have only been maimed but he’s working the stairs regularly in his attempt to take me out.

    @Anne Laurie:

    He also likes to chew on titanium drill bits. He doesn’t like the regular steel bits, just the tasty titanium ones.

    We think his spaceship was made out titanium.

  36. 36.

    Anne Laurie

    @WereBear: It made us nervous — we tried to keep the knives out of his reach, but a bunch of twenty-somethings are not the most mindful. He did cut his mouth the first time — we tracked the missing knife down by following a trail of tiny blood smears — but never again. I’m sure part of the thrill was watching us freak out when we realized the knife had gone missing, again.

  40. 40.

    MikeJ

    @pat:

    John, you have an absolute GIFT for taking shitty pictures. What’s your secret?

    His iphone used a shutter speed of 1/15 and didn’t fire the flash. Most of his lousy pictures are from lack of light.

  41. 41.

    FlipYrWhig

    John, do you think your pictures might be poor because your bratwurst fingers struggle to operate delicate electronics?

  46. 46.

    Comrade Mary

    That is a gorgeous pic, but I think John is deliberately tormenting us by not telling us what Tunch thinks of Zsa Zsa.

    I still suspect they’re getting along pretty well, but John won’t show photographic evidence until there’s full-blown snorgling going on.

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    Xecky Gilchrist

    I try the same strategy and almost launch her into the air she is so light.

    My brother has a cat who looks a lot like Zsa Zsa and has this same property. I’m not sure there’s an actual animal anywhere in all that hair.

  50. 50.

    steverino

    My neighbor’s cat liked the little plastic frame balls with the bell in it– but only the red-and-white ones. They had to put it away each night or he would be jingling it through the apartment at all hours.

    Once the ball was stepped on and squashed: they had to buy a three-pack to get another red-and-white; the others were ignored.

  54. 54.

    brettvk

    Wowser — I just googled the Gabor sisters to see if any are still with us, and according to Wikipedia Zsa Zsa is still around. She just had a birthday (Feb 6, 1917).

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