Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.

This fight is for everything.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Tick tock motherfuckers!

This really is a full service blog.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Despite his magical powers, I don’t think Trump is thinking this through, to be honest.

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

Infrastructure week. at last.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Republican obstruction dressed up as bipartisanship. Again.

T R E 4 5 O N

“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”

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  10. 10.

    I'mNotSureWhoIWantToBeYet

    Good!

    If you have to get him shaved like a lion, make sure you take lots of before and after pictures.

    Rest easy, all of you.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  13. 13.

    max

    He has burrs on every part of his body that is not shaved.

    But he is alive, unlike my dog, so good.

    max
    [‘Small blessings, etc.’]

  15. 15.

    Gravenstone

    That’s just an invitation to get the rest of him shaved. Think of it as him making a fashion statement.

  20. 20.

    maya

    Someone in your neighborhood may have Fancy Feast tins laying around. No, wait, it’s WV. Possum innards then

  23. 23.

    Schlemazel Khan

    Good news!

    The burrs are just so you are not too happy to see him again. He didn’t want to ruin your reputation.

  27. 27.

    Hungry Joe

    I’ve been distressed about this all day … and (to me) Steve is just a vapor cat. But at the same time, he’s real. Damn internet.

    Yay Steve! Maybe I can get a good night’s sleep after all. I was picturing myself leaping out of bed at 4:30am for a Steve update. Damn cats.

  28. 28.

    dmsilev

    He was just waiting for Hillary to call him, and when he didn’t get the VP nod, he came home.

    Thanks, Obama Hillary!

  32. 32.

    Ruviana

    Oh thank goodness! Now quit letting that guy outside–it’s too stressful for the commenters!

  40. 40.

    Amanda in the South Bay

    I’m very happy Steve is back. I adopted my first cat a couple of months ago, and I couldn’t stand losing her.

  41. 41.

    SiubhanDuinne

    He has burrs on every part of his body that is not shaved.

    You know the rules, Cole. Pictures or it never happened.

  45. 45.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @max:

    Oh dear. Is this a recent loss? Sorry about it anyhow, whether it happened today or thirty years ago.

  50. 50.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    @Major Major Major Major: Holy cats, we share a cat! That is the spitting image of my Peter, who also likes to lie around with his head turned upside down. Except that he often looks more moronic than demonic. Grey cats, what the heck?

    Welcome back, Steve, ya big jerk.

  61. 61.

    danielx

    Count your blessings….I just got done burying our late best boy Eric, shown here relaxing in the sunshine…better days. He was 19 and it was his time, but it doesn’t make it easier. Took him in as a stray kitten when the daughter unit was four, and can still remember him pouncing on my feet while I was lying in bed. Here he’s shown with his pal and companion CeeCee, keeping me company while I was seriously ill.

    We miss him.

  63. 63.

    Vixen Strangely

    @Hungry Joe: This–Steve is like this blog’s cat which kind of makes him commenter’s cat too–the way bookstore cats are loved by frequent customers (there is a lovely white cat at my favorite bookstore, and if he wasn’t there, I think I would feel terrifically worried.)

  66. 66.

    Rick Taylor

    Wonderful news, John. My pet rats found their way out of their cage yesterday, and I freaked a bit until I found them.

  69. 69.

    vtr

    Yaaaaaaaaaay. We know how it feels. Our old tiger Phillip got out, spent six days in the woods, and returned on the Fouth of July. Give Steve all the food he wants.

  76. 76.

    WaterGirl

    Big sigh of relief that Steve is back home where he belongs!

    @danielx: Beautiful boy. So sorry for your loss. :: wiping tears away ::

  77. 77.

    PurpleGirl

    When my friend who rescues kittens and cats first moved into her house one of the cats managed to learn how to leave the house despite all the screens she put up to try to keep them in. Well, this cat kept getting out and kept going across the street. Cassie figured out the cat liked the people (the new neighbors) and wanted company. So Cassie gave them a large kennel so they could confine him and put him on Cassie’s porch. (Cassie worked the late shift at the hospital and got home around 1-2 AM.)

  78. 78.

    CaseyL

    Well, it finally happened: FYWP ate one of my comments. I was starting to feel left out…

    What I said was:

    Whew, Steve is home and we can all relax. And, hey, at least he didn’t come home covered in pine sap and burrs.

    @danielx: What a gorgeous fellow! 19 years – you did good by him. I don’t know how much it helps to know that; it’s usually a comfort to me when I lose a fur person to old age.

  79. 79.

    CaseyL

    Sonuvabeesh – FYWP has eaten two of my comments.

    First time it’s happened to me, so I guess I’m in the club now, huh.

    My disappeared comments were “Yay!” for Steve coming home, and condolences to danielx.

  83. 83.

    Misterpuff

    HooRah!

    Did he give you the stink eye when you didn’t open the door fast enough?

  86. 86.

    MomSense

    I am so relieved he is home. Bad kitty don’t do that again.

    When you posted that he hadn’t come home it brought back my kitty disappearing and never coming home. I don’t wish that on anyone. I swear it will haunt me forever.

  94. 94.

    Felonius Monk

    I’ve been unplugged for a few hours, glad to hear Steve has returned. So he went out for a little roll in the hay burrs, huh. Is he smiling?

  96. 96.

    Eljai

    I knew Steve would come back! But I’m still relieved. Did you check to make sure he put the car keys back?

  97. 97.

    Pogonip

    @Eljai: I bet he left the gas tank empty and the back seat full of fast food wrappers.

    We’re looking for a cat, or pair of kittens. So far none have shown interest in us. There’s an adult at the pet mart who’s so mellow I am not sure he’d show an interest in anything less than tuna. If we end up with him I plan to call him Stoner.

  98. 98.

    No One You Know

    @danielx: Your post is a comfort. One of my fur persons was diagnosed today with pancreatic cancer. Vet says she has a few months.

    I wept, and weep.

    And still, she purrs.

  100. 100.

    satby

    @No One You Know: She knows she’s loved, and to a companion animal that’s the world. I’m sorry too, and hope her last months with you are full of contentment and stitches, until it’s time for her release, and that knowing you gave her kitty heaven on earth comforts you.

  104. 104.

    gogol's wife

    HURRAY! What great news to see first thing in the morning. Love you, Steve.

  105. 105.

    No One You Know

    @cckids: @satby:

    Woke up and saw your messages. Thank you for the comforts. Brunswick wanted to approve the messages, but paws and cell phone touch screens are unpredictable in combination.

  106. 106.

    Shell

    So glad he’s back. Funny, cats do have way of finding their way back home. Dogs however, once they get loose, seem to get so disoriented.

  108. 108.

    J R in WV

    Glad for the post specific to Steve’s return.

    Cat door, right? then a fence to climb… well you know he wanted out, and at least he didn’t do more pine sap. Burrs, not the worst thing a cat can come back covered with.

    One of ours spent all day under a truck with leaking seals, covered in motor oil and Transmission fluid/ needed a bath for reals, like those sea birds after a crude oil spill. Dawn dish soap and warm water, three baths and 2 rinses. Before digital cameras, all hands needed, so no pics, just use your imagination. He was so not happy about it.

    Welding gloves which I use for to tend the woodstove. And bathe the cat if required.

  109. 109.

    Parrotlover77

    Jesus christ, Cole, stop letting your cats outside. They go missing a few times per year, kill innocent local wildlife, and this is 100% preventable.

  110. 110.

    Sherparick

    I suggest Steve’s wanderings should serve the cause of science (and may end up easing your mind as well). http://cats.yourwildlife.org/

    Stick a mini camera on him him if you really want freak out.

    Meanwhile, given that thing that Rupert Murdoch and his Republican Party acolytes says is not happening, and which our MSM corporate masters and their hirelings ignore that it is happening, just keeps getting worse, and worse. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ng-live/balog-prove-lecture-nglive?source=relatedvideo

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