Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

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

Nothing worth doing is easy.

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

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

“Squeaker” McCarthy

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

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

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

Come on, man.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

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

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

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

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  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    No one in my family keeps dogs (it’s a Muslim thing). I’ve figured out that a bark collar is not one made of bark, but what is it for?

  5. 5.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    My husband weighs a lot more than 5 pounds, and he keeps growling at the cat. Any product recommendations?

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    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et Al.)

    I have one that works well. It puts out a puff of citronella when Smedley barks. Dogs don’t like citronella, but it doesn’t hurt them or get in their eyes. I’ll have to find the brand name, but I like it.

  17. 17.

    The Dangerman

    Luthe:

    Only it would scream the word “WRONG!” after every lie.

    Wouldn’t that sound something like Alarm Guy in Fistful of Yen (Kentucky Fried Movie)?

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    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    @? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: @EBT: Yeah, he’s pretty un-bear-like other than the growling. A shock seems so meanspirited, though, and there’s always the chance it will backfire and shock the cat – or me. Maybe a collar that emits a puff of cat food breath, as long as the puff is directional toward him.

    ETA: holy cats, the collar that screams “WRONG.’ I can think of a world of applications for that one …

  22. 22.

    Doctor Science

    I had to say good-bye to my almost-19-y.o. cat Sneakers the other day. He was a self-rescue who came to our door age approx. 10 weeks, and proved that my cat allergy wasn’t to ALL cats, only some.

    So when I get a new cat (or 2), how do I tell which of the cats in the shelter aren’t too allergenic for me? Going inside there for more than 10 minutes is deeply uncomfortable; how do I tell which cats are less of a problem, given that my allergies will be activated by the ones that ARE problems?

  24. 24.

    Aleta

    @The Dangerman: My wish is for world leaders to have a shock buzzer in their palm for when he tries that power grip dominance shake. He’d learn pretty quickly to make it brief.

  27. 27.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    Awww, what a nice post about Sneakers. I’m sorry, @Doctor Science: , he was clearly the best kitty ever. I wish I had some help to offer on allergies. I hope you find your next cat, or he finds you, soon.

  29. 29.

    ruemara

    @Doctor Science: I am so sorry. It sounds like you had a great life together. You may have been able to tolerate Sneakers by doing the preventative things like keeping him off your bed pillow & washing your hands after handling. You can build up tolerances to your specific cat. These are (relatively) hypoallergenic cats that you can call a shelter beforehand to see if they have any of these breeds. Just remember that there’s no such thing as a truly hypoallergenic cat, so stock up on wipes for the kitties, start small and see if you can foster first.

  30. 30.

    Fair Economist

    @The Dangerman:

    I have one that works well. It puts out a puff of citronella when Smedley barks.

    For the love of everything decent, can someone invent one of these for when President’s lie?

    With Trump? You’d be able to smell the citronella on the other side of the country.

  33. 33.

    Ruckus

    @Doctor Science:
    First sorry about your four legged friend.
    I went to the Humane Society once to check out getting a cat. They let you into the cat rooms and some cats would ignore you and others would climb up in my lap. This one old boy was friendly and a great cat, but 5 minutes with him in my lap and I couldn’t breathe for an entire day. And I’d lived with the cat that liked to sleep on me with no problems for about a year. So any way I went back a few days later and walked into the cat room and the same cat jumped into my lap. 5 minutes was all I could take, of the friendliest cat in the world. I’ve lived with 4 cats in one house since and no issues. Never have understood that one cat in my life that is the friendliest in the world, and I can’t live around him. Wonder if it says more about me than him. I ended up getting a dog from another rescue org. An old ornery cocker. Best pet I ever had, even with his attitude and teeth.

  34. 34.

    Ruckus

    @Doctor Science:
    I didn’t realize where you blogged. I don’t think I read much over at your house after Andy was gone. Still up towards the top of my bookmarks and a place I’ll have to check into far more often. Take care. And get another cat. As if I had to say that.

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    Gvg

    @Doctor Science: I think you would need to skip shelters. The large numbers of cats would leave too many allergens for you and all cats would trigger you. You need to adopt from a single person with just a few or one cat at a time. Craigslist maybe or a friend.
    Cats can be raised to tolerate baths if they are started young. Baths that soak for 30 minutes remove the salvia that is supposed to be the main cause of allergy attacks in humans. I had a pure bred raised for show that was taught to allow baths and it wasn’t painful at all to give one to her. She was pure white so occasionally it seemed necessary. You had to keep a hand on her chest and not get distracted until done because if she thought you were done or not paying attention, she would try to sneak a way even if covered in shampoo but she didn’t fight. If you have allergies, you should probably train a kitten.

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    satby

    @Doctor Science: condolences on the loss of Sneakers. You gave him the best life he could have asked for: love, food, safety and scritches. He knew he was loved.

    I work with a rescue group even though I’m allergic to all animals, so I have a couple of suggestions. Even with my allergies, I have always adapted over time to the cats in my house as long as I didn’t get scratched, then I really start reacting. First, a shelter can be much too full of dander, so I would look at the cat rooms at a PetSmart, or go during adoption days. At PetSmart, they have a little anteroom where you can meet the adoptable cats one on one which will give you a better chance. All of the cats at PetSmarts are from rescue groups, are not for sale, and are fully vetted and ready to be adopted, so you’re still rescuing a shelter pet.

    Another suggestion that really helped me is to get an Rx for Singulair. It interrupts the allergy reaction before antihistamines do, and over time I actually weaned off it because it seemed to make me a little less reactive to my own rescues. I also have allergic asthma, so this was a massive help to me personally. YMMV.

  38. 38.

    Virginia

    We have a JRT who is a barker. She’s really cute but still has the title of Horrible Little Dog. She barks in the face of our older JRT which causes the border collie mix to chime in. Chaos ensues.

    I recently got this device from Amazon:

    https://www.amazon.com/Barking-Handheld-Training-Ultrasonic-Repeller/dp/B07D3747F9/ref=sr_1_6?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1529329289&sr=1-6&keywords=anti+barking+device&dpID=515lIuWsPsL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

    Came to scoff and stayed to believe, it actually works! Now I can just hold it and tell Jambon, no bark, and she shuts up.

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    Doctor Science

    @satby: Thanks for the Petsmart suggestion! That sounds very feasible. We’re almost equidistant between 2 Petsmart stores, so we should have a lot of choices.

    I don’t think of Petsmart first because I associate stores with dogs and cats from mills, as was the case in my youth. Obviously that’s not the case these days.

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