This is like the classiest way to frame a fail. pic.twitter.com/hQhOxAXJr9
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 24, 2018
Robin Givhan, Washington Post fashion expert: STOP TRYING TO MAKE ‘TRUMP STYLE’ HAPPEN! IT’S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN!……
… The womenswear brand, founded in 2011, was built around the public persona of Ivanka: the tall, blonde corporate executive with the famous last name, a mother of three with a lifestyle glamorously — no, adorably — curated for Instagram. The label was aimed at young, white-collar working women, and so the collections were filled with sheath dresses, simple silhouettes in feminine floral prints and office-ready shoes. There was nothing particularly unique about the products. Indeed, the company was accused of knocking off other brands. But there was nothing wrong with the clothes, either. And that, along with the price and the marketing, was what made them sell…
The gloss peeled away when Ivanka, the daughter, came to Washington as an adviser to her father, the president, who said he wanted to put America first and who touted the importance of manufacturing in the United States. Because her brand was no mere vanity project, and making money was the point, her name was licensed to manufacturers, who did the work overseas, where labor was cheap. Business wasn’t pretty, but it was profitable. In 2017, she published a book offering women advice on how to be their own best advocates and fight for their interests in the workplace, while the company that bore her name failed to offer the kind of work-life benefits that her book was telling women that they deserved.
Politics, with all of its hot air and bluster, made Ivanka Trump a walking contradiction. By extension it made her company’s sins plain. Shoppers boycotted it. Social media trolls attacked it. Department stores dropped the brand…
Intertwined with the fashion narrative of tasteful work attire, accessible pricing and woman-friendly rhetoric was the political story line. She was supposed to be the gleaming beacon for women in the new administration, the voice of the family, the Trump-whisperer. It’s hard to say which made people angrier: the fashion company that shunned American workers or the company’s founder who disappointed a contingent of American voters.
Ultimately, the two grievances became one. And a fashion lie became a political one.
Interesting timing… Ivanka imported most of her stuff from China. She’s shutting down as her father ramps up tariffs against China. https://t.co/e6998rsrMZ
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) July 24, 2018
Vanity Fair, infotainment generalist, is more jaded — “She’s Not Going Anywhere“:
… From early on, Ivanka Trump seemed to realize that a formal split between herself and her business was essentially only a talking point given the tacit financial connection between the business and its namesake; she was, after all, the business. Like her father at the Trump Organization, she stepped down from her day-to-day responsibilities at her company and put her interests in a trust. Still, the arrangement would allow her to continue to profit off the business while she served as a senior White House staffer. The Trumps are modern-day vaudevillians who appear primed to sell themselves on multiple levels, at all times—whether it’s a shift dress or a reality show; a childcare tax credit or a travel ban; or even the notion that they belonged in the White House at all. For Ivanka, the chance to take her brand from Trump Tower and departments stores to the White House and the world’s stage was too good to turn down.
But unlike her father, who is testing the limits of his notion that he could get away with murder in broad daylight, Ivanka is no Teflon Don. Since the campaign trail, she has been dogged by criticism over the conflicts of interest that her brand posed. She was dinged for wearing pieces from her line. She caught heat over a distribution deal with a Japanese company that had ties to the government. There was the furor when China issued trademarks to her companies in what seemed like a political gesture. When Nordstrom dropped her line, last year, President Trump tweeted that his daughter had been treated “unfairly,” which prompted senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway to infamously tell Fox News viewers in a live TV interview to “go buy Ivanka’s stuff.” (The White House reviewed appropriate codes of conduct with Conway after members of Congress fumed.)…
In some some ways, this latest move reflects some level of self-preservation. Back in New York, her friend group is smaller, the invitations fewer and farther between, and the city’s denizens are still seething over her father’s election. Sure, she slinks in for meetings or hair appointments or small dinners with confidants every now and then, but former friends note there is not exactly a welcoming committee waiting upon her arrival. Washington, though not without its own perils and criticisms, seems like the safest place for her right now, allowing her to chip away at a host of bipartisan, uncontroversial issues. She can do so while accepting invitations from world leaders, as she has from Angela Merkel, Shinzo Abe, and Narendra Modi, to speak on issues related to female entrepreneurs and workforce development. As one former friend put it to me Tuesday, “There are worse places she could be, because she can profit off the status and plot what comes next.” The person stalled. “Well, unless Mueller comes and strips it all down. And at that point, none of this will matter.”
All of Ivanka's products are made in foreign factories in countries such as Bangladesh, Indonesia and China, where low-wage laborers have limited ability to advocate for themselves, as @drewharwell and I reported last year: https://t.co/ASx8h7T6pt
— Matea Gold (@mateagold) July 24, 2018
Question answered. pic.twitter.com/lZUbIiDYI7
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 24, 2018
efgoldman
Daughter Weasel Face is one of many things about which i wouldn’t ever think.
I don’t know from fashion, but i would have guessed her stuff is derivative crap
Mnemosyne
One wonders if the money laundering investigation into Ivanka Trump Diamonds started heating up.
IANAL, but I’m pretty sure you can’t escape criminal charges by shutting the criminal business down.
Pogonip
I don’t care about fashion—at my age I don’t have to!?—but since it says “open thread” I’d like to pose a question to you animal mavens. Why is it that cats are the most commonly hoarded animals? I googled it but did not find the answer.
Major Major Major Major
Sometimes I wonder if I’d be more or less upset if these folks were more competent grifters.
Platonailedit
Kudos to the former friend.
Major Major Major Major
@Pogonip: maybe because they’re relatively low maintenance?
Platonailedit
@Pogonip:
Because peeps basically love authoritarians ?
Josie
@Pogonip: I can think of two reasons – they are easy to take care of and they reproduce rather rapidly. Even if one didn’t start out hoarding, without money for spay/neutering, one could quickly get overrun.
debit
@Pogonip: I can only guess, but mine would be that cats seem to linger the longest in shelters. The impetus to get them out and give them a good home is compelling, even for me. Or maybe they take in a few kittens, don’t get them fixed, suddenly more kittens, oh so adorable! and then more kittens, because who can afford to get all those cats fixed? and within a year or so you could have 20 cats.
Mary G
Someone tweeted this picture of an Ivanka Trump sweater at Marshall’s discount store. It had multiple markdown pricetags, with the uppermost one $1. Sad!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Pogonip: They’re easier to conceal, dogs bark.
debit
@Major Major Major Major: One cat, sure. With four, I spend a lot of time cleaning litter boxes and a lot of money on cat food. And then there’s never being able to go to the bathroom by myself.
low-tech cyclist
@Pogonip: I’d guess it’s a combination of (a) dogs and cats being the most common pets, and (b) most dogs are several times larger, and most of them aren’t good at curling up in out-of-the-way spots.
FWIW, I’ve known people who had a dozen or more fish tanks. I’ll let you decide if that counts.
Major Major Major Major
@debit: compared to four *dogs*, though?
delk
@Pogonip: dogs need walking.
Cermet
@Pogonip: I believe the metal illness the parasite carries, would be my guess – 70% of all people who own cat’s have antibodies for that illness and it appears to affect all mammals. It is also believed to increase dangerous behavior and even suicide tendencies.
BellyCat
@Pogonip:
Easy. Cats tolerate, if not prefer, a degree of neglect.
I once read that cats generally enjoy about 15 minutes of attention every day. Gotta fill your day with lovin’? Gotta get more cats!
debit
@Major Major Major Major: Eh, depends on the size of the dog. But yes, I see your point. (In that vein, when a family member started giving me shit about my excessive amount of bikes, I pointed out that I could be collecting horses instead. That ended the argument. Perspective!)
TenguPhule
@Major Major Major Major:
The answer to your question is Yes.
Ruckus
@Mary G:
I’m betting that Sad! is tongue in cheek, isn’t it?
debit
@BellyCat: Obviously not written by a cat owner. Cats do not like neglect, or even to be ignored.
ETA: Obviously they sleep a lot, but observe where they choose to sleep; next to or at least in the same room as a person. They are social animals who become upset and depressed if left alone for extended periods of time. They are not goldfish.
TenguPhule
@Mnemosyne:
You can’t if the reason you shut the business down was to avoid criminal charges.
patrick II
@low-tech cyclist:
You can’t safely live alone with ten hungry dogs. Sorry dog lovers.
Major Major Major Major
The new scuttlebutt is that Greenwald deleted 27,000 of his old tweets.
TenguPhule
@Major Major Major Major:
We are talking about cats, right?
The ones that were worshipped as Gods in Egypt and have never forgotten?
TenguPhule
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
Cats smell.
Major Major Major Major
@debit: dogs only sleep 1-2 hours per day less. Cats get such a bad rap.
germy
@Major Major Major Major:
I wonder what that’s all about. Is there anything suspicious about the timing?
I suspect he’s housecleaning for a reason. He knows something is coming down the pike.
debbie
@Mary G:
The stuff I’ve seen is not particularly attractive and is cheap looking.
Mai Naem mobile
The Trumpov family is truly stupid and incompetent. Many many many people wood give their right arm to be in this family’s position to start off with so much money. I do not understand how with all the connections they have and all the orivileges they have they just seem to keep on failing. Even the election was a scam win.
Ruckus
@debit:
I’ve lived in a house with 4 cats. Of course they weren’t my cats and I didn’t have to clean up or feed them. Pet them and take pictures when allowed.
I’ve also lived with 2 dogs. That was a lot more work and effort. Now do understand one of the dogs was a GS puppy whose greatest wish was to be able to chew on anything I owned. Also was the dumbest dog I’ve ever met. And his mom, the other of the pair, was a really great and smart dog. Even she was amazed at how stupid this pup was.
MagdaInBlack
@debit:
The one here next to me on the couch, agrees with you. The other one is eating, then he will join us. These are Siamese….allegedly aloof. They haven’t read the rule book.
Baud
@Major Major Major Major: I thought that didn’t work.
geg6
@Major Major Major Major:
Wonder what he’s trying to cover up?
Mai Naem mobile
@germy: probably has to do with Assange getting ready to get kicked out by the Ecuadorian s.
Major Major Major Major
@germy: I’m sure it has a perfectly innocent explanation and our speculating is pure neo-McCarthyism.
Booger
@Pogonip: A behavioral symptom of toxoplasmosis, I think. Seriously.
geg6
@debbie:
Yes, this. They are shitty, cheap acrylic and polyester stuff in lots of pastels and fugly floral prints. I buy a lot of work wear. No way I’d buy her stuff. I can get nicer things from Ann Taylor and Gap. And if I’m feeling flush, JCrew.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@TenguPhule: I know about the smell, my neighbors out front have cats, dogs barking carries further.
B.B.A.
Two years ago, national disgrace Time Warner Cable merged with smaller national disgrace Charter to form newly rebranded national disgrace Spectrum. The state of New York conditioned its approval of the merger on the combined company improving and expanding its service in various ways.
Being the national disgrace that they are, Spectrum didn’t do diddly-poo to comply with the approval conditions.
Today, NYS revoked its approval of the merger and ordered Spectrum to sell all its in-state assets within 60 days or lose its license to operate.
Political gamesmanship from the Cuomo administration in this surprisingly difficult election year? Probably, but it’s still rare to see any level of government trying to flex its might on a megacorp. (Now watch this quietly go away once Cuomo easily wins reelection.)
Gin & Tonic
I remember when I thought Ronan Farrow was a lightweight.
Amir Khalid
@BellyCat:
Bianca expects a lot more than 15 minutes a day of my attention. And will spend ten minutes at a time giving me a tongue bath when she feels like it. And sleeps next to me in bed.
@TenguPhule:
And dogs don’t? In what universe?
Ladyraxterinok
@Mnemosyne: Clicking on link gives ‘page not found’ message. Any other link for this info?
geg6
@Gin & Tonic:
Inorite!
Eljai
@Cermet: Apparently that parasite can also turn you into an entrepreneur!
According to the NBC news article, the parasite makes mice unafraid of cats so the theory is that it could encourage risk-taking behavior in people. I’m not sure about all that but I am not loaning my cat money to start a business.
hilts
@Major Major Major Major:
Major Major Major Major,
Congratulations on your new front pager gig. As a long time bibliophile, I look forward to your posts on good books to read.
? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?
To all readers of BJ:
What would you do if every single person on Earth disappeared one day?
Me? I’ve given this thought, thanks specials like “Life After People” and the movie The Quiet Earth.
Before the power would go out in a few hours, I’d go to the nearest gas station and buy as much gasoline as I could from the pumps. Next, I’d go to the nearest hardware store and get some stabilizer to extend the life of the gas, then steal one of the mobile generators you can rent from Home Depot.
Next, I’d go to the nearest library to read up on how to use radio station broadcasting equipment. Or just set up a short band rig to broadcast a distress signal in case anyone survived. Finally, stock up on canned goods and bottled water.
What would you do?
Shana
@Pogonip: I have no idea really, but if I had to guess, it’s because cats can be kept exclusively inside but dogs can’t. Plus they’re pretty self sufficient as long as you feed them.
TenguPhule
@Amir Khalid:
Dogs don’t smell like cats. They really don’t.
TenguPhule
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
Catch up on my reading.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Amir Khalid: Most dogs don’t use interior litterboxes, they do their stuff outside.
Platonailedit
At least the brits seem to be doing something about it.
Amen to all of that and more.
e
Finally she is doing something for poor children.
TenguPhule
Not content with mayo ice cream, this darkest timeline has also decided to give us this abomination.
There truly is no god.
Ken
@TenguPhule:
I prefer the explanation from Neil Gaiman’s “Dream of a Thousand Cats”, part of the Sandman series.
? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?
@TenguPhule:
You’re thinking too small. You have an entire world made for billions to yourself and can do practically anything with no consequences. You could live in that mansion you always wanted or drive that supercar you dreamed about when you were a boy.
Steeplejack
Now that Ivanka is focusing on her government job, I want to see notarized time sheets for every goddamn day. And no ducking out early on Friday for the weekend!
Elizabelle
Did you guys catch the WaPost headline on the Robin Givhan story?
Ivanka Trump’s fashion lie is finished
Not a typo. It’s right there in the last sentence of Givhan’s piece.
Major Major Major Major
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: I would get pretty lonely!
Platonailedit
@Elizabelle: A truthy headline for a change.
The Dangerman
What are her current DC responsibilities other than trying to stay out of the slammer?
TenguPhule
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
I don’t like to drive. I do enjoy reading quite a bit.
efgoldman
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
I’d watch the old Twilight Zone episode that posited exactly that, with a twist.
Platonailedit
Luckovich’s new trump tower.
Mnemosyne
@Gin & Tonic:
He’s a shitty TV host, but a decent reporter. Who knew?
A Ghost To Most
Speaking of framing:
patrick II
@TenguPhule:
Thanks for answering taking the time to answer my question on the child abduction thread earlier today. Not the answer I wanted to hear, but that’s true for a lot of things currently.
p.a.
@TenguPhule: My folks would occasionally put ricotta in their coffee. But they may have been trolling me: I was an asshole teenager. Not saying I’ve changed/improved, just talking of a specific time.
Mnemosyne
@Ladyraxterinok:
FYWP keeps adding an extra ” to the end of links when I code them. Here’s a naked version of the same link:
https://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trump-diamonds-caught-alleged-money-laundering-scheme-757168
BellyCat
Luv the dog vs cat fisticuffs.
Dog owners (with no cat experience):
Which animal cleans it own damn self (incessantly)?
Answer: Not dogs.
Ergo, which animal (the actual thing with fur, not the environment it is in) smells less?
Answer: Not dogs
The issue that some people have with “smelly cats” is due to the shitty humans that are owned by these particular cats, which fail to regularly clean their litter boxes or let them outside to do their business.
My cats HATE to use the litter box. Why? Because it makes their environment stink. They would MUCH rather go outside— even in freezing temperatures and snow — than use the litter box inside.
As far as attention girls, after I read this peculiar “15 minute” theory, I started paying attention. My cats love to be around me all day, and will sleep next to and on me for hours. That said, the periods of “intense loving” (AKA Purr Bomb), where the cat simply CAN NOT BE MORE lascivious are actually briefer than I previously thought.
While we are on the topic, here is a PSA That greatly improved the periods of my life where I could not let my cats outside. Always have one more litter box than you have cats. (Example: two cats equals three litter boxes). I was surprised to find that cats are reluctant to mix solids and liquids in the same box.
Gelfling 545
@Pogonip: I think because at least partly they can be kept exclusively indoors and there’s no barking to get the attention of neighbors. Some do hoard dogs though. My nephew’s malamute came from a rescue that came about when authorities got conplaints of over 200 dogs at one property, none neutered or vaccinated.
MagdaInBlack
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
When you go to get that generator, pick up a siphon: there’s going to be a jillion cars with tanks to siphon.
I’d also give some thought to all the hungry pets that are going to get loose and you’re now prey. You’ll need weaponry.
Then lets give some thought to all the now un-supervised nuclear equipment around the world……or maybe lets not.
Baud
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: Enjoy my Trump free existence.
Jay
@patrick II:
Dogs have starved to death beside the untouched bodies of their owners,
Cat have gotten fat beside the bodies of their dead owners.
JCJ
@Mary G:
For $1 I might buy that – I could use it to clean up cat puke.
Platonailedit
@Mnemosyne:
Wish the fucking media flogged these in 2016 instead of her emails.
Major Major Major Major
@Jay: dogs will eat your corpse too.
Now, that said, during my two trips to Japan I always teared up when I saw the Hachikō statue.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@A Ghost To Most: We have our state’s Governors on the walls of our Capitol, though there is one President and one Chief Justice of the United States.
Steeplejack
“Chip away”?! She has not done dick. As valued commenter Kay has said, they gave Ivanka all the “girly” issues they don’t care about and then they ignore her completely anyway. She is always supposed to be “moderating” Daddy behind the scenes, and she hasn’t done dick there either. Okay, phrasing.
? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?
@efgoldman:
There were a lot of Twilight Zone episodes that dealt with loneliness and isolation. Rod Serling seemed to like those themes for some reason.
Swbarnes2
@Cermet: Toxoplasmosis. Spreads from cat poop, and makes the infected less sensitive to the smell of cat pee.
debbie
@Platonailedit:
Agreed. They should have reported that everything he touched failed, other than his naming licenses.
MagdaInBlack
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
Better yet, snag some portable solar panels.
ETA: Yes, I’ve given this some thought.
Major Major Major Major
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: I’m sure it had nothing to do with his crippling alcoholism.
Platonailedit
@Steeplejack: Heh, Be Best.
Old Dan and Little Ann
Celebrated my mom’s 75th bday tonight. Pizza, cookie cake, the offspring picked out a Minnie Mouse balloon. My dad is in a walking boot from falling last week. Docs told him 4 months due to tendon damage. Wtf. Fortunate to have them around.
patrick II
@Jay:
Key word there is dead. And unstated is how many. A pack of hungry dogs (which they can become when hungry) can be dangerous. Just ask Ramsey Bolton.
BellyCat
@BellyCat: “As far as attention girls…”
As far as attention GOES…
SHEESH! Siri blows.
What also blows, in a totally new way, is trying to review a mobile post in the tiny little box that is continuously scrolling so you can’t even see what you’ve written.
Alain and M4, any solutions to this?
Omnes Omnibus
@Pogonip: Because cat people are loonies?
::ducks::
Gelfling 545
@TenguPhule: Just thought that myself. Could be the last chance, right?
debbie
@Steeplejack:
Your phrasing is fine. The only thing I’ve seen her do is stand nearby and lead the applause for daddy.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@BellyCat:
Dogs do clean themselves, though their attempts might make things worse from a human perspective.
Jay
@BellyCat:
I use pine pellets, same ones as a pellet stove.
The waste is compostable, and the cats like the constant fresh pine smell.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Old Dan and Little Ann: Happy b-day to your mom, mine would have been 92 today.
westyny
@Jay: I knew a guy who was eaten by his dog. Yes, alcohol was involved. No, the dog was not a mean drunk.
TenguPhule
@patrick II: You’re welcome.
Major Major Major Major
@BellyCat: this is due to embedded tweets not pre-allocating screen real estate.
Unless you’re describing something else.
? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?
@MagdaInBlack:
True, at least the ones that didn’t crash. And hopefully a jetliner on autopilot doesn’t fall on top of your head within the first 6-12 hrs.
Chemical plants and spent fuel rods venting and blowing up when the backup generators run out of fuel after a few days would definitely be a problem, as you alluded to. However, if someone survives that then they’ll be okay for the next few years. Eventually, the preserved foods will expire and the survivor will need to be able to hunt and survive on their own.
Honestly, the whole situation would be pretty cozy at first, aside from the loneliness, until all of the above started happening. Much better than being trapped alone on a desert island.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Omnes Omnibus: You obviously enjoy living on the edge.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Major Major Major Major: Make it better. //
Old Dan and Little Ann
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Thanks. We were hoping to see the full moon before I left. Too low. Saw it 100 yards later up the street and callees to say a few more minutes. It is huge tonight.
Mike in NC
Just watched Season 6 Episode 1 of “Orange is the New Black”. Made us hopeful about the future if these Trumpers end up being bars.
Major Major Major Major
@?BillinGlendaleCA: that one’s actually not solvable, though admittedly nobody’s trying some of the more obvious mitigations.
MagdaInBlack
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
Was just thinking about jets, as one from O’Hare went over.
I’d get away from the city, and I’d use a dirt bike or whatever they’re called now. No, not a crotch-rocket.
Usually I think about this on my “Dear God ! I hate people days.”
?
Pogonip
I think the ones who voted for toxoplasma gondii are on the right track. (Typical reader: “I voted for t, gondii, not Trump.” ?)
Tomcat spray is the stinkiest thing you’re likely to encounter outside Skunk Alley. I used to work with an anime fan who fed the neighborhood strays [ a practice not recommended unless you enjoy the neighbors letting the air out of your tires and listing your house for sale]. She became good buddies with a sweet gray tabby whom she dubbed Stenchy Puyo. You could tell when Stenchy was spraying his way around the neighborhood from half a block away. Sweetest critter you ever met, but his idea of scent-marking was more like spreading toxic waste. She wanted to get Stenchy fixed and adopt him, but though he’d sit in your lap in a lawn chair all evening, purring madly and giving your hand reminder taps if you stopped scritching, he refused to enter any confined space.
Doug R
@Major Major Major Major:
I asked him why in one of his FB posts.
Mary G
WaPo reports – the Army found the remains of one of the Tuskegee Airmen missing in WWII. Sadly, his wife died in December at 96.
His daughter wants him buried at Arlington; I wish I thought that would happen.
japa21
Currently sitting in a house 9,000 feet up a mountainside outside Laramie, WY. Third stop on our trip to San Francisco. Will be here a few days and then head to Salt Lake City. It gets pretty cool up here at night, but the stars are beautiful to see.
Not following things quite as closely, which is somewhat liberating. Mostly end of the day type stuff. Won’t comment much on the news of the last few days except to say the I do believe everything is closing in and the clock is approaching midnight for Trump when he will trun into a pumpkin. Of course that isn’t much of a change. He already is the right color and shape.
Pogonip
@westyny: What wine did the dog recommend to go with long pig?
I have the memoirs of a coroner here. She says cats will start eating their deceased owner much sooner than dogs will.
Omnes Omnibus
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I have a cat allergy. Which apparently makes me act politely in human/cat relations so the bastards come and sit on my lap. Dogs, I know how to charm them. I have even disarmed Shih-tzus who hate everyone.
Brachiator
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
Also, cheap to film.
Steeplejack
@Pogonip:
You can keep cats inside with litter boxes (even with an inadequate number). Dogs have to go outside at some point, and then you have control issues.
trollhattan
@westyny:
Cue Nick Lowe!
trollhattan
@japa21:
Keep not doing that! Under no circumstances let Trump intrude in the night sky at two miles.
Major Major Major Major
@japa21: beautiful country up there.
Doug R
Note the thread on being the the Last Person on Earth, may I point out one of the best shows on television The Last Man On Earth is on Netflix.
It’s thoughtful, clever funny and at times sad-great show.
Jay
@Major Major Major Major:
Depends on your relationship with your dog. As far as I know, no cat’s ever starved to death beside the untouched body of it’s owner.
Lot’s of dogs have.
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/torontosun.com/2017/08/16/dog-wont-leave-owners-grave—five-years-after-death/wcm/7ae1230c-743b-49fe-902f-16d7e61877e3/amp
BellyCat
@Major Major Major Major: Does not seem to be describing the issue I am identifying. No tweets involved.
Commenting via iOS (11.4.1) on iPhone 6S using Safari. When the comment is a reply to someone else and is more than eight (?) Lines long, trying to review text that is above the currently visible text window. The whole screen with one’s text starts automatically scrolling and one is not able to get all the way to the beginning to see it.
Does this bug report make sense to you?
Just tried to replicate this unexpected behavior with this particular comment and can not replicate. Not sure what’s up.
trollhattan
@Omnes Omnibus:
To be fair, “Shih-tzu–dog?” remains unanswered.
Steeplejack
@Platonailedit:
Link/source?
Steeplejack
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
You could commandeer a bunch of snarkmeters and turn them on all at once.
MagdaInBlack
@Doug R:
I will check it out. TY
Omnes Omnibus
@trollhattan: Vicious little shits works for me.
Major Major Major Major
Apropos of the discussion of isolation, and the Rocky Mountains, this is a song I like a lot.
Waynski
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: If, “every single person on Earth disappeared,” I wouldn’t be here, nor would you, because, you know, I count myself a person. That said; I’ll play along. I would go to the liquor store and play with pets. Certainly get a gun in case someone else shows up and wants my booze and since your premise assumes only humans are dead, I’d adopt a dogs and kittehs.
japa21
@Major Major Major Major: Yes it is. First time in this area of the country. Mrs. Japa’s brother and his wife spend the summers here and we finally got out here. Didn’t realize just how gorgeous it is.
Major Major Major Major
@BellyCat: sounds pretty idiosyncratic. These pages have a LOT going on, so it could be anything really.
Should they be simpler? Yes. Complain to management if you’d like.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Omnes Omnibus: I had a Shi Tsu in the pack before this one, they’re not mean, they just have a royal attitude.
stinger
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: You would run out of food in about two weeks.
A Ghost To Most
@?BillinGlendaleCA: @?
I bet California doesn’t have a portrait of Putin. Colorado is small enough (population) to get away with it.
Major Major Major Major
@stinger: only if he lived somewhere unfortunate like Ohi… oh ??♂️.
The Lodger
@p.a.: Ricotta? RICOTTA? Gross. Now, a little mascarpone might work…
stinger
@Major Major Major Major: LOL
I should sympathize — I live in Io-whaaaa?
JoyceH
@Gin & Tonic:
Heck, I can remember when he was BORN! Mia Farrow and Woody Allen had a baby and named him Satchel, and I thought, oh, poor kid. Later, when Ronan started with all the scoops I looked him up, and son of a gun, he’s that baby! Satchel Ronan Farrow.
Major Major Major Major
@stinger: at least out here in Califoniaffordability crisis we have food.
? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?
@stinger:
How’s that? Canned and preserved goods are often fine for a year or two. Sometimes three. And I would have several grocery stores in my area to choose from with fully stocked shelves and back storage rooms.
J R in WV
@Eljai:
“… I am not loaning my cat money to start a business.”
Eljai, your cat already has most of your money, you’ve just got walking around money! Cat has all they need!
;-)
Mohagan
@TenguPhule: No, no no. Cats don’t smell if they have any opportunity to groom themselves (i.e. cats wash themselves).. Dogs smell unless they are bathed on a regular basis. Of course, cat boxes can smell to high heaven unless cleaned regularly. Being originally a desert species, their urine is highly concentrated and the ammonia smell can be intense. I use Feline Pine cat litter and it wonderfully neutralizes the ammonia.
Bess
@JoyceH:
You really don’t think Woody is the biological father, do you? The guy’s got Francis Albert written large across his face.
Gin & Tonic
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: Read David Markson’s Wittgenstein’s Mistress. It’s about a woman who may be the only person alive on Earth.
? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?
@Gin & Tonic:
I still don’t understand how I would run out of food in such a short time. I mean, sure, all of the meat and produce would spoil and attract pests and animals, but I would spend the first day or two extracting as much nonperishable food from every local grocery store where I live. I’d probably be set for at least several months or a year.
I’ll check out that book though. Sounds interesting.
Joyce Harmon
@Bess: True, he’s better looking than either paternal candidate, but he’s MILES better looking than Woody.
Aleta
The parasite makes people lose their fear of hoarding cats?
MomSense
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?:
Humans almost went extinct around 70,000 years B.C. Some estimates had us down to only 40 breeding pairs. If another supervolcano should erupt I wonder if we’ll survive and what we might become as a species.
Ian R
@? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?: He grew up in Binghamton. It’s kinda the natural state of the place.
Darrin Ziliak (formerly glocksman)
@efgoldman:
I used to work at a TJ Maxx Distribution Center inspecting and writing up paperwork on orders, and Ivanka Trump merchandise was a staple item.
Let’s just say that while her stuff may have been marketed as higher-end clothing, the quality and materials used say otherwise.
Though her brand could have been doing a Ralph Lauren and selling enough quality stuff for the cachet to rub off on the crap sold at discount stores like Marshalls & TJ Maxx.
Julia Grey
I can buy that. Dogs as a breed are more loyal, and they probably don’t start eating their beloved until the beloved no longer SMELLS like the beloved. Some cats are very fond and attached, but they don’t rely as much on their noses emotionally, and as a breed they are “cooler” to their companions in life.
I’ve had both and loved both, but dogs were always more demonstrative and “invested.”