Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires

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

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

This fight is for everything.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Americans barely caring about Afghanistan is so last month.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Second rate reporter says what?

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

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The Zen Of Cats

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There’s been a request for some non-political stress reducing posting.   So here goes.

I love my cat. Tikka’s a spirit animal made flesh. He’s also a jerk: anyone he doesn’t know and most of those he does are at best suspect and at worst lunch on the hoof.  And he has my number:

I call this one “these are not the papers you are looking for”:

 

Then there’s “If You Don’t Want Your Laundry To Be A Bed, Dude…”:

And how about “Where’s My Beer, Dammit!”:

And then there’s the ultimate: “You Will Never Be As Cool As Me”:

 

And if all that catness ain’t enough to lighten your day, howabout this worthy, after its spa day:

You never know who you’ll meet on the mean streets of mid-Cambridge.

Non-detonating open thread.

PS:  Sorry about the softness of these. I downsized them wrong; they’re fine at full res, and usually that holds up when they shrink to 480 pixels — but I got it wrong this time, and I’m too blech-ed out to go back and find out why.

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  2. 2.

    jeffreyw

    Gonna have to bite the bullet on replace my POS Linksys router. Has good wifi range but it is not always picking up my computers when I turn them on. Tired of “you are not connected to the internets” page when I fire up my browser.

  12. 12.

    NotMax

    Heh. Put on a music channel on the Roku (AccuRadio, two big thumbs up). Chose the “spooky classical music for Halloween” sub-channel.

    What was the first selection to play? The Romeo & Juliet Suite.

    @jeffreyw

    Picked up an Asus 1300 router at a good sale price a couple of months ago to replace an ancient Linksys. Solid recommendation.

    Also too, if computer/router location permits, wired connection will always outperform wireless.

  13. 13.

    ruemara

    Your cat is disdainful. How did you fail him today?

    I really would like someone to help me find my image server. I mean our IT guy would be nice to have that done but it’s been about a month so I’m really near just asking random homeless people if they can just put my image server back on the network like it was 2 months ago.

    Also, live action cats. Plus contemplative cat loaf.

  14. 14.

    Mike in NC

    @Amir Khalid: Isn’t Sinead one of those celebrities who dabble in new religions until the next shiny thing comes along? Thinking of Madonna and other primadonnas.

  15. 15.

    NotMax

    @jeffreyw

    One possibility if your router doesn’t have the latest firmware build installed.

    Also you might try switching to a different channel on the router – could be the one it is set to now is either crowded or just plain glitchy for some reason.

  18. 18.

    Martin

    My politics stress reduction will be Red Dead Redemption II for a while. Spent a nice slow paced evening last night hunting varmints and playing dominoes.

  19. 19.

    ruemara

    @Martin: I started leveling my death knight up to 120. Nothing like hacking & bashing your way through the world to alleviate stress.

  21. 21.

    Jay

    @Mike in NC:

    Nope, raised Irish Catholic, then a big critic of the Church for the rapes, abuse of women and children, and their negative influence on Irish politics, long before it was “trendy”,

    Then an Independent Catholic, a reformed Catholic Church, then ordained as a Minister in the Church.

  22. 22.

    NotMax

    @ruemara

    Alliance or Horde? Time sink, but going around collecting candy during Hallow’s Eve event gives beaucoup xp.

    Haven’t sprung for BfA, so my 110s just sort’a futz around. Still a relaxing diversion, though. Plus as the game sees them as capped, they get gold along with the candy.

  23. 23.

    Captain Oblivious

    Well, Tikka’s a Tuxedo. What did you expect from a cat that wears a dinner jacket?

  24. 24.

    Boussinesque

    @ruemara: My go-to for the past week has been Warriors Orochi 4, for similar reasons. Nothing like the relentless catharsis of scoring 1-3k KOs per stage.

  25. 25.

    Martin

    @ruemara: Yeah, I hear ya. Diablo III rift soloing is my go-to when I need some bashing done. And my daughter and I have decided that Farcry 5 is a good MAGA asshole extermination simulator. Shame we can’t mod red baseball caps on all of the cultists.

  26. 26.

    zhena gogolia

    My late beloved tuxedo cat Louis also had a pink nose. But he never looked as imperious as Tikka. He was always surprised and a bit scared by life. I miss him so much.

  27. 27.

    RepubAnon

    Re Feline Overlord / Primate Servant issues: There’s always the “Yo, Primate – why are you petting the computer keyboard and not me” issue. Not to mention the “Food bowl – empty – snap to it” and “Wrong food, try again” disputes.

  30. 30.

    SiubhanDuinne

    I’m too blech-ed out to go back and find out why.

    I feel certain that other people, at other times, on other blogs, have employed the terms “blech,” “fuckem,” and “Tick tock, motherfuckers,” and doubtless to great effect. But to me, they are all purest Balloon Juice intellectual* property.

    *Yeah, I know.

  31. 31.

    cain

    @Amir Khalid:

    Meanwhile, the BBC reports that Sinead O’Connor is now a Muslim. I welome new sister Shuhada Davitt to the ranks of the faithful.

    That will drive the evangelists crazy. Masha Allah.

  35. 35.

    Brachiator

    A sad note for movie lovers:

    RIP FilmStruck, one of classic cinema’s last refuges in the streaming era

    The beloved destination for foreign films, art-house discoveries, and movies from Hollywood’s Golden Age is shutting down next month.

  36. 36.

    Josie

    I love the second picture. “Touch one piece of this carefully arranged laundry and you die!”

  39. 39.

    laura

    You had me at Mid Cambridge. I’m salivating for the Clover Food Lab’s ChickPea Fritter.
    Our late, louche, Tuxedo Mr. Minkers had the loveliest array of pink and black footy pads and toes, and his insistence on helping wrap every package. I still can’t make a knot without wishing he was offering a steady mitt.

  40. 40.

    Kelly

    Our 12 year old elder cat Annie has decided 14 week old kitten Phoebe is tolerable and has begun establishing hierarchy. Her glare is usually effective, occasionally a hiss and a raised “I’m gonna swat you paw” when surprised

  41. 41.

    ruemara

    @NotMax: BFA is pretty good. I got to beta it and I have to admit, I like the final release even more than the beta. The M.O.T.H.E.R. fight is one of the best coordination battles since Heigan the Unclean.

    My mains are Alli Nelfs. But I’ve played got a Belf priest & a Tauren Pally. RhettBull. Because I had to.

  42. 42.

    Gin & Tonic

    Mid-Cambridge to me, back in the Pleistocene, meant TT the Bear’s Place. Doubt it still exists.

    For unwinding tonight, I think I’m going to watch a game of beisbol.

  44. 44.

    Gin & Tonic

    Anyway, since Cambridge in the long-ago came up, I never had the opportunity to thank Flying Toaster for providing a semi-complete history of Canbridge/Somerville ice cream, after I mentioned the long-gone Steve’s.

  49. 49.

    Roger Moore

    @jeffreyw:

    Gonna have to bite the bullet on replace my POS Linksys router.

    I feel your pain. I just had to replace my fancy Google router, which I rather liked, because it gave up the ghost. I don’t know if some of the hardware died or if it got bricked by a problem updating the software (one of the things I liked about it is that it auto updates its software, so you don’t have to wonder if it has security vulnerabilities) but a couple of evenings on the phone with tech support were unable to resuscitate it.

  54. 54.

    Tom Levenson

    @Gin & Tonic: It closed in 2015, but the space is now used by a venue called Sonia’s, which is a side venture of the Middle East Cafe (right next door). So there’s some continuity.

  55. 55.

    Mnemosyne

    Been at a local writer’s conference all day on not enough sleep and a slight headache, so I’m a bit cranky. The conference is pretty good, so it’s mostly me.

    And then I have to go be social with G and a couple of our friends after this even though I need to do laundry tonight. Ugh.

  56. 56.

    Tom Levenson

    @Gin & Tonic: Just to incite a little jealousy: I’ve become friends w. Gus, the man behind Toscanini’s. When we ask him and his partner over for dinner they always ask what they can bring. We always answer “dessert.”

  60. 60.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Raven:

    One of these days, when you least expect it, I shall simply Show Up at one of your fishing vacay hangouts, or maybe the bakery in Athens. Would love to meet up with you and the Princess and the pups!

  66. 66.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Tom Levenson:

    When we ask him and his partner over for dinner they always ask what they can bring. We always answer “dessert.”

    So you’re saying you invite them to dinner two-three times a week? Do I have that right?

  68. 68.

    J R in WV

    Had a great opportunity for “pet” rescue today.

    Went into the bathroom and found a giant wolf spider in the sink, trapped. This puppy was nearly 6 inches across. I have pics, close up pics. I rescued him with a quart measuring cup upside down, slid a white paper under him.

    Have pics of him filling up the bottom of the qt measuring cup while I took him outside to the fern beds. Will post to On the Road Backyard soon. Amazing giant in the sink, probably catching a drink of water, then couldn’t climb back up the Corian surface.

  72. 72.

    khead

    @WaterGirl:

    Chewy.com. Bought 3 of them @ ~20 bucks each. We thought for sure that the kittehs would just ignore them – heh – but the kittehs seem to love them so far.

  73. 73.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Roger Moore: Indeed. I find that on a desktop, Windows/Chrome, it pegs the CPU after a pretty short period. On an iPhone/Safari, I can literally watch the battery meter dropping every time I re-load the page.

  74. 74.

    lamh36

    NEW: Why Won’t DeSantis Call Gillum ‘Mayor’ or ‘Mister’ During Debates?

    “I’m a sitting mayor and he had the nerve to address me only as Andrew,” said Gillum. For many in the black community this isn’t just about political decorum. @wlrn

    @NadegeGreen
    Follow Follow @NadegeGreen
    More
    Here is @AndrewGillum at a rally in Miami Gardens addressing being called “Andrew” by DeSantis. He invited DeSantis to put some respect on his name.
    https://twitter.com/NadegeGreen/status/1055805941801725953

    Florida…ya’ll need to go on ahead and vote for this guy!

  75. 75.

    lamh36

    @ABC
    Former Pres. Obama on migrant caravan: “You know, as soon as the election’s over, everybody will be like, ‘What, what happened? We were being invaded. Where’d it go?'”

    “Don’t fall for that kind of fear-mongering.” http://abcn.ws/2hFejwL

    @ABC
    Former Pres. Obama: “I’m hoping you think it’s wrong to hear people spend years, months, vilifying people, questioning their patriotism, calling them enemies of the people—and then suddenly you’re concerned about civility. Please.” http://abcn.ws/2hFejwL pic.twitter.com/oi1XMj91ET

    @CBSEveningNews
    “They didn’t care about [Hillary Clinton’s] emails. And you know how you know? Because if they did, they’d be up in arms right now as the Chinese are listening to the president’s iPhone that he leaves in his golf cart. It turns out, I guess it wasn’t that important,” Obama says.

    3:38 PM – Oct 26, 2018
    https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1055921669620068353

  79. 79.

    raven

    @ljt: Ditto!

    We just finished dinner for 8 with my duck gumbo and red snapper from my spring trip to the gulf. The fishing was tough but it was pretty down there so I’m happy!

  81. 81.

    WaterGirl

    @khead: I tried “cat box” and “cat house” and they didn’t come up.

    edit: searched for “cat house box” and that wasn’t it, either.

  93. 93.

    WaterGirl

    @Steve in the ATL: You are so right to wonder about that! I hadn’t thought of it. Luckily, i was just searching on Chewy.com, which is a pet supply place. Otherwise, I can only imagine what kind of ads I would be getting. (If I didn’t have an Ad Blocker)

  94. 94.

    Mary Ellen Sandahl

    @SiubhanDuinne: “Blech” has a long honorable history going back at least to the MAD Magazine of the 1950s, as a exclamation of general disapproval or disgust. Often with extra c’s for emphasis. Might have origins in Yiddish, or Americanized Yiddish, but I’m just guessing. The old MAD was very much an NYC based phenom.

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