Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Consistently wrong since 2002

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

I’m sure you banged some questionable people yourself.

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

White supremacy is terrorism.

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

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

New McCarthy, same old McCarthyism.

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

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

Their freedom requires your slavery.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

This blog will pay for itself.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

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

Peak wingnut was a lie.

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

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

I wonder if trump will be tried as an adult.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

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Happy news, for a respite. Update from Deb S:

Just wanted the jackalariat to know what finally happened. It was an all-day drive back home after the vet kindly squeezed us in first thing Thursday morning. They treated him more aggressively and gave me more medications, and him a tranquilizer, and off we went.

He tolerated the drive pretty well and I locked him in the bathroom away from my three cats as soon as I got home. Friday was a day for tears and decompressing. My male cat REALLY was not happy to have Shakespeare in the house and sat outside the bathroom door hissing and growling, while poor Shakespeare cried and cried for attention.

At 7:30 Saturday morning I posted to a local swap-and-sell group on FB, and three hours later he was in his new home right down the road from me and close enough to visit. Turns out a couple in my town that rescues senior pets had lost their 17 year old cat a few days earlier, and they had room in their home and their hearts for a new cat. I am so relieved to have him happy in a new home! Thanks to everyone who tried to re-home him from NYC, I never would have believed I’d find a new place for him so quickly here. Here’s a picture of him happily ruling his new roost.

So, sometimes FaceBook is a force for good. Thanks for the update, Deb, and best wishes to you both!

Cat Blogging: "A Happy Ending for Shakespeare"

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  1. 1.

    Mary G

    God bless you, Deb S. In your time of sorrow, you got him a great home. I am so happy and teary right now. You honored your mom magnificently.

  3. 3.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    That second picture is the best thing ever. Yay for comfy old kitties in new homes.

  6. 6.

    zhena gogolia

    @Baud:

    Haha, yes! So sweet!

    Our new pair, including an elderly gentleman with issues, will arrive March 16.

  7. 7.

    Mary G

    O/T Squeeee! Per Deadline, New Kids in the Hall coming to Amazon.

    The Chicken Lady and Headcrusher are coming back! Amazon Prime Video is set to bring back new episodes of the critically-acclaimed cult sketch series from Canada The Kids In The Hall. This marks the first Canadian Amazon Original Series.

    The original “Kids” Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson are all set to return for eight episodes and they will reprise fan-favorite characters from the series which originally ran from 1989 to 1995 on CBC in Canada and stateside on CBS, HBO, and Comedy Central. The series will be executive produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels.

    There are a lot more links at the source, I took some out to avoid moderation.

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    noname

    Thank goodness. I couldn’t stop thinking about this sweet old gentleman. I am sure you find some comfort in your grief over the loss of your mother that he has a good forever home. And close enough for visits!

  13. 13.

    Elizabelle

    That is a happier ending than I was expecting.  Shakespeare is a beautiful cat.  Am sure his new people are happy to have him.

    And best to you, Deb S, as you adjust to your mom’s passing.

  14. 14.

    Mnemosyne

    Hooray! We were all very worried about him, and glad that he managed to land in clover just when he needed to.

  18. 18.

    Matt McIrvin

    Aw. A FB friend of mine had a longtime kitty who just died who was also named Shakespeare. He misses him terribly. Glad this one has someone to love him.

  20. 20.

    Lyrebird

    Oh hooray for some good news for a good kitty!

     

    Please be good to yourself, too, after what must have been a hard time.

  25. 25.

    JMG

    This thread makes me so happy. The people on this board make me want to be better myself.

  27. 27.

    Betsy

    Please tell me someone here has posted this. It’s Warren’s staff reacting to the news that Jacob Wohl claimed Warren had a BDSM affair with a young Marine. <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Silver lining on today is that I can finally tweet this truly epic shot of Warren staff reacting to Jacob Wohl claiming our boss was having a BDSM affair with a young marine.

    <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoCougars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#GoCougars</a> <a href=”https://t.co/LcmB1eSnFj”>pic.twitter.com/LcmB1eSnFj</a></p>&mdash; Lee Sova Claypool (@lee_gsc) <a href=”https://twitter.com/lee_gsc/status/1235717031762235392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>

  33. 33.

    J R in WV

    @Mary G:

    The Trump CDC leadership is corrupt and incompetent in every way. The CDC professional staff is  honest and competent, but are not in control of the agency at all. And if they are too public about how bad a job the political appointees are doing, they will be discharged and replaced by more despicable professional RWNJs.

    If we are very lucky the totally incompetent RWNJs in charge of the national health agencies won’t kill so many of us that we can no longer maintain a modern advancing nation!

  35. 35.

    seefleur

    I don’t comment much, but had to delurk to say that the Jackaltariat are a lovely bunch – y’all restore my faith in humanity. Carry on!

  36. 36.

    Deb S

    Happy to see this posted today when many of us need some good news after Warren’s departure from the race <sob>.

    Went to visit Shakespeare on Tuesday, he’s doing really well in his new home.  I’ll be taking him to the vet in a couple of weeks for a wellness check and to make sure his ear infection has cleared up (I was treating it before his new family took over), and to see if he needs his teeth cleaned.  If he does I’ll take him in for that too, and pay for it.  Then his new family will be responsible for him, and I retain visitation rights.  Best possible outcome!

    Thanks again to everyone who helped try to find a home for him, and to Anne Laurie for posting!

  37. 37.

    laura

    This melts my heart and ends a long hard day on a sweet high note. May his time be filled with love and comfort and may Deb S be comforted in Grace and Peace as her experience of loss and grief and struggle to find a safe home for a loved boon companion.

    Deb S {{{{{HUG}}}}}

  38. 38.

    ET

    All I could think of looking at that photo was

    But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

    Glad he has a home now.

  39. 39.

    Laura Too

    Oh such happy news! Thanks, and so sorry for your loss Deb. S. I haven’t had much time to check in other than front page…

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