Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Shut up, hissy kitty!

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

When I was faster i was always behind.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

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

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

“A king is only a king if we bow down.” – Rev. William Barber

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

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Respite Open Thread: I Told You They Have Claws

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I Need Some Camera Advice

Looks like we could use an open thread. I just pulled the camera post – I left it up by request – I got a couple of emails that gave me the info I needed. Thanks for the input.

Remember ducks in scarves (thanks to Momsense!). Well I mentioned that clothing on ducks is not the best idea, because…claws.

Respite Open Thread: I Told You They Have Claws

You can see what I mean here. That’s from Mabel when I went to do a health check on her. I didn’t have a good grip and she went to balance on me. Her health check – and Penelope’s and Maddie’s – were all fine. Me, not so much. Bactine to the rescue.

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  1. 1.

    Elizabelle

    You’ll leave the camera post up, right?  Other jackals might benefit (or not) from the conversation.

  2. 2.

    Alison Rose

    I see your ducks in scarves (adorable!) and raise you penguins in sweaters.

    It’s from a few years ago but still makes me smile. I mean, come on:

    When disaster strikes, the wildlife clinic at the Phillip Island Nature Park will be ready, equipped to deploy hundreds of tiny wool sweaters at a moment’s notice.

    Not tiny sweaters for people, but penguins — knit by a group of volunteers that includes Alfred “Alfie” Date, who at 109 years of age is Australia’s oldest man.

    Date told Australia’s Ninemsn he started knitting the “easy single-rib and double-rib” sweaters shortly after moving to a retirement home in southwest Australia. After learning he could knit, two nurses who knew of the “Knits for Nature” program approached him to gauge his interest, Date said, adding, “I’m a sucker. I can’t say no.”

    Glorious.

  5. 5.

    Elizabelle

    Ducks with claws. And attitude. Subheadline: how ducks ended up on the menu.

    But not TaMara’s ducks!

  15. 15.

    WereBear

    Okay, MBAs. I would like to lock you in a room with a flat pack of typical cat trees, put it together from only the instructions and the tools they provide, and then carry it out of the room without it breaking.

    Haw! Not possible.

    So at least we got our money back. And we get to dispose of this big awkward useless thing.

    The cats are disappointed.

  19. 19.

    bjacques

    Dammit! I’m getting served Papa John’s Pizza ads here all day. They have a beachhead here in NL. I suspect my phone heard me talking about the pizza we’re fixing tonight.

  20. 20.

    Amir Khalid

    I just bought a rack for seven guitars. I have five — AND HAVE NO serious PLANS TO GET ANOTHER — but I needed something more space-efficient than five A-frame single-guitar stands. Really.

  25. 25.

    trollhattan

    @Amir Khalid: <a

    AND HAVE NO serious PLANS TO GET ANOTHER

    Says every cyclist ever. Or more commonly, “My last bike is the next one.” They don’t typically say, “Just listen to that sustain.”

  27. 27.

    Josie

    @Amir Khalid:

    “AND HAVE NO serious PLANS TO GET ANOTHER ”

    Yeah, I’ve heard that one before.  The question is: will you admit it when you have to get another rack?

  28. 28.

    cliosfanboy

    Trump wants his face on Mt Rushmore. Seriously.   Check Digby.  (Sorry, on phone, cant to links)

  29. 29.

    NotMax

    @Amir Khalid

    If by any chance you’re going to eat up some time practicing this number, seven would be about right.

    Gives each of the other six time to cool down in turn while you’re plucking the seventh.

    ;)

  33. 33.

    PST

    I am driving home from a wedding. I’m glad I went, but the decision was not easy. It was outside in a large backyard with fewer than 50 guests. Everyone was good about keeping masked up except when actually eating or drinking. Or getting stoned. It had been 30 or 40 years for me, and now I remember why. Didn’t enjoy it, so back to scotch I guess. I will always cherish the photo of my 96-year-old mother-in-law smoking a spliff. She really, really wanted to be there for this ceremony, and although the risk factors are obvious, her mind is sharp and her age is so great that it makes her less risk averse, not more.

  34. 34.

    Nora

    My 92 year old father in law would agree with your mother.  He says his age makes him lower risk, rather than higher.  He’s a biologist, so he sees things a little differently from most people.

  36. 36.

    dmsilev

    @cliosfanboy: Here’s the link (FTNYT):

    How Kristi Noem, Mt. Rushmore and Trump Fueled Speculation About Pence’s Job

    Since the first days after she was elected governor of South Dakota in 2018, Kristi Noem had been working to ensure that President Trump would come to Mount Rushmore for a fireworks-filled July 4 extravaganza.
    After all, the president had told her in the Oval Office that he aspired to have his image etched on the monument. And last year, a White House aide reached out to the governor’s office with a question, according to a Republican official familiar with the conversation: What’s the process to add additional presidents to Mount Rushmore?
    […]
    In private, the efforts to charm Mr. Trump were more pointed, according to a person familiar with the episode: Ms. Noem greeted him with a four-foot replica of Mount Rushmore that included a fifth presidential likeness: his.

  38. 38.

    LuciaMia

    Trump wants his face on Mt Rushmore. Seriously

    Well, at least we’ll have that to piss on, while waiting for his grave.

  41. 41.

    A Ghost to Most

    Hockey has managed to keep a sense of humor. They’re putting electric fans in the empty seats.

  42. 42.

    Anotherlurker

    @mrmoshpotato: For an acoustic guitar, I suggest looking for a Washburn WSJ-124. It has a shallow “V” shaped neck that fits my left hand like a glove. Very comfortable.

    A very sweet instrument.

  43. 43.

    NotMax

    @dmsilev

    What’s the process to add additional presidents to Mount Rushmore?

    Without unrespite-ing the thread too much, there isn’t one for the simple reason that the geology doesn’t allow for it. There is no more area approaching sufficient size in immediate proximity to what’s there now in which the rock is not either unstable or too brittle, the same conditions which forced abandoning carving the first attempt at depicting Washington.

  44. 44.

    NotMax

    @NotMax

    And it doesn’t take an Einstein to figure he’d insist his head be done twice the size of any of the others.

  47. 47.

    Aleta

    @WereBear: The best  cat tree I’ve had  is a  wooden ladder w/ shelf for bucket or paint can at the top.  Stable, stands on its own, movable, foldable.  Can attach scratching material. The cats love it.

  49. 49.

    WereBear

    @Aleta: If we could screw it to the floor. Which might be do-able.

    We have three muscular aerialists. Tristan has hit double digits, but his favorite thing used to be racing to the top of the cat tree with the little tunnel at the top, gripping that while it swayed back and forth, and letting his eyes roll in his head like marbles in a cup.

    Yes, he’s demanding.

    Cat Tree Games

  51. 51.

    JPL

    OT..  Paging Adam..Belarus appears ready to explode after the stolen election.   I wonder if Putin will interfere.

  52. 52.

    Aleta

    Speaking of claws, my friend was out picking berries today and looked up to see a bear cub in between her and the mother bear.  Her dog was an equal distance off to the bear’s side.  The mother raised up.  My friend (instructed all her life about bears, but her 1st encounter)  raised her arms high.  The bear charged her, the dog ran and hid in the brush, my friend turned and ran as hard and scared as she’d ever felt.   I know the bear’s charge was to make her get the fck away.   There will be no berries for sale in front of her house this year.  She usually fills her freezer and sells them through the winter too.  But she won’t be going back in that field for a while.  (When she was a kid, Blueberries For Sal was her favorite book.)

  55. 55.

    MomSense

    @Alison Rose:

    Of course I went straight to that article and was getting so excited about penguin sweaters when I read at the bottom that they do not want any penguin sweaters at this time.?

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