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Saturday Evening Cheeky Respite Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  September 19, 20205:55 pm| 40 Comments

This post is in: Nature & Respite, Open Threads

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you can all stop looking and go home. i’ve found the best tiktok. pic.twitter.com/BFnKwhgSxA

— kim. (@KimmyMonte) September 18, 2020

Fuzzy Johnson https://t.co/UlnTIXTWyl

— Rhino (@RhinoReally) September 18, 2020

"wait, WHO THE FUCK IS THAT GUY?"

??: Reddit user StygianUnknown pic.twitter.com/iY0vn0brSz

— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) September 15, 2020

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  1. 1.

    Tom Levenson

    September 19, 2020 at 5:58 pm

    Just pulled my threatened bigfoot. It can wait.

  2. 2.

    Baud

    September 19, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    @Tom Levenson:

    You’re a gentleman and a scholar.

  3. 3.

    Geminid

    September 19, 2020 at 6:12 pm

    Raccoons all have masks, like they evolved to be burglars.

  4. 4.

    Benw

    September 19, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    Meowdle McFinger seems more apropo for 2020

  5. 5.

    RepubAnon

    September 19, 2020 at 6:14 pm

    Name the cat “Richard”, or “Johnson”

  6. 6.

    JPL

    September 19, 2020 at 6:16 pm

    Anne, thank you for the speaking dog, cuz I needed that.

  7. 7.

    Yutsano

    September 19, 2020 at 6:25 pm

    Enjoy your TikTok now! Tomorrow it goes poof along with WeChat. And Dolt45 loses the Chinese immigrant vote.

  8. 8.

    Benw

    September 19, 2020 at 6:31 pm

    Did you know that the main lick on AC/DC’s Whole Lotta Rosie is a palindrome?

    ‘A’ string: 0 3 0 5 0 3 0 !!

  9. 9.

    LuciaMia

    September 19, 2020 at 6:32 pm

    That raccoon scuttles away like Mr. Burns.

  10. 10.

    MomSense

    September 19, 2020 at 6:32 pm

    The nose markings on that fine cat are…most unfortunate.

  11. 11.

    Sab

    September 19, 2020 at 6:36 pm

    That border collie made my week. THANK GOD DOGS CAN’T TALK.

    @Yutsano: And the Chinese American vote, and their American relatives,  and the Sarah Cooper fans.

  12. 12.

    guachi

    September 19, 2020 at 6:37 pm

    @Yutsano:  I have no problem with TikTok being banned (or Huawei, for that matter).

  13. 13.

    J R in WV

    September 19, 2020 at 6:41 pm

    These three links are all great. I couldn’t pick one, although the dog story is awfully good, it’s also a slow build. The black cat with the interesting white blaze on his face is instantly funny.

    Raccoons are always funny. He did a good job of scurrying away on his hind feet with a handful of kibble. I like them all.

  14. 14.

    Sab

    September 19, 2020 at 6:42 pm

    @Tom Levenson: I have your book but I am lost in historical fiction at the moment (escapism.) Should I read your book now? I don’t want to be uninformed for the thread when it comes.

  15. 15.

    Yutsano

    September 19, 2020 at 6:43 pm

    @Sab:  And da yoots. The ones who use it anyway. Not sure it’s a thing for country boys.

    @guachi: I have zero issue with its banning either. I tried it once and found it impossible to do what I wanted so I dropped it. But there’s a shit ton of people who have zero issue giving their information to the Chinese Communist Party voluntarily, so I expect problems tomorrow. Losing WeChat will be much more devastating for Chinese and Indian families, as that’s not only a source of communication but of remittances home as well.

  16. 16.

    Sab

    September 19, 2020 at 6:44 pm

    @guachi: Sarah Cooper fan disagrees.

  17. 17.

    guachi

    September 19, 2020 at 6:47 pm

    @Sab: TikTok is a national security threat. I’ll take national security over seeing a Sarah Cooper video any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

  18. 18.

    Sab

    September 19, 2020 at 6:50 pm

    @Yutsano: I am an old old luddite. I never did facebook. I never did myspace. My phone is a flip-phone.  I very much hate the president banning stuff by executive order.

  19. 19.

    Sab

    September 19, 2020 at 6:52 pm

    @guachi: Prove it. (Not disagreeing.) Just don’t want it banned by executive order. We have three branches of government. The executive branch is currently ailing.

  20. 20.

    The Lodger

    September 19, 2020 at 6:53 pm

    For the Seuss fans among us, Thing One.

  21. 21.

    Sab

    September 19, 2020 at 6:55 pm

    @Yutsano: Da yoots are stuck at home these days. They need creative outlets. Otherwise they will all run around infecting each other. Do you want that?

  22. 22.

    LuciaMia

    September 19, 2020 at 6:56 pm

    My phone is a flip-phone.

    Flip phones are making a comeback! (I always liked them too.)

  23. 23.

    Sab

    September 19, 2020 at 7:01 pm

    @LuciaMia: The new models really suck. Trying to be smartphones (if I had wanted one I’d have bought one) and not good at either. Really complicated. Levels and levels and levels to just find out if I got a message.

  24. 24.

    trollhattan

    September 19, 2020 at 7:05 pm

    @MomSense:

    If I had a choice between that cat and a kitler, I’d be conflicted.

  25. 25.

    Cheryl Rofer

    September 19, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    The TikTok thing was another shakedown. Apparently it’s been resolved.

    The companies have agreed to terms with Trump for new TikTok Global to give $5 billion to an education foundation that will be established, sources tell me. Trump told press: "They're going to be setting up a very large fund…That's their contribution that I've been asking for."

    — Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) September 19, 2020

  26. 26.

    debbie

    September 19, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    @Sab:

    That face! “I made more friends in 45 seconds than she has in her entire life.” ?

  27. 27.

    The Golux

    September 19, 2020 at 7:33 pm

    @Benw:

    Did you know that the main lick on AC/DC’s Whole Lotta Rosie is a palindrome?

    So is every line in NRBQ’s “Little Bit Of Bad“.

  28. 28.

    Geminid

    September 19, 2020 at 7:43 pm

    @Sab: I will never be as smart as my smartphone.

  29. 29.

    cain

    September 19, 2020 at 7:48 pm

    @Cheryl Rofer: 
    I’m waiting for “Trump starts a new educational foundation”

  30. 30.

    prostratedragon

    September 19, 2020 at 8:04 pm

    @Yutsano:  And the GOP loses present-day kids for at least a generation, if I understand correctly that it was kids on TikTok who helped submarine His Pestilency’s Rushmore rally.

     

    Edit: Or would have done if we didn’t have an extortionist in the White House, according to Cheryl Rofer’s comment.

  31. 31.

    Sab

    September 19, 2020 at 8:34 pm

    That was my GSDs approach to life. ” I love my mom beyond belief, but I myslf am spectacular” And she was. Huge Fierce. Friendly.

  32. 32.

    SiubhanDuinne

    September 19, 2020 at 8:38 pm

    @debbie:

    “She is not even my real mom.”

    HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA

    ?????  ?????  ?????

  33. 33.

    Sab

    September 19, 2020 at 8:42 pm

    @debbie: My dog and I share that secret. She  has way more friends than me.

  34. 34.

    Sab

    September 19, 2020 at 8:45 pm

    @debbie: That could have been my dog. I love my dogmbut what a jerk she was.

    We still have my uncle’s cocker. Named Prince. We want to rename him Prince Philip Underfoot, but he is not having it. So he still answers to Prince and he is still always underfoot.

    Also too, shockimg mistype that I deleted. Shocking. What is wrong with me?

  35. 35.

    chopper

    September 19, 2020 at 8:49 pm

    @RepubAnon:

    dick n. balz

  36. 36.

    Dan B

    September 19, 2020 at 8:51 pm

    Prickly?

    Miss or Sir.

  37. 37.

    SFBayAreaGal

    September 19, 2020 at 8:55 pm

    The dog’s expressions had me laughing out loud.

  38. 38.

    Lacuna Synechdoche

    September 20, 2020 at 2:37 am

    via Anne Laurie @ Top:

    Paul Bronks

    @SlenderSherbet

    “wait, WHO THE FUCK IS THAT GUY?”


    : Reddit user StygianUnknown

  39. 39.

    Lacuna Synechdoche

    September 20, 2020 at 2:41 am

    via Anne Laurie @ Top:

    Paul Bronks@SlenderSherbet:

    “wait, WHO THE FUCK IS THAT GUY?”
    : Reddit user StygianUnknown

    That video of the racoon stealing food from the cats should be retitled:

    Donald Trump Makes Deal With TikTok

  40. 40.

    bjacques

    September 20, 2020 at 8:18 am

    Repeated from dead thread below. Sorta respite…?

    O Mighty Balloon Juice Legal Oracle:

    There’s an idea I haven’t seen yet (busy weekend, skipped the Thread Of Doom), but a couple of commenters have come close to it.

    It depends on retaking the Senate (and keeping the House) and would thus be entirely out of President Biden’s hands, so he wouldn’t be obliged to comment on it.

    Kavanaugh almost certainly perjured himself in his nomination hearing and behavior that comes to light in a proper investigation may show evidence of bad character, so why not simply impeach and remove him in January? Likewise, Trump’s nominee will almost certainly lie or omit evidence of wrongdoing in his or her hastily conducted hearing, so pick them off too? 6-3 GOP majority becomes 4-3. If Biden wins, he gets two nominees and, vee-ola, get a 5-4 Democratic majority, and Senator Minority Leader or Private Citizen McConnell can lump it. If Trump wins, revisit the hearings testimonies of Roberts, Alito, Thomas, even Gorsuch, though he seems to have taken the job seriously despite getting Garland’s seat, maybe pick off one or two more. We’re down to a 3-3 deadlock or 3-2 Democratic majority, and a non-negotiable demand for quality, honorable and at least impartial nominees to refill the bench. One of them has to be Garland, if he still wants the job.

    No court-packing necessary.

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