His royal highness is being difficult with the posing this evening, so much so that I had to put a bed on the chair to coax him to stay still long enough for a picture. He does feel much better, though, because as he always does after recovering from his grooming session and eating, he joined me for a nap and was very lovey and purred exceedingly loud.
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schrodingers_cat
Steve is displeased with the service.
SiubhanDuinne
Such a handsome guy!
Raoul Paste
Steve is a lucky cat
Alison Rose
That face tells me you should sleep with one eye open, John. The purring was just to lull you into a false sense of safety.
Or maybe he really is happy and just has RBF like 99% of cats.
tom
3 John Cole posts in a single day! When was the last time that happened?
ETA: I’m happy to see them!
Gemina13
Look at that magnificent creature. He’s gorgeous.
That expression also says he thinks you’re damn lucky to have him. Which, of course, as all cat owners know, is the truth.
NotMax
Has the homecoming happening happened?
Betsy
He’s a beautiful cat.
NotMax
No clue as to what a Lannister may be nor as to how it’s applicble but as tempus continues to fugit, c’est la vie.
Darkrose
Look at that handsome boy!
geg6
Oh, he looks beautiful! ❤️
Suzanne
He’s so lovely. I hope he doesn’t take a spray-shit on your pillow.
VeniceRiley
That’s quite a mane!
HeleninEire
Strike a pose!!
japa21
Have to admit, I am nit much of a cat person. But looking at Steve almost makes me willing to concede they have a place in this world. He is so regal looking, he should be named Stephen.
eclare
To me that face says “WTF just happened?”
VOR
The paw of dominance.
Benw
STEEB
Ms. Deranged in AZ
Oh that face!!! He is such a handsome boy.
dr. bloor
That’s a great slab o’ kitty right there.
MomSense
He is glorious!
Dan B
My little grey cat is not impressed.
Of course he is not impressed with still pictures… but he was verrry impressed with a hissing and snarling cat (angry cat) video. He was sure a terror had invaded his house. Poor guy. I turned it off
Steve has that rgal cat thing down this evening!
Eljai
That pose has an aura of serenity, but the eyes convey …. murder. He is one magnificent beast!
Dan B
@Eljai: JC should try the slow blink, otherwise known as an eye kiss. I get my kitties to blink back at me. It’s the only time I feel like I’m on equal footing with them.
Joy in FL
Steve is just perfect.
Yutsano
Papa Stevedore Hemingway always has that majestic air about him. You just mistake it for concern for your well-being. He will not forget your abject betrayal earlier. Oh no. He will extract his mighty paw of justice when you least expect it.
Proper authoritahs alerted.
Honus
I remember years ago when, Tunch was still with us, thinking “I religiously read a blog where the guy regularly writes about shaving his cat’s ass”
Ella in New Mexico
What a sweet, resplendent, very good boy you are Steve. You are definitely glorious.
Manxome Bromide
@Honus: And now we’ve moved up in the world, and the proprietor now has people to shave the cat’s ass for him.
StringOnAStick
I love grey tabbies. We have two sister torbies, one of whom ran into my office today with her favourite toy, basically tossed it at me to get my attention so she could get me play her favourite game: reflect a spot of sunshine off my phone. She’s insane about that and it’s been cloudy lately.
Sister Golden Bear
What a magnificent bastard!
Matt McIrvin
Pretty kitty.
Major Major Major Major
Awww! What a handsome fella!
HumboldtBlue
Good looking cat.
Primer Gray (formerly Yet Another Jeff)
Majestic Danger Floof.
LeftCoastYankee
Steve: “I’d f*k U up, but I’d have to move, and that’s not regal”
Spanky
Yeah, they always are more affectionate after they’ve been home a bit, like they might not remember that you took them to the Place of Anxiety, but they sure know you managed their escape from it.
Dinner and a nap do wonders. Probably for the cat, too.
Chacal Charles Caltrop
@StringOnAStick: your cat needs a laser pointer cat toy.
steve is magnificent, as always
Leto
Steve, you magnificent bastard!
Spanky
Seems like a good place to drop this article from CNN.com …
ET cetera et cetera. Go read.
stinger
Some cat!
jnfr
He looks gorgeous. And by tomorrow he won’t remember a thing!
zhena gogolia
So happy to see beautiful Steve. Now I can turn the computer off.
guachi
BIF vote happening now.
guachi
So far 7 Rs voting YES on BIF.
Chetan Murthy
@guachi: Well, that’s that. No BBBA. But hey, America’s a center-right nation, so [shruggie].
jnfr
@Chetan Murthy:
I hope you’re wrong but I have the fear.
guachi
Up to 9 now. Now 10. Rs voting YES:
AKAL Don Young (R)
IL16 Adam Kinzinger (R)
MI06 Fred Upton (R)
NE02 Don Bacon (R)
NJ02 Jeff Van Drew (R)
NY23 Tom Reed (R)
NY24 John Katko (R)
NJ04 Chris Smith (R)
PA01 Brian Fitzpatrick (R)
OH16 Anthony Gonzalez (R)
Yutsano
@guachi: It just hit 212.
Chetan Murthy
@jnfr: In a way, it’s better than this interminable kabuki drama of a thousand cuts by two butchers taking turns.
guachi
Several Petulant Progressives voted no.
Yutsano
@guachi: 13 Republicans voted yes. We have a BIF going to Biden’s desk.
EDIT: now what could be leverage is if Biden refuses to sign without the BBB. I doubt he would do that but we’ll see what happens here.
guachi
@Yutsano: Yup. Ended up at 13. I REALLY wanted to get the BBB and BIF at the same time but I’m actually really excited right now. I didn’t think getting a win would feel so good.
Major Major Major Major
Friendly reminder that the BIF has lots of great stuff in it!
BigJimSlade
Dang Cole, we can’t even get a glimpse of Steve’s fresh shave!
I think the purring was, “TGIH!” (Thank God I’m Home!).
Sure Lurkalot
@Suzanne:
I hope he doesn’t take a spray-shit on your pillow.
I had one of those. After a long trip, longing for your own bed and pillows, but no.
BigJimSlade
@Suzanne: GASP!
I mean, I agree, but GASP! just the same.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Major Major Major Major:
Isn’t the BIF just a highway bill?
Another Scott
@Chetan Murthy: TheHill:
The BBB was always going to be more difficult to pass – that’s why is being done through Reconciliation in the first place.
It will get done. And S&M will be on-board, also too.
Cheers,
Scott.
Chetan Murthy
@Another Scott:
You have greater faith in human decency than I can manage this week.
guachi
D no votes on BIF:
AOC, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib.
Tinare
Steve is a royal bastard, just gorgeous.
Geminid
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): No, the BIF has $66 billion for passenger rail, $39 billion for mass transit, money for electric school buses and charging stations, money for broadband, plus billions for replacing lead water pipes, and other non highway projects like airports and ports. @Mangy Jay has a good thread that breaks this down.
Geminid
@guachi: Those canny Squad members aren’t going to let Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and Joyce Beatty pull the wool over their eyes.
Major Major Major Major
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): no, stop being poisoned by the Internet.
https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/pass-the-damn-infrastructure-bill
And so on.
gwangung
@Major Major Major Major:
Though you can still be pissed that no Republican lifted a finger to get any of this done.
guachi
EVERY lead pipe? I had no idea until just now. That’s just amazing.
Major Major Major Major
@gwangung: well they did break cloture for us. 19 R votes in the senate I believe. But yeah. Low bar.
Edmund Dantes
BBB won’t pass in it’s current form now. Manchin/Sinema/House conservadems will find something they don’t like and it’ll just have to be trimmed some more.
The CBO score is a red herring. The thing they just voted for doesn’t pass the CBO scoring as deficit neutral. So they don’t care about it in any meaningful way. Only care if it can be used to derail and negotiate more out.
Major Major Major Major
@Edmund Dantes: my read on the House pinkie swear is that they actually will keep their end of the bargain, so as usual it comes down to Manchin.
guachi
@Major Major Major Major: If you’re a D moderate and you vote for BIF you can’t very well not vote for BBB and not have hell to pay for it.
So, yes, I agree with you.
Geminid
@gwangung: Thirteen Republican Representatives and over thirteen Republican Senators voted for this bill. I’m pissed at the 200 Representatives and 30 some Senators who voted against. But at least a few will pay at election time, even if they try to take credit.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@Major Major Major Major: Some progress is better than no progress. As they say the conservatives are merely negotiating the price now.
Geminid
It’s Infrastructure Weekend!
Cameron
@Geminid: I have a feeling they already negotiated this kabuki with the Speaker,
Geminid
@Cameron: That may be so. But I doubt it. We’ll know more tomorrow, though.
gwangung
@Geminid: I’m thinking they could have done this four years ago and saved their own asses . But, no, all they’re interested in are asshole judges and tax cuts for millionaires.
RaflW
Watching news over the next few days will be infuriating. A mere 13 GOP House members could be bothered to want to support rural high speed internet or fix rotting roads.
That should kill the GOP. McCarthy won’t even get asked about it. We get “bucked House leadership” framing for the 13. Grrrrrr.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@gwangung: My personal take is they are the typical middle management types; don’t want to be in the room when a decision is to be made and in perpetual cover your ass mode. I suppose that’s what happens when your constitutes are mostly drug addicts, paranoids and racists.
Geminid
@gwangung: My understanding is that one of the Republicans’ problems was that a sizable portion of their caucus insisted on major privatization of public infrastructure, and would not support more traditional infrastructure investments without this. Just a bunch of crooks.
Lum’s Better Half
@guachi: You are so cute, I want to just pinch your cheeks!
Any promise made to a Leftist is illegitimate to begin with, so cannot be “broken” in any real sense.
guachi
@Geminid: It’s gonna be Infrastructure DECADE!
guachi
@Lum’s Better Half: I’m getting the feeling hardcore progressives are incapable of ever taking a win. Ever.
Edmund Dantes
@guachi: it’s not an actual win until bbb passes. But take that victory lap early. We’ll see whether it was deserved or not.
if only BIF passes that leaves a smoking crater in Joe Biden’s campaign promises.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Geminid:
@Major Major Major Major:
I stand corrected, then
Juju
He’s a handsome boy, but it looks like you just told him tuna is extinct.
prostratedragon
Steve with the glam shot!
Betty
Gorgeous kitty. Happy there have been no casualties!
WaterGirl
So stunning!
karensky
@tom: ditto
StringOnAStick
@Chacal Charles Caltrop: The laser pointer is of only moderate interest now, it’s phone reflection that makes her most excited. She’s a funny and smart cat.