Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

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

Infrastructure week. at last.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

I really should read my own blog.

I’d hate to be the candidate who lost to this guy.

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Come on, man.

Republicans do not pay their debts.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

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.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

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

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Everybody saw this coming.

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

Fuck these fucking interesting times.

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I’m still trying to crank out chapters in my overdue MS, so this is another quick post, but I can’t resist sharing some marvelous crossing of the streams action that reached me via the Great Orange Satan (not the Florida man, in case you left your scorecard at home).

That would be this, from Joshua Nelson, whose music I first encountered when I was yesterday years old:

 

Trust me on this–stick with the video to and through the four minute mark.  You can thank me later.

There’s more from Nelson at the link; here I’d just say that the resonance of the performance above in that location is really moving, as well as being seriously rocking’.

Happy Chanukah everyone, and joy from all the holiday rituals anyone here observes.

Talk about whatever; we’ve got a few hours yet before some of my favorite kind of DC fireworks.

PS:  by popular demand (aka, Schrodinger’s Cat’s insistence), have some Tikka (and Champ):


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That’s some well guarded laundry!

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Kitty TV is always on.

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And last, from Saturday, Champ helping me with my MS.

Happy Catnukah, all.

 

 

 

 

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  6. 6.

    cain

    I’d post pictures of my two cats, but all of them are having some severe issues with their fur. One has practically licked off all his fur, and he’s just has a racing strip on top. He’s like the cat version of Mr. T.

  7. 7.

    Yutsano

    I see Tikka once again looks upon your procrastinating ways and finds you wanting. As he does upon all us mere mortals, but it’s especially bracing against you. Champ is learning. Give her time.

  9. 9.

    KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))

    I might not have stayed past the 4 minute mark without the encouragement, but WOW am I glad I did! The first four minutes was fun, but the rest of the video… my face was glowing and my body was rocking. Thanks for sharing, this was remarkable! Remarkably fun & inspiring!

    Champ looks like he’s learning well that haughty, contemptuous of humans expression from Tikka, at least when he has her around to copy. He looks a little more innocent in the last picture, where he’s alone.

  12. 12.

    geg6

    Kitties!  Regal kitties!

    Chuck and Nancy have inspired me to make soup (the super cold weather also helped).  I have ground beef, canned plum tomatoes, onions and chicken stock.  Going to pick up some zucchini, spinach, celery and fresh refrigerated gnocchi at the Italian deli/market up the street.  Also some crusty Italian bread. It will be yummy.

  14. 14.

    Alison Rose

    Happy Hanukkah to all my Heebs! My cat already tried to knock my electric menorah off the windowsill once last night…which is why I use an electric one.

    I see you (or well, the cat) have The Swerve. I really liked that one, great blend of micro and macro history.

  16. 16.

    Miss Bianca

    I see that not only does Champ look like Tikka’s Mini-Me, she’s getting that haughty cattitude down as well. Rock on, Champ and Tikka!

  17. 17.

    mali muso

    Kittehs!  I have to live vicariously as DH is not a fan of cats, and our house is pet-free.  That said, the kiddo is begging to have a pet and has bargained us into considering a goldfish.  Don’t tell her, but it may show up this weekend as an Xmas gift.

  18. 18.

    planetjanet

    So I followed your link to the Great Orange Satan and am grateful.  What a great story.  Thank you for the inspiration.

  20. 20.

    Joy in FL

    a photo with cats and books!

    I saw the title Geography of the Imagination and my mind just lit up. So it’s now on its way to me via Thriftbooks. They didn’t have any cats in stock, or I probably would have bought one of those, too.

  22. 22.

    WaterGirl

    @FelonyGovt: I’m at the groomers, waiting for Henry to get his medicated bath for his allergies, and I sang to you happy birthday in the car. Did you hear it??

  24. 24.

    West of the Rockies

    Thanks, Tom!  Has anyone here seen the Harry Belafonte/Danny Kaye 1965 Hava Nagila number?  It’s on YouTube and super worth checking out.

  29. 29.

    Alison Rose

    @Old School: Definitely better than the other way around. I mean, hot referrals could be good, but criminal soup sounds like a bad time. Though we do have a place in my town called Criminal Bakery and it’s heckin’ good, so…

  37. 37.

    Miss Bianca

    Well, I just clicked on that Joshua Nelson link and wow, yon was great! Put a whole new spin on “make a joyful noise unto the Lord”, y’all. Who is this guy??

    Reminds me, the one New Year’s resolution I feel pretty sure I can keep this coming year is “click on more BJ music links”!

  41. 41.

    Hildebrand

    Love the cats!

    The Swerve, on the other hand, is…not at all lovable.  That book is heaping mound of reinforcing the worst myth making about the renaissance.

  42. 42.

    Anoniminous

    Things are about to get worse for the Chief Twit

    Elizabeth Warren calls out Elon Musk for ‘unavoidable’ conflicts of interest caused by Twitter takeover

    “Warren posed a series of questions about how Tesla’s board is dealing with “conflicts of interest, misappropriation of corporate assets and other actions by Mr. Musk that appear not to be in the best interests of Tesla and its shareholders.”

    “… use of Tesla employees raises obvious questions about whether Mr. Musk is appropriating resources from a publicly traded firm, Tesla, to benefit his own private company, Twitter,” Warren said, noting it would violate Musk’s legal duty of loyalty to Twitter and may run afoul of “anti-tunneling” rules that are designed to prevent insiders from extracting resources form their firms. “

  43. 43.

    Almost Retired

    @FelonyGovt:   Happy Birthday!  You’re one of those troublesome people with a holiday birthday.  My Mom, my son and my best friend all have birthdays around now.  It’s terribly inconvenient for others.  Please consider a May birthday for next year!

    ETA  Weather’s going to be great for us this week, isn’t it?  While the rest of the country dodges an ice bomb.

  46. 46.

    Ohio Mom

    @Alison Rose: When I made a similar observation when Biden and Harris were elected (and let’s remember that in addition to the Second Gentleman, Biden’s children all married Jews), my cousin countered, What about Jared and Ivanka?

    I had no answer except that I did not remember Trump family celebrating any Jewish holidays publically — could not remember a White House seder for example, though I remember Obama’s. But I expected Jewish celebrations in the Biden administration and yes, we have them.

  49. 49.

    azlib

    @cain:

    Excessive grooming can be a Thyroid issue. One of our cats (a Maine Coon) licked almost all his fur off a few months ago. Our vet prescribed C-Methimazole which can be applied to the inner ear (no pills!) The meds came in a nice dispenser which dispensed the correct dose.

  50. 50.

    rikyrah

    @Ohio Mom:

    I had no answer except that I did not remember Trump family celebrating any Jewish holidays publically — could not remember a White House seder for example,

     

    I remember it…they were trash events. They looked like trash

  53. 53.

    bookdragon

    Joshua Nelson is fantastic!  He led a musical service at our temple once, back when the kids were little, and his songs made up a substantial % of the junior choir’s music.

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