Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

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

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Optimism opens the door to great things.

In my day, never was longer.

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

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

When I decide to be condescending, you won’t have to dream up a fantasy about it.

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

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

An almost top 10,000 blog!

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

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

No one could have predicted…

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

Too often we hand the biggest microphones to the cynics and the critics who delight in declaring failure.

Let there be snark.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

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Favorite Dogs & Cats – Day 7

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🎄 Merry Christmas, if you celebrate!

If you can’t hide a Christmas crime scene, just pretend you’re a victim.  (sent in by Sister Golden Bear)

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Malcolm  (MichiganderGail)

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Diva  (MichiganderGail)

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Jaxx  (MichiganderGail)

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Scout was a very good girl.  She was a member of our family for 14 years.  My nym was chosen in her honor.  RIP, Scoutty girl.  (Scout211)

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Two pictures of my wonderful two year old kittens. This is Jessica Lange lounging.   (longtime lurker LindaM)

*again, these two may have the names switched

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Poppy Harlow imitating Jessica Lange on the other side of the sofa.  (LindaM)

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The cats are rescues, brother and sister. This is Suki, the embodiment of body positivity.  (Jude)

*again, the names may or may not be mixed up

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This is Bodhi, whose middle name should be Derp.  (Jude)

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Last week I had to help my 15yo dachshund, Rebel, cross the rainbow bridge.  My heart is still shattered but I’m trying to remember all the good times we had together.  Here are a couple of my favorite pics of him.

This one is from when my sister and I were moving in together after Hurricane Harvey in 2017.  Can you tell that Rebel was food-oriented?  (rebels dad)

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This one is from 2014, when my Snickers fell on the floor, and I didn’t notice it until a few minutes later; Rebel said he was just keeping it safe for me and didn’t plan on eating it.  LOL  (rebelsdad)

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Whimsy lives up to her name on accepting a pet of her royal plushness or a bite (not breaking skin) that You Will Not Go There.  (Glidwrith)

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Here is Poobah, a calendar veteran, contemplating a leap for his toy scrunchy ball.  (BigG)

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Beloved pets, Roxy edition.  AKA Wolf Girl, Rox-boo, Fluffalo, Fluffhead, and Princess Powersave – in her prime, in her “must check the perimeter” mode at the neighbor’s shortly after she adopted us.  (Miss Bianca)

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Arabella has caught herself a mouse…  (Timill)  *this is an action series, you have to look closely

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This is the dearly-departed cat (and Tunch doppelgänger), Little Girl, with our preemie granddaughter (now 13 years old). BTW, “Little Girl” is not a good name for a cat that sometimes runs outside and has to be called.  (David_C.)

🎄  End of Day 7 🎄

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  1. 1.

    Scout211

    Scout was from me.

    In this pic, she is posing for the camera on one of our many hikes through the Sierras. She loved to hike and backpack and was a great companion on all of those trips. RIP.

  4. 4.

    Mike in NC

    Last year my brother got a golden doodle puppy. She’s now five times bigger than last time we visited.

  6. 6.

    Scout211

    @WaterGirl: Thanks.

    And thanks for adding my nym.

    And a big thanks for taking the time to create this favorite pets series.  It’s been a wonderful and fun series.  Your time and hard work are very much appreciated.

  18. 18.

    Tinare

    These have been great. I’ve looked forward to seeing them everyday. Thanks for doing these.  The one from SisterGoldenBear is why I’ve not put a Christmas tree in years.

  20. 20.

    narya

    Friends of ours had a Weimaraner who was. . . not that bright. He was always their Christmas card picture, usually w a Santa hat or something (he left us in the past year, at the ripe old age of nearly 15). One morning our friend came out to make the morning coffee, and couldn’t find him, then discovered him trapped behind some plants in the corner–he’d gotten in the corner, but couldn’t figure out how to get out. they showed us the picture and I said, there’s this year’s Christmas card, and it was. it was awesome. Thank you all for sharing these photos, and thank you WG for posting them all!

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    @rikyrah: For each of these posts I choose the next 10 emails I received and then I don’t normally order the pictures in the post.

    But for that one I made an exception – I thought it needed to go up on Christmas and I thought it should be the first pic. :-)

  22. 22.

    Miss Bianca

    Awww…to all.

    Just had a chat with my brother this Xmas morning – we haven’t always been close, and I hung up on him the last time I talked to him (re COVID vax crap) so I was particularly happy to have him be the one to reach out. He asked about Roxy, so I got to send him the photo above. Good pets, good times.

    He’s in an apartment now and can’t keep a dog, which I know pains him because he loves dogs. I’ll never forget his big goofy Golden mix, Carmen, who lived with us (along with my two Huskies) back when my dad was in his last days and I was back in the family manse with him and my bro. Every morning, the same greeting from Dad: “Carmen, don’t step on my – OUCH!”

    Like clockwork. :)

  23. 23.

    WaterGirl

    @Miss Bianca: If he is missing dogs, you could always send him the link to the post, or the link to the series.

    Of course, if he wants to talk smack about the Covid vaccine, he will surely get an earful from all of us.

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    Miss Bianca

    @WaterGirl: Oh, I think he’s learned his lesson on that one (the COVID vax stuff, I mean).

    He’s sending me some podcast links (on cryptozoology, our favorite shared obsession), so I may reciprocate with links to the pet series!

  26. 26.

    CaseyL

    I have just loved this series.  Want to snoot-boop and pet everyone.

    I hope this will be a BJ holiday tradition going forward (or not, WaterGirl; gods know we keep you plenty-damn-busy as is!).

    As much as I love the parade of mammals, I do have to ask: are there no reptile-parents among us?  Bird moms and dads?  Pescacustodians?  Bring on the rest of the Orders, people!

  27. 27.

    David_C

    Thanks for posting!

    True story: We had just gotten Little Girl and had her penned up in the guest room – two baby gates – but she was a great climber. I had just come back from a summer run, wearing hot weather gear, which is very little. Little Girl climbed over the gates a got outside and my wife made me chase her down, calling her name and trying to entice her back. “Come here, Little Girl. I have treats for you.” We live in the city; it’s a wonder the police didn’t come to door.

  30. 30.

    JAFD

    Do all youse jackals know the difference between:

    a Cat  and  a Comma

    well, remember that:

    A Cat has Claws at the end of its Paws

    but

    A Comma has a Pause at the end of its Clause

    Happy Christmas and Merry New Year, everyone !

  31. 31.

    Jude

    That first picture was puuuurfect. *chef’s kiss. Merry Christmas or whatever you celebrate, everyone!

    Thank you again Watergirl for giving us yet another way to feel more connected to our Juice family.

  33. 33.

    Chacal Charles Calthrop

    @David_C: Friend of mine had a rescue black cat named Monkey by the family that surrendered the cat & kept the name.

    Monkey got out (maybe looking for former home?) and friend was reduced to running down the street yelling “Monkey!  Monkey! Come here!”

    And of course some of his neighbors happened to be black … they said they understood though.

  36. 36.

    CatRadio

    Lovely pics, wonderful as always!

    And thanks, WG, for creating the link to the series.

    stay warm, all…

  47. 47.

    Mo MacArbie

    @Chacal Charles Calthrop: Friend of mine had a rescue black cat named Monkey by the family that surrendered the cat & kept the name.

    If they surrendered the cat, what did they need to keep the name for? They need it for a hamster, or something? ;)

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    oklahomo

    I was offline yesterday (wild sugar cookie baking spree), but thanks for posting Tigger Too’s pictures.  And yes, there is actually a Tigger One as well.

  49. 49.

    Rebel's Dad (fka texasboyshaun)

    @Mel: I’m so glad you and others have enjoyed this pic! He had so much personality and was an absolute character. His bedtime was 8:30pm SHARP every night, and if I wasn’t also in bed with him he would do that infamous dachshund whimper until I couldn’t stand it anymore and got in bed with him. (Tado, OTOH, didn’t give a rat’s ass what anyone else did, he just did whatever he wanted whenever he wanted.)

    I’ve enjoyed seeing pics of other people’s pets and hearing their stories. It does help ease the pain of losing Rebel a little. For the first time in over 20 years, now it’s just me- no dog or other human to care for/worry about. It’s disorienting a bit. I don’t know what the future will bring (as if any of us do) but I suspect the next few years will be a time of significant change for me. And that’s ok. My mom was a rolling stone so I grew up literally all over the country. I craved stability and roots all my life, yet lately I’ve gotten the itch to adopt a nomadic lifestyle for a bit myself. We’ll see what happens. In the meantime, though, I’m flying solo and I’ll live vicariously through other people’s dogs. No one can take Rebel’s place but I imagine one day I will have a furry co-pilot again.

  50. 50.

    WaterGirl

    @Rebel’s Dad (fka texasboyshaun): Unless you are using the magic character that LOOKS like an apostrophe but isn’t an apostrophe, every comment you make with that nym will have to be manually approved.

    I think this is the character (at the bottom of this comment) that you have to substitute for the apostrophe.  You can copy it and replace the apostrophe with this.  Then we’ll have to approve your first comment after that, but then you will be golden.

    ’

  51. 51.

    Mel

    @Rebel’s Dad (fka texasboyshaun): I understand. Rebel sounds like one of those kindred spirit pups that comes into your life and your heart in a way that never loses its power and immediacy, no matter how long they are with you or how long they’ve been gone. Even in photos, his light shines through. He looks like he was full of joy and love and fire and mischief.

    It’s been 10 years since I lost my special one, my collie, MacMurphy, to cancer when he was 16. He was a good boy like no other. He had been abused before we adopted him as a teenaged pup, but he never lost his faith in people, and he became a therapy dog. He was especially attuned to and intuitive with children and elderly dementia patients. 

    He had so much love and gentleness with people who were hurting, but he was a riot and a prankster at home, and scary smart.

    When I was first getting really ill with the autoimmune condition I have, I had a seizure on my front porch while carrying in some groceries at night, and hit my head on the stone doorstep. Either the seizure or the concussion or a combo of both knocked me out cold. We lived way out in the country, my hubby was out of town that week, and there were lots of beautiful but pretty bold and aggressive coyotes in the woods that bordered our back field. My good boy literally stood guard over me for over an hour until I was fully conscious and able to phone for help, and he managed to keep our five clueless, always curious indoor cats from slipping outside and almost certainly being lost or being taken by a predator.

    I grew up on a farm and have been lucky enough to have critters of all sorts in my life since  I was a baby. Every one was special, and it never got any less heartbreaking when one of them passed.

    But him… he was the hardest of all to lose.

  54. 54.

    Rebel’s Dad (fka texasboyshaun)

    @Mel

     

    @Mel: MacMurphy is such a regal name! It sounds so gentlemanly and comforting, just like he must’ve been. I’m sorry to hear of your autoimmune disease. To me those are especially scary because it’s your own body fighting itself, not something from outside. I know no one can take MacMurphy’s place, but I hope that you have a companion now that can at least fill his pawprints :)

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