Our littlest cat used to get into my reusable grocery bag and tear around the house growling, so you'd see this green bag running all over the house. She weighed about eight pounds and all of it was attitude.
One way to defuse the trans panic would to mandate all public facilities have at least one unisex bathroom. No problem them with bearded trans men going into women's bathrooms or trans women going into men's bathroom. Both would have a (bath) room of their own.
Apparently I really needed a distraction from the Supreme Court today, so I watched a 2025 interview on CBS Mornings with Melania's hat designer Eric Javits.
I just read that ICE has 190 concentration camps in 40 states. I do not know how many thousands are being held in these hell holes but the very fact not one of you Republicans seem to be embarrassed that we now rival Stalin's Soviet Union of the 1930's, tells me your moral fiber does not exist.
We are now the Communist we were afraid of in the 1950's! You cannot tell me that 11 year old children, US Citizens, and legal resident aliens are "The worst of the worst." I know who the "Worst of the worst is," YOU and every Republican in office who should be hanging your head in shame at what you have let Trump do to this Nation. BUT YOU HAVE NO SHAME!. You have no ethical or moral compass, no compassion nor any sense of justice. I am positive you gave up on the US Constitution and the rule of law some time ago. You are simply rank opportunists sucking a pay check from the federal titty. Worthless pieces of crap in my estimation.
I propose a new banner to be strung over the US Capital Building: "ABANDON YOUR PRINCIPLES ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE." You have voided your oath of office, abandoned the people of this nation to a criminal enterprise and a man who now thinks he is Alexander the Great. He a felon, a criminal, a rapist, a cheat, a financial bankrupt, a morally bankrupt sleazy con artist and he is leading you all by the nose into the sewer he is creating of this nation. Not one Republican should ever be elected to any office again because you all lie, cheat and steal, and as far as I can see have given up any pretense of governance for at least 40 years, and perhaps longer.
"Republican" is the very definition of LOSER, and I look forward to voting against any and all Republicans until my dying breath. I don't know what Trump promised you dismal excuses for sunshine patriots, but whatever it is, you traded your honor and integrity for it, and your shame will last longer than your grandchildren's embarrassment for having you in their family tree - no better than a cattle rustler, and worthy of the same contempt and punishment.
The never asked and never answered question is whether Comey laid out the 8647 seashells or just found them on his beach walk. If he just found them and posted the picture because it was a clever message he's hardly threatening the president. If he arranged the shells then took a picture of them ... he still wasn't threatening the president since "86" is not code for "murder."
The official White House X account shared a photo of the two leaders laughing Tuesday on the South Lawn of the White House during the second day of Charles and Queen Camilla’s state visit.
The post was captioned: “TWO KINGS,” complete with a crown emoji. However, Newsom’s Press Office Account on X was quick to suggest how he would have captioned it.
“One is the King of the U.K. and the other is the King of Bulls***,” Newsom’s Press Office account on X wrote, while resharing the image.
"The experience stunned Ms. Ross-Mahé, who previously considered herself a supporter of President Trump and so admired his policy to deport illegal immigrants that she thought it should be adopted in France."
Oh, in that case, Ms. Ross-Mahé got exactly what she deserved.
"The first thing we do is kill all the filibusters (and expand the Supreme Court). (Noah Berlatsky at Everything Is horrible)"
Yeah -- I'm going to do that thing lots of people who claim to be pro-democracy still also hate and remind everyone that THERE WAS A FULLY FORMED PLAN IN PLACE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SIX YEARS AGO
but all White Democrats wanted to do was STUDY it.
They did not want to actually IMPLEMENT it.
we had a couple of long discussions yesterday -- sparked by the draining of the US Treasury Trumps & accomplices are doing by straight up stealing (they're about to pay Michael Flynn, the traitor who pled guilty about lying to the FBI, *twice*) about certain remedies being time-limited ... and how nobody wanted to listen in 2016 to those of us who warned and warned and warned and warned and warned *and warned* about them draining the Treasury
I don't think literal global democracy on this one can afford for sane voting Americans to sit back and hem and haw anymore
How SCOTUS has been cheating USians of their rights literally since the Obama Adminstration since the white nationalists on the court (and aider/abettor Clarence Thomas) didn't want to do what the Black POTUS wanted and how that same system also gave the Orange Rash the immunity he has AND put him back on the ballot to get shoved back in the WH in the first place since he didn't finish wrecking the country & stealing all the money for the 1% the first time.
Jinpachi strutting his stuff up there in your gif today: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/jinpachis-catwalk-form
And a meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/7d02f064-d462-44d1-a93e-90f845bab8d9?utm_source=share
OMG this is hilarious. Later today I am going to find a suitable bag and see if my cat is interested.
Something to smile at this morning. Thank you.
Cat the Ripper would be overwhelmed by an aggressive case of the zoomies and summarily tear those boxes apart.
Hence his moniker.
Damn it, I had a better one: "Volvo cats, they're Boxy, but they're Good."
Omg I loved that movie as a kid
Now this is just silly!
And I thought Boxing Day was in December.
Sudden nostalgiaz for my old Gateway Catputer
Hah!
Those things were loaded with meowlware!
You are quickly becoming the Ripley's Believe it or Not of animal videos.
I remain in awwŵw.
Our littlest cat used to get into my reusable grocery bag and tear around the house growling, so you'd see this green bag running all over the house. She weighed about eight pounds and all of it was attitude.
This is a truly great cat story.
🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏
This is just the hilarity I needed this morning!
It's a catwalk and the show must go on
"Dude, that Thomas crossover episode just got freaky."
Nice runway strut by the first one.
Thomas grew bored and chose a different track entirely.
"Well helloooooo, Kitty!"
Unfortunately. I thought it was a good one!
Vogue-ing........but with boxes.........'kay........
Cats are fucking weirdos.
But do MAGAs even have passports? They're usually not the well-traveled, sophisticated sort.
Gas shot up 60 cents to $4.79
Are we great again yet?
One way to defuse the trans panic would to mandate all public facilities have at least one unisex bathroom. No problem them with bearded trans men going into women's bathrooms or trans women going into men's bathroom. Both would have a (bath) room of their own.
Kind of like... all the bathrooms in everyone's homes. Unisex all the time. My brother and I shared one for years.
I’m listening to Neil’s “after the gold rush”
Apparently I really needed a distraction from the Supreme Court today, so I watched a 2025 interview on CBS Mornings with Melania's hat designer Eric Javits.
He looks a bit like a ginger Kid Rock, or perhaps a person with all their face and head hair glued on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drha8Or48lc
Concerning Damage. My letter to Senator Tillis:
I just read that ICE has 190 concentration camps in 40 states. I do not know how many thousands are being held in these hell holes but the very fact not one of you Republicans seem to be embarrassed that we now rival Stalin's Soviet Union of the 1930's, tells me your moral fiber does not exist.
We are now the Communist we were afraid of in the 1950's! You cannot tell me that 11 year old children, US Citizens, and legal resident aliens are "The worst of the worst." I know who the "Worst of the worst is," YOU and every Republican in office who should be hanging your head in shame at what you have let Trump do to this Nation. BUT YOU HAVE NO SHAME!. You have no ethical or moral compass, no compassion nor any sense of justice. I am positive you gave up on the US Constitution and the rule of law some time ago. You are simply rank opportunists sucking a pay check from the federal titty. Worthless pieces of crap in my estimation.
I propose a new banner to be strung over the US Capital Building: "ABANDON YOUR PRINCIPLES ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE." You have voided your oath of office, abandoned the people of this nation to a criminal enterprise and a man who now thinks he is Alexander the Great. He a felon, a criminal, a rapist, a cheat, a financial bankrupt, a morally bankrupt sleazy con artist and he is leading you all by the nose into the sewer he is creating of this nation. Not one Republican should ever be elected to any office again because you all lie, cheat and steal, and as far as I can see have given up any pretense of governance for at least 40 years, and perhaps longer.
"Republican" is the very definition of LOSER, and I look forward to voting against any and all Republicans until my dying breath. I don't know what Trump promised you dismal excuses for sunshine patriots, but whatever it is, you traded your honor and integrity for it, and your shame will last longer than your grandchildren's embarrassment for having you in their family tree - no better than a cattle rustler, and worthy of the same contempt and punishment.
Eww:
"Charles brought Mr. Trump the original but now highly polished bell from the H.M.S. Trump, a British submarine that served in World War II."
The never asked and never answered question is whether Comey laid out the 8647 seashells or just found them on his beach walk. If he just found them and posted the picture because it was a clever message he's hardly threatening the president. If he arranged the shells then took a picture of them ... he still wasn't threatening the president since "86" is not code for "murder."
Nae kings, nae queens, and certainly not two of them
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gavin-newsom-trump-king-charles-white-house-post-b2967225.
The official White House X account shared a photo of the two leaders laughing Tuesday on the South Lawn of the White House during the second day of Charles and Queen Camilla’s state visit.
The post was captioned: “TWO KINGS,” complete with a crown emoji. However, Newsom’s Press Office Account on X was quick to suggest how he would have captioned it.
“One is the King of the U.K. and the other is the King of Bulls***,” Newsom’s Press Office account on X wrote, while resharing the image.
I think the French widow now understands, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Really couldn't care less what Mme DEFARGE understands.
She got what was coming to her.
In 2016 the political comedians got together to discuss their careers:
"We have had 8 years of Obama, and there was nothing there we could make fun of. We need new material, or else we will be out of jobs."
So they engineered a nefarious plan: Elect the most ridiculous possible person to be President. "We will be able to live off of that for years!"
And so we got Donald Trump.
In 2024 they had another meeting. "Four years of Biden and our careers are again in the toilet. We need some new material."
And so we got Donald Trump again.
"The experience stunned Ms. Ross-Mahé, who previously considered herself a supporter of President Trump and so admired his policy to deport illegal immigrants that she thought it should be adopted in France."
Oh, in that case, Ms. Ross-Mahé got exactly what she deserved.
Jonathan Livingston Seashell made me cackle aloud.
"The first thing we do is kill all the filibusters (and expand the Supreme Court). (Noah Berlatsky at Everything Is horrible)"
Yeah -- I'm going to do that thing lots of people who claim to be pro-democracy still also hate and remind everyone that THERE WAS A FULLY FORMED PLAN IN PLACE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SIX YEARS AGO
but all White Democrats wanted to do was STUDY it.
They did not want to actually IMPLEMENT it.
we had a couple of long discussions yesterday -- sparked by the draining of the US Treasury Trumps & accomplices are doing by straight up stealing (they're about to pay Michael Flynn, the traitor who pled guilty about lying to the FBI, *twice*) about certain remedies being time-limited ... and how nobody wanted to listen in 2016 to those of us who warned and warned and warned and warned and warned *and warned* about them draining the Treasury
I don't think literal global democracy on this one can afford for sane voting Americans to sit back and hem and haw anymore
EXPAND THE COURT
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/supreme-court-packing/
(and stop calling it "packing" - we have 13 districts and 9 members and that number 9 is nowhere in the Constitution)
https://bradlander.substack.com/p/live-with-brad-lander-and-elie-mystal
How SCOTUS has been cheating USians of their rights literally since the Obama Adminstration since the white nationalists on the court (and aider/abettor Clarence Thomas) didn't want to do what the Black POTUS wanted and how that same system also gave the Orange Rash the immunity he has AND put him back on the ballot to get shoved back in the WH in the first place since he didn't finish wrecking the country & stealing all the money for the 1% the first time.
One more time --
EXPAND THE COURT
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/supreme-court-packing/
(and stop calling it "packing" - we have 13 districts and 9 members and that number 9 is nowhere in the Constitution)
https://bradlander.substack.com/p/live-with-brad-lander-and-elie-mystal
Spent a whole summer in junior high blasting "Harvest" and "Tapestry" non-stop at Chris Accetta's pool. Good times.