I love that from the back you can see how kitty's markings make it look like they're looking at you. Some creature creeping up behind you would be like, look! They're looking right at me!
Today is Grandbaby Mild’s first day at daycare. The Mild Jrs are easing him into the experience this week; a couple of hours today, a bit longer tomorrow and Friday, until he starts full time next week.
School doesn’t start for the Mild Jrs until the last week of August, but they want to start the routine early so GB Mild is used to it. In order to get ready and out the door in time to drive him to daycare, they’ll need to be up at the undogly hour of 4:45AM or so.
A lot of furry conventions support non-profit charities, and the one I'll be going to over Labor Day weekend is no exception. The con charity at Mephit Furmeet is Tiger Haven, a refuge for animals like that cute little cub who, when he grows up, is dumped by his owners who have discovered that the cuteness has become a three hundred-pound wild animal capable of taking your head off your body with one playful swipe of a paw.
Of course the whole 228-page deposition was available! I wouldn't have PAID to waste a whole day reading it! I have to say, though, if you haven't read it, download it and read it at your leisure—it's funny, it's tragic, it's mind-numbing; it has thrills, it has chills, it has prurient tweets, it has Larry Klayman (Esq!) going apoplectic and trying to leave at a couple of points.
I have mixed feeling about Sherrod Brown running for Senate. His popular enough to win, but at 72 he's kind of old. We need a young fart for that position not an old fart.
Sherrod Brown was a good senator. He lost because the tech bros propped up one of their own with their mega bucks. We absolutely must end Citizens United.
"It was called TLM -- TLM Media." ERMAGERD! Loomer worked for Turgid Love Muscle! So that's where he went when he was done getting kicked around here in the comments . . .
As one of the linked articles suggests, AI is looking more and more like a Ponzi scheme designed by a few masters of the universe to pump as much money out of the suckers as they can before it topples over. Nobody wants to admit that water and electricity bills are all soaring just so a few bros can make digital sex babes and CEOs can fire a lot of wage slaves.
I read the first six pages of that Loomer lawsuit, and wow. Is that all you need to be a successful lawyer? Because that was some weak bullshit airing of grievances, not a persuasive argument. Were I judge, I would call Klayman contemptible and lock him up until he submitted a purely factual argument for why I should listen to his nonsense. And then lock him up for contempt.
I read the entire transcript, all 228 pages. The deposition is something else. The lawyers are yelling at each other, one of them is yelling at the court reporter, one is yelling at his client. The lawyer for Bill Maher and HBO was introducing articles dated September 11 and 12 that are denigrating Laura Loomer, and Loomer and her lawyer keep objecting that this has nothing to do with Bill Maher saying (on Sept 13) she’s having an affair with the president. You idiots, she’s laying the groundwork for proving Laura Loomer had a terrible reputation before Bill Maher ever said anything about her, and you’re not getting it. Laura Loomer rarely answers a question but instead goes off on rants filled with MAGA talking points. The depo would have been 100 pages if she had just answered the questions. She is smart. She is also demented. IMO
Yeah, I read the whole thing, too. I liked how Klayman wouldn't let her answer the question as to whether or not the First Amendment (of which Loomer considers herself a "warrior") protects opinions. The shit she'd written and said about Harris was pretty awful, but that's okay—Loomer's a Republican and "loves" Trump so it should be allowable because she thought it was "funny." What Maher said was no different, yet he's getting sued by Loomer. What I got out of it was that Bolger was trying to establish that there's no difference.
I haven't done an exhaustive search, but does anyone know where in Alaska this Asshole1/Asshole2 meeting is supposed to take place? I saw that flood warnings have been posted for bothe Anchorage and Juneau, apparently due to climate-change induced melting of glaciers nearby.
Maybe the floods can come Friday, and take both of these bastards out.
“The Carpentries turned down a $1.5 million NSF grant after being asked to strip diversity-related content from its programming. For an organization with just three months of cash on hand, it was a decision that threatens the organization’s very existence.”
But Ivy League colleges caved over 300 million when they had an endowment of 50 billion. That’s 0.6 percent.
In just a regular savings account at 4 percent they earn that back in 2 months.
Smol tiger hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/tiger-cubs-first-grass-experience
And your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/fe86e2d8-5ed8-41f8-8516-e9655e30930e?utm_source=share
Grass Claustrophobia. See Snoopy in "Peanuts".
I love that from the back you can see how kitty's markings make it look like they're looking at you. Some creature creeping up behind you would be like, look! They're looking right at me!
Baby tiger is the joy in the morning.
Today is Grandbaby Mild’s first day at daycare. The Mild Jrs are easing him into the experience this week; a couple of hours today, a bit longer tomorrow and Friday, until he starts full time next week.
School doesn’t start for the Mild Jrs until the last week of August, but they want to start the routine early so GB Mild is used to it. In order to get ready and out the door in time to drive him to daycare, they’ll need to be up at the undogly hour of 4:45AM or so.
Tiny beastling!
TY for my tiger gif this morning.
I'm being INSPECTED today, and it always makes me nervous. (just a routine yearly inspection of all units in my complex)
Little tiger made me smile for a while.
Better you than me. I did not get the housekeeping gene, and I have little to no interest in trying to fake it.
They never showed up. Anyway, it's not a white glove inspection. I was still happy to see the tiger.
I'm pretty sure I'd flunk any inspection that involved seeing the place, no matter what color the gloves.
Getting in a fierce growl is a good way to start off the day, babby tiger!
Being fierce requires starting early in life, then practicing.
Tigers! My favorite animals!
Never get off the boat.
Damn fucking right.
A lot of furry conventions support non-profit charities, and the one I'll be going to over Labor Day weekend is no exception. The con charity at Mephit Furmeet is Tiger Haven, a refuge for animals like that cute little cub who, when he grows up, is dumped by his owners who have discovered that the cuteness has become a three hundred-pound wild animal capable of taking your head off your body with one playful swipe of a paw.
https://www.tigerhaven.org/
Is Stripey Babby Kitteh!
That wee Sumatran tiger cub...
"No! You 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 have one! It will grow up and we'll 𝘢𝘭𝘭 be in a pickle!"
I'll just have to admire that beautiful creature from afar... And their momma cat, also so gorgeous that I can barely stand it.
Once the initial feelings have passed
Tiny tigers become much less coy
They head out with mama
And bound through the grass
In something like unbounded joy.
That's because mamas are patient and knowing
Teachers down deep in their bones
They know for the small ones
It's all part of growing
Before they can strike out alone.
That tiny little cub flashes some fierce before scampering off behind Mom, anxiously asking "Did you see me, Mom? Did you see me growl?".
Did you see the ape-thing freeze in his tracks?! Is that an idiom that tigers use?
Yes, "ape-thing" or "ape-things" as in "Momma? How do those 𝘢𝘱𝘦-𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 taste?"
If they're Indian tigers, correct usage is 'man-cub.'
They do make disparaging references to the hairless apes.
I don't think we can blame them
Racists :)
Go and explore, Smol Tiger!
Hear him wwwwwroar!
Of course the whole 228-page deposition was available! I wouldn't have PAID to waste a whole day reading it! I have to say, though, if you haven't read it, download it and read it at your leisure—it's funny, it's tragic, it's mind-numbing; it has thrills, it has chills, it has prurient tweets, it has Larry Klayman (Esq!) going apoplectic and trying to leave at a couple of points.
At his presser announcing Kennedy Center Honors, Trump said he rejected several prospective honorees he called “wokesters.” [NYT]
I have mixed feeling about Sherrod Brown running for Senate. His popular enough to win, but at 72 he's kind of old. We need a young fart for that position not an old fart.
President Trump said he would host the Kennedy Center Honors himself in December. [NYT]
Doesn't he have better things to do, like covering up the fact he's on every page of the Epstein files?
Trump wants to restore grass in D.C parks: “We’re going to redo the grass with the finest grasses,” he said. [NYT]
Could he please restore grass to the Rose Garden? Only the finest grasses?
Trump will probably try to federalize NYC if Mamdani wins. This isn't a prediction but if Trump tries I totally predicted it.
Why is it good that Sherrod Brown is running? Didn't he just lose a statewide election? Isn't recycled old guard what we're trying to do away with?
Sherrod Brown was a good senator. He lost because the tech bros propped up one of their own with their mega bucks. We absolutely must end Citizens United.
Babby tiger!
"It was called TLM -- TLM Media." ERMAGERD! Loomer worked for Turgid Love Muscle! So that's where he went when he was done getting kicked around here in the comments . . .
As one of the linked articles suggests, AI is looking more and more like a Ponzi scheme designed by a few masters of the universe to pump as much money out of the suckers as they can before it topples over. Nobody wants to admit that water and electricity bills are all soaring just so a few bros can make digital sex babes and CEOs can fire a lot of wage slaves.
I feel defamed by Klayman for him calling Maher a leftist. Or maybe libeled. Or both. Maher is an asshole contrarian, nothing more.
I read the first six pages of that Loomer lawsuit, and wow. Is that all you need to be a successful lawyer? Because that was some weak bullshit airing of grievances, not a persuasive argument. Were I judge, I would call Klayman contemptible and lock him up until he submitted a purely factual argument for why I should listen to his nonsense. And then lock him up for contempt.
I read the entire transcript, all 228 pages. The deposition is something else. The lawyers are yelling at each other, one of them is yelling at the court reporter, one is yelling at his client. The lawyer for Bill Maher and HBO was introducing articles dated September 11 and 12 that are denigrating Laura Loomer, and Loomer and her lawyer keep objecting that this has nothing to do with Bill Maher saying (on Sept 13) she’s having an affair with the president. You idiots, she’s laying the groundwork for proving Laura Loomer had a terrible reputation before Bill Maher ever said anything about her, and you’re not getting it. Laura Loomer rarely answers a question but instead goes off on rants filled with MAGA talking points. The depo would have been 100 pages if she had just answered the questions. She is smart. She is also demented. IMO
Yeah, I read the whole thing, too. I liked how Klayman wouldn't let her answer the question as to whether or not the First Amendment (of which Loomer considers herself a "warrior") protects opinions. The shit she'd written and said about Harris was pretty awful, but that's okay—Loomer's a Republican and "loves" Trump so it should be allowable because she thought it was "funny." What Maher said was no different, yet he's getting sued by Loomer. What I got out of it was that Bolger was trying to establish that there's no difference.
"This is how you do it: You tell them to take their strings-attached whites-only grants and shove them up their ass."
hmmm, I guess I'm going to wander over to their webpage to see if I can make a smol donation
I haven't done an exhaustive search, but does anyone know where in Alaska this Asshole1/Asshole2 meeting is supposed to take place? I saw that flood warnings have been posted for bothe Anchorage and Juneau, apparently due to climate-change induced melting of glaciers nearby.
Maybe the floods can come Friday, and take both of these bastards out.
We should be so lucky. Remember, shit floats.
Some shit floats - not whale shit, and FFOTUS and Putin are both lower than whale shit.
And this is why I come to Wonkette. Learn something new each day, and you'll never grow old.
Your keyboard to the Goddess' in-box. But if that's gonna happen, they should invite Netanyahu also too.
And trump's entire cabinet.
“The Carpentries turned down a $1.5 million NSF grant after being asked to strip diversity-related content from its programming. For an organization with just three months of cash on hand, it was a decision that threatens the organization’s very existence.”
But Ivy League colleges caved over 300 million when they had an endowment of 50 billion. That’s 0.6 percent.
In just a regular savings account at 4 percent they earn that back in 2 months.