I love it, Martini! I love these little foxes! If I had a pet fox, I would name her Regina and see who got the reference.
We used to say that our dog was basically a fox--though she didn't look like one at all--because she was kind of a cat in a dog body, and people say that a fox is pretty much a cat/dog.
Well... foxes are part of the Canidae family, same as dogs. But they do have a lot of cat-like characteristics. They are the only Canidaes that can climb trees, they are crepuscular like cats and they have similar hunting and stalking styles to cats.
Okay, that's a first -- I clicked on the video at the bottom of the post and got "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot. This helps protect our community."
Umm, unless I misunderstood you, Dems did not unanimously vote Whitaker in as Ambassador to NATO. Only Jeanne Shaheen voted Yay, all the rest of the Dems and Independents voted Nay (Patty Murray did not vote).
"it ended with the Senate Democrats giving him a wild ovation and then giving unanimous consent to confirm the big dick toilet guy, our own unmissed Meatball, as Ambassador to NATO. Way to go everybody but Cory Booker. Just A+ work." If consent was UNANIMOUS then Cory Booker did not dissent from it. Way to go nobody, including Ted Cruz impersonator Cory Booker.
The thing that struck me about Cory Booker's record breaking filibuster was he stayed on topic for the whole speech. He didn't read Dr Seuss or the Sunday funnies. We need more athis.
"WASHINGTON ― Emails show that the Social Security Administration canceled contracts with the state of Maine as political payback against its Democratic governor.
According to emails obtained by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Social Security staff informed Leland Dudek, the acting commissioner of Social Security, that canceling the contracts “would result in improper payments and potential for identity theft.”
Dudek told his staff to go for it" “Please cancel the contracts. While our improper payments will go up, and fraudsters may compromise identities, no money will go from the public trust to a petulant child,” Dudek wrote, referring to Maine Gov. Janet Mills.
Dudek reinstated the contracts in less than 24 hours amid an outcry from pediatricians and behind-the-scenes pressure from Maine’s congressional delegation. He said he hadn’t intended to create an “undue burden on the people of Maine,” though his internal email suggests otherwise.
"Dudek had been a mid-level IT staffer at Social Security before being put on administrative leave for helping Elon Musk’s DOGE team access sensitive databases inside the agency."
I ... wow.
Just like Jeffrey Clark (remember that guy?) was a mid-level DOJ guy.
There's a lot of sociological analysis to do here but I don't have the energy
**And … it ended with the Senate Democrats giving him a wild ovation and then giving unanimous consent to confirm the big dick toilet guy, our own unmissed Meatball, as Ambassador to NATO.**
I loved Val Kilmer. He was one of my major actor crushes. I remember seeing Top Gun when it came out and being like, forget this Tom Cruise guy--who's THIS? Then I went on to see all his movies.
Right soon after Top Gun came out, like maybe the next summer, he came to CU and did Hamlet (CU, my parents' alma mater, has a wonderful outdoor summer Shakespeare festival--pretty small and intimate, and I always dreamed of working there, but that's a tale for another time). Anyway, he was really good, and I sat close enough to touch him. It was done in a very spare way and in modern dress, and he wore this gorgeous Armani suit. You could really tell that he had theater training (he went to Julliard), as opposed to just being charismatic and handsome movie star guy.
Maybe I'm more influenced by statistics, but I don't know why we don't trot this stuff out on the regular (from Snyder's Tab):
"So consider. The US is is 24th in the world in the happiness rankings. Not bad. But Denmark is number two (after Finland). On a scale of 1 to 100, Freedom House ranks Denmark 97 and the US 84 on freedom — and the US will drop a great deal this year. An American is about ten times more likely to be incarcerated than a Dane. Danes have access to universal and essentially free health care; Americans spend a huge amount of money to be sick more often and to be treated worse when they are. Danes on average live four years longer than Americans. In Denmark university education is free; the average balance owed by the tens of millions of Americans who hold student debt in the US is about $40,000."
Cory Booker is now speaking about today’s hed gif and says you can click here for more info: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/fox-kits-are-curious
And he wants you to know about the meme chat too: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/4f0e5392-58f8-4068-9df7-43572287000a?utm_source=share
A tumble of kits.
I love it, Martini! I love these little foxes! If I had a pet fox, I would name her Regina and see who got the reference.
We used to say that our dog was basically a fox--though she didn't look like one at all--because she was kind of a cat in a dog body, and people say that a fox is pretty much a cat/dog.
Hello American FOXes! Do you like our swinging gold medallions?
There is no other den of Czech brothers who cruise and swing so successfully in tight slacks!
Fox kits have some curious thoughts
Running through their noodles
And the cherry on the top
Is that they have cute caboodles.
Foxy foxies!
They look like fun.
Adorbs!
They are almost as cute as Cory Booker.
I'll tick the Czech fox.
Oooooohhhh 😜. You need to go in the corner and think about your sins.
Puppehs!
*pushes glasses up nose* ACKSUALLY foxes are more closely related to cats than to dogs
really????
Well... foxes are part of the Canidae family, same as dogs. But they do have a lot of cat-like characteristics. They are the only Canidaes that can climb trees, they are crepuscular like cats and they have similar hunting and stalking styles to cats.
/gekkers at Pere Ubu
A whole mess of fox kits!
Do Fox kits come fully assembled or is some assembly required?
Best ask the vixens about that.
Vote Mamdani!! Woot!
Okay, that's a first -- I clicked on the video at the bottom of the post and got "Sign in to confirm you're not a bot. This helps protect our community."
Umm, unless I misunderstood you, Dems did not unanimously vote Whitaker in as Ambassador to NATO. Only Jeanne Shaheen voted Yay, all the rest of the Dems and Independents voted Nay (Patty Murray did not vote).
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/119-2025/s157
"it ended with the Senate Democrats giving him a wild ovation and then giving unanimous consent to confirm the big dick toilet guy, our own unmissed Meatball, as Ambassador to NATO. Way to go everybody but Cory Booker. Just A+ work." If consent was UNANIMOUS then Cory Booker did not dissent from it. Way to go nobody, including Ted Cruz impersonator Cory Booker.
The thing that struck me about Cory Booker's record breaking filibuster was he stayed on topic for the whole speech. He didn't read Dr Seuss or the Sunday funnies. We need more athis.
"WASHINGTON ― Emails show that the Social Security Administration canceled contracts with the state of Maine as political payback against its Democratic governor.
According to emails obtained by Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Social Security staff informed Leland Dudek, the acting commissioner of Social Security, that canceling the contracts “would result in improper payments and potential for identity theft.”
Dudek told his staff to go for it" “Please cancel the contracts. While our improper payments will go up, and fraudsters may compromise identities, no money will go from the public trust to a petulant child,” Dudek wrote, referring to Maine Gov. Janet Mills.
Dudek reinstated the contracts in less than 24 hours amid an outcry from pediatricians and behind-the-scenes pressure from Maine’s congressional delegation. He said he hadn’t intended to create an “undue burden on the people of Maine,” though his internal email suggests otherwise.
Dudek had been a mid-level IT staffer at Social Security before being put on administrative leave for helping Elon Musk’s DOGE team access sensitive databases inside the agency. The Trump administration tapped him to lead the agency after more senior officials refused to cooperate with Musk’s team." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/janet-mills-social-security-maine-leland-dudek_n_67ed2d99e4b0b937ab8f135c
"Dudek had been a mid-level IT staffer at Social Security before being put on administrative leave for helping Elon Musk’s DOGE team access sensitive databases inside the agency."
I ... wow.
Just like Jeffrey Clark (remember that guy?) was a mid-level DOJ guy.
There's a lot of sociological analysis to do here but I don't have the energy
“Big dick toilet” guy? I thought his crapper was designed for droopy balls.
**And … it ended with the Senate Democrats giving him a wild ovation and then giving unanimous consent to confirm the big dick toilet guy, our own unmissed Meatball, as Ambassador to NATO.**
Up the Revolution!
I think that Máebh and Alice are starting to figure things out. Life is more fun with friends.
https://substack.com/profile/1687878-1d57a1d5931d/note/c-105392233?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=106di Also, Alice being silly.
I really love your posts and pictures so much. I mean it--for what it's worth, I always look for you and you make me feel so peaceful.
You and your kitties get love from me because you help with my anxiety, somehow.
Thank you for saying that. I feel really lucky to have them in my life, and I’m glad that they give joy to other people as well.
I’m sorry that you are having to deal with anxiety. It’s so incredibly painful, and so misunderstood.
Not entirely a suckie collections of news tidbits! Is that... optimism... I smell?
I loved Val Kilmer. He was one of my major actor crushes. I remember seeing Top Gun when it came out and being like, forget this Tom Cruise guy--who's THIS? Then I went on to see all his movies.
Right soon after Top Gun came out, like maybe the next summer, he came to CU and did Hamlet (CU, my parents' alma mater, has a wonderful outdoor summer Shakespeare festival--pretty small and intimate, and I always dreamed of working there, but that's a tale for another time). Anyway, he was really good, and I sat close enough to touch him. It was done in a very spare way and in modern dress, and he wore this gorgeous Armani suit. You could really tell that he had theater training (he went to Julliard), as opposed to just being charismatic and handsome movie star guy.
Kilmer will forever and always be Madmartegen.
And Nick Rivers
"You ARE great!" Willow Ufgood (probably spelled wrong)
Coffee, cream and Tab's in the morning ☕💯👍
"Judge Andrew Oldham says Joe Biden was too senile to do any death-sentence commutations..."
Andrew Oldham. Wasn't he the Rolling Stones' first manager?
i cannot believe they all voted for big-toilet guy. did they not realize what had just been accomplished by booker? pin, meet balloon.
what, exactly, were that clown's qualifications that forced all the nice senators to vote for him, FFS?
They did not.
i did correct this in two other comments, sorry i missed this one.
Congratulations, Sen. Booker. Thanks to the actions of your fellow Democrats, your "filibuster" was a 24-ish hour waste of time.
now the question to research is, was booker there for the vote, because if so, he was right there with them. . . .
EDITED TO SAY that whitaker was confirmed ALONG PARTY LINES, so everything i've said this morning is incorrect. my apologies.
Maybe I'm more influenced by statistics, but I don't know why we don't trot this stuff out on the regular (from Snyder's Tab):
"So consider. The US is is 24th in the world in the happiness rankings. Not bad. But Denmark is number two (after Finland). On a scale of 1 to 100, Freedom House ranks Denmark 97 and the US 84 on freedom — and the US will drop a great deal this year. An American is about ten times more likely to be incarcerated than a Dane. Danes have access to universal and essentially free health care; Americans spend a huge amount of money to be sick more often and to be treated worse when they are. Danes on average live four years longer than Americans. In Denmark university education is free; the average balance owed by the tens of millions of Americans who hold student debt in the US is about $40,000."