Pounce was the name of my little grey guy who I had to leave behind when I moved up here to look after my father. My ex gave him away to one of the neighbors when she moved to California. She bought a tiny house in Altadena that burned flat a year ago, taking everything she had.
But I want my butler's name to be "Jeeves". Hey, anyone here in the Wonketariat remember when there was a search engine called "Ask Jeeves"? Dang, I am an olds.
Back when I had my initial blog, I was reading Wodehouse, and was VERY disappointed when that engine changed to just "Ask". I wrote a post entitled "No Longer Endeavoring To Provide Satisfaction".
NATO doesn't need to end. It just needs to reform with the United States as just one other member, not the lynchpin it's relying on. It needs to be self-sufficient. It should be closely allied to us but not reliant. It's stepping up now for Ukraine but more needs to be done. Most of the countries are doing so now, possibly not fast enough. Potentially NATO and the US should have a relationship analogous to the UK and the EU.
The majority of the money going to Ukraine is coming right back to the US economy via the military-industrial complex. Google's AI response gave me a good summary of this when I asked
"The money and aid provided to Ukraine are used for a wide variety of purposes falling into three main categories: military defense, economic stability and essential services, and humanitarian assistance. Most of the aid money, particularly from the U.S., is actually spent within the donor countries to produce weapons and equipment. "
This also applies to to equipment we directly send them - it's sorta stuff reaching it's shelf life expiration - functional, highly effective stuff that's no longer state of the art, and is replaced here with cutting edge technology. This is not just strengthening Ukraine's military, but ours as well.
And that's very important.
The EU should have primary responsibility for fencing Russia in. We should be turning our focus to China., (And North Korea and Iran). On both sides of the land mass that is Eurasia, we need to fence in expansionist countries.
We need to adopt a "No Hegemons" policy. Nobody runs the world, and all countries stay within their own borders. Including us - practice what we preach. I could expand on this, but this post is pretty damn long already.
That DoorDash video is a great example of why people need to know their most basic rights—which that couple really did not in the slightest—or at least have a clue where to find out, even if it’s just Google, YouTube, or *any fucking lawyer* (and not, DUH, the 911 operator; note the cops never did show up).
In the time that woman spent bouncing off the walls screaming incoherently they could have quickly and easily discovered that 1) you *NEVER* open your door if they don’t have a warrant (“no guns”, AYFKM?!), and 2) you don’t even have to answer the damn door, let alone engage (talk, shriek, etc) with them in any way, because if they *do* have a warrant, they probably won’t even bother to knock anyhow!
Don’t care how scared they were—𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚—even considering tossing that poor distraught woman to the nazi thugs was just a shitty thing to do.
I’d bet real money that if they voted at all, it wasn’t for the black lady.
You know, at some point, some protester will get fed up and shoot one of the ICE agents and then we'll have the 2025 equivalent of Kent State or worse. I wouldn't blame the shooter - I've been gassed before and it isn't pleasant and it pissed me off. I worry, though.
Ta, Marcie. Ta, Martini. We have to get dressed and fill our propane tanks; we both took a sick day. Darling husband Meccalopolis made luscious fruit bowls and served us leftover flowery green tea. For second breakfast (usually elitist avocado toast), we shared a lovely piece of birthday cake. I am so honored to be his wife. This is the stupidest possible timeline, but we have each other. Good day, beloved Wonketteers. We love and appreciate you all and we bless us all with love, health, peace, and grace.
Please, please stay safe. Wear a mask or two, wash your hands, sanitize when you cannot wash and let the sanitizer dry completely, stop touching your face, take Vitamin D, get a booster shot six months after your last, and catch up on any other vaccinations you need (and make sure any kids in your family are fully vaccinated also too), avoid indoor and crowded outdoor gatherings and when you must meet, remove masks only to eat, drink, and take quick photos, and stay the fuck away from us and everyone with whom you do not share a roof. Do this because you love yourself, and because we love you, too. Do this in memory of dear departed family and friends like Forever 27 Treg and heroic Tony, Holly's pilot friend, among nearly eight million dead worldwide. Do this to honor the nurses and other frontline medical personnel (we love and appreciate you, Medicos of Wonkette), particularly ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark RN. Be kind, especially to yourself, and please, please stay safe.
This is in reference to Stoopid Hitler wanting to tear down "your playhouse" — in this case first The USofA, and eventually The World (or as much as he can destroy in the next 3 years).
I've heard that DOJ just decided to stop releasing Epstein Files. No reason but it felt like it. We need to impeach every member of Orange Boy's regime.
Kittens' yawns sum up Monday pretty well. Your hed gif info here: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/belated-christmas-kittens
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/8c902591-3487-4a9c-8b54-9198b78bfd19
OMG. Cuteness overload.
I needed kittens after reading TABS today. Thank you.
A basket of plorables!
Is one tuxedo in a pounce* of tabby cats a thing? Because my peculiar kitty was the lone tuxie in a litter of tabbies.
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* Google says "pounce" is a term for a group of cats, along with Clowder, Clutter, Cluster, and Glaring. A Glaring of Cats: sounds about right.
Pounce was the name of my little grey guy who I had to leave behind when I moved up here to look after my father. My ex gave him away to one of the neighbors when she moved to California. She bought a tiny house in Altadena that burned flat a year ago, taking everything she had.
Wake and stretch
In your nest
Kitten 1: "We're starting another week"
Other Kittens: "Naw we're not, zzzzz"
I know the feeling, kitties, I know the feeling.
“Whar TABS? OMG! We are TABS!”
The tux kitten is like, "Get me the fuck away from these idiots!"
I'll take the tuxie!
I had a bout of contagious yawning just reading the article and seeing the kittens.
Me too! Just can't help myself. One of the kittens reminds me of my sweet Farrah, too.
Sweepy pussy-kittenz!
My Dad (PBUH) showed me how to mimic a yawn with my hand behind my back in church to see if we could start the people behind us yawning.
GIVE ME THEM!
They're so cute right before ICE blankets them in pepper spray
:(
Yawning kitties are very boopable. Thank you for this cute moment.
Kitten cuddle pile! What a great way to start a Monday. Only way it could be better would be if I could join them.
Same here.
Morning kittens!
"Carstairs, I'll have my breakfast and morning kittens in the conservatory"
"Very good, mum."
Far out, Catherwood.
Ook ook a chook, sir.
Gesundheit!
But I want my butler's name to be "Jeeves". Hey, anyone here in the Wonketariat remember when there was a search engine called "Ask Jeeves"? Dang, I am an olds.
I remember Lycos and Netscape.
Back when I had my initial blog, I was reading Wodehouse, and was VERY disappointed when that engine changed to just "Ask". I wrote a post entitled "No Longer Endeavoring To Provide Satisfaction".
I used to have a Tuxedo kitty named Jeeves. He got himself into excellent adventures.
Sure. I never used it, not that I can remember.
I'm still hung up on the loss of Clippy. Never asked him much, just enjoyed his goofy googly eyes bouncing around down in the corner.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1neUTHU41FFCa5we0t73mmSQ6zAXowjXH/view?usp=drive_link
I think most of us were creeped out by that leering thing. I certainly was.
Reminded me of something the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation would come up with. 🤖
Also, "Jeeves and Wooster".
NATO doesn't need to end. It just needs to reform with the United States as just one other member, not the lynchpin it's relying on. It needs to be self-sufficient. It should be closely allied to us but not reliant. It's stepping up now for Ukraine but more needs to be done. Most of the countries are doing so now, possibly not fast enough. Potentially NATO and the US should have a relationship analogous to the UK and the EU.
The majority of the money going to Ukraine is coming right back to the US economy via the military-industrial complex. Google's AI response gave me a good summary of this when I asked
"The money and aid provided to Ukraine are used for a wide variety of purposes falling into three main categories: military defense, economic stability and essential services, and humanitarian assistance. Most of the aid money, particularly from the U.S., is actually spent within the donor countries to produce weapons and equipment. "
Link (for easy copypasta): https://tinyurl.com/4d5533np
This also applies to to equipment we directly send them - it's sorta stuff reaching it's shelf life expiration - functional, highly effective stuff that's no longer state of the art, and is replaced here with cutting edge technology. This is not just strengthening Ukraine's military, but ours as well.
And that's very important.
The EU should have primary responsibility for fencing Russia in. We should be turning our focus to China., (And North Korea and Iran). On both sides of the land mass that is Eurasia, we need to fence in expansionist countries.
We need to adopt a "No Hegemons" policy. Nobody runs the world, and all countries stay within their own borders. Including us - practice what we preach. I could expand on this, but this post is pretty damn long already.
That DoorDash video is a great example of why people need to know their most basic rights—which that couple really did not in the slightest—or at least have a clue where to find out, even if it’s just Google, YouTube, or *any fucking lawyer* (and not, DUH, the 911 operator; note the cops never did show up).
In the time that woman spent bouncing off the walls screaming incoherently they could have quickly and easily discovered that 1) you *NEVER* open your door if they don’t have a warrant (“no guns”, AYFKM?!), and 2) you don’t even have to answer the damn door, let alone engage (talk, shriek, etc) with them in any way, because if they *do* have a warrant, they probably won’t even bother to knock anyhow!
Don’t care how scared they were—𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚—even considering tossing that poor distraught woman to the nazi thugs was just a shitty thing to do.
I’d bet real money that if they voted at all, it wasn’t for the black lady.
You know, at some point, some protester will get fed up and shoot one of the ICE agents and then we'll have the 2025 equivalent of Kent State or worse. I wouldn't blame the shooter - I've been gassed before and it isn't pleasant and it pissed me off. I worry, though.
I keep coming back to Morning Tabs just for the kitten hed gif. Thank you Martini Glambassador! More of this please!
So adorable 😍 😍 😍 😍
Ta, Marcie. Ta, Martini. We have to get dressed and fill our propane tanks; we both took a sick day. Darling husband Meccalopolis made luscious fruit bowls and served us leftover flowery green tea. For second breakfast (usually elitist avocado toast), we shared a lovely piece of birthday cake. I am so honored to be his wife. This is the stupidest possible timeline, but we have each other. Good day, beloved Wonketteers. We love and appreciate you all and we bless us all with love, health, peace, and grace.
Please, please stay safe. Wear a mask or two, wash your hands, sanitize when you cannot wash and let the sanitizer dry completely, stop touching your face, take Vitamin D, get a booster shot six months after your last, and catch up on any other vaccinations you need (and make sure any kids in your family are fully vaccinated also too), avoid indoor and crowded outdoor gatherings and when you must meet, remove masks only to eat, drink, and take quick photos, and stay the fuck away from us and everyone with whom you do not share a roof. Do this because you love yourself, and because we love you, too. Do this in memory of dear departed family and friends like Forever 27 Treg and heroic Tony, Holly's pilot friend, among nearly eight million dead worldwide. Do this to honor the nurses and other frontline medical personnel (we love and appreciate you, Medicos of Wonkette), particularly ICU Hera Mrs Land Shark RN. Be kind, especially to yourself, and please, please stay safe.
Slava Ukraini. 🌻🇺🇦💙💛
Thankful everyday for you, my love! Happy Monday, every Wonk!
I didn't know I needed to hear Gaddi Red Challenger until I heard Gaddi Red Challenger.
This is in reference to Stoopid Hitler wanting to tear down "your playhouse" — in this case first The USofA, and eventually The World (or as much as he can destroy in the next 3 years).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiJWXjz1uks
Paul Young - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (Official Video)
{Preemptive precaution: all due props and apologies to Mr. Young, his fans and fanatics, and any comrades who would take offense.🙇♂️🙏🏾}
Love the kittens. Love the banger song. Great when he sings Red New Challenger, he drops into a dumb American accent.
Nikki Glaser at last night's Golden Globes: "And the award for most editing goes to CBS News ... America’s newest place to see BS news.”
I've heard that DOJ just decided to stop releasing Epstein Files. No reason but it felt like it. We need to impeach every member of Orange Boy's regime.
Holy crap. I watched that whole Tik Tok with the woman and the baby, and the DoorDash delivery person. Now I know how to respond.
I'd suggest Wonkette host a permanent linky to the Trump Action Tracker.
I don't believe Polis is "considering" any such thing. but maybe.
Damn it, Polis...