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Martini Glambassador's avatar

Some vintage footage in your hed gif today—a cat show from 1931. Source credit here: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/accomplished-cats

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GladysKravitz'sCurtains's avatar

Martini I love you! As a devoted Anglophile and aficionado of vintage fashion, this "TABS" tickled my soul!

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ziggywiggy's avatar

Great job on this one, love it!

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Martini Glambassador's avatar

Thanks Ziggy! :-)

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TootsStansbury 🇺🇦's avatar

The names of those cats! “Wendell” OMG!

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Menotsure's avatar

While most folks were in despair in 1931, as The Great Depression deepened, cats were living it up as a result of widespread shorting by felines just before the big crash.

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Thalia Is Not Amused's avatar

We thought we were the cat's meow;

In fact, we were but a sneer.

F. Scat Fitzpurrald

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Martini Glambassador's avatar

Any that jumped out of the window out of despair over financial ruin still landed on their feet, however.

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clairence's avatar

"I can't go on! ... Huh. I guess I can."

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Menotsure's avatar

Win, win!

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GladysKravitz'sCurtains's avatar

🎶We're in the mew-ny..🎶

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Broderie Anglaise's avatar

Thank you for the KITTEHS. Sooooooooo much to love...and Sebastian is certainly a dab paw at hat making.

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Bobathonic's avatar

"Creative differences" made me LOL.

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Babe Paley's avatar

It was "millinery concern" for me!

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Bonnie's avatar

Yeah that was a bust out laughing moment for me too!

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Internet Personae's avatar

Yes, the emotional support cat sets a new standard in depth of fur - an absolutely necessary consideration -

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plushie dragon's avatar

I grew up in San Berdoo, close to Fontana. That awful story is like, Fontana Concentrated Bastard Juice. You know Sons of Anarchy? I watched half an episode and turned it off. At first I was like, a series about San Bernardino heck yeah! Then I was like, *what was I thinking*.

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ZorPern's avatar

Oh. Heh. Total non-clickbait this time!

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Khavrinen's avatar

"Oh jeez. Texas Republicans want to make it so you can’t win statewide unless you win a majority of the *land*."

Beau pleads with rural Texans to avoid shooting themselves in the foot just this once:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym9gbDpewwc

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Liminal's avatar

I was pretty well paid for awhile and I have investments. My stocks have gone up 50% THIS YEAR. Economy is fine.

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clairence's avatar

Funny how that fascist family that 'gave up everything' looks to be doing quite well. I wonder if their cultists recognize the disconnect.

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cmd Human Scum's avatar

I didn’t see Ivanka in that pic.

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clairence's avatar

in the thought bubble above Donald's head

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Otis Fuentes's avatar

Hey all, had to give my work laptop back and now unclear if I can log in. If you're reading this, I guess I could.

https://chrisxcarroll.substack.com

Wherein I reflect on photographing Leonard Cohen that time.

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Randy Bender's avatar

"When’s the last time you have seen, heard or read a story about any of the tens of millions of people who are proudly and enthusiastically supporting Joe Biden in this year’s presidential election?

I’ll give you a second or two to think about that one …

Nothing?

OK, let’s try this: Have you seen, heard or read even ONE story about the tens of millions of people who are proudly supporting Joe Biden in this year’s presidential election?

Still nothing?

Helluva thing isn’t it?

Joe Biden has had to deal with all this dangerous, anti-American insanity, and has done so with grace and honor. He has proven himself to be a good and decent man at a time we have never needed good and decent men more.

He respects America and he respects his office. He respects our Democracy, the longstanding institutions of the United States of America, and has worked in a bipartisan fashion whenever possible to get things done for us. ALL OF US.

Why isn’t this more important?

Hell, why isn’t this the most important thing? Why don’t we discuss this man’s goodness more honestly and openly? Joe Biden is clearly a better man than the lewd, orange, lying ghoul he is running against.

That should matter more than anything, especially right now when the heat on our country has been turned up to full boil by a political party that is swinging hard right toward authoritarianism, and has trouble even saying the word, Democracy.

Why doesn’t corporate media spend more time on this vitally important issue of character?"

https://archive.is/20240525132800/https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/why-the-media-doesn-t-talk-to-biden-s-supporters/

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ZorPern's avatar

Upfist X1,298

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Randal Cooper's avatar

Hm. Don Jr's height is listed as 6'1" and Eric's is listed as 6'5"

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Bupkus231's avatar

I have to wonder how many times PAB's lawyers have filed "motions to dismiss" in all four of his cases. It seems like every day there's at least one new one - and they all get smacked down.

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Edith Prickly's avatar

Their client is an idiot and they have to keep him happy.

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"M"'s avatar

You'd think there'd be a sanction at some point

Buuuut ... they represent a rich White guy, however stupid and corrupt

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Bupkus231's avatar

I'm sure this has been noted already, but in that first photo, Javanka's absence is telling.

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mvario's avatar

"Honey, did you book those tickets to Cancun?". — Ted Cruz

Texas weather: More than 750,000 customers are without power in the tornado-ravaged state as Dallas gets slammed with storms | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/weather/texas-southern-plains-storm-forecast-tuesday/index.html

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OneYieldRegular's avatar

Today, we are all libertarians.

Oh god.

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DeeDee D's avatar

Wow...so much news. Yet all I can think is: "Troy Iwata for President!"

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mvario's avatar

Richard Dreyfuss mocks trans youth in bizarre rant at "Jaws" film screening - LGBTQ Nation

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/richard-dreyfuss-mocks-trans-youth-in-bizarre-rant-at-jaws-film-screening/

> He said that a trans kid may also identify as an octopus one day.

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DeeDee D's avatar

I wrote a stupid response here about RD, and then I received an email from sub stacker Ben Dreyfus, addressing the incident of his Dad... And I instantly felt ashamed for having an opinion when I wasn't there. So I deleted my stupid response, and am posting this. @Ben Dreyfus seems like a righteous guy, and I've never met his father, but of course enjoy his work.

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mvario's avatar

Cool. I just read his post on it

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Amezed's avatar

He's always been an a*sehole, to my knowledge

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𝕺𝖓𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉's avatar

I read the article, and he really sounds like senility might be setting in. or perhaps this is what limitless privilege looks like.

It is appalling that he allowed Spacey to molest his son without defense from his father.

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Antifa Commander's avatar

…and suddenly gets eaten by a shark.

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House of the Blue Lights's avatar

Our beloved icons need to stfu

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agony's avatar

I'm getting old, and one of the pledges I make is to never let the words "kids these days" pass my lips.

And I'm so glad my adult kids are always very ready to call me on my bullshit and tell me to shut up. Everybody needs someone in their lives to do that job.

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Worriedman's avatar

Here's yet another substack. Lots of flowers here at the end of May. Plenty of good pictures to take and share.

https://open.substack.com/pub/brawlatthepoetscafe/p/green-was-the-silence-wet-was-the?r=insr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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ZorPern's avatar

I love reading these posts of yours.

.... that fortunately he himself does not know how to decipher.”

Quite the provocative thought.

Great pix! Tx for sharing!

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V4Virginia's avatar

Those are great! I love that Peruvian "dahlia." So weird!

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