Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

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Happy New Year editon. Tigger celebrates with the "Kings of Hollywood."

Have a good weekend, and a great 2011. See you in the New Year.

The Refudiater

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The sheer ease with which she lies.

Boy did TBogg get it right (when posting about Christine O'Donnell):

...the white trash feral cynicism of a Palin.

...

I Didn't Realize...

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...that the talking baby ad was cinéma vérité.

Matt Taibbi had more on Countdown.

"Are There No Prisons?...And the Union Workhouses?"

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To think that Victorian England was in some ways more compassionate...

If He Only had a Brain

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And as plenty of people have noted previously, what's really scary is that Coburn is the saner of Oklahoma's two Senators. Geez.

Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

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Photoshopped Santa hat edition -- no way would the cat ever allow an actual hat on his head.

This is the first picture of Tigger I saw. I'd had another orange cat that alas went off to that great little courtyard garden in the sky. Getting a new cat wasn't entirely a priority; however, between this picture and the mouse I saw scurrying around in the kitchen on Christmas Eve 2007 (a creature WAS stirring)...anyway, the boy's been in residence since 2008, and here's hoping for many years beyond.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Saturnalia, Rite of Dinoysus, and Merry Solstice, too.

Have a good weekend.

The Flab Four

From Album3

Morning Joe reveals his man crush...I guess the remaining Flab Four members could be Huckabee and Barbour...and...I dunno, maybe Dennis Hastert.

Talk about a ton of dead weight.

Saying They Belong at the Kiddie Table...

From Album3

...is actually a pretty big insult to millions of decent kids. Apologies.

Another Day, Another GOP Asshole

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Link.

Shorter Haley Barbour

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We never had any problems with "our" Negroes in Yazoo City.

Malaka indeed. That might be a little mild.

Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

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Proudly saying "Happy Holidays" edition.

That's a view I could REALLY get used to -- I might could even deal with northern winters if that's what was outside the window.

Otherwise, in the news today...why am I not surprised?

Bad Cretin Santa

From Album3

As I noted at First Draft, if DeMint were a Democrat, his foray into dizzying heights of assholery would ignite a media and Fox noise shitstorm.

A Pattern...

From Album3

Looks like the Gulf of Mexico isn't the only place BP FUBAR'ed while obsessively pursuing a few extra nickels. Would've been nice to know.

Our Right to Know

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Michael Moore raises a good point:

I ask you to imagine how much different our world would be if WikiLeaks had existed 10 years ago. Take a look at this photo. That's Mr. Bush about to be handed a "secret" document on August 6th, 2001. Its heading read: "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US." And on those pages it said the FBI had discovered "patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings." Mr. Bush decided to ignore it and went fishing for the next four weeks.

But if that document had been leaked, how would you or I have reacted? What would Congress or the FAA have done? Was there not a greater chance that someone, somewhere would have done something if all of us knew about bin Laden's impending attack using hijacked planes?

But back then only a few people had access to that document. Because the secret was kept, a flight school instructor in San Diego who noticed that two Saudi students took no interest in takeoffs or landings, did nothing. Had he read about the bin Laden threat in the paper, might he have called the FBI? (Please read this essay by former FBI Agent Coleen Rowley, Time's 2002 co-Person of the Year, about her belief that had WikiLeaks been around in 2001, 9/11 might have been prevented.)

I'd personally like to ask any prominent winger whether, if they could somehow go back in time, they would try to stop the attack. Their response(s) would be...interesting.

Sigh -- It's That Time Of Year Again

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Oh how they love playing the victim...

Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

From Album3

Staying with a classic movie star theme this week.

You know how to whistle, don't you?

Have a good weekend.

The New 'New World Order'

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Fewer crumbs for the rest of us...

Mitchferatu

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Look, like everyone else with at least some functioning brain cells, I'm pissed about the latest cave in...Obama promised "Change," not Bill Clinton...indeed, he explicitly rejected Clinton as a campaign tactic, if I remember right...

On the other hand, I never was much of a Clinton fan -- I voted for him in 1992, I voted for Nader in 96, and generally considered Bill, at best, ok for a Republican.

However, I warmed more than just a bit to the Big Dog subsequently. At least he was competent. And look what we ended up with: George W. Bush.

Obama may be merely the lesser of evils, but goddamned if the greater of evils is...really, truly evil.

And for the life of me I can't figure out why our modern media gives the likes of Mitch McConnell -- or Jon Kyl -- the freest of free rides...well, aside from the fact that the corporate media is...the corporate media.

The World We Live In

From Album3

Julian Assange is in jail...but Dick Cheney isn't.

Citizen King

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Never thought I'd see the political rehabilitation of Tailgunner Joe...

Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

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Tigger shares a hotel balcony view with Marilyn.

Have a good weekend.

Cue Up Ride of the Valkyries

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Steve King is on the loose.

And...

We're Losing to These Guys?

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Sigh. Ok, it's late, I'm a little tired from exercise, and my cat has finally calmed down...so, no link. Maybe I'll have a bit more tomorrow at First Draft, but for now...geez. It's one thing to fight the good fight and lose...

And yeah, it's not like I'm unaware of how much the deck is stacked against liberalism...but show some spine, for chrissakes...

Clown Show in the Red Stick

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A certain half governor took time to hawk a ghost written book...

Politics 101

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Howard Dean was just on the Rachel Maddow show making a case for the basics...basics the administration could do well to heed.

Sigh.

Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

From Album3

Happy Thanksgiving edition. Have a good weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving

Taking the day off...thanks as always for stopping by. Enjoy the holiday. Might post tomorrow, otherwise, have a good weekend.

This is Not an Earmarker

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This is a hypocrite.

My Name is Mullah Mansour. MY Name is Mullah Mansour...

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To Tell the Truth, Taliban edition. Looks like the panel was stumped.

Talk to Chuck

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I don't know what's worse -- the Republiclown hypocrisy, the public apathy, or the failure of the media genuinely report...

Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

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Don't touch his junk edition.

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety...just saying.

Have a good weekend.

Not Just a River in Egypt

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Denial -- another word to describe Governor Goodhair.

Deep in the Heart of Texas

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Looks like some would-be "patriots" have decided a certain candidate for Texas Speaker of the House is a little too Judeo and not enough Christian for their tastes.

Press Versus Publicity

From Album3

If you get a moment, take a look at Rachel Maddow's brilliant take down of your modern press corpse and the free ride they've given the GOP (look for the Tuesday November 16th show.)

Thank you, Ms. Maddow.

If She Only Had a Brain

From Album3

She might refudiate the nitwittery she embraces.

Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

From Album3

Tigger looking not-so-relaxed by the pool, water, or at least liquids, being a sort of theme to segue to this article about how cats drink...the subject of a recent research project at MIT and Princeton.

Have a good weekend.

No Surprise: Tucker Carlson is a Weenie

From Album3

I can't even say I'm not surprised about not being surprised. This is just the sort of weenieish behavior and excuse you'd expect...

Chucky's Evil Sibling

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Call him Creepy...

The Right Wing Noise Machine in Action

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Or maybe it's the puke funnel -- or maybe there's no difference.

This is Your Brain Food Web on Drugs Oil

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Just like mom used to make. And while the research can't determine possible toxicity, is this a risk anyone wants to take?

Adrastos says it best right here. I second the motion.

Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

From Album3

Tigger gets another close-up this week, with the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai in the background. Like me, the boy is wondering how anyone can believe the nonsense spewing from the right wing noise machine/puke funnel re: the cost of Obama's trip to India in his, you know, official capacity as President of the United States.

And if they'll lie about that, what WON'T they lie about?

Have a good weekend...

Hey -- The Son of a Bitch Wants Less Government?

From Album3

Then the Obama administration should give him less government. Less government than he or his teatards could dream of.

I'm not an expert on the functionality of the feds, but the Executive Branch MUST have some way to give McConnell et al a lesson they'll never forget. Pull every goddamned federal dollar you can, from him, from Alaska, from every jurisdiction that claims to want "less government." Let's see just how much less they want.

And don't give them a nickel until they learn to behave.

Pee Wee's Playhouse

From Album3

The next two years are going to be interesting.

The Great Non-Recession

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Bob Herbert reminds us that a number of fat cats did just fine during the economic meltdown; better than ever in fact. And they're continuing to rake it in while presumably enjoying the free for all amongst us groundlings for the remaining crumbs.

Sigh. Will we ever learn?

Not So Sweet Tea

From Album3

Well, I'm sure everyone stopping by has seen this, but it doesn't make it any less depressing, no pun intended.

Still...tomorrow I'll vote, and watch the returns, hoping that maybe someone will plausibly be able to spin the phrase "exceeded expectations."

Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

From Album3

Don't forget to vote edition. Tigger and I will be, as usual, voting for the lesser of Malakas, to use Adrastos' apt expression.

Have a good weekend.

Calling Him Low Class Would Imply That He Had Any Class

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Tony Perkins.

It's NOT Left Versus Right

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It's educated versus ignorant.

A Competing Vision

From Album3

Not to single Rand Paul out, but last night's incident -- which, fortunately, hasn't appeared to cause any significant injury -- is merely the logical result of a movement that is absolutely centered on hatred and at least the threat of violence...

What's sowed is eventually reaped. And I seriously doubt all these alleged "patriots" really want to see the breakdown of civil society...

Miss Me Yet?

From Album3

Nope.

Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

From Album3

Las Vegas edition.

Have a good weekend.