Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

From Album 5

Caber toss edition.

Have a good weekend.

It's...Complicated

From Album 5

Never thought I'd title a post featuring a picture of Dubya as complicated, but...the guy on the armrest is Bandar bin Sultan, who is as good an example as any to portray when. as Matt Stoller reminds us, there are no "friends" in international relations, only interests.

The linked essay isn't short, but it's definitely worth reading, and worth considering whenever you hear the typical rhetoric from the usual gasbags...

Or Maybe It Is The Puppet Show

From Album 5

The hearings begin, and according to Charles Pierce, might be scripted to end-not-with-a-bang, much to the displeasure of the rabid, red meat, bloody shirt crowd.

Who Lied?

From Album 5

Turns out it was Joe Wilson, though it's kind of hard to be proud of what he lied about: the ACA provisions to keep undocumented immigrants from getting affordable insurance is...keeping undocumented immigrants from getting affordable insurance...here in the richest nation in recorded history. Hope they're happy.

Dancing By Himself

From 2Millionth Web Log

The proper accompaniment has got to be the world's littlest violin...