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Because There Are Always Enough Electrons for Another Cat Picture 0
Meet Peaches and Ziggy.
(When we got them from the SPCA, Ziggy was named “Mango,” and we thought, “What the hell kind of name is ‘Mango’ for an [ex-]tom cat?” “Ziggy” came about because he zigs and zags about the house.) They are brother and sister and get along famously, snuzzling and nuzzling throughout the day.
They fill the hole left by JoCat’s passing. We were loading her into the carrier to take her to the emergency vet when she breathed her last.
JoCat joined the family when my father passed away a dozen years ago and had a long full life of dominating the household.
Her sister lives with my brother. Originally, they were Joe and Sam, until it became apparent that they were Josephine and Samantha. With cats kittens, it’s hard to tell . . . .
The Entitlement Society 0
If you can’t change the law, change the lawyers.
Highlights Reel 0
Thom looks at several under-covered stories from the news.
Note: Tom Price was fired (or resigned under pressure, which is fundamentally the same thing) after this segment was recorded, but that does not negate Thom’s larger points about priorities, budgets, and news coverage, as the next guy is likely to be just as bad.
A Cavalcade of Misdirection Plays 0
Timothy Egan tries to pierce the fog of bloviation.
Las Vegas Roulette 0
Afterthought:
I do not agree with those who complain that the press has not referred to the shooter as a “terrorist.” True, he created terror, but a “terrorist” is someone who uses terror to advance a cause.
As I write this, reports indicate that he appears to have been apolitical.
The only cause in which he was interested seems to have been ammosexual release.
The Court Is in Sessions 0
My first boss was an excellent boss. He was considerate, clear, consistent, and understanding; and he knew how to turn an employee’s error into a teaching experience.
One day after I had worked for him long enough to ask such a question, I asked him where he learned how to be such a good boss.
He paused for a moment, then said, “I always think about what my first boss would have done. Then I do exactly the opposite.”
Joe Patrice thinks of what Jeff Sessions said about free speech on campus and suggests that Sessions is just such an exemplar as my first boss’s first boss.
None Dare Call It Treason 0
Via Job’s Angerhttp://jobsanger.blogspot.com/2017/10/they-were-traitors.html.
Twits on Twitter, Ryan’s Derp Dept. 0
Farron skewers Paul Ryan’s efforts to promote trickle-on economics.
Plus ca Change 0
Don’t think that this is anything new.
Here’s a bit of historical perspective for all you youngsters out there.
The Corner 0
Dick Polman comments on the latest mass shooting in the United States (follow the link for the rest):
Aside:
Speaking of the banality of evil, consider how blandly horrifying is the phrase, “the latest mass shooting.”
Swamp Things 0
Farron looks at Donald Trump’s “newly drained swamp” and concludes the drains are clogged.
Not Knowing Their Place 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., notes that there seems no “right way” to protest against discrimination. A snippet (follow the link for the rest):
When there was violence in the streets over unpunished police killings of African-American men, they said that was the wrong way to go about it. Most of us agreed.
But when peaceful street demonstrations took place, conservatives didn’t like them, either. Then, last year, NFL player Colin Kaepernick hit on the idea of sitting through the national anthem.
But conservatives said that was disrespectful to veterans. So Kaepernick started taking a knee instead. Many others followed suit.
Conservatives said that was still wrong . . . .
It’s not the protests that conservatives find distasteful.
It’s the uppity.
Since protest of any kind is inherently uppity, there is no form of protest that conservatives will find acceptable.