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Falafel!
Bill "SHUT UP" O'Reilly | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 6:43 pm | #

Ah, -baby- Atrikitties....
GWPDA | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 6:45 pm | #

Dat's it, now I have to talk baby talk. Those lil' booties are too cute. Furballs supreme.
Sue | 10.15.04 - 6:46 pm | #

Wait, what happened to the third one?
Deep sixed?
Sue | 10.15.04 - 6:47 pm | #

cool cats, dude.

i miss my gray one, who passed away 3 years ago! sniff.
Jim in LA | 10.15.04 - 6:47 pm | #

very cute photos.
achn2b | 10.15.04 - 6:47 pm | #

The high-pitched noises those pictures caused to come out of me are really annoying my cats.
rocket | 10.15.04 - 6:47 pm | #

Aww, kitties.
Manly man. | 10.15.04 - 6:48 pm | #

See, my opponent, John Kerry, he sees a gray cat. Me, I see that cat in black and white. And the terrorists hate our cats. Just like they hate our freedom. And me. They hate me, too.
g.w.bush | 10.15.04 - 6:49 pm | #

How old are these pictures?
BGK | 10.15.04 - 6:49 pm | #

I don't think they chose to be cats; cats are what they were meant to be.
Johnny Gentle, Famous Crooner | 10.15.04 - 6:49 pm | #

O'Reilly phone scripts and juvenile pussy pictures. What is this site becoming? ;^)
bo | 10.15.04 - 6:50 pm | #

So young, and already so... so... Liberal!
mmm | 10.15.04 - 6:51 pm | #

The real Rocket is a feline from the big & tall division. He weighs about 20 lbs right now but he's not really fat--he has very broad shoulders, you see. He's big boned.

Hopefully his new diet will help with that.
rocket | 10.15.04 - 6:51 pm | #

Atrios gets all the pussy.
obligatory vagina joke | 10.15.04 - 6:54 pm | #

O'Reilly phone scripts and juvenile pussy pictures.

Speaking of Bush, anyone else catch this story: United States wants Britain to deploy troops in more volatile parts of Iraq.

He's only asking for one battalion -- 650 men -- to move to Falluja to support our operations.

Are we that desparate for 600 troops? Or does Bush just want some photos of some of our coalition fighting so he can attack Kerry for his "diss" of Bush's coalition?

If I'm a Brit, I'm worried that a few dead allies would look good to Bush at this point, politically.
Alex | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 6:54 pm | #

Jack the black-and-white Siamese mix is 14 pounds of solid muscle. He's even a little on the thin side of his ideal weight. He's scary strong, and regularly does chin-ups on my window mullions in pursuit of bugs and lizards.
BGK | 10.15.04 - 6:55 pm | #

Too bad Bush isn't a cat, or he could blame his bad debate performances (three, count 'em, three) on a furball.

--
Paul | 10.15.04 - 6:56 pm | #

Slightly more on-topic: Rizzo on the day I brought him home. 3 months old, 3 1/2 pounds.
BGK | 10.15.04 - 6:58 pm | #

OT, but interesting:

Found a debate poll on a conservative blog that can easily be overcome.

www.mightyrighty.com

There's only a total of 97 votes on the poll, so I figure five minutes of us voting will turn it right around.
Weapon of Mass Democracy | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 6:59 pm | #

O'Reilly phone scripts and juvenile pussy pictures. What is this site becoming? ;^)

bo, I love it.
freelove | 10.15.04 - 6:59 pm | #

Crap. This is the correct link.
BGK | 10.15.04 - 6:59 pm | #

A Joy Division reference? Atrios dates himself (and me)
older than I used to be | 10.15.04 - 7:00 pm | #

Cats are poor because they are lazy. Look at those pictures on the internets.
GWB | 10.15.04 - 7:01 pm | #

Aw, what cute kitties. Curled up on the yoga blanket. My cat would have already started picking it apart. Next cat I get I'm naming Jon Stewart. Loves me some cats and loves me some Jon Stewart.
Hecate | 10.15.04 - 7:02 pm | #

You're just a, ummm. hack for cats. You need to hold their paws to the fire.
John Stewart | 10.15.04 - 7:03 pm | #

PBS is running a poll on gay marriage for Bill Moyers' "Now" program.

Please pass this along and vote. It's real quick, you're in you're out.

http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/pol...s/ poll_036.html
Bryan | 10.15.04 - 7:03 pm | #

Paul-

Cheney is a hairball coughed up by Karl Rove. Bush is a dingle berry on the other end.
bebe rebozo | 10.15.04 - 7:05 pm | #

Shake your hair girl with your ponytail
Takes me right back (when you were young)
Throw your precious gifts into the air
Watch them fall down (when you were young)
Lift up your feet and put them on the ground
You used to walk upon (when you were young)
Lift up your feet and put them on the ground
The hills were higher (when we were young)
Lift up your feet and put them on the ground
The trees were taller (when you were young)
Lift up your feet and put them on the ground
The grass was greener (when you were young)
Lift up your feet and put them on the ground
You used to walk upon (when you were young)

Roxy Music, "If There Is Something"
lordwhorfin | 10.15.04 - 7:05 pm | #

Did you just out your gay kitties?

How dare you blog your gay kitties for political gain?

Lynne Cheney is gonna be mad again.

four legs good | 10.15.04 - 7:05 pm | #

Man, they were SKINNY! (I should talk..)
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Fielding Mellish | 10.15.04 - 7:07 pm | #

They're both cute photos, of course, but the lower one is just fantastic, with the russian blue mix on the bottom in a bizaare layout that just screams "I am a lazy cat, be as jealous as you like hairless monkey things!"
Gary Frazier | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:09 pm | #

The Lord comes down to Adam and asks how he likes Eve.

Adam says, "Lord she's everything I could hope for. She takes care of me in every way."

The Lord says, "That is good my son. I am pleased. Where is Eve so that I may ask her how she feels?"

Adam replies, "She is down at the river bathing, my Lord."

The Lord says, "Shit. Now, I'll never get the smell off those fish."
gratuitous | 10.15.04 - 7:09 pm | #

..anyone notice that the angry Cheney story just fell off of drudge? Normally, he'd be stoking this shit-filled paperbag of a story with lighter fluid by this point...
cupcake | 10.15.04 - 7:10 pm | #

Oh, and I love the A.A. Milne reference!
Hecate | 10.15.04 - 7:11 pm | #

Has anyone seen the episode of the Andy Griffith Show where Andy, Barney and Gomer explore a haunted house?
Anonymous | 10.15.04 - 7:13 pm | #

i was just thinking of some of my best cat pictures. and i thought of my little kittens. little grey steve, and little black tai. they are brother and sister. steve is now an 18 pound aggressive goliath and tai is an 8 pound smarty cat. he watches out for her. unless he get's confused, then he ends up attacking her.
charley | 10.15.04 - 7:14 pm | #

More subjects for my lab experiments!
Bill Frist | 10.15.04 - 7:16 pm | #

Bush-Cheney '04
Anonymous | 10.15.04 - 7:17 pm | #

Scholastic Pres. Poll was FREEPED & ends Mon. Oct. 18 at 7 pm EST

http://teacher.scholastic.com/sc..._pres/ index.asp

Every election year Scholastic does a Presidential Poll at schools and publishes the results. The rumour is this poll has always chosen the winner.

The form to vote is on the web, which makes it a target of the freaks at freeperville, who've been stuffing the ballot boxes since 9/20/04

http://www.freerepublic.com/focu...s/1221988/ posts

When they began freeping the Scholastic Presidential Poll was almost tied:
197408 have voted so far.
96266 have said George W. Bush.
95727 have said John Kerry.
5415 have said Other/Undecided.

The site reads:

Last chance to vote!
Due to the overwhelming interest in the Scholastic News Online election poll, some students were unable to cast their votes. As a result, you can submit your choice for president from now through Monday October 18 at 7 p.m. EST

http://teacher.scholastic.com/sc..._pres/ index.asp
Phelix | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:18 pm | #

Aw, Rizzo's so cute!
rocket | 10.15.04 - 7:19 pm | #

No, she's not spoiled . . .

Oooh, jac, that's a pretty kitty. But whatcha feeding her? She's going to be big enough to harness to a buggy soon!

Hecate | 10.15.04 - 7:19 pm | #

Phelix,

Tiny URL is your friend.
Hecate | 10.15.04 - 7:19 pm | #

That pussy looks a little underaged to me.
Monica_CA | 10.15.04 - 7:19 pm | #

The link should be

http://bartcopnation.com/dc/dcbo...id=328889& page=
Phelix | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:20 pm | #

Funniest. Thread. Ever.
steve simels | 10.15.04 - 7:20 pm | #

Atrios' top picture looks like it came right out of a kitty National Enquirer, such is the sense of annoyance at the paparazzi having interrupted the intimate moment of snooze.

If I had web space, I'd post a picture or two of my five. (A few months ago they were six, snif.) But once I start I tend to be unable to stop, so it's really better this way.
rocket | 10.15.04 - 7:22 pm | #

(a) the Mary Cheney reference was an awesome Trojan Horse ... her mom brought it in the front gate and called everyone's attention to it ... the story may be over now with the media but it's not over with the Republican's conservative base

(b) atrios those sheets are hideous and very 1986
Humpty Dumpty | 10.15.04 - 7:23 pm | #

Phelix,

You ass; you broke Haloscan. Please stop posting long, unbroken threads.
Hecate | 10.15.04 - 7:23 pm | #

Bush-Cheney '04
Anonymous

Referring to the number of people who've benefited from the Administration, I presume?

Cripes, even a kitty thread gets trolled. "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
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Fielding Mellish | 10.15.04 - 7:24 pm | #

The link should be

http://bartcopnation.com/dc/dcbo...id=328889& page=
Phelix | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:24 pm | #

Mega Falafels!
jack | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:25 pm | #

not sheets. just a hideous couch.
Atrios | 10.15.04 - 7:25 pm | #

Phelix, For god's sake quit already. How stupid are you?
Hecate | 10.15.04 - 7:26 pm | #

Your cats are pretty adorable.
Frederick | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:26 pm | #

CUTE KITTIES!!!
fiat lux | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:27 pm | #

So?
My brother's cat Sammy is an artist.

My nephew moved back home into the apartment over the garage
with his two cats.

Although Sammy is the dominant cat,
he grew uneasy with those two strangers
around. He began to bring gifts and lay
them out in front of the patio door.
Usually 3 to 5 items a day, all different and carefully arranged. Composed of a leaf, a small stick, some dried moss etc, we call them 'cat assemblages.'
Agathena | 10.15.04 - 7:27 pm | #

I remember when they were Republican kitties, then their eyes opened.
Lyz Dexic | 10.15.04 - 7:28 pm | #

Awwww, nap buddies
sekmet | 10.15.04 - 7:29 pm | #

Sweet kitties!

Nothing on earth can touch a kitten for the "Ahhhh" factor.
Tena | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:30 pm | #

Atrios, you beat me to it. That is, indeed, one hideous couch. And still living with college furniture, I can say I know some hideous couches.
dingbat | 10.15.04 - 7:31 pm | #

Too bad Bush isn't a cat, or he could blame his bad debate performances (three, count 'em, three) on a furball.

--
Pau

America is a cat.
W is it's hairball.
G Goober Goober, EFB, HSG | 10.15.04 - 7:32 pm | #

The State Fair of Texas is in its last week. I went Wednesday. This year they have this weird little guy who has trained his cats to do tricks. It was pretty cool. He had his cats jumping through hoops, jumping through flaming hoops, walking a tightrope. They were cats he rescued from being feral, from what I read.

He was a strange little dude, but I guess if you are going to spend that much time training cats you would be a strange little dude. His cats were very cool.
Tena | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:33 pm | #

Hey, wha' hoppen to the docudrop thread that superceded the kitties?
bo | 10.15.04 - 7:34 pm | #

He had his cats jumping through hoops

Man, they are so going to get kicked out of the cat club. No self respecting cat would ever do that -- they spend too much time making their humans jump through hoops.
Hecate | 10.15.04 - 7:36 pm | #

I'm still waiting to see a picture of those cats where they aren't glued together.
The Kenosha Kid | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:38 pm | #

If any of you have a broken haloscan window, MillionthMonkey posted a fix yesterday here.

Works great, no more broken haloscan windows!
chris/tx | 10.15.04 - 7:39 pm | #

A few years back I taught my cat to use the toilet. My other cat wore me down, though--she just wasn't having anything to do with it, and would sit on the thing and just cry and cry, so eventually I gave up.

Training is always a two-way proposition where cats are concerned. If she were typing, she'd say "yeah, my human used to try to make me use the big white thing, but with patient training, she stopped. Didn't even have to hit her or anything."
rocket | 10.15.04 - 7:40 pm | #

Even if our guy wins the White House---and it appears increasingly likely that he will---he is still likely to face strong opposition from Congressional Republicans when he tries to get needed legislation passed. He will need some strong arguments that play well on Main Street when he asks them to increase the tax burden of the nation's wealthiest citizens.

If he makes himself familiar with the arguments found at www.taxwisdom.org, he will be able to use them to relentlessly pressure the Republicans into submission because there is no way a rational human being can deny their logic.

See for yourself. Print out a copy and start beating the Republicans you know over the head with it. It's going to be a lot of fun to be the majority party again!

Linette
Taxwisdom.org | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:44 pm | #

How about Twiggy the Water-Skiing Squirrel?

http://tinyurl.com/6dgvg
sekmet | 10.15.04 - 7:45 pm | #

A few years back I taught my cat to use the toilet. My other cat wore me down, though--she just wasn't having anything to do with it, and would sit on the thing and just cry and cry, so eventually I gave up.

Well I got a better one. A few years back I taught Jeb to use the toilet. George W. wore me down, though--he just wasn't having anything to do with it, and would sit on the thing and just cry and cry, so eventually I gave up.
Barbara Bush | 10.15.04 - 7:45 pm | #

whatcha feeding her? She's going to be big enough to harness to a buggy soon!
Hecate

All hair, all hair. (She's about 10 lbs.)

For an 11-yr.+ old cat, she's held her figure quite well - better than her owners, some times
jac | 10.15.04 - 7:46 pm | #

Humpty Dumpty - A fucking men. The Mary Cheney thing was brilliant politics on Kerry's part. Heh.

Yah, those sheets would keep me awake. Maybe that's the idea.
Tena | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:49 pm | #

Mebbe it's one of those little urine-collector things under his jacket, then.
rocket | 10.15.04 - 7:49 pm | #

jac - that is an awesome cat.
Tena | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 7:50 pm | #

of those little urine-collector things under his jacket, then.

Can I touch it with my falafal?
o'reilly | 10.15.04 - 7:50 pm | #

swift boat veterans for those little urine-collector things under his jacket - oh, yeah, and truth.
O'Neill | 10.15.04 - 7:52 pm | #

Please help (and meow!),
thanks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092749/
Oskie | 10.15.04 - 7:53 pm | #

Kitties!!!!

Hot Sake at 6 weeks ...
humm | 10.15.04 - 7:55 pm | #

id be interesed in knowing what camera atrios uses, then and now
antichimp | 10.15.04 - 7:55 pm | #

My brother's cat Sammy is an artist.

Why Cats Paint

Saw this in a bookstore once. Unbelievable.

Thanks, Tena and Hecate. Here's Peaches when she was just a few weeks old. Ricochet, held by my lovely bride, passed away last year. June, 1993.
jac | 10.15.04 - 7:59 pm | #

Oh my, jac - your bride is certainly lovely alright. so's your kitties.
Tena | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 8:03 pm | #

How about equal time for us dogs?
Eat The Rich! | 10.15.04 - 8:06 pm | #

Cats *rule*
dogs drool.

Nothing like a little light relief - keep the pussycat pix comin' during this dark, dark season. Thanks, A . . .
fieryredhead | 10.15.04 - 8:07 pm | #

The Jon Stewart transcript of his appearance on Crossfire.

It is so good...
joshowitz | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 8:09 pm | #

hey! dogs are people too!
Mr. Mxyzptlk | 10.15.04 - 8:12 pm | #

Cats are poor because they are lazy. Look at those pictures on the internets. -GWB

So you think they could get into communekitty college?
JeffCO | 10.15.04 - 8:14 pm | #

cnn.com poll for Paula Zahn: is Mary Cheney issue fair game? GO!
Anonymous | 10.15.04 - 8:14 pm | #

Rumors are swirling about Freepers going to Melbourne for an Australian ballot.Silly bunnies.
notch | 10.15.04 - 8:15 pm | #

your bride is certainly lovely alright. so's your kitties.

Flattery will get you everywhere, Tena

Last one for the night. The four of us in 1995. I'm VERY bleary - back from a short trip to Dubai, with stopovers in London both ways. My poor body had no Cheneying idea what time zone it was in . . . .

Happy Weekend, all. And remember:

President Kerry.

Majority Leader Daschle.
jac | 10.15.04 - 8:16 pm | #

Here's Missy, who refuses to look directly into the camera.

Pic 1

Pic 2

I seem to have deleted all the other pictures of our former cats Rosie, Perdido, and Big Kittie.
just me | 10.15.04 - 8:18 pm | #

gratuitous, I didn't get the joke. Could you explain?
Echidne | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 8:18 pm | #

Tena -- my mom befriended a strange little dude that trained cats in Michigan back in the mid-90's. He did the same thing with them -- put on a little show, have them jump through hoops, answer the phone, roll over, lie down... It was strange. Just really, really strange.

But there's a need for trained cats in the entertainment industry. In a movie, even a cat that's not doing any obvious trick stuff is still trained to be in front of a camera and not react to the crew, etc.

Anyway, seems like a new archetype -- the strange little cat-trainer dude.
Monica_CA | 10.15.04 - 8:23 pm | #

Ahhhhh, ain't they cute. Hope you don't have that couch anymore.
Oh Oh! | 10.15.04 - 8:24 pm | #

Echidne --

I don't think gratuitous has ever actually been with a woman. At least not one that utilizes basic hygene anyway...
Monica_CA | 10.15.04 - 8:24 pm | #

OT -- to make sure everyone can get this afternoon's Crossfire, in which Our Hero Young Jon kicked ass, took names, and gave Tucker a verbal wedgie he'll never forget:

Go to this page for the BitTorrent stream. (I'm using BitTornado, which works quite well.)

And, I'm starting it here: Obama-Stewart in '20.
filkertom | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 8:26 pm | #

But there's a need for trained cats in the entertainment industry. In a movie, even a cat that's not doing any obvious trick stuff is still trained to be in front of a camera and not react to the crew, etc.

I met a couple of women recently who are animal trainers for the entertainment industry. Kitties, dogs, even tigers and lions. One of the women said she'll never work with bears though, because you can't read them. They always have the same dopey look on their face whether they're about to roll over to get their tummy scratched or maul you to death.
deja pseu | 10.15.04 - 8:27 pm | #

You taught your cat to use the toilet? WTF?
Anonymous | 10.15.04 - 8:28 pm | #

News flash! Freakin' Olbermann invokes "Sisters"!!

Albeit they won't let the distraction die, but it beats the hell out of CNN now, where Paula Zahn is clucking her tongue over Kerry's hideous vicious unpatriotic blunder, blah blah... yes, I'm flip-flopping all over the dial, trying to watch everything.

(I will be SO happy when this is election is over. In 2008..

Howard Fineman in now saying, I swear to God, "Edwards got away with it; Kerry didn't", as if pronouncing Official Judgment.
Barry Champlain | 10.15.04 - 8:28 pm | #

Did anyone catch Blithering Idiot David Brooks on the "Newshour?" I think he is running scared. He kept hitting the Mary Cheney thing, saying that the campaign was going to devolve into sleaze for the balance because Kerry opened to door to it. He sounded positively desperate and I took great delight in that!
Need some wood? | 10.15.04 - 8:35 pm | #

"Edwards got away with it; Kerry didn't"

Puh leeeeeze motherfucker.

The only reason Edwards didn't get pilloried was that the media strumpets decided to just pay no mind to the entire V.P. debate.

But we all know this. Can't wait til the next scandal-de-Bush comes along to tepidly refocus the SCUM.
Monica_CA | 10.15.04 - 8:36 pm | #

Monica_CA - an archetype - my god, it does at that. I love that --

He looked like an archetype.
Tena | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 8:36 pm | #

So, let me see if I am clear on this - we know that Mary Cheney, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, is gay. The concise term for a gay woman is lesbian. However, the Cheneys and other Republicans view the term "lesbian" as a pejorative, e.g.:

"The high schools in southern Oklahoma are cesspools of rampant lesbianism!"

So, although the Cheneys themselves refer to their daughter as being gay, and their daughter is openly and publicly gay, and in fact has been paid by Coors specifically for her "gayness", and Mary Cheney is currently part of the Bush-Cheney campaign - they are upset because the word LESBIAN was said out loud in mixed company (i.e. in front of an audience that included rabid foaming homophobe supporters of Bush).

Is that right?

So, it appears that the Cheneys are upset that their supporters who were still ignorant of the fact that Cheney's daughter is a LESBIAN!!!! might decide that they just cannot vote for such hypocrites, especially since Bush has been pushing for a hate amendment to deny rights to gay families.

Did I leave anything out? Did I mention, Dick Cheney's daugter is a LESBIAN?
outraged!! | 10.15.04 - 8:38 pm | #

"The high schools in southern Oklahoma are cesspools of rampant lesbianism!"

Speaking of cats (remember: Friday Cat blogging) -

Iams is a Sinclair advertiser. So is General Mills (Science Diet).
Wha? | 10.15.04 - 8:41 pm | #

Speaking of cats (remember: Friday Cat blogging) -

Iams is a Sinclair advertiser. So is General Mills (Science Diet).

No, I didn't inadvertently double-post; it was important enough to say twice.
Wha? | 10.15.04 - 8:42 pm | #

kim jung il should start a blog.

but also i thought i would mention to you all: someday we will be brothers/sisters in arms, or our faces will be smothered by boots.
I Hate Dali | 10.15.04 - 8:43 pm | #

Phelix, I just let my 2d grader vote in the magazine link you provided. He's a young blue Kansan in a very red state. When he sees Kerry on tv he asks if he has won yet. "And then will he be president? not til January!?"

The magazine does always claim to predict the winner. The deadline is Monday, October 18, at 7 p.m. ET. Site has a place to vote by "class" or individual student.
cgreen | 10.15.04 - 8:44 pm | #

In case no one has posted this yet, Yet more Bush TNG documents released

WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks after Texas National Guard officials signed an oath swearing they had turned over all of President Bush's military records, independent examiners found more than two dozen pages of previously unreleased documents about Bush.

The two retired Army lawyers went through Texas files under an agreement between the Texas Guard and The Associated Press, which sued to gain access to the files. The 31 pages of documents turned over to AP Thursday night include orders for high-altitude training in 1972, less than three months before Bush abruptly quit flying as a fighter pilot.

Nothing real exciting in them, though.
just me | 10.15.04 - 8:45 pm | #

Did anyone else just see that CNN has adjusted their electoral maps so that Kerry is leading?
rocket | 10.15.04 - 8:46 pm | #

I got no way to post pix, so you'll have to put up with cat stories.

Rascal, my parent's first cat, was adopted shortly after I went off to college (Not an empty nest thing, my 5 younger siblings were still at home) His first October, he was about 5 months old. He developed an apparent dislike to having fallen leaves on the front porch. He would bat them off, or even pick them up in his mouth and carry them over to a pipe stub of unknown function that stuck up in the side yard, and stuff them down it.

Came Thanksgiving, and I got to come home and meet Rascal for the first time. Came also the first snowfall of the season, a couple of inches and not awful early in Iowa. Rascal yowled to be let out, and some of us went out with him to see his reaction to the snow.

He Did Not Approve. Wet cold stuff under his paws - and all over His Porch. He tried batting it over the edge. Not fast enough. He sat muttering in annoyance, then dropped his chest to the porch, spread out his front legs, and started pushing forward with his hind legs. Rascal the miniature snowplow. He cleared a path a couple feet long, sat up briefly to lick snow out of his chest fur, then jumped down to the sidewalk to plow a bit more. After that he was wet and cold and ready to go back in.

Ras was a smart, strange cat; gone more than 20 years ago.
Ahianne | 10.15.04 - 8:47 pm | #

Thanks for the kitty photos. They sure ease the sense of desperation settling in. Aww, they're so cute!
mim | 10.15.04 - 8:47 pm | #

just me-

It does seem to indicate that he is a physical coward. That doesn't surprise me.
Wha? | 10.15.04 - 8:47 pm | #

We already knew that, Wha, no surprises there.

No smoking gun in the documents, it seems. Too bad.
just me | 10.15.04 - 8:49 pm | #

Hey--I have a blanket just like the one in the lower picture!
LJ | 10.15.04 - 8:51 pm | #

We already knew that, Wha, no surprises there.

No smoking gun in the documents, it seems. Too bad.
just me | 10.15.04 - 8:52 pm | #

Um, jac? You're sposed to cuddle your girl and let the kitty sit on somebody's lap.... Girls first, kitties second. Honest. Oh well, 1995, I'm sure you've had this explained to you before.

Nice girl tho...
GWPDA | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 8:53 pm | #

atrios, seriously. these are really god pics. if this blogging thing doesn't pan out you could always be an artist.
Olaf glad and big | 10.15.04 - 8:54 pm | #

I realize CNN isn't a great journalistic bedrock, or an infallible oracle, but hey, I was still excited to see Kerry with MORE ELECTORAL VOTES beside his name than W had.
rocket | 10.15.04 - 8:54 pm | #

I love the name PASTABAGEL, even if he is a troll. A cat moved into my house this year. I named him BAD SANTA. It fit his personality. He would not respond to his name. So I have renamed him. He is now: PASTABAGEL!
mcgreyer | 10.15.04 - 8:54 pm | #

No smoking gun in the documents, it seems. Too bad.

Like George W. Bush, your president, America, would come clean about his embarrassing military service record two-and-a-half weeks before the election.

He is just the

WORST. PRESIDENT. EVER.

Ans a poor excuse for an MAN.
pie | 10.15.04 - 8:55 pm | #

gwpda, where the fuck do you live? i live in the patapsico drainage basin.
Olaf glad and big | 10.15.04 - 8:56 pm | #

if this blogging thing doesn't pan out you could always be an artist.
pie | 10.15.04 - 8:56 pm | #

Widdle snuggy kittycats.
nur al cubicle | 10.15.04 - 8:57 pm | #

Darn.

if this blogging thing doesn't pan out you could always be an artist.

pie | 10.15.04 - 8:58 pm | #

bawmer is the queen city of the patapsico drainage basin
Olaf glad and big | 10.15.04 - 8:59 pm | #

Hey, just wanted to bring a pretty damned important piece of news about Iraq to everyone's attention that shouldn't get lost amid all the lesbian talk. Also, I think this whole thing will end up working against Bush (hopefully). It makes them look stupid to crow about Kerry's remark when Cheney's talked about it numerous times. If this is the best they've got, then things look pretty good indeed.
Alex | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 9:02 pm | #

bawmer is mah haim tain
Olaf glad and big | 10.15.04 - 9:02 pm | #

President Bush is Losing His Mind.
warning: gigantic file)
Anonymous | 10.15.04 - 9:05 pm | #

Iams is a Sinclair advertiser. So is General Mills (Science Diet).

No, I didn't inadvertently double-post; it was important enough to say twice.
Wha

Good to know. My cats like the Science Diet kibble, but are also partial to a small independent brand called California Naturals. That's what they'll be eating as long as General Mills continues advertising on Sinclair.

I think I'll drop the brand a line to let them know I will no longer be buying their products.
Stinky | 10.15.04 - 9:07 pm | #

sirry. "tain" should be "tayun".
Olaf glad and big | 10.15.04 - 9:08 pm | #

Does the federal death penalty cover profiteering during wartime?
Anonymous | 10.15.04 - 9:10 pm | #

sirry=sorry

jeez. who knew talkin like a baltimoron was HARD WORK?
Olaf glad and big | 10.15.04 - 9:10 pm | #

Thanks, Stinky! (I feel weird saying that, but it is your 'handle').

It's an important battle in this election. If we can get Sinclair to back down, I think the mouth-breathers will stay home. If they get to broadcast their bullshit, you can count on the trolls going to the polls.
Wha? | 10.15.04 - 9:12 pm | #

it's hard work
Olaf glad and big | 10.15.04 - 9:12 pm | #

In Gillespe's letter to Rock the Vote he quotes officials saying merely that there is no PLAN to reinstitute the draft. Someone ask the White House to explicitly say "THERE WILL NOT BE A DRAFT IN A SECOND BUSH TERM." They won't be able to.
Anonymous | 10.15.04 - 9:12 pm | #

olaf, i've never been able to imitate it, much to my chagrin i have been accused of the having the accent. then again so does paul sarbanes.

james wolcott is on deborah norville talking about bill o'liely. i'm ashamed bill shares my irish heritage.
charley | 10.15.04 - 9:13 pm | #

jac

Obviously those painting cats
are emulating the Jackson Pawlick
technique.
EkCenTrik | 10.15.04 - 9:14 pm | #

sometimes i fuck up my illiterate speech style. every once in a while i make a mistake and say "nuclear" instead of "nucular".
Olaf glad and big | 10.15.04 - 9:15 pm | #

By the way, advice for cat owners.
When introducing your cat to riding
in cars for the hell of it, do not
wear all black if you have an orange
cat.

(Getting out the masking tape)
EkCenTrik | 10.15.04 - 9:15 pm | #

Awwwwwwwwww (add extra w's as desired).

That's a cute pair of kitties.

Anon: I think the problem is that the US armed forces are so hard-pressed between one conflict and another that perhaps not even Kerry could say categorically that there would be no chance of a draft were he elected.
TheaLogie | 10.15.04 - 9:16 pm | #

charley, don't worryt abayut it. its awuyt.
Olaf glad and big | 10.15.04 - 9:16 pm | #

EkCenTrik, another hint where that came from - don't wear black pants if there's an affectionate cat with white hair around.
TheaLogie | 10.15.04 - 9:18 pm | #

thealogie is back!!! welcome back, thealogie!!!
Olaf glad and big | 10.15.04 - 9:20 pm | #

i don't know about the rest of you, but i missed thealogie.
Olaf glad and big | 10.15.04 - 9:21 pm | #

my pictures not cats but i do have some good cat pics. my cat steve looks like Wiley.

my daughters hamster, chloe is dying. went to the vet today, inoperable tumor. life is difficult.
charley | 10.15.04 - 9:21 pm | #

I missed TheaLogie too. Welcome back, kiddo.
GWPDA | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 9:22 pm | #

olaf, that should be awight!

i'm in central florida, i feel better about it now. the only thing worse than a baltimoron is a florida cracker, jebus.
charley | 10.15.04 - 9:23 pm | #

Hello, been busy at work, occasionally posting anonymously so as not to have too many cookies on the office computer. Posting from home at the moment. Hello to all.
TheaLogie | 10.15.04 - 9:25 pm | #

my sister's husband is a florida cracker. he smokes tons of weed. smokes it after work though. he is a fine husband and father, imo.
Olaf glad and big | 10.15.04 - 9:27 pm | #

Holy cow. Those cats were all over each other as kittens. Truly strange (but cute) kitties.
LarryB | 10.15.04 - 9:33 pm | #

judith miller was on norville, with her lawyer. she seemed reasonable, and i agree she should not have to reveal her sources. too bad she's a lying wh...
charley | 10.15.04 - 9:34 pm | #

well i admit i have a lot of prejudices about it olaf. that's because everywhere i go i see bush/cheney stickers. but anyone who can wrestle an alligator for fun can't be all bad.
charley | 10.15.04 - 9:37 pm | #

I heard on the local Air Amurica station this afternoon that Sincliar came to an agreement today with the Kerry people that they had "equal time" after the right wing period to show whatever they wanted. Can anyone else confirm this?

And what would be the best thing to fill 2 -3 hours with after a smear movie is shown? "Going Upriver"?
Art Vanderlay | 10.15.04 - 9:46 pm | #

Suuuuurrre Sinclair is going to give equal time. I'll believe it when I see them actually schedule programming and air it for the full time slot with no sudden pre-emptions.
Anonymous | 10.15.04 - 9:59 pm | #

US armed forces are so hard-pressed between one conflict and another that perhaps not even Kerry could say categorically that there would be no chance of a draft were he elected.

But today Rummy says he's going to draft the British instead! Interdependence, as they say...cooperative fellow, that Tony.
nur al cubicle | 10.15.04 - 10:16 pm | #

Thanks for the adorable cat photos, Atrios. As others have said upthread, cute kitties help relieve the stress. I got depressed over dinner with Republican relatives tonight and started feeling like Winston Smith toward the end of "1984," when he finally gives up and sincerely does want to love Big Brother. Only the blogosphere can save me!
Capital J | 10.15.04 - 10:25 pm | #

Nice cats.

Mine hang out in the woods and
are finely tuned critters.
Their ears are always independently
scanning the airwaves for info.
I have a beautiful dogwood tree that is nothing more than a cat jungle-gym.

Plus they never stick their big
wet noses into your crotch.
And, I've never seen a cat eat poop.

Maybe they save it up for late-night
snacking.
Scott | 10.15.04 - 10:28 pm | #

my, that grey cat is one happy cat.

my 'spares' are still too young to do that extreme cuddling yet.
pansypoo | Homepage | 10.15.04 - 11:10 pm | #

"Why Cats Paint"

Thanks, will email the URL to my
painting instructor.

Umm, maybe not.

Cats would paint just to clean
their paws.
BTW,
cats don't wash themselves
to be pretty. They are grooming
for the hunt. It's a predator
thing. They don't rub up against
you to be affectionate, they are
marking you with scent glands.
With cats, there is always an
angle.

Hmm, remind you of politicians?
Agathena | 10.15.04 - 11:13 pm | #

Atrios,

Are your kittens practicing their "love" with each other? Whooohoo! Cat Scratch Fever!
Monica A | 10.15.04 - 11:15 pm | #

Atrios,

Are your kittens practicing their "love" with each other? Whooohoo! Cat Scratch Fever!
Monica A | 10.15.04 - 11:16 pm | #

"Anon: I think the problem is that the US armed forces are so hard-pressed... perhaps not even Kerry could say categorically that there would be no chance of a draft were he elected.--TheaLogie"

That's a pretty small 'perhaps.' The main reason why the US military is overextended is because troops are not being used effectively ON PURPOSE.

Troops in Afghanistan are mainly guarding the new pipeline installations, and the new airbases. In Iraq, they are mainly guarding the oil facilities, and the new airbases. Take away the pipelines, and the concern about oil facilities (ie, stealing as much oil as possible, for private profit), and the need goes WAY down.

Black ops mercs are crawling all over Iraq. Their job? To cause civil war. Remove the illegal mercs from the occupation, problems go WAY down.

A real internationalized, not-for-profit, not-for-racism occupation of Iraq would not overtax our military. We don't get 'do-overs,' but that still doesn't mean the situation is hopeless.

A draft to fight Bush's wars? Never, as long as Bush isn't in power. The Imperium will be restricted to Crawford, while the Nurembergs gather.

--
Paul | 10.15.04 - 11:19 pm | #

this evening I was snuggled up in front of the fireplace with the big kitty (20 pounds of warm fur) draped across my lap, the little kitty (12 pounds of warm fur) curled up on the lamp table leaning on my arm, a nice fire going, a glass of wine just beyond the little kitty but within reach, and a good ol' fashioned historical novel just beyond the big kitty but within reading distance. And Rachel Barton, John Mark Rozendaal, and David Schrader making baroque on WFMT on the radio across the room. Is there any better way to spend a blustery Friday night in Chicago? Kitties. Life would be incomplete without them.
strawhat | 10.16.04 - 12:05 am | #

Paul, I think you are right about the black ops.
And that photo proves that kitties are natural born selfish hedonists.
Karin | 10.16.04 - 12:06 am | #

Meow.

Life is the best insurance
Ralphie | 10.16.04 - 12:10 am | #

Vehicles unsafe, relative says
The soldiers refused an order on Wednesday to go to Taji, Iraq — north of Baghdad — because their vehicles were considered extremely unsafe, Patricia McCook of Jackson, Miss., told the Clarion-Ledger newspaper. Her husband, Sgt. Larry O. McCook, was among those detained, she said, saying her husband had telephoned her from Iraq.

The platoon being held has troops from Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Mississippi and South Carolina, said Teresa Hill of Dothan, Ala., who told the newspaper her daughter Amber McClenny is among those being detained.

Patricia McCook said her husband told her he did not feel comfortable taking his soldiers on another trip.

“He told me that three of the vehicles they were to use were ’deadlines’ ... not safe to go in a hotbed like that,” she said, according to the newspaper.
Dawna | 10.16.04 - 12:43 am | #

The most insidious thing about Brooks on the newshour today was his blaming the rise of the swiftboat llamas on "the internet". What a fucking hack.

On a lighter note I am being forced at gunpoint by my girlfriend to post this picture of myself and The Biscuit - and yes I have had him since before Alley Mcbeal :p

http://hotwebchick.blogspot.com/...ember- 2004.html
OCD | 10.16.04 - 12:52 am | #

Awwww. Puddy tats!

My blood pressure has gone down significantly after viewing kitty pics, and after seeing Jon Stewart kicking ass and taking no prisoners on Crossfire today! Woohoo!
DeeJay | 10.16.04 - 1:16 am | #

MY CATS LOOK JUST LIKE THESE TWO!!

My grey one is a 7 year old Oriental and my black and white tabby is a 5 year old adopted stray.
Grace | 10.16.04 - 1:38 am | #

Atrios - Your kitties are sweet - those early pictures are so cute!
Catservants : Hold your kitties close and enjoy them. I know several people, here, have lost their kitty companions, recently. I, too, have joined those ranks. My 14 year old had a tumor removed about 2 months ago and he never got over it. I had to say goodbye to him yesterday. He was in so much pain and he could not hunker down with his front legs under him and he couldn't sleep. We all know kitties live to sleep.
I had a strange dream last weekend about him. Since he's been ill, he moved into the bathroom and would not leave it, but in my dream he jumped up on my bed and laid down for a little while. Then he jumped off the bed and left the room, going back to the bathroom. The whole time, I was struggling to wake up. I know he really didn't get on the bed as he didn't have the strength left. It was such an odd experience.
I felt like he was already saying goodbye through my dream. He had already stopped eating and only drinking when I took the bowl to him...and then, not a lot.
I have 2 kitties left and they knew their mommy was sad. The kitties' doctor sent a really nice sympathy card with a notation that my kitty lived a good long life with a family that loved him.
Cats are THE BEST!
oldwhitelady | 10.16.04 - 1:42 am | #

Auditors Can't Account for Iraq Spent Funds
By Larry Margasak
The Associated Press

Friday 15 October 2004

Washington - U.S. and Iraqi officials doled out hundreds of millions of dollars in oil proceeds and other moneys for Iraqi projects earlier this year, but there was little effort to monitor or justify the expenditures, according to an audit released Thursday.

Files that could explain many of the payments are missing or nonexistent, and contracting rules were ignored, according to auditors working for an agency created by the United Nations.

"We found one case where a payment ($2.6 million) was authorized by the CPA (Coalition Provisional Authority) senior adviser to the Ministry of Oil," the report said. "We were unable to obtain an underlying contract" or even "evidence of services being rendered."

In a program to allow U.S. military commanders to pay for small reconstruction projects, auditors questioned 128 projects totaling $31.6 million. They could find no evidence of bidding for the projects or, alternatively, explanations of why they were awarded without competition.

The report was released by Rep. Henry Waxman of California, ranking Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee and a leading critic of reconstruction spending to rebuild Iraq.

"The Bush Administration cannot account for how billions of dollars of Iraqi oil proceeds were spent," Waxman said. "The mismanagement, lack of transparency, and potential corruption will seriously undermine our efforts in Iraq. A thorough congressional investigation is urgently needed."

The audit was performed by the accounting firm KMPG for the International Advisory and Monitoring Board, created by the United Nations to monitor the stewardship of Iraqi funds.

The report monitored spending by the Coalition Provisional Authority, the U.S.-run governing agency which went out of existence in June; Iraqi ministries; the Kurdish Regional Government and Iraqi provisional governments. It covered the period from January to June this year.

In the CPA programs, "We found 37 cases where contracting files could not be located," the auditors said. The cost of the contracts: $185 million. In another 52 cases, there was no record of the goods received for $87.9 million in expenditures.

In a military commanders' program to buy back weapons, $1.4 million was spent from a fund that specifically prohibited such expenditures, auditors said.

Iraq's Ministry of Finance maintained two sets of accounting records, one manual and one computerized.

"A reconciliation between these two sets of accounting records was not prepared and the difference was significant," the report said.

Auditors questioned why checks were made payable to a U.S. official - a senior adviser to the Iraqi ministry of health - rather than to suppliers.

Other questions were raised about funds provided
Dawna | 10.16.04 - 1:43 am | #

Fuzzy grey kitty purring on the couch next to me. Calico sleeping on her perch. Strange tabby wandering around, hoping I will get up and turn the water on in the sink so he can drink it and get it all over his head. Gigantor (my new name for 20lbs + black cat Spike) snoozing on the bed...ah yes...cats good.
Other Lisa | 10.16.04 - 2:44 am | #

Fuckin' lice infested flea balls.
God put cats on earth for two reasons...food and target practice.
MrGrumpy | 10.16.04 - 3:16 am | #

All kittens are liberals!
Matthew Lewis Carroll Smith | Homepage | 10.16.04 - 4:17 am | #

I just love the kitties. I will never understand people who hate cats. They should have met mine.
bigvic | 10.16.04 - 7:44 am | #

I just love the kitties. I will never understand people who hate cats. They should have met mine.
bigvic | 10.16.04 - 7:46 am | #

Dear Atrios,
There is something undefinably reassuring about "Friday Cat-blogging." Thanks for whatever intangible comfort I get from enjoying pictures of the cats amidst your tireless efforts at keeping democracy alive.
sincerely,
Phillip
Phillip | 10.16.04 - 8:01 am | #

Hey Look!

It's a baby Inkblot! And the gray one is cute too.

Thanks for the catbloging so at least us liberals have something to smile about.
Cheryl | 10.16.04 - 10:47 am | #

If you pet those kitties...I know there's going to be more terrorism!

It's an old link at the poor man...but I laugh every time.
weblackey | Homepage | 10.16.04 - 11:46 am | #

here kitty, here kitty.. Love kitties.
JWC | 10.16.04 - 11:51 am | #

The Moosette and I added a cat to Moosehall. He was a stray, and the first order of business was to get him fixed,(which he badly needed, his sex drive was suicidal) and get his abcesses taken care of. He was fine for about three years. Well, last week we discovered an large abcess in his mouth. When he went in for surgery an X-ray showed his diaphragm was completely herniated; his liver was occupying the space where one of his lungs should be! So he's a pretty damaged kitty, and will live a very quiet life from now on. But the most interesting thing about this feline disaster is his complete refusal to eat anything but one particular brand of cat kibble. We have tried fresh roasted chicken, broiled steak, FRESH TUNA (!) or bits of cheese. No go. Won't touch it. Have you ever?
This, and many other things lead us to suspect he has no brain. His name is Phat Philibuster Phellowcreature.
He doesn't even know how to clean himself. Just another of the damaged denizens of Moosehall, where the imperfect find refuge.
Mooser | Homepage | 10.16.04 - 1:38 pm | #

Your post brings back memories of
Marmalade. The neighbour kids put him in our porch after they found him. He had a dirty shoelace tied around his neck. He had obviously escaped from some Abu Ghirab, I'll spare you the details. He spent weeks hiding out in our closet, healing and emerged a beautiful orange and white fluffy cat. But he was bitter. I was the only one who could pick him up. If anyone passed by him while he was napping he would growl. He had a good life for 7 years with us, eating smelts and keeping us in line.

There's a rumour that cat food companies put addictive things in the food. (?)
Agathena | 10.16.04 - 2:47 pm | #

Agathena, I would never feed my cat the supermarket brands of dry cat food. I don't know exactly what is in them. But I suspect they are high in ash (which contributes to urinary blockage in male cats), have lots of salt, preservatives, and "spices" of some type to make them too atractive to cats. Many cats are allergic to some of the ingredients. Having a cat which will only eat dry food for some reason, I have to make sure he can thrive on it.
Best not to assume the food is alright, that "cats can eat anything". Watch the cat for diarrhoe, constipation, vomiting, gas, coat condition, bad breath, and take 'em to the vet and have a checkup. Saves money in the long run, and the little feline will be much happier. Cats can survive on almost anything, but it doesn't mean they're healthy, or happy. And cat farts are nasty.
Mooser | Homepage | 10.16.04 - 3:34 pm | #

Contrary to to the common canard, the domestic cat is not any kind of a wild animal, and can only live a happy healthy life when supported physically and emotionally by caring hoomans. Feral cats live short, nasty, and brutish lives.
Mooser | Homepage | 10.16.04 - 3:39 pm | #

My heating pad/furball was the voracious kind of eater--he'd eat pretty much anything you'd stick in front of him--animal or vegetable. He'd eat pasta and fish with equal relish (but not with relish), and he'd eat corn as gladly as a juicy bit of steak.

He was a big, husky cat, kinda like the Atrikitties, and a smart one too. He even managed to improvise on the doorknob principle. He was big enough and heavy enough that if he leaned his paws on the knob, he could use his weight to turn the knob enough that he could enter the room.

He started out as an unwanted kitten in a litter, but he was definitely loved for the dozen or so years we had him.
AEI | Homepage | 10.16.04 - 3:48 pm | #

Cute cats. Ugly couch
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