Our cat who was off his food and otherwise appeared to be dying, has perked up. A couple of days ago he caught a bird, brought it into the house and was eating it--we literally caught him red-pawed. He has been eating more, and a greater variety, and I am informed that the odor of his breath has greatly improved. All very promising--except for the bird. ---Alan
I had a girl cat once who was the world's best hunter. Found her staring at what was, by then, a dead horny toad with a look on her face that clearly said WHAT THE HELL IS *THIS*?
An old-fashioned paper system should be easy enough to set up, and not expensive. Maybe the public system could sell its used books and supplies to the cooperative for a dollar.
Taegan Goddard: GOP Boxed In [Click] Awwww…. Maybe it would help if TFG were in a long-stay hotel, of the iron bar variety? Or fled the country? —-Alan
The next question is whether I can reset my Google account (which I also sign in with here) to read "W A" rather than "Bill". We'll see when I have a bit of time.
I have been catching up with the day's gnus. Mr. Trump (multiple cases) and Faux Gnus (two cases) are in all sorts of gnew gnus today. A person need a league table to keep track. I won't even attempt to describe the situations--you can read about them or see the news videos most anywhere. ----Alan
“Federal prosecutors probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol have in recent weeks sought a wide range of documents related to fundraising after the 2020 election, seeking to determine if Trump or his advisers scammed donors by using false claims about voter fraud to raise money,” the Washington Post reports.
“The fundraising prong of the investigation is focused on money raised during the period between Nov. 3, 2020, and the end of Trump’s time in office on Jan. 20, 2021, and prosecutors are said to be interested in whether anyone associated with the fundraising operation violated wire fraud laws which make it illegal to make false representations over email to swindle people out of money.” ----Alan
Our cat who was off his food and otherwise appeared to be dying, has perked up. A couple of days ago he caught a bird, brought it into the house and was eating it--we literally caught him red-pawed. He has been eating more, and a greater variety, and I am informed that the odor of his breath has greatly improved. All very promising--except for the bird.
ReplyDelete---Alan
So happy for the cat!! What a turn-around!
DeleteSad for the bird...probably had eggs or chicks somewhere.
Ah, nature.
I hope Kitty continues to improve, though I also hope he doesn't make dining on our feathered friends a habit!
DeleteI had a girl cat once who was the world's best hunter. Found her staring at what was, by then, a dead horny toad with a look on her face that clearly said WHAT THE HELL IS *THIS*?
ReplyDeletepuddle
Watch out what you hunt for. 🤣
DeleteA rural Texas county that was ordered by a federal judge to return banned books to its public library shelves is now considering shutting down its libraries entirely
ReplyDeleteWhat if some of the people got together and started a private library? Would they be drummed out of town?
DeleteMaybe they could go back in time to a cooperative private library rather than a public one. Just brainstorming.
Delete---Alan
Oops--shoulda read the previous comment first.
Delete---Alan
An old-fashioned paper system should be easy enough to set up, and not expensive. Maybe the public system could sell its used books and supplies to the cooperative for a dollar.
Delete^^^Alan
DeleteTaegan Goddard: GOP Boxed In [Click] Awwww…. Maybe it would help if TFG were in a long-stay hotel, of the iron bar variety? Or fled the country?
ReplyDelete—-Alan
Who would take him? Maybe N. Korea or Russia? Neither of them particularly salubrious spots.
DeleteMy thoughts exactly. Pyongyang does have that spectacular-looking tourist hotel downtown that is rumored to not be completed inside.
Delete---Alan
Politico: How Tennessee Became the Poster State for Political Meltdown [Click] “The Volunteer State was long defined by its unique culture. Then came toxic redistricting, poisoned social media, parties polarized on race and other pathologies.”
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Josh Marshall: GOP Now Along for the Ride with the Corrupt Judiciary It Created [Click]
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New Mexico races to save its ancient irrigation canals [Click]
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NYT story; link may or may not bypass paywall; let me know.
ReplyDeleteWith only days left before the trial starts, Fox News has been slow-walking and withholding discovery in the Dominion case; also not telling the judge the truth. [Click] The judge is not amused. “I need people to tell me the truth,” he said. “And by the way, omission is a lie.”
—Alan
I was able to sign in with my Google account, avoiding the need to create a free NYT account that might have led to emails.
DeleteThanks, Bill; I didn't know that could be done. I use a no longer available special purpose Mac browser.
Delete----Alan
The next question is whether I can reset my Google account (which I also sign in with here) to read "W A" rather than "Bill". We'll see when I have a bit of time.
DeleteWhy don’t whales get cancer? Cracking one of medicine’s greatest mysteries [Click]
ReplyDelete—-Alan
Er... They don't smoke?
Delete/duck and run/
I have been catching up with the day's gnus. Mr. Trump (multiple cases) and Faux Gnus (two cases) are in all sorts of gnew gnus today. A person need a league table to keep track. I won't even attempt to describe the situations--you can read about them or see the news videos most anywhere.
ReplyDelete----Alan
And Georgia is quiet. . . . today.
Delete---Alan
Oh yes, I had forgotten about this one:
ReplyDelete“Federal prosecutors probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol have in recent weeks sought a wide range of documents related to fundraising after the 2020 election, seeking to determine if Trump or his advisers scammed donors by using false claims about voter fraud to raise money,” the Washington Post reports.
“The fundraising prong of the investigation is focused on money raised during the period between Nov. 3, 2020, and the end of Trump’s time in office on Jan. 20, 2021, and prosecutors are said to be interested in whether anyone associated with the fundraising operation violated wire fraud laws which make it illegal to make false representations over email to swindle people out of money.”
----Alan