By David Futrelle
Ok, today is International Cat Day, so I’m going to celebrate by keeping the politics tweets to a minimum, and loading up on cat pics instead.
EDITED TO ADD: Ok, I’m adding some N. Korea tweets because holy fucking hell Trump could get us all killed.
JUST IN: POTUS comments on North Korea from Bedminster, per press pool pic.twitter.com/1cbXufwEOn
— Kayla Tausche (@kaylatausche) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/895007348925845504
GODDAMNIT I DID NOT SURVIVE CANCER JUST TO GET FRIED TO A CRISP BY THE FORMER HOST OF 'CELEBRITY APPRENTICE"
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) August 8, 2017
"Well, I'm certainly concerned," said Sen. Lindsay Graham, staring at the mushroom cloud. "It's very troubling," added Sen. Ben Sasse.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) August 8, 2017
We've based 70 years of nuclear deterrence theory on a model of nation states as rational actors. Now we have Kim Jong Un vs. Donald Trump.
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) August 8, 2017
You know what would reduce the threat of nuclear war with North Korea? A fully-staffed State Department that actually cared about diplomacy.
— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/895022472902447110
And now the original post, starting with politics:
.@realDonaldTrump hits new low in our approval tracker: https://t.co/t264Sf5dGa pic.twitter.com/6o1NpwuyMm
— Micah Cohen (@micahcohen) August 8, 2017
JUST IN: North Korea has successfully constructed a nuclear weapon small enough to fit in a missile, U.S. official tells NBC News pic.twitter.com/jeoC0xakhL
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 8, 2017
FYI the whitehouse silence on the Minnesota mosque bombing is intentional. They hate muslims and want to dehumanize them as they abuse them. pic.twitter.com/qvaF6WD2NR
— 🏳️🌈Spacedad (@SuperSpacedad) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/894990665570037760
It has been nine months since the election. pic.twitter.com/GpuLIs5Pi4
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) August 8, 2017
Oh, good, I’m glad to help. pic.twitter.com/NSunlJT0OA
— Andrew Kirell 🤙🏻 (@AndrewKirell) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/AnnieKNK/status/894968373133676544
And now, the cats!
My lovely, hilarious cats, when they were babies. (Greasy fur due to ear drops that Pantz did not want in her ears.) #InternationalCatDay pic.twitter.com/cQMYVBuaBq
— David Futrelle (@DavidFutrelle) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/Lexialex/status/894928111963226112
#InternationalCatDay pic.twitter.com/ZMa7NAph3i
— Weird Woman 🎃 (@weirdwoman_) August 8, 2016
#InternationalCatDay head scratches on an infinite loop pic.twitter.com/sBOxGQIB0t
— 𝐄𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 🌅 🏝 ☢️ (@RemingtonWild) August 8, 2016
What even ARE cats??? Happy #InternationalCatDay! 🐱 pic.twitter.com/YZRdDJd0Iv
— The Dodo (@dodo) August 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/zboah/status/894911264635453440
That last one was just a test to see if you were still paying attention.
EDIT: Added a couple more newsy tweets.
http://i.imgur.com/3zYj6V5.jpg
Yeah, who really thinks there is only one cat day a year? Not cats, that’s for sure.
The buttery males. They will never let them go. They seem to be their second best derailing tactic. Their first being Trump’s words and actions.
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/129/FE4PC2ROMRJFS4DYSMMNPMKWKM3SAZ4H.jpeg
http://m5.paperblog.com/i/80/808437/the-worlds-top-10-best-images-of-mermaid-cats-L-cCtP7p.jpeg
http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/929nin.com/files/2013/05/radiobeard2.png
Pantz is clearly royalty despite eardrops! Happy Cat day!
The Dodo video is worth turning the sound on for.
International Cat Day?
I thought every day was cat day?
http://i.imgur.com/S90jfmb.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/IhfJRAJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XQDPmWI.jpg
Finally found a good gif for Hannity
http://i.imgur.com/aPue3kF.jpg
Every day is Cat Day for these two.
http://i.imgur.com/clbW05r.jpg
Vashta Nerada, who got the name for doing what Vashta Nerada do and eating everything presented to him as a kitten. He’s super sweet and super chill, but he’s a total mama’s boy and will gladly abandon everything and everyone else to go *flumph* on her lap.
http://i.imgur.com/Oda6xT6.jpg
Minerva Mc-friggin-Gonagall, the Best Pud-Pud*, a fluffmonger of dubious provenance, her only history prior to our adopting her being two run-ins with Animal Control, neither listing her as owned. We’ve had her about six months now and while she can still be a bit fearful (as the scratches will testify to), she wants to be someone’s sweet kitty. A total daddy’s girl, too, which is great because I’m “daddy”.
* – Source of Minerva’s full name:
http://i.imgur.com/KoQ3Fpr.jpg
Hannity…
The three stooges truly are Limbaugh, Hannity and Beck
Ran out of edit time while I was hunting down their tags.
Vashta’s:
http://i.imgur.com/2DscQGhm.jpg
Due to the episode titled “Forest of the Dead”.
Minerva’s:
http://i.imgur.com/9EiumoLm.jpg
For obvious reasons.
http://i.imgur.com/PQj9tcA.gif
Got some emails on your paws? Lick em off!
@Makroth
Those cat faces are the best but you forgot a classic.
A new quote from the President:
Awesome. Things are going so well.
/sarcasm
@Weird Eddie: In all fairness, Glenn Beck has expressed horror and remorse at what he helped usher in with Trump, which is more than most conservatives. Even stuffed-shirt assholes like George Will are still pretending that this disgrace happened entirely despite, rather than because, of their long-standing efforts, while Beck has publicly asked “My god, what have I done?”
So, Trump watched Game of Thrones recently, and utterly misinterpreted the battle scene?
@Mea Re-edit that (if you like), make it “I’m CatMan”. Nah don’t, I’m working on it now.
http://i.imgur.com/leB0BrN.png
As much as I usually love being right, I didn’t want to be right about Trump wanting to take us to war with N. Korea. Fucking hell.
Will have to remember to give Toni and Dracarys some catnip today. They’re so lucky they’re cats and don’t know what a Trump is.
Now that I can’t get images from The Dead Zone out of my head– do you think Trump would try and use Barron as a human shield?
JS, I’m sorry, but Catman’s cowl is brown, not black.
This idiot convinced tens of millions of people that it was a good idea to give him a nuclear arsenal.
Since we’re sharing cat stories…I used to have a long-haired cat named Callie, who I would take to get a bath every year or so, whether she needed it or not. I usually took her to a professional groomer for this operation, because not only did Callie dislike baths, she also couldn’t stand to be combed or brushed. I had to deal with copious growling, and determined attempts to bite and/or scratch, sometimes successful…once, she managed to scratch the inside of one of my nostrils, after I let down my guard a little. Well, I described Callie’s usual reaction to being brushed to her groomer, and the woman’s response was, “That SWEET KITTY growls? Callie growls?”. As if this simply wasn’t within the realm of possibility.
At that point, let’s hope the chinese value the world still existing over supporting North Korea.
Fine then:
http://i.imgur.com/NFInG0G.png
Much better. Even the stubble looks like it should.