tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5730984340286405999..comments2024-03-29T10:04:29.029-05:00Comments on Althouse: The news for cats. Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14324477231036574642017-05-06T19:25:11.450-05:002017-05-06T19:25:11.450-05:00It's impossible for French people to pronounce...It's impossible for French people to pronounce the "H".<br /><br />My mother always caused us kids to laugh when she she said "cat-o-licks" for Catholics.<br />Etiennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463542962653770911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62364734149809702762017-05-06T16:26:48.436-05:002017-05-06T16:26:48.436-05:00You know, the whole "Obama dumped his white g...You know, the whole "Obama dumped his white girlfriend to further his political career" story bothers me. In an earlier generation, a man (Edward VIII) who was given great political power but who loved someone in a different social class chose to give up the power in the name of love. Our generation has a man who loves someone in a different social class and chooses to give up the love <i>in the hopes</i> that he might someday be given great political power. And his reasons are explicitly racial. It's just unseemly.Jim S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15538540873375357030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45285880143122338092017-05-06T16:19:05.667-05:002017-05-06T16:19:05.667-05:00rhhardin said...
I'm great with cats, having a...<br /> rhhardin said...<br />I'm great with cats, having a shoulder rub that sets them into deep purr mode.<br />5/6/17, 8:01 AM<br /><br />Well, they're not human beings, so you've got that going for you.Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67594327323066877902017-05-06T14:49:39.579-05:002017-05-06T14:49:39.579-05:00""Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy," by...""Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy," by Nicholas Reynolds"<br /><br />Hey, it's on Audible. I need a new book for the commute so I downloaded it for next week.<br /><br />I also downloaded the one on "The Sun Also Rises."Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31555994112802987612017-05-06T14:24:39.120-05:002017-05-06T14:24:39.120-05:00"There's a new book called "Writer, ..."There's a new book called "Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy," by Nicholas Reynolds, "<br /><br />Sounds interesting. I have a pretty heavy duty Hemingway collection.<br /><br />Thanks<br />Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66170011548499903052017-05-06T14:02:26.176-05:002017-05-06T14:02:26.176-05:00" Hemingway was a big cat lover and something..." Hemingway was a big cat lover and something of a leftist."<br /><br />"Including a KGB payroll spot if recent stories are true." (Michael K)<br /><br />There's a new book called "Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy," by Nicholas Reynolds, that I just started reading, and is pretty interesting so far. You might enjoy it, MK. I'm interested in seeing if the stories I read about a year ago, that Hemingway approvingly watched a Che-led firing squad kill so-called Enemies of the (Fidelista) State, are actually true; but that probably comes in the latter part of the book.Bilwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264809254712506094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38564907809777359492017-05-06T13:32:13.963-05:002017-05-06T13:32:13.963-05:00When Posner kicks the bucket I hope the news reach...When Posner kicks the bucket I hope the news reaches me somewhere other than a ski slope. That's no place to be dancing a jig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30942900722847877732017-05-06T13:19:03.183-05:002017-05-06T13:19:03.183-05:00On a farm, everything must have a purpose. Cats k...On a farm, everything must have a purpose. Cats keep away the mice, lick up spilled milk, bury their poop and don't demand much of your time. Dogs are loyal companions but are so needy! Today, my Labs Chloe and Tucker are the best thing in my life in this urban sprawl called suburbia.Rosa Marie Yoderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564642738541294998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19634628029550926102017-05-06T12:52:43.269-05:002017-05-06T12:52:43.269-05:00" Hemingway was a big cat lover and something..." Hemingway was a big cat lover and something of a leftist."<br /><br />Including a KGB payroll spot if recent stories are true.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58364918851616276892017-05-06T12:46:58.051-05:002017-05-06T12:46:58.051-05:00"...the woman who Barack Obama proposed to......"...the woman who Barack Obama proposed to..." <br /><br />...to whom...<br />Hammond X. Gritzkofehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00699475004094115240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7013160778747163582017-05-06T12:29:59.978-05:002017-05-06T12:29:59.978-05:00I wonder what Laslo would do with this thread. I wonder what Laslo would do with this thread. JohnAnnArborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440105287714668965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55601476285523884242017-05-06T12:28:58.089-05:002017-05-06T12:28:58.089-05:00This all reminds me of Orson Bean, back when he ca...This all reminds me of Orson Bean, back when he came out of the closet as a conservative (en route to declaring himself a libertarian), saying on some talk show--I think it was Buckley's "Firing Line"--that conservatives should do more to cultivate the cat-lover vote. He said something like "Cats are independent--dogs are more like liberals, wanting everyone to love them!" Of course this is more of a satirical jeu d'esprit and not Holy Writ. Hemingway was a big cat lover and something of a leftist.Bilwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264809254712506094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14333385530364050052017-05-06T12:21:15.708-05:002017-05-06T12:21:15.708-05:00"They even had a cat together named Max,"..."They even had a cat together named Max," writes the Daily Mail...<br />where the top-rated comment is: "They 'had a cat together'? Is that even biologically possible?"<br /><br />It is an incontrovertible fact that Barack Obama is a huge pussy, so I wouldn't rule it out.navillushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882777286503796148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59182253000576528692017-05-06T12:03:51.887-05:002017-05-06T12:03:51.887-05:00The Indians send signals
From the rocks above the ...The Indians send signals<br />From the rocks above the pass<br />The cowboys take positions<br />In the bushes and the grass...<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ2cEc_TCH8:s=1" rel="nofollow">Cool for Cats</a>Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338942311894099159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55795586352836814822017-05-06T11:57:18.122-05:002017-05-06T11:57:18.122-05:00Howard Stern's wife or girlfriend or whatever ...Howard Stern's wife or girlfriend or whatever maintains a sort of shelter. She shares pictures of her animals on one of the social sites, my daughter informs me. <br /><br />Maybe Gorsuch did cry when he realized that a Supreme Court Justice could die away from home and not have an autopsy performed, because he smoked and was overweight. Open season on paunchy smokers of a certain age and who sets the lower end of the age range or the paunchy range. I asked a retired police detective what the protocol would be if a local district judge died this way and he immediately said, "...autopsy." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8432834679364589302017-05-06T11:44:56.623-05:002017-05-06T11:44:56.623-05:00Ann Althouse said...
I think the Star Trek spellin...<i>Ann Althouse said...<br />I think the Star Trek spelling related to this meaning of "phase":</i><br /><br />Yes, it doesn't mean "stun", it's from <a rel="nofollow">"Phased Array"</a>.<br /><br />I got curious about what <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaser" rel="nofollow">"phaser"</a> meant (not much) and found this nifty <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone" rel="nofollow">Shepard tone</a>, "the auditory illusion of a tone that continually ascends or descends in pitch, yet which ultimately seems to get no higher or lower".Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82211880020172434662017-05-06T11:24:32.674-05:002017-05-06T11:24:32.674-05:00I think the Star Trek spelling related to this mea...I think the Star Trek spelling related to this meaning of "phase":<br /><br />" 1. trans. Physics, Electrical Engin., etc. To adjust the phase (phase n.2 3a) of (an oscillation, alternating current, etc.), esp. in order to bring it into phase or synchrony with something else. Also with up or in. Also (occas.) intr.: to undergo such a change of phase."Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34070887651408121522017-05-06T11:21:43.668-05:002017-05-06T11:21:43.668-05:00"Phase" as a verb doesn't mean the s..."Phase" as a verb doesn't mean the same thing as "faze." <br /><br />I was fazed when they phased in new spellings.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26959352734772530532017-05-06T11:16:58.230-05:002017-05-06T11:16:58.230-05:00""Phase" has been more popular than...""Phase" has been more popular than "faze" since 1800."<br /><br />But not to mean "stun."Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14996242475232019592017-05-06T11:03:32.211-05:002017-05-06T11:03:32.211-05:00 Fernandinande said...
exiledonmainstreet said...
... Fernandinande said...<br />exiledonmainstreet said...<br />My dog strongly objects to this entire thread.<br /><br />A traitor to the cause.<br /><br />5/6/17, 10:30 AM<br /><br />A traitor indeed. Are those rescued cats grateful? Does it cause them to rethink their anti-dog ways? Would they rescue a dog if the tables were turned?<br /><br />I think we know the answer.exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03996979470278945904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11162787856440414432017-05-06T11:00:00.825-05:002017-05-06T11:00:00.825-05:00Remember when cats ruled the internet?
Ohhhawwwoh...<i>Remember when cats ruled the internet?</i><br /><br />Ohhhawwwohhhawwwww--I'm yawning. Good cats don't want to be a fad. Copycatty behavior is dangerous.Stephen A. Meigshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864308185296073661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69062004284899711002017-05-06T10:52:34.122-05:002017-05-06T10:52:34.122-05:00Its funny how they keep talking about Obmama's...Its funny how they keep talking about Obmama's "White Girlfriend" when in fact she's Asian. Everything has to fit "the narrative", so you end up with a Japanese/Javanese/Dutch girl married to a Korean-American being described as "White".<br /><br />Its like Zimmerman being labeled a "White Hispanic". rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67205780434005931302017-05-06T10:42:18.830-05:002017-05-06T10:42:18.830-05:00Was Judge Posner not being straightforward when he...Was Judge Posner not being straightforward when he described his personality? Without the context-- can someone access the 2001 New Yorker article from which the 'cold, furtive, callous, snobbish, selfish, and playful, but with a streak of cruelty' line is quoted?-- who can know? I don't think that Ed Whelan is at all 'struggling, hapless, humorless' in that post. There are some contexts in which irony and humor are out of place. Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50501735757947078362017-05-06T10:40:57.128-05:002017-05-06T10:40:57.128-05:00Scalia didn't die because he was a smoker or o...Scalia didn't die because he was a smoker or obese - he died because he was fucking 80 years old. I suggest people start reading mortality stats. <br /><br />You can not drink, smoke, or eat saturated fat - and you're still going to die.rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21126565446784962142017-05-06T10:30:04.239-05:002017-05-06T10:30:04.239-05:00exiledonmainstreet said...
My dog strongly objects...<i>exiledonmainstreet said...<br />My dog strongly objects to this entire thread.</i><br /><br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/05/experience-my-dog-rescues-cats" rel="nofollow">A traitor to the cause.</a>Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.com