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Merry Christmas!

I'll be spending my holiday doing my taxes, because my idea of "day off" is "day off of doing my job to get shit done that I wouldn't otherwise." Also, eating enchiladas and watching "Kill Bill". All of which means, no blogging. (Though I can't seem to pry my ass of Twitter.)

I put this picture up, because I can't stand the thought of the Christmas weekend being tarnished because every time you pulled up Pandagon, you had to look at Ron Paul flashing his creepy zealot face. Instead you can look at this cat butt. Cats get delusional ideas all the time, but what's nice is that their ambitions are small. Instead of trying to destroy the Fed, they climb trees they can't get out of. Or, instead of having an irrational fear of black people, they have an irrational fear of vacuum cleaners. Given the choice to vote for Paul or for cats, you should take cats every time. Cats will increase agriculture subsidies for catnip, but outside of that, they can be distracted from their worst impulses with a feather at the end of a stick. 

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Posted by Amanda Marcotte on 10:00 AM • (27) Comments

wait, that’s not a photo of ron paul’s face? i’m confused. :(

Comment #1: JonE  on  12/24  at  10:41 AM

No, it’s a cat ass trophy, get it?

Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Hannukhah, & a Happy New Year. Or in the words of Bill O’Reilly, “Happy Holidays”!!!

Have fun Amanda! I’m going to a party today, not a panda party, but a party all the same.

Comment #2: Stentor  on  12/24  at  11:25 AM

Annnnnnd, a Happy Winter Soltice for you and your cats.

Comment #3: judybrowni  on  12/24  at  12:12 PM

Happy Holidaze to everyone.  May Anubis bless and keep you.

Comment #4: DontFearTheReaper  on  12/24  at  01:30 PM

first you propose cats for gods; then for president. I smell theocracy…

Comment #5: lifelongactivist  on  12/24  at  02:13 PM

I’d rather live under the Cat Theocracy than the Christian one.  Sure, you’ll have to start putting out a bowl of warm milk and some catnip instead of a glass of milk and some cookies at Catmas, but really, it’s a small price to pay for peace and cuddles.

Comment #6: SporkeyO  on  12/24  at  02:32 PM

Keep the Saturn in Saturnalia!

Comment #7: Anonymous P. Hancock  on  12/24  at  02:34 PM

Let’s remember that Happy Cat is the reason for the season.

Comment #8: Dark Avenger Guardian Chow Mein  on  12/24  at  03:02 PM

<blockquote>Keep the Saturn in Saturnalia!</backquote>My parents’ cat, Saturn, would certainly agree.

Comment #9: James  on  12/24  at  03:17 PM

Has anyone ever tried distracting Ron Paul with a feather on the end of a stick?  How about a laser pointer?

Comment #10: lightning  on  12/24  at  05:04 PM

Dammit, lightning @10 just beat me to it.

Comment #11: Punditus Maximus  on  12/24  at  06:09 PM

Hoe about just a laser? How distracted could someone like Harry Grindell Matthews keep Ron Paul, promising new and ever better weaponry for the coming race war.

Comment #12: scrumby  on  12/24  at  06:15 PM

DontFearTheReaper @4:

Happy Holidaze to everyone.  May Anubis Bastet bless and keep you.

Will this site get a reply link for Xmas? I thought this was a full-service blog.

Comment #13: halfspin  on  12/24  at  07:05 PM

Also, cats don’t poke around in your uterus (just your pajamas), and raising a baby cat is strictly voluntary.

Comment #14: Alyson Miers  on  12/24  at  08:10 PM

What do you get when you cross a cat and Ron Paul?  A cat-a-Pault. grin

Cats are so cute, I wuv them!  My kitty didn’t get stuck in the tree this year, but when she was a kitten she did that a lot.

Comment #15: Albert Cirrus  on  12/24  at  10:58 PM

What we need now is a music video with a lot of cats in it.

Comment #16: Johnny Pez  on  12/25  at  01:25 AM

Keep Yule in Yuletide!

Comment #17: junk science  on  12/25  at  08:40 AM

@junk science: Now all I can see is Yul Brynner smiling at me from a box of laundry detergent…

Comment #18: Ranylt  on  12/25  at  09:28 PM

I think Hullabaloo has up a New Yorker cartoon of this cat in a bar, explaining that her family put up a tree, filled it with bright, glittery, dangling ornaments, and then ordered her never to touch it….

Comment #19: eastvillagechick  on  12/25  at  09:38 PM

Come to think of it, that could theoretically be the back end of my former rescue kitten Iggy. The setting looks nothing like my former host family’s house (time spent abroad), but Iggy has that coloring.

Either way, the cat butt is definitely much cuter than Ron Paul.

When cats cozy up to you, they don’t expect you to vote them into office. They just want you to pet them.

Comment #20: Alyson Miers  on  12/25  at  10:47 PM

It’s Christmas Day and I’m with family and annoyed as hell.  My family is full of fundies who also have tons of skeletons in their closet.  My step-sister and her boyfriend live together but pretend they don’t to the family and even sleep in separate hotel rooms so no one knows they’re doing it.  My uncle is a reverend who cheats on his wife constantly and 5 years ago was caught using church funds to hire prostitutes.  Yet he’s sitting here spouting off about abortion being “taking a life.”  I’m so freaking angry all I can think is how many of your mistresses have had to abort, you sanctimonious prick??

How do people deal with super-religious family?  I’m not about to bring up my pro-choice or atheist beliefs b/c I will be attacked like hell, but I’m also sick of just leaving the room when people say bullshit.  The way my family works is that they attack outsiders and don’t believe in friendly argument or disagreement when it comes to fundie values like god and abortion.  I know most of you are thinking then why the hell do you still talk to your family and that’s a fair question.  My family can be very fun to be around when religion and politics don’t come up and they’re still my family.  Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated…

Comment #21: linz  on  12/26  at  12:25 AM

linz @21: I wish I had a solution. As it is, we decided this year to travel to a tourist city and promise postcards and gifts as our way out of the actual gathering.  Feels a bit shitty on our part, but it has been so much more relaxing it is hard to keep feeling bad that we did what my family wants all not-ultra-conservatives to do: stay the hell away.

Comment #22: boring old dude  on  12/26  at  12:37 AM

and small gov’t.

Except for the part about being anti-abortion.

Comment #23: Dark Avenger Guardian Chow Mein  on  12/26  at  10:20 AM

@linz, what I have found is that one can often negotiate a “don’t talk about it” truce with people who are capable of impulse control.

I’ve even had variants on the “swear jar” or had a sign to hold up.

Comment #24: Punditus Maximus  on  12/26  at  11:22 AM

To libertarians “liberty” is a code word for “impunity for wealthy white actors.”

Comment #25: Punditus Maximus  on  12/26  at  11:49 AM

Libertarian:

“Small government” is not, in and of itself, a virtue. Government is a tool to be used; it does not operate on autopilot. Arguing for “small government” because government can be an instrument of tyranny is like arguing for banning sledgehammers over 1kg because they can be used for illegally busting down walls.

Comment #26: BrianX  on  12/26  at  02:35 PM

I can’t agree that cats are irrationally afraid of the vacuum cleaner. If you were ten pounds, you’d be afraid of it too.

Comment #27: keshmeshi  on  12/27  at  03:26 PM
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