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Sunday Morning Open Thread

by John Cole

The pets say you have spent too much time at the computer. Go for a walk or something:

Claim your pets, folks, and don’t forget about CBS Sunday Morning.

*** Update ***

What the hell? We have a fraud. Someone sent the peeing puppy in as their own pet, when it has been making the rounds of the internet for some time.

Cat Blogging, Dog Blogging, Open Thread | 8:36 am |

20 Responses to “Sunday Morning Open Thread”

  1. 1
    February 8th, 2009 at 8:38 am Reply to this comment

    Michael D.

    Too many kitties. I know there are more dog people here than this!

  2. 2
    February 8th, 2009 at 8:39 am Reply to this comment

    Zzyzx

    I’m going to post this again here because it’ll get buried in the Saturday night thread and I find it interesting.

    One thing I didn’t know about the budget bill until yesterday is that it does require 60 votes to pass and that has nothing to do with filibustering and everything to do a budget rule the Senate passed in the 70s. Every now and then the GOS is good for something.

    Once you know that, the compromises make more sense.

  3. 3
    February 8th, 2009 at 8:46 am Reply to this comment

    Laura W

    Kyoooooooooooot!
    The puppy is killing me. That’s my Sadie, refreshing BJ on Inauguration Morning. (She’s the one that’s still alive.)
    I’ll be over at MTP (until I can bear it no longer) since CBS Sun. doesn’t have much on I care to watch. After that, the walk with the dawg. I am going to pass on George & Company because I HAVE NOT SEEN TOP CHEF from last week yet and I can tape it at 11am while I walk.
    Pretty morning in progress…

  4. 4
    February 8th, 2009 at 8:55 am Reply to this comment

    SGEW

    Kitteh in #3 is a sell out. Blatant product placement! Capitalist dog human!

  5. 5
    February 8th, 2009 at 8:57 am Reply to this comment

    SGEW

    One thing I didn’t know about the budget bill until yesterday is that it does require 60 votes to pass and that has nothing to do with filibustering and everything to do a budget rule the Senate passed in the 70s.

    Well I’ll be damned.
    (reads)
    Now why the fuck didn’t I already know that from reading the NYT? Media fail.

  6. 6
    February 8th, 2009 at 9:09 am Reply to this comment

    Laura W

    @SGEW: Sadie says if you turn this into a Mac v. PC thread she takes no responsibility for the fallout.
    (Oh. Maybe you meant her taste in web sites?)

  7. 7
    February 8th, 2009 at 9:14 am Reply to this comment

    SGEW

    Sadie says if you turn this into a Mac v. PC thread she takes no responsibility for the fallout.

    Don’t get me started! Why won’t Bethesda put out Fallout 3 for the Mac? (weeps in anguish)

    (Oh. Maybe you meant her taste in web sites?)

    We all know that you’re on the Cole Dole.

  8. 8
    February 8th, 2009 at 9:16 am Reply to this comment

    demkat620

    That pic number three? Those glasses? I have them in pink. Somebody else has good taste. :)

  9. 9
    February 8th, 2009 at 9:21 am Reply to this comment

    headpan

    OMFG! That is a JRT pup pissing on the keyboard. LMAO! Do your parents have a compooter? If so, better warn them.

    That’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in a good while.

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    February 8th, 2009 at 9:22 am Reply to this comment

    Zzyzx

    @SGEW: You didn’t read that because the NYT is busy trying to make us feel sorry for those victimized by that $500k cap

  11. 11
    February 8th, 2009 at 9:30 am Reply to this comment

    SGEW

    Pardon me as I take this open thread as an opportunity to spread around some morning reading:

    Jack Balkin drops some learning on the current political scene, from a modern constitutional viewpoint:

    In a larger sense, the fight between Democrats and Republicans really is constitutional in nature. That is because it is a fight over how government should grow. In this fight, the Democrats are the party of big government and the Republicans, by contrast, are the part of big government.

    . . .

    The problem with [the Republican] model of big government/low taxes/limited regulation and government oversight is that it wastes lots of money, exacerbates social inequality, doesn’t provide particularly good government services, exacerbates problems of corruption, and, in certain cases, can help precipitate a financial meltdown. Other than that, it’s fine, I guess.

    Steven Walt at ForeignPolicy has a compelling insight into how one should properly measure Obama’s administrative competence:

    How can we tell if change has really come to Washington, and how will we know that Obama is really governing well? Ironically, one indicator is how many of his own appointees he ends up firing in his first couple of years in office.

    . . .

    I’ve got no idea who will [do their jobs not just adequately but outstandingly], but I hope Obama is ruthless about weeding out the folks who don’t measure up. That would be change we could believe in.

    And, as a piquant end note, one of Will Wilkinson’s commenters dug up this lovely Paul Krugman quote:

    Last but perhaps not least among causes of the consumer funk is the administration’s own determined pessimism. [The President] has a bully pulpit, and he is using it to preach economic alarm. This adds powerfully to the chorus of doomsaying. And when it comes to short-term economics, believing can sometimes make it so.

    –Paul Krugman, 2/21/01

    N.B.: That’s from 2001, when Prof. Krugman was talking about Bush. "Oh snap!" says Wilkinson.

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    February 8th, 2009 at 9:35 am Reply to this comment

    headpan

    btw, looks like puppy is pissing on a bathroom computer – check the background – some people just don’t know when to quit

  13. 13
    February 8th, 2009 at 9:37 am Reply to this comment

    kid bitzer

    dat’s a wiwwy cute puppy!

    too bad it’s shorting out the mother-board with a highly concentrated solution of electrolytes.

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    February 8th, 2009 at 10:09 am Reply to this comment

    A.Political

    Hey those are my two cats lounging all over my computer!

    LOL, thanks for that John, good chuckle.

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    February 8th, 2009 at 11:37 am Reply to this comment

    Bert

    The peeing puppy one has been doing the rounds for quite some time:

    http://images.google.com/images?q=puppy+laptop+pee

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    February 8th, 2009 at 11:40 am Reply to this comment

    Libby

    Cute pets but puppy on the keyboard is teh real pisser. Too funny, especially the look in his little eyes. Wondering if he’s going to get in trouble, but nope, mom is laughing uproariously and taking picture. Must be cute. He’ll probably try it again someday… just saying.

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    February 8th, 2009 at 11:53 am Reply to this comment

    kid bitzer

    you mean i’ve been duped by a duplicate pup?

    now i’m mad. in fact, i think it’s worse than just a floating photo—i think that pup was photo-shopped into that picture!

    do you notice how the shadows don’t align? also, the exhaust trails look identical! furthermore, if you blow up the screen, you’ll see kerning!

    this is more of your liberal media, people! it’s time to fight back!

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    February 8th, 2009 at 12:26 pm Reply to this comment

    iluvsummr

    The puppy peeing on a laptop just killed me. Guess he figured the best way to win back some attention (pee on the object that sometimes gets more).

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    February 8th, 2009 at 6:23 pm Reply to this comment

    justcorbly

    SGEW: The NYT is not responsible for whatever it is that you do not know.

    Dogs: You are smarter than cats. But cats fake it better.

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    February 9th, 2009 at 12:52 am Reply to this comment

    Dan

    http://rolcats.com/2009/01/28/106/

    Puppy: Can I conjure happiness from physical things?

    other: You can try.

    Puppy: This experience made me weak willed and afraid

    other: With this effort you will come up short every time.