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Respite (Sorta) Open Thread – Military Giant Cats

by Cheryl Rofer|  September 3, 20196:05 pm| 38 Comments

This post is in: Cat Blogging, Nature & Respite, Open Threads

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I could use a respite right now – I’ve been reading the tortured logic of some folks who claim that being able to fight a limited nuclear war, and believe that it won’t get worse, is absolutely necessary to keep a nuclear war from happening. The assumptions pile up in giant haystacks like Boris Johnson’s hair. (And hey, how about that first vote!)

This is something that my corner of Twitter is having a lot of fun with. A new account, started this month (like yesterday), called Military Giant Cats. They tweet out only photoshops of cats and military scenes. No comments, but others have been adding them. They have 48 tweets and over 14,000 followers. Some of my faves:

The Pentagon pic.twitter.com/wbkyJbykpp

— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) September 3, 2019

Trooping the Colour pic.twitter.com/NELA4c6KMf

— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) September 3, 2019

Boxer AFV pic.twitter.com/r4Z9n6mIpS

— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) September 3, 2019

Moscow pic.twitter.com/FEPV64MiS4

— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) September 3, 2019

MV-22B Osprey / HMAS Canberra pic.twitter.com/nsZ4fpLVXr

— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) September 3, 2019

French Garde Republicaine pic.twitter.com/PqJI0PQDYg

— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) September 3, 2019

LCVP Mk5 pic.twitter.com/nTIVNA2kEd

— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) September 3, 2019

Open thread!

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38Comments

  1. 1.

    trollhattan

    September 3, 2019 at 6:10 pm

    ! Those are some kind of kittys!

  2. 2.

    Virginia

    September 3, 2019 at 6:10 pm

    Thanks Cheryl, these are hilarious and sorely needed today.

  3. 3.

    Baud

    September 3, 2019 at 6:12 pm

    The 101st Furrborne!

  4. 4.

    misterpuff

    September 3, 2019 at 6:15 pm

    Over the Top, Boys. You wanna live Nine Lives?

  5. 5.

    rikyrah

    September 3, 2019 at 6:18 pm

    Awe???

  6. 6.

    dexwood

    September 3, 2019 at 6:19 pm

    Veni, vidi, vici kitties.

  7. 7.

    Sab

    September 3, 2019 at 6:19 pm

    Thanks Cheryl.

    My Dad’s actual cat, age unknown, probably at least 12, had hyperthyroid treatment so went radioactive last year. He has been ok since, but getting bullied this year by other cats. Went from 15 pounds in prime to 10 pounds today. Healthy appetite but bully cats.

    Now he is sleeping in my cat bed/laundry basket. Pees everywhere. Cats can be problematic. But he has always been a great guy, which ain’t a cat norm.

  8. 8.

    Mikeindublin

    September 3, 2019 at 6:21 pm

    Boxer AFV is the NEDM cat.

  9. 9.

    Sm*t Cl*de

    September 3, 2019 at 6:22 pm

    Izzat Steve in #2?

  10. 10.

    Sab

    September 3, 2019 at 6:24 pm

    Dump any of those giant cats into whatever cold wet fjord their ship is on and we will see their fortitude. Cold wet cats are wimps, also cold and wet.

  11. 11.

    Jeffro

    September 3, 2019 at 6:26 pm

    ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’…except for the times when we really, really need a break. Thanks Cheryl!

  12. 12.

    trollhattan

    September 3, 2019 at 6:26 pm

    @Sab:
    You forgot pissed. Cold and wet and pissed cat.

  13. 13.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    September 3, 2019 at 6:30 pm

    Mr. President, I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed. But I do say… no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops. Uh… depended on the breaks.

  14. 14.

    Catherine D.

    September 3, 2019 at 6:31 pm

    @Sab: Perhaps have his thyroid and kidney function retested. That’s a lot of weight loss and peeing, which can go with both organs.

    (Been there, done that, sigh)

  15. 15.

    NotMax

    September 3, 2019 at 6:33 pm

    Hear about the air base cat who got too close to the jet engine exhaust?

    Now known as the furry with the singe on top.

    :) (Try the waiters, tip the veal.)

  16. 16.

    MomSense

    September 3, 2019 at 6:33 pm

    I didn’t know how much I needed Military Giant Cats.

  17. 17.

    Sab

    September 3, 2019 at 6:33 pm

    @trollhattan: Also still cold and wet. That’s always an option with cats. Lots of dogs say ” I’m wet? What’s that?” Cats always say “I am wet? OMG”

  18. 18.

    Sab

    September 3, 2019 at 6:36 pm

    @Catherine D.: Yes I will. I have already, but medical conditions tromp on. Thanks.

  19. 19.

    Martin

    September 3, 2019 at 6:36 pm

    No such thing as a limited nuclear war. Once a nuke goes off, you’re forced to ask where and when the next one will go off. It’s 10 minutes from a sub launch to detonation. You have no time to react to events, you only have proaction, so everything devolves to hitting the big red button ASAP.

  20. 20.

    trollhattan

    September 3, 2019 at 6:37 pm

    @Sab:
    Spouse only has to flash the dog shampoo bottle and he jets from the room. “Threaten me, will you!?!”

  21. 21.

    Sab

    September 3, 2019 at 6:37 pm

    @NotMax: Hisssss.

  22. 22.

    Yarrow

    September 3, 2019 at 6:44 pm

    Those cats scare me. They are too big.

  23. 23.

    NotMax

    September 3, 2019 at 6:46 pm

    Repeating here, where it is a better fit.

    Belated effusive thanks to whoever it was (and apologies for not remembering the nym) who recommended trying diabetic socks. Bought a pair when in NY (I never wear socks in Hawaii, sandals are the below the calf uniform du jour) and while they did not entirely relieve the discomfort and swelling of ankles and feet that comes with regular socks of any type, there was a significant and noticeable improvement.

  24. 24.

    Sab

    September 3, 2019 at 6:51 pm

    @Yarrow: Tip them into the fjord and they are just wet, not big.
    Have five cats, all rescues, several are tough.

  25. 25.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    September 3, 2019 at 6:57 pm

    The kid(and guest “On the Road” photographer) has been putting up pics on IG of the kitten that she found in her Lexus when she got back from Chicago, she named it Lexi(after the car). The kid’s off in Solvang today with her sister and fam celebrating her b-day.

  26. 26.

    prostratedragon

    September 3, 2019 at 7:03 pm

    They get funnier as you scroll down, and the human parts more ridiculous. Who do we think we’re kidding? Thanks, Cheryl.

  27. 27.

    piratedan

    September 3, 2019 at 7:03 pm

    the Pentagon one does it for me, nothing quite like a kitty snoozing on a raised edge,,,,

  28. 28.

    Betsy

    September 3, 2019 at 7:13 pm

    Hey, did y’all hear about the court ruling on gerrymandering in North Carolina? Looking really good
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/north-carolina-court-rules-partisan-state-legislative-districts-unconstitutional/2019/09/03/4a137034-ce8a-11e9-8c1c-7c8ee785b855_story.html

  29. 29.

    debbie

    September 3, 2019 at 7:24 pm

    Love that Pentagon!

  30. 30.

    zhena gogolia

    September 3, 2019 at 7:27 pm

    I see in WaPo that Drumpf congratulated Poland on the Nazi invasion of 1 September 1939.

    Love the kitties!

  31. 31.

    zhena gogolia

    September 3, 2019 at 7:27 pm

    My favorite is the French one.

  32. 32.

    NotMax

    September 3, 2019 at 7:36 pm

    Leave us not forget Hitler Cats.

    ;)

  33. 33.

    Omnes Omnibus

    September 3, 2019 at 7:45 pm

    @zhena gogolia: It is fine, but it lacks the horse artillery of the Trooping the Colour one.

  34. 34.

    Uncle Cosmo

    September 3, 2019 at 8:12 pm

    @Martin:

    It’s 10 minutes from a sub launch to detonation.

    Only if the sub is lurking a couple hundred miles from the target. Soviets feared USN attack subs could take out their boomers in open water & deployed them in close-in waters they could overprotect. Flight time to CONUS from those “bastions” (Barents Sea, Sea of Okhotsk) were roughly the same as land-based ICBMs (20-30 minutes). IIUC the strategic doctrine of “Putinia” is roughly the same.

  35. 35.

    TenguPhule

    September 3, 2019 at 9:00 pm

    A new account, started this month (like yesterday), called Military Giant Cats. They tweet out only photoshops of cats and military scenes.

    But are those cats appropriately fat?

  36. 36.

    Omnes Omnibus

    September 3, 2019 at 9:56 pm

    @Martin: @Uncle Cosmo: Probably a dead thread, but my experience of the concept of a limited nuclear war was based around the concept of a tactical nuclear artillery round being fired. The general run of the exercise would be that the Soviets would come across the IGB at Fulda and Hof and the tripwire units (2ACR and 11ACR (Cole) and their supporting artillery (me in support of 2ACR) and engineer units) would force their units to slow down and deploy into fighting rather than traveling formations. We would then fall back bit by bit as we were inevitably wiped out. The concept was that we would give the units stationed elsewhere in Germany time to get to their fighting positions and our posthumous decorations would be presented to our grieving mothers at a later date. Eventually, the sheer volume of the Soviet advance would begin to overrun our forces. At that point, tactical nukes would be deployed and used against the Soviet troops.

    The thought was that even if they were used on the battlefield no one would be dumb enough to launch the big civilization killers and thus the nuclear exchange would be limited.

  37. 37.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    September 3, 2019 at 11:44 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I read this. Thank you for your service.

  38. 38.

    Boris, Rasputin's Evil Twin

    September 4, 2019 at 10:33 am

    It’s the size of the required litter boxes that disturbs me.

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