California Wildfire Redux

So I hear all sorts of help is on the way to help with the disastrous fires in California. Red Cross, BLM firefighters, Forest Service, even spare firefighters from around the area. I also heard FEMA is on their way.

Of course there will be all sorts of comparisons to the Katrina disaster, such as how since these are rich white folks, federal aid will get there faster and do more. No surprise there.

I'm sure Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are sharpening their horns and polishing their hooves so they can pop up and start spouting racist bullshit of how the agencies are right on the ball this time since it isn't a bunch of po' folks' homes being destroyed.

Truth is, like I said before, not everyone there is rich white folks, stars, high payed athletes or whatever. Those people are staying in nice hotels or in one of their other homes somewhere safe and sound. No, a lot of the people there are plain old Joe's like many of us around the country. Those are the people needing the help.

What I haven't heard of just yet, are the opportunists or looters. Remember this guy?:



Of course, he may be packing bottled water instead of beer this time.



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Ask The Curmudgeon

Yipee!!! It's time for another helpful hint from the wise Curmudgeon!

All the Signs Are There

DEAR CURMUDGEON: It seems that lately my fiancee and I can't stop arguing about petty things that invariably turn into huge rows. I had a problem with her allowing her cat to remain on the bed while we were trying to have some "private time."

I found a cat at the foot of the bed to be a mood killer. She blew up and said I wasn't considering the cat's feelings and that it was a person, too.

She tends to have a negative attitude about spending time with my family, acting like it's a chore. Never mind that my family is about as well-balanced and loving as they come; whereas, if you want to talk about a chore, there is always her alcoholic father and insane siblings.

She often shows a lack of respect that friends, both hers and mine, have pointed out. I stay with her in the hopes that things will get better and the arguments will stop, but at the same time a part of me doesn't want to gamble the rest of my life on the odds that she'll realize the error of her ways and suddenly stop blowing up over silly things.

Is this rational, or should I just cut my losses and enjoy the rest of my young-adult life pursuing greener pastures?

--- ANDREW

Andrew, Andrew Andrew. You should already know my opinion of cats by now. But to enlighten them what don't - what exactly the fuck, are you even doing in a house where a cat resides? Cats are the most useless annoyances anyone could ever have the misfortune of allowing into their home.

You should take a physical boot to the cat. You shouldn't have to put up with that thing and its evil stare while you're bobbing up and down on Miss PETA. If she don't like it, the bitch deserves the proverbial boot to the street for allowing the worm infested waste of beer money in her house.

And to think she allows that evil beast up on her bed? Let's put it this way, if she lets a cat on the bed, she'll let anything on the bed. No telling what other animal she's had up there before you.
Yeah, she my be an animal in the sack. Then again, maybe it's just that she prefers animals in the sack.




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Oddness

Nursing home cat can sense death

Reuters - 33 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.6

CHICAGO (Reuters) - When Oscar the Cat visits residents of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, the staff jumps into action -- Oscar can sense within hours when someone is about to die.
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Okay, that's nice and all, but what if you're one of the nurses sitting there doing your paperwork and kitty decides to curl up next to your feet on the floor.

I dunno about you, but I would be fucking freaking.




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