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Cat On The Street: What Do You Think About The Newly-Renamed Lake America?
We asked six cats what they think about a prominent story in this week’s headlines.
President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with the Canadians this week by renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America and threatening to increase the punishing tariffs he levied on our northern neighbors.
What do you think about the move to rename the lake?
“He owned the libs! The libs have been owned!” – Alex, 6, furniture tester
“That oughtta teach ’em not to mess with the US of A!” -Rufus, 17, retired competitive eater
“Canada? What’s that, like a new beverage or something?” – Bubbles, 8, office assistant
“Look upon our works, ye mighty, and tremble! Nothing beside remains of that frozen wasteland, round the decay, of the colossal tundra boundless and bare. The lone and level permafrost stretches far away.” – Screecher, 3, public meowing coach
“The lake just became 78% more awesome. We should dye the water red, white and blue, and release bald eagles over the lake during a patriotic Kid Rock concert for true patriots.” – Dwight Eisenmeower, 10, bodybuilder
“I’m glad we’re able to settle these disputes like responsible adults and talk out our problems.” – Cleo, 15 months, mouser understudy
Life in the good ol’ US of A is seriously weird these days. As a Brit I’m a big fan of irony, so I really appreciate Cleo’s take on the recent announcement. That cat could go a long way!
Meanwhile, most people are not buying fresh produce. Including me unless it is on sale. Have to opt for frozen which i have no problem with. Upside of all this? MAGAs are crying all over social media about the orange Jesus. Including my sister in Maine. Told her YOU are responsible for what is happening. Told her thank LIBERALS like Stephen King the next time you go to pantry. He gives millions to food banks in Maine. And to thanks LIBERALS like Taylor Swift who gives to food banks. I shed no tears for brainwashed idiots.
I would prefer not to have people depend on the charity and performative benevolence of the ultra wealthy, and fight for the scraps from their tables, but the cognitive dissonance of two thirds of the electorate is astonishing.
We need a more cat-like attitude in this country. There are more than enough snacks to go around.
What are people supposed to do when they have 2 jobs and still don’t have enough money to feed thier families? Or my neighbor down the block who is going through chemo and cannot work right now?
I showed my neighbor Denise who is on board of FeedingAmerica.org. this post. She rolled her eyes. She is aware of the hatred of the super wealthy of Swift and others like Mackenzie Scott who choose to help thier fellow human beings..It was never a secret Dolly Parton gave away millions over the decades. Parton gives money to Tennesee wildfires and is called an angel. Never was she attacked. Swift gave money to Tennesee floods and i hear she is attacked for it by many. Strange.
Like I said, depending on the benevolence of the ultra wealthy is not a future. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are notoriously tight-fisted and believe their greatest contributions to humanity are their sperm and their companies.
There aren’t many Mackenzie Scotts and even if there were, we run into the same problem: the entire world subsisting on the whims of the outrageously wealthy is not a future, it’s a dystopian hell.
Keep in mind that every one of those fortunes are accumulated by stepping on people, whether it’s making delivery drivers pee in bottles because they don’t even have time for bathroom breaks, destroying entire sectors of the retail industry, or doing what Walmart does by keeping employees just below 40 hours so the company doesn’t have to pay for Healthcare.
The Waltons are the wealthiest family in human history, yet taxpayers subsidize them to the tune of untold billions every year because they’re so cheap and inhuman that they deny their employees healthcare.
A future depending on the benevolence of people who behave that way really is hell. At least our politicians still require our votes to keep power. Oligarchs are completely unaccountable.
Bud: “I don’t like lakes. There’s too much water.”
Me: “Yes, but Canada…”
Bud: “I don’t care about Europe. There’s too much water between us and them.”
Me: “Canada isn’t in Europe, little dude. Anyway, the point is the lake…”
Bud: “Wake me up when the discussion doesn’t have anything to do with water. Actually, don’t wake me up. I only got 12 hours of sleep yesterday and I need to catch up on my handsome rest. Be gone, human!”
Ahahaha everyone in the Gulf States still just says “the Gulf” and always has. Please no one tell him that so many river names, like Mississippi, Rappahannock, etc. are not in English.
Bezos and Musk are pos. Not every billionaire is a pos. Jay Z made a point of this in an interview. The system is broken. Until it is fixed, and i doubt it will, people need to put food on the table. Things are worse. Children don’t deserve to go to bed hungry. I have met single parents at the pantry with 2 jobs or more and told me they eat one meal so thier child can eat. She used to be on welfare and refuses to go on it again. What is she supposed to do? Not feed her child?
Those are not questions I can answer. All I know is that I don’t want to live by fighting for scraps from the tables of billionaires, and there are better solutions.
Anyway this has gone way beyond cats and the purview of this blog. I broke my own no-politics rule repeatedly the last few months because I was bewildered by the naked corruption we’re seeing, but I don’t want to take the focus away from cats.
I asked my cats and they immediately asked what kind of fish are in the lake. I told them I don’t know but it is a freshwater lake so they proposed calling it full-o-fish. I replied McDonald’s would probably sue over that one.
That’s not enough; they should name all five Great Lakes “America,” so they can call them “The Hand of America.” That way, you make it clear who’s in charge.
Pain In The Bud 
🤣🤣🤣🤣Will always be Lake Ontario whatever that orange pos says. My client who moved could not stop laughing. That will teach those Canadians!!
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Yes, those pesky Canadians will surely bend the knee now!
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Life in the good ol’ US of A is seriously weird these days. As a Brit I’m a big fan of irony, so I really appreciate Cleo’s take on the recent announcement. That cat could go a long way!
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We could all use a bit of feline wisdom as well as the feline ability to stay within the moment without worrying about the future.
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Meanwhile, most people are not buying fresh produce. Including me unless it is on sale. Have to opt for frozen which i have no problem with. Upside of all this? MAGAs are crying all over social media about the orange Jesus. Including my sister in Maine. Told her YOU are responsible for what is happening. Told her thank LIBERALS like Stephen King the next time you go to pantry. He gives millions to food banks in Maine. And to thanks LIBERALS like Taylor Swift who gives to food banks. I shed no tears for brainwashed idiots.
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I would prefer not to have people depend on the charity and performative benevolence of the ultra wealthy, and fight for the scraps from their tables, but the cognitive dissonance of two thirds of the electorate is astonishing.
We need a more cat-like attitude in this country. There are more than enough snacks to go around.
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What are people supposed to do when they have 2 jobs and still don’t have enough money to feed thier families? Or my neighbor down the block who is going through chemo and cannot work right now?
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I showed my neighbor Denise who is on board of FeedingAmerica.org. this post. She rolled her eyes. She is aware of the hatred of the super wealthy of Swift and others like Mackenzie Scott who choose to help thier fellow human beings..It was never a secret Dolly Parton gave away millions over the decades. Parton gives money to Tennesee wildfires and is called an angel. Never was she attacked. Swift gave money to Tennesee floods and i hear she is attacked for it by many. Strange.
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The actual post with the cats or my comment?
Like I said, depending on the benevolence of the ultra wealthy is not a future. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are notoriously tight-fisted and believe their greatest contributions to humanity are their sperm and their companies.
There aren’t many Mackenzie Scotts and even if there were, we run into the same problem: the entire world subsisting on the whims of the outrageously wealthy is not a future, it’s a dystopian hell.
Keep in mind that every one of those fortunes are accumulated by stepping on people, whether it’s making delivery drivers pee in bottles because they don’t even have time for bathroom breaks, destroying entire sectors of the retail industry, or doing what Walmart does by keeping employees just below 40 hours so the company doesn’t have to pay for Healthcare.
The Waltons are the wealthiest family in human history, yet taxpayers subsidize them to the tune of untold billions every year because they’re so cheap and inhuman that they deny their employees healthcare.
A future depending on the benevolence of people who behave that way really is hell. At least our politicians still require our votes to keep power. Oligarchs are completely unaccountable.
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Does Little Buddy have an opinion on this?
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Bud: “I don’t like lakes. There’s too much water.”
Me: “Yes, but Canada…”
Bud: “I don’t care about Europe. There’s too much water between us and them.”
Me: “Canada isn’t in Europe, little dude. Anyway, the point is the lake…”
Bud: “Wake me up when the discussion doesn’t have anything to do with water. Actually, don’t wake me up. I only got 12 hours of sleep yesterday and I need to catch up on my handsome rest. Be gone, human!”
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Ahahaha everyone in the Gulf States still just says “the Gulf” and always has. Please no one tell him that so many river names, like Mississippi, Rappahannock, etc. are not in English.
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Right? Haha. Half the communities here are Indian names too. Mamaroneck. Mahopac. Ossining. Chappaqua. Scarsdale. Just kidding on that last one.
I mean, more than half of US states have names from indigenous languages like Iroqoi, Apache, Algonquian, indigenous Hawaiian.
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Bread and Circuses
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At least the Romans required an accomplishment for a Triumph. Now caesar can just wave the magic pen.
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I don’t think Rufus is retired. He looks a bit chunky. 🤣
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If Trump wants to rename lakes, why not name them after Cats?
He can call the lakes anything he chooses, that does not mean that Canada, or even the American Public will use the names he chooses.
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Lake Buddy has a nice ring to it!
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Bezos and Musk are pos. Not every billionaire is a pos. Jay Z made a point of this in an interview. The system is broken. Until it is fixed, and i doubt it will, people need to put food on the table. Things are worse. Children don’t deserve to go to bed hungry. I have met single parents at the pantry with 2 jobs or more and told me they eat one meal so thier child can eat. She used to be on welfare and refuses to go on it again. What is she supposed to do? Not feed her child?
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Those are not questions I can answer. All I know is that I don’t want to live by fighting for scraps from the tables of billionaires, and there are better solutions.
Anyway this has gone way beyond cats and the purview of this blog. I broke my own no-politics rule repeatedly the last few months because I was bewildered by the naked corruption we’re seeing, but I don’t want to take the focus away from cats.
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I asked my cats and they immediately asked what kind of fish are in the lake. I told them I don’t know but it is a freshwater lake so they proposed calling it full-o-fish. I replied McDonald’s would probably sue over that one.
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Like all domestic cats, they’ll remain nice and dry while we, their servants, fetch the fish for them.
How many cats do you have, Jen?
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They’ll have to be happy with canned fish because the whole fishing thing makes me nauseous. There’s Blue, BeBe, Rudy, Mavis and Dexter.
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That’s not enough; they should name all five Great Lakes “America,” so they can call them “The Hand of America.” That way, you make it clear who’s in charge.
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lol! That would be hilariously petty but sadly not out of the realm of possibility.
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