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Psychedelic Cats, because Friday.

You deserve a break. This is the AFTERNOON CAT.

Gifs are the future, so hey, here are some weird gifs.

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Giphy, my favorite gif website. Giphy, if you’re listening — please try and find original sources! It’s so much fun — seriously!

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Friday.

GOOD MORNING!

It’s Friday! Hope you all had a fantastic weekend and are planning on doing wonderful things this weekend, like putting socks on your cat’s feet:

HERE ARE CATS:

Cat wearing socks…

HERE IS NEWS:

[Wait wait wait wait. WHAT?] The admiral in charge of Navy intelligence has not been allowed to see military secrets for years. For more than two years, the Navy’s intelligence chief has been stuck with a major handicap: He’s not allowed to know any secrets.

[Quoting the first comment to this article, which is quite good: “I hope that Mr. Ebeling can take a bit of comfort in knowing that the efforts of he and his colleagues at Morton Thiokol to stop the launch has helped to educate a generation of engineers in engineering safety and ethics. This was used as a case study in my engineering courses in college over a decade ago and I remember those lessons every day as I work as an engineer in an industry where life safety is paramount. NASA had ‘go-fever’ with Challenger; the Thiokol engineers did their best to stop the launch and were overruled by their management and by NASA management. Ebeling, Boisjoly, and their colleagues’ feelings of guilt and responsibility for the loss of the orbiter and crew are understandable, but it was not their fault.” 30 Years After Explosion, Challenger Engineer Still Blames Himself. Thirty years ago, as the nation mourned the loss of seven astronauts on the space shuttle Challenger, Bob Ebeling was steeped in his own deep grief. The night before the launch, Ebeling and four other engineers at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol had tried to stop the launch. Their managers and NASA overruled them.

[Context: 100,000 people fled Burundi last year because of ethnic conflict.] Satellite Images Indicate Mass Graves In Burundi, Amnesty Says. A wave of violence in Burundi last December resulted in the deaths of scores of people. Now Amnesty International says satellite images and video footage indicate that dozens of people killed by police were buried in mass graves.

[It’s your civic duty to pay attentio—oh, hell. I didn’t watch.] Republicans Make Final Pitch Before Iowa Caucuses. The leading G.O.P. candidates took the stage for the last debate before Monday’s caucuses without Donald J. Trump, who chose to hold a competing event on his own.

[Presented without comment because the headline is enough.] Rio Olympics Feared as Way for Zika Virus to Go Global. Of the visitors expected to pour into Brazil in August, some may get infected by the mosquito-borne virus and then return home at a time of peak mosquito activity.

HERE ARE BONUSES:

Dog wearing socks.

HERE ARE POSTSCRIPTS:

Source: Lakako.com, but it doesn’t work.

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afternoon antlers

You deserve a break. This is the AFTERNOON CAT. Here are cats with antlers because it’s the cool thing to do.

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C a t n e w s

GOOD MORNING!

Everything was less pretty in the SNOWZONE today than when the snow was fresh and wonderful. Bah.

HERE ARE CATS:

Cat in chair

HERE IS NEWS:

[Really interesting article—especially the stats I’ve copypasta’d into the lede below.] The Case for Considering Reparations. That isn’t because there’s no evidence to be found. Indeed in 2014, a YouGov and Huffington Post poll revealed (unsurprisingly) that the vast majority of white Americans—75 percent—opposed reparations in all forms. White Americans did not oppose reparations because they were flummoxed by the practicalities of making good on the debt. They opposed them because, ultimately, they didn’t think the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow were any longer that big of a deal. Seventy-eight percent of White Americans said that the legacy of slavery is either a “minor factor” or “no factor at all” in today’s wealth gap. Sixty-four percent of whites thought the same of Jim Crow.

[Volvos are great cars. Good move by NK for stealing them.] North Korea Owes Sweden €300m For 1,000 Volvos It Stole 40 Years Ago – And Is Still Using. North Korea’s foremost trade debt to the western world is bizarre even by North Korean standards. Each time the administration misses a payment, as it has done every year for the past 40 years, we are reminded of one of the most unexpected political twists of the last century: Kim Il-sung scamming Sweden out of 1,000 Volvo 144 sedans.

[HALLELUJIAH!] Occupiers leaving amid mounting calls to end the takeover. The ragtag remnants of the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge started to give up their ground Wednesday after calls from supporters, Congress members and even their arrested leader to abandon the 26-day takeover.

[WWP does great things, but this is a dismaying article—especially in that the CEO wants WWP to be like Starbucks, a company that serves people Pumpkin Spice Lattes, not a company that helps wounded veterans get back on their feet. Priorities?] Wounded Warrior Project Spends Lavishly on Itself, Insiders Say. “I look at companies like Starbucks — that’s the model,” Mr. Nardizzi said.

[Is this the Old West? I am confused and a little terrified. Who are these nut jobs??] Dispute Over Cattle Grazing Disrupts Patrols Of Federal Land. Ever since a tense, armed standoff near Cliven Bundy’s Nevada ranch in 2014, a vast and sensitive piece of federal public land adjacent to the Grand Canyon has gone unmanaged and unpatrolled.

HERE ARE BONUSES:

Dog doing arts

HERE ARE POSTSCRIPTS:

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Sneaky Afternoon Cats

You deserve a break. This is the AFTERNOON CAT.

To brighten your dismal Wednesday afternoon, here are sneaky cats doing sneaky things:

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Sources:

Brazil!

Flickr

Mr. Wallpaper?

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The Catnews is Still in the SNOWZONE

GOOD MORNING! It’s still snowy in the SNOWZONE and I’m going to try to make it to work tomorrow. I have to drive, so wish me luck…

HERE ARE CATS:

Cat vs. Snowball

Cat vs. Snowball (I suppose)

HERE IS NEWS:

[Sad ending to a sad standoff. No, it’s not good that anyone died or anyone got hurt. Don’t be callous. Seen too many “jokes” about that already….] Oregon standoff spokesman Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum killed, Bundys in custody after gunfight near Burns. Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was killed and other top leaders of the wildlife refuge occupation were arrested Tuesday after law enforcement officials stopped vehicles about 15 miles north of Burns.

[Reminder: millions of Americans think that tantrums like this make Donnie T. presidential. Oh boy.] Trump, in Feud With Megyn Kelly of Fox, Shuns Debate. Donald J. Trump had demanded that Ms. Kelly be removed as a moderator at the Republican debate on the Fox Network on Thursday night. The network did not blink, so Mr. Trump , the G.O.P. front-runner, walked.

[I am now an extremely strong supporter of this superhighway.] British Homeowners Build A New Superhighway — For Hedgehogs. Snyder’s backyard is now one small rest stop on what conservationists hope will be a network of hedgehog superhighways crisscrossing Britain.

[Whoa. This is a big deal.] A Rare Meeting Between The Pope And Iran’s Leader. Pope Francis met Tuesday with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, the latest sign of Iran’s improving ties in the West as years of sanctions fall away.

[If the Secretary-General was “encouraging terror,” then I’m an actual cat that somehow writes the Catnews with my opposable thumbs and all] Netanyahu says UN chief Ban Ki-moon ‘encouraging terror.’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of “encouraging terror”.

HERE ARE BONUSES:

Panda in the snow

HERE ARE POSTSCRIPTS:

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SNOWZONE AFTERNOON CAT

You deserve a break. This is the AFTERNOON CAT.

It’s snowy in the SNOWZONE so here are some cats doing funny things.

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Sources:

Gif!

wararu.net?

Gif!

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Hello From the SNOWZONE

GOOD MORNING!

Special report from the snow zone where everything is snowy and pretty.

HERE ARE CATS:

Sleeping

Not sleeping

Maybe sleeping

Definitely not sleeping

HERE IS NEWS:

[Good move.] Obama Moves to Curb Solitary Cells for Juveniles. In banning the practice in federal prisons, the president cited “devastating, lasting psychological consequences” in an op-ed article in The Washington Post.

[I would like to visit this village—only partly because it has the coolest name.] In The Arctic Circle, The Sun Will Come Up After 58 Tomorrows. On Nov. 24, the sun set in the tiny Greenlandic town of Ittoqqortoormiit. When I arrived in mid-January, it had yet to rise again.

[It’s been five years already? Jeez. Well, a lot can happen in 5 years — or a lot of not a lot.] A Look At Egypt’s Uprising, 5 Years Later. On this day five years ago, tens of thousands of Egyptians flooded into Cairo’s Tahrir Square. It was the start of an uprising that would unseat Egypt’s longtime dictator, Hosni Mubarak, 18 days later.

[Um what the crap] Saudi Arabia’s grand mufti has ruled that chess is forbidden in Islam, saying it encourages gambling and is a waste of time. Game likely to take on status of minor vices such as music after Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh says it encourages gambling

[TED CRUZ: YOU CAN TRUST HIM IMPLICITLY!] Ted Cruz’s Claim That He Was Uninsured Because of Obamacare Was 100 Percent Untrue. Last week Republican presidential candidate Ted “T-Bone” Cruz complained in New Hampshire that he was uninsured because of Barack Hussein Obama’s sinister Affordable Care Act.

HERE ARE BONUSES:

Goat.

Not goat.

Definitely not a goat.

HERE ARE POSTSCRIPTS:

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Afternoon cats in igloos, prepared for the snowstorm.

You deserve a break. This is the AFTERNOON CAT.

This is a glorious video.

Hearts, Catnews

Sources:

Soup.io

Gif =/= no decent way to find source. Sorry.

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A snowstorm is about to destroy the East Coast and that’s OK with the Catnews.

GOOD MORNING!

There’s a snowstorm about to wreck the East Coast, and I’m stocking up on cat photos. Can never be too prepared.

HERE ARE CATS:

Cat in the snow

HERE IS NEWS:

[The destruction of ancient ruins like this is a war crime and should be punished. Severely.] Aerial Images Show Destruction Of Ancient Christian Monastery In Iraq. New satellite images of St. Elijah’s Monastery, located in the ISIS-held city of Mosul, no longer show a neatly chiseled, square parcel of land, complete with walls and buildings built into a hill.

[I honestly cannot understand how people think global warming is a myth. Are they the same people that think the moon landing was fake? It’s just that stupid of an idea.] A ‘Scorcher’: 2015 Shatters Record As Warmest Year, NASA And NOAA Say. It’s not rare for a year to break record temperatures. But it’s now happened two years in a row — and 2015 was “very, very clearly the warmest year by a long chalk,” says Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

[If it’s true that an Earth-mass planet is out there, this is one of the most incredible discoveries about our solar system since, well, I don’t even know. Charon?] Ninth Planet May Exist Beyond Pluto, Scientists Report. There might be a ninth planet in the solar system after all, and it is not Pluto. Two astronomers reported on Wednesday that they had compelling signs of something bigger and farther away — something that would satisfy the current definition of a planet, where Pluto falls short.

[Economics: a field of study I will never really understand but continue to try to by reading articles like this one.] How to Make Sense of Plummeting Global Markets. If you look only at the global economy, and what leading forecasters think it will do in 2016, things look to be in a reasonably solid state. The world economy will grow 3.4 percent this year, economists at the International Monetary Fund projected this week, up from 3.1 percent in 2015. Private sector forecasters mostly have similar expectations.

[It’s already hitting. My evening commute—normally 45m—was 3 hours long. Three hours.] This East Coast blizzard will screw up your travel plans, so here’s what to do next. A blizzard is expected to hit the East Coast, centering on the Washington, D.C. area, on Friday and Saturday, dropping up to 30 inches or more of snow. In addition, high winds of 40 to 60 miles per hour will pound the region from coastal Virginia north to the New York City region. These winds alone, even without the snow, will be enough to cause extensive flight delays.

HERE ARE BONUSES:

SNOW DOGS

SNOW DOGS (I would actually watch this one)

HERE ARE POSTSCRIPTS:

Source: Livejournal

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afternoon cats versus celery!

You deserve a break. This is the AFTERNOON CAT.

Here are cats interacting with celery in various ways. Is this strange? I think it’s strange.

Oh well…

This is a video!

Hearts, Catnews

Sources:

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Cats + News. For real.

GOOD MORNING!

Hello! Sorry I wasn’t able to write yesterday’s Catnews. Complications and things.

Here’s a bunch of cats doing the news:

HERE ARE CATS:

Cat on the news.

HERE IS NEWS:

[make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop ] Palin Endorses Trump in Iowa Speech. With the caucuses less than two weeks away, Sarah Palin, the 2008 vice-presidential nominee, could help Donald Trump with evangelicals and the Tea Party.

[Wanted: bad pun that connects crazy-low Michigan gas prices and the lead in Flint’s water. Must be a bad pun. Reward offered.] Gas Price Hits 47 Cents a Gallon in Michigan After Price War. The price of gas hit a stunning low — just 47 cents per gallon — in Michigan on Sunday. Michigan was the first state to have gas under $1 in likely over a decade, Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy.com, told ABC News today.

[I’ve been following Jason Rezaian’s case since he was illegally detained in the first place and this makes me so, so happy. Also: you should watch Anthony Bourdain’s episode of Parts Unknown on Iran, which features Jason and his wife.] Freeing a reporter: Secret diplomatic talks and private back channels. American officials were adamant. The deal they had reached with Iran to free imprisoned Americans, including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, had always included his Iranian wife. Rezaian, they knew, would never leave Tehran without her.

[This is a really, really interesting case and also a thoroughly weird one.] An Employee Mistakenly Steps Into Politics; Can The Government Retaliate? The U.S. Supreme Court tackles a case on Tuesday that can fairly be described as weird. The consequences, however, could be significant.

[Well, that’s interesting. This is where Coober Pedy is.] Where 80% of people live underground. The opal mining town of Coober Pedy takes living down under to a new level, escaping dangerous 50C temperatures by burrowing underground.

HERE ARE BONUSES:

Dog on the news

HERE ARE POSTSCRIPTS:

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afternoon cats in teacups pretending to be tea

You deserve a break. This is the AFTERNOON CAT.

I just really enjoyed the cats at tea parties a few days ago, so here are cats in teacups.

Hearts, Catnews

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fancy cats walking fancy

GOOD MORNING!

It is FRIDAY which means fancy cats walking fancy:

HERE ARE CATS:

Fancy walking

HERE IS NEWS:

[Man, when we finally get to the point when we can access these asteroids it’s going to change everything. Anyone want to become a space miner with me?] Space Mining Could Set Off a Star War. Space is lousy with profits. Consider the asteroid Ryugu: It’s made of so many tons of nickel, iron, cobalt, and water, it’s worth an estimated $95 billion. Venture into deeper space and there’s even richer plunder—like Davida, an asteroid that the wanna-be space mining company Planetary Resources values at more than $100 trillion. That’s more than five times the GDP of the US.

[I am wholly unsurprised and it sucks that I’m unsurprised.] U.S. Squandered $488 Million on Afghan Mining Projects. The United States spent five years trying to help Afghanistan tap what U.S. officials believe is a $1 trillion mother lode of minerals. In the end, U.S. taxpayers threw away half a billion dollars with almost nothing to show for it.

[I am also unsurprised by this, but also extremely perplexed] It’s Apparently Easy to Steal Entire Highways in Russia. According to state investigators, Protopopov spent an entire year between 2014 and 2015 dismantling roughly 30 miles of public road in Russia’s far northern Komi region. He gathered around 7,000 concrete slabs, then sold them to a company that later resold them for a profit. How much money he made off the operation — and how it took so long for anyone to notice the road was slowly disappearing — remains unclear.

[I did not watch—I am not that much of a masochist. But here’s a good wrap-up of tonight’s nonsense parade.] Republicans Spar in Debate, but Obama Is the Target. Campaign trail tensions are on full display in tonight’s Republican debate. Donald J. Trump started things off by making an issue over Ted Cruz’s birth in Canada.

[Good. We should be moving as far away from coal as humanly possible.] In Climate Move, Obama to Halt New Coal Mining Leases on Public Lands. The Obama administration will announce on Friday a halt to new coal mining leases on public lands as it considers an overhaul of the program that could lead to increased costs for energy companies and a slowdown in extraction, according to an administration official.

HERE ARE BONUSES:

Majestic jumping

Majestic jumping, kind of.

HERE ARE POSTSCRIPTS:

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afternoon cats exercising because cardiovascular health is important

You deserve a break. This is the AFTERNOON CAT.

The new year is for HEALTH.

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It’s halfway through January??

GOOD MORNING!

It’s Thursday. Just letting you know.

I’m listening to the soundtrack from The Force Awakens right now and it’s the best. THE BEST.

HERE ARE CATS:

Vs. Headphones

Vs. Guitar

HERE IS NEWS:

[Oh goody. Also: is this where I make a zombie apocalypse joke?] This Is How Unprepared We Are For The Next Pandemic. A report predicts that new diseases will emerge even faster in the 21st century. Ebola was a wake-up call, a leader on the analysis says: “We need to step up our game.”

[Obviously going to wait for the ICC to confirm, but this is a good step. Good good step.] Iran Tells Kerry It Is Dismantling, Destroying A Key Nuclear Component. Secretary of State John Kerry says Iran reported to him that a key component of its plutonium nuclear reactor has been removed, as Iran nears the reduction of its nuclear program sufficient to trigger sanctions relief.

[Their leader is a neo-Nazi. Great.] Anti-immigrant ‘Soldiers of Odin’ raise concern in Finland. Wearing black jackets adorned with a symbol of a Viking and the Finnish flag, the “Soldiers of Odin” have surfaced as self-proclaimed patriots patrolling the streets to protect native Finns from immigrants, worrying the government and police.

[TEDCRUZ, PROVENCONSERVATIVE] Ted Cruz Didn’t Disclose Loan From Goldman Sachs for His First Senate Campaign. As Ted Cruz tells it, the story of how he financed his upstart campaign for the United States Senate four years ago is an endearing example of loyalty and shared sacrifice between a married couple.

[This is an interesting exercise in branding, but good luck to McDonalds in their valiant effort to pretend to not be fast food.] Why the term ‘fast food’ is dying. Fast food isn’t going anywhere. It’s just being repackaged because the term “fast food” has become most unpopular.

HERE ARE BONUSES:

Doghat

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