One week after Supremes rule against Trump, he withdraws National Guard from Chicago, LA, and Portland

 Trump gives up on National Guard deployments in Chicago, LA, Portland 

... The pullback comes a week after the Supreme Court delivered a stark blow to Trump’s push for military troops to patrol U.S. city streets, rejecting his bid to send National Guard members to the Chicago area to protect federal officials enacting his immigration agenda.

In an apparent 6-3 decision, the court explained that federal law generally bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement, and the law Trump used to call up the National Guard likely only applies when the president is unable to execute laws with the regular forces of the military. ... 

 

I missed the December 23 Supreme Court decision story because my cat died the very hour it broke.

 

I guess I'll always remember her now as the Posse Comitatus Cat. 

 

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to send National Guard to Chicago

 ... Citing the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from engaging in domestic law enforcement unless explicitly authorized by the Constitution or Congress, the court found Trump lacked the authority to deploy troops to Illinois in this case.

“At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois,” the unsigned order states. ...

They're leaving the dogs, they're leaving the cats . . .

 ICE raids are leaving some L.A. cats and dogs homeless

... Pets belonging to people who are deported or flee are being left in empty apartments, dumped into the laps of unprepared friends and dropped off at overcrowded shelters, The Times found.

"Unless people do take the initiative [and get the pets out], those animals will starve to death in those backyards or those homes," said Yvette Berke, outreach manager for Cats at the Studios, a rescue that serves L.A. ... 

"Pets are like the collateral damage to the current political climate,” said Jennifer Naitaki, vice president of programs and strategic initiatives at the Michelson Found Animals Foundation. ...

Talk about joy!

He's doing the fries

He's manning the booth

He's serving the food

to the people that live there.

 

Woe Woe Woe Woe

Meow Meow Meow Meow

 

 

 

Missed me again haters

 

Strict culinary policy of Haiti: Whatever there is to eat at the house, you have to eat it

OMG: Haitian chef tells USA Today the strict policy of Haitian cooking is "Whatever there is to eat at the house, you have to eat it"

 Nobody in Haiti today can afford the fancy Haitian dishes this chef describes, so they eat . . . you know.

Don't listen to Trump's lies. Haitian chef explains country's rich culinary tradition.

 

 

The song of my people

 

Orange cat for the win

 

This is purrfect

 

Doordash Ohio lol

 

Diversity tried to eat me

 

Stop trying to scare the childless cat-ladies, you knuckle-draggers

 

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

Four Haitians took off in a gray, Toyota Tacoma, two men, two women, each with a goose in their hands.

 

Election 2024 comes down to eating or being eaten

 

Libertarian kitty has had enough

 

It's obvious from the data that in the states with the worst rat-infested cities like Chicago, LA, NYC, Detroit, Philly, Cleveland, Dallas and Miami, the wider population instinctively protects itself by keeping more cats

Saving feral cats is a fool's errand: Cats account for 90 percent of the domestic animal cases of rabies in New Jersey since 1989

Midland Park allows residents to have more dogs, raises household limit:

According to the New Jersey Department of Health, between January and September there have been 142 cases statewide of animal rabies, including five in Bergen County. Cats account for 90 percent of the domestic animal cases in the state since 1989.

 

Here's what's wrong with Chicago: 1,745 people there are trying to save feral cats from the cold

Memo to you lunatics: God sends cold weather like this to cleanse the earth of vermin. Don't get in His way. You are not doing His work. You are mentally ill. Shelter in place and seek medical attention as soon as it's safe to go outside.

‘It Takes Just Five Minutes To Save A Cat’s Life’: How To Protect Feral Cats During The Dangerous Cold Spell

Wind energy turbines kill 368,000 birds annually, but kitties kill far more

Reported here in early 2015:

Now, federal wildlife officials are cracking down on wind farms caught killing bats and birds. A peer-reviewed study issued last summer estimated turbines kill as many as 368,000 birds annually. ... House cats kill at least 1.4 billion birds annually, and possibly up to 3.7 billion birds, according to a 2013 federal study. And a single natural-gas flare at a liquid natural gas plant in Canada killed an estimated 7,500 birds in a single night.

Think Mish Will Correct This Blooper?

The deeper I dig the smellier it gets

Seen here:

In "real" (CPI-adjusted) terms, 50% of households are no better off than they were in 1988. Let's dig a litter deeper.