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10 Sep 2010 23:43

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Cats!: Our final cat: Maine Coons grow up to be all huge and stuff

  • OK guys, here it is. Last one. We hope you enjoyed Catstravaganza – all two days of it. When we do this next, we’re not extending it to three. Just an FYI. Not to be jerks or anything, but we think there’s a good reason why the site’s balance leans heavily towards the Afghan War and inside politics over cats. But it’s good to take a break from that once a year, right? 🙂 Anyway, here’s our last one, from Emily Johnson, who has a cat that’s going to grow very big someday:

 

  • What Emily’s Maine Coon looks like:
  • A Maine Coon all grown up:
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10 Sep 2010 23:23

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Cats!: Posted without comment: A cat ready for his modeling career

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10 Sep 2010 20:46

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Cats!: Nearing the home stretch, complete with a fluffy cat!

  • We still have a couple more cat pics for you guys, and despite feeling a little like this as we head towards the kitty finish line, we’re not going to give up quite that easy. Because some cats (like Meghan McKinney’s cat photo, above) deserve it. In other news, which do you think is fluffier, the cat or the couch?
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10 Sep 2010 20:38

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Cats!: We think we caught these cats in the middle of something

  • As embraces go, Stimp and Piggy’s moment (sent to us by Shawn LaGrange, who was also responsible for this shot) is a little bit more caught in the moment than this cute one we posted earlier. Maybe not as cute. But definitely grabbing.
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10 Sep 2010 20:27

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Politics: Obama to everybody: Uh, don’t screw with Muslims, guys

  • This country stands for the proposition that all men and women are created equal; that they have certain inalienable rights — one of those inalienable rights is to practice their religion freely.
  • President Barack Obama • Discussing the whole hubbub about religion in this country. Let’s just put it this way. Islam is getting a bad rap right now and Obama wants it to quit. “We are not at war against Islam,” Obama said. We are at war against terrorist organizations that have distorted Islam or falsely used the banner of Islam to engage in their destructive acts.” Which seems obvious but maybe not. source
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10 Sep 2010 20:15

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U.S.: San Bruno’s gas explosion: A shocking event, preventible?

  • harbinger A bunch of people smelled gas in a residential neighborhood for weeks. Investigators looked into it but found nothing.
  • result A natural gas pipeline exploded, leveling numerous homes and killing four. Now, people are wondering WTF happened. source
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10 Sep 2010 15:58

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Cats!: Gangsta cats are our favorite kind, BTW. What what?

  • Amber Nettles’ cat Pyle has enough street cred to show up in an Ice-T video. Yeah, we said it. And we wouldn’t be surprised if Pyle was sporting an AK, either. That said, Amber’s one of our favorite people and a key inspiration for us doing Catstravaganza again. (Thanks!) Anyway, she also sent a couple more pics our way:
  • Pyle looks bored and tiredWhich, honestly, is how we look after reading yet another story from Mashable. That site sucks, guys! They have no content!
  • Puddin’s all about the whiskersThis fuzzy little guy has some of the more notable whiskers we’ve seen in two years of doing this. Besides ours, that is.
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10 Sep 2010 12:27

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Cats!: Catstravaganza: The cutest photo we’ve received this year

  • Paul Wallen’s lovely cats are basically balled up in a ball of cuteness. We wish we could be this cute, but instead we’re just annoying. Wallen also sent us this photo last year.
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10 Sep 2010 11:50

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U.S.: We’re ignoring the Koran-burning crisis from here on out

The media has been blowing this up – not him, the media. My buddy Charles Apple has suggested we completely ignore it. We’re game. No more coverage, Terry. source
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10 Sep 2010 11:18

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Cats!: A cat-abuse story that should make you pretty angry

  • On Sept. 1, police found a home filled with animals. The Estancia, New Mexico home, being checked as part of a routine mental health check of its resident, had so many animals in it that officers had to use respirators to go inside the home, due to all the ammonia smell caused by all the animal waste. “It was the most filthy thing I’d ever seen in my life,” said police Sgt. Andy Baldridge. How many animals were there? Here’s a rough count.
  • 70 animals living under one roof; most were in poor health
  • 30cats were found in the home, many were feral and most were sick and had to be put down
  • 25dogs were in the home; some were so malnourished that they couldn’t eat
  • 20other animals, including chickens, two geese and a turkey, were also found on the property source
  • » What happened to the owner?: The owner, 63-year-old Raymond Karbel, is reportedly in the care of an Albuquerque veterans’ hospital. But it’s not the first time he’s been accused of animal abuse. In fact, he was arrested in May on suspicion of extreme animal cruelty. Charges were dropped, however. (Editor’s note: While this isn’t cute, we’d like to think that cat-rights-related issues in general need to be brought up. All cats should be treated well.)
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