We cats had business in the District today — and we thought we might see some extra security, Charlie Hebdo-wise, or maybe some lingering minor contretemps on the subway. But aside from a few slow trains, all was well. Meanwhile, here are some headlines that caught our eye on our travels.
Thank goodness — Judge Spencer has ruled that "Transvaginal Bob" McDonnell must be hauled off to the hoosegow February 9. Which means that the former Republican Governor of Virginia, who sullied the office once held by Thomas Jefferson, has to go to jail while he mounts his fruitless appeal of his corruption convictions. We cats, for one, are relieved. We'll sleep a lot better at night, knowing that T-Bob is off the streets.
Prime Minister David Cameron has called a FAUX "News" commentator a not-nice name for claiming that the city of Birmingham is "totally Muslim" and off-limits to infidels. (Cameron also managed to mention porridge.) So, a hard-core conservative in Britain can speak truth to power not only to FAUX "News" but to the biggest and most evil media emperor in the UK. Yet here in the US, you can't find a single Republican (let alone a few jackass Democrats, like Evan Bayh) who would dare say anything the least bit negative.
Speaking of evil emperors, Rupie Murdoch has gotten himself in hot water with J.K. Rowling (among others) for his silly tweet about "Moslems." Rupie's message is probably the most cringeworthy since Donald Trump boasted about his relationship with "the blacks." As for Rowling, we're not sure what dog she has in this fight, but we're happy that she's taken it upon herself to banish Murdoch from civil society. After all, she has a bigger megaphone than we do.
Finally, Congressman Randy Weber, a Republican nitwit from Texas, decided to tweet about President Obama's absence from the Paris antiterrorism march. But he only managed to get oeufs on his face with a clumsy (and misspelled) reference to Adolf Hitler. We cats regret that the coverage of Weber's misstep didn't mention the GOP's recurrent fondness for Hitlerian white supremacists. We guess that since Steve Scalise was last week's news, the Republicans get to reset the Hate Clock with this week's outrage. Which makes us HISS.
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