After Barr, Brexit And Burgers, Some Relief

By Miss Kubelik

We cats found ourselves looking around for some good news today. No, not the silly stuff we see on our phones about kids with cancer raising money to save the snail darter. (Or something like that.) We wanted actual good news that we can take to the bank on a dark, dismal day.

And we found some! Here you go:

Donald Trump attempted to do an end run around Madam Super-Speaker by inviting Democratic House members to lunch at the White House to talk shutdown. To a person, the Democrats refused to take the bait. Or maybe they just thought they'd get leftover Wendy's.

A federal court judge halted the Trumpsters' plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Oh, and Wilbur Ross? When is he going to be impeached for lying to Congress? (He sure could be convicted of being ugly, which in his case is a high crime and misdemeanor.)

Canada granted asylum to Rahaf Mohammed, the young Saudi woman who was about to be deported back to the Kingdom to face — well, think about Jamal Khashoggi, and you get the idea. Yay, True North! We also love the fact that Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland personally greeted Mohammed when she landed in Toronto. Wouldn't it be great if she had a female taxi driver too?

Finally, the best news of all: Randy Rainbow has a new song parody. You're welcome. We cats PURR.