Most short haired cats don't ever need a bath. My long haired white fluffball is 15 now and needs some help with her grooming. But she likes to play in water so as long as I get it all organized and we go fast she is cool with it. We use pitchers and buckets of water because she does not like running water. She won't let me dry her though.
GG - I found the freezing off - as they healed were much more painful & ITCHY than the cut'em out ones. But then I had SO MANY frozen off my back - really, many..
OK, different subject - GET READY TO SMILE & do a happy dance with your new friends
WASHINGTON — Several Senate Republicans on Tuesday came out publicly against filibustering the first major gun control legislation since 1993 before it is even brought up for debate on the Senate floor, as advocates inched toward breaking a conservative blockade of the measure.
With backers of new gun safety laws increasingly optimistic that they can corral the 60 votes necessary to begin consideration of the measure, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, said he would schedule a showdown vote for Thursday. His comments came as lobbying on gun control stepped up on Capitol Hill, with the families of children killed in Newtown, Conn., four months ago fanning out across the Senate to personally appeal to lawmakers to vote “yes.”
“We’re moving forward on this bill,” said Mr. Reid, who earlier Tuesday invoked his own father’s suicide by gunshot to implore consideration of the legislation, which would expand background checks for gun buyers, bolster school safety and crack down on people who purchase firearms for those who are not entitled to own them. “The American people deserve a vote on this legislation.”
Mr. Reid’s decision to move ahead came after Senate Republicans began splintering on whether the bill should be allowed full consideration on the Senate floor. Four Republican senators, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Susan Collins of Maine, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, said Tuesday that they would support a procedural motion to formally take up the gun legislation for debate and amendments. Other Republicans indicated that they were inclined to allow debate, joining Senators John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
DD is calm today, on the depressed side, but nothing like what she was all weekend and all last week. Hoping it keeps up. She's seeing a specialist tomorrow. Worried she may crash again if specialist thinks the tinnitus is permanent.
Pip, good luck on the real estate front.
GG, my husband's had a lot of basil cell cancer frozen off. The penalty for growing up in Florida. He didn't have a lot of problem with the freezing, but then he's one of those guys who would only mention a broken leg in passing. "How was your day, dear." "Not too bad. Broke my leg, but it's okay. What's for dinner?"
It was a stupid idea for Republican Senators to filabuster this when the House will end up doing the dirty work for them.
On a slightly different topic, did anyone ever hear any interviews of former Congressman Bob Ney on his X boxx Boehner? Basically, Ney said, among other more salacious things about Boehner (lazy, booze, cigarettes, women loving and golf), that if it wasn't "good for business" Boehner wasn't for it - public safety? Nope Health? Nope "Only if business approves." The NRA owns Boehner and his ilk.
Alexandria - glad things have calmed down for your DD.
I think Mitch McConnell and his bunch are the biggest jerks there are. Just as Jeb Bush saying that he was sure history would be kind to his brother ( land sakes, where is he getting this information ) I'm also sure many of the GOP will not be looked at too well during their antics of the last two Presidential terms.
What I hope is that this will allow for debate and maybe testimony by victims, thus keeping the issue of gun violence alive. Maybe polls will show a majority favoring restrictions on guns, and there is nothing like a majority to turn a politician's head. Then, later, some progress might be made.
Senators may succumb, but House member's districts are so gerrymandered into either gun toters or city folk, there will be no capitulation where there needs to be, imho. Add to that, the gun toting states each have 2 senators, while being light on population. Those 25% who fear any gun registration or limitation to magazine size, mostly live in rural counties and/or rural states.
Oh, I am sure no law will actually pass - what I am saying is that it will remain in the national consciousness and build up to a critical mass. I am thinking of the parallel of gay marriage. The party f stupid and the people of stupid won the 2004 presidential elections because they were afraid of gay marriage (even though the fed. govt does not legislate marriage). In that same election season, all ten or 11 state initiatives on gay marriage were voted down. But the issue remained alive, and now the country has changed drastically because of it, and gay marriage is being legalized all over the country. It's momentum. But yes, the stupid people will still fight.
I don't know how it will get done for sure, but I do feel that there are so very many who will never give up or in. There is no time and no reason EVER to see children killed and to let it happen no matter how you rig things.
Just my humble opinion....At some point reason and sanity will prevail. Hopefully, 2014 will leave us with a few less wing-nuts.....and 2016 should see a few more fade away....or so I'm hoping.
Morning girls - I went back to bed at about 8am and slept for 3 hours - I must be sick. Seriously thinking about staying home tomorrow too. Got to go and have a blood test today, after that nasty bruise I had just before Easter. Missing my little bubby a lot.
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