Comics by Cat Versus Human .
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How they greet anyone you bring home:
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7 Least Helpful Cat Habits
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Puppies Learning To Howl Is The Supercut You Need Today
brb i can’t
youtube.com / Via laughingsquid.com
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Which New "Doctor Who" Companion Are You?
EVERYONE GET IN THE TARDIS. Rose, Martha, Donna, Amy, Rory, Clara, Jack, and River too… oh my!
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Proof That Adding "Selfie" To The Dictionary Isn't Really That Weird
Making “selfie” official might make you cringe now, but in 30 years people might wonder how it was ever *not* there. Here are some other popular words coined in recent decades and the years in which they were first cited in the Oxford English Dictionary.
1950: brainwashing, scram, shit-kicker, ponytail
(the rest)
1955: dee-jay, weirdo, badass
(the rest)
1960: barf, trend-setter, upchuck
A bigger year than normal for vomit. (the rest)
1963: dipshit, mind game, snarf
(the rest)
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This Cat.
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The 11 Most Important Playsets Of The '80s
There was no bigger joy for girls (and some boys) than getting one of these epic toys on Christmas morning.
My Little Pony Show Stable
Originally released in 1983, this charming playset came with the all-important exclusive toy – which in this case was Lemon Drop and her puppy friend Brandy.
Via ebay.com
My Little Pony Show Stable commercial:
Lady LovelyLocks: Castle LovelyLocks
Although this toy line is mostly forgotten, it did produce a very cool playset, Castle LovelyLocks, which when opened with a key turned into play garden for Lady LovelyLocks and her friends.
Lady LovelyLocks: Castle LovelyLocks commercial:
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French Soccer Player Pleads For Release From Qatar: "This System Is Slowly Killing Me"
Zahir Belounis, a professional soccer player from France, has accused the Qatari government of keeping him “trapped” in the country as he fights for unpaid wages.
Laurence Griffiths / Getty
Ever since FIFA awarded Qatar the 2022 World Cup and representatives from the country cheered as they held the most esteemed trophy in sports, there has been almost continuous controversy, much of it stemming from the rights (or lack thereof) afforded to immigrant workers who are building much of the new infrastructure.
Now, a professional soccer player participating at the country's club level is also protesting the Qatari government for its restrictive treatment of him as a foreign national. For much of the past two years, Zahir Belounis of France has been embroiled in a legal fight against his Qatari club and the government's tightly controlled power structure, one that he claims has now essentially made him a prisoner.
The situation came to a head late last week when Belounis, who has not been allowed to return home to see his extended family in France for almost 18 months, wrote an open letter to two well-known international soccer stars with ties to Qatar's successful World Cup bid: Zinedine Zidane, perhaps France's most famous soccer player, and Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola, who used to play in Qatar.
His letter, published last Thursday by The Guardian, read in part:
After a legal dispute with my club, I am being prevented from returning home to France.
I haven't seen my family in France since June 2012 because my employer refuses to give me the exit visa needed to leave the country. This is a special document that only exists in this country and Saudi Arabia.
I am not alone in this predicament. Many workers who are to build the stadiums for the 2022 World Cup risk finding themselves in the same situation as me.
When someone suggested that I write to you, I figured that you have been great footballers but also great men so I would appeal to you to use your renown to intervene, or try to intervene, to end the impasse.
I know that you have many demands for your time but I ask you to please help me. Please understand that I am a victim.
Belounis' fight became international news in May when Human Rights Watch wrote of his fight, using the moment to showcase how Qatar was exploiting its exit visa program:
Law No. 4 of 2009 regulates the entry and exit of expatriates in Qatar and their residence and sponsorship. It is Qatar's version of the kafala or sponsorship system, forms of which regulate the residence and employment of expatriate workers across the Gulf region. All expatriate workers in Qatar and some visitors require a residence permit, which is provided by a resident sponsor, who can be an employer, a father of the visitor or the person inviting a visitor on his or her sponsorship.
However, resident sponsors can also effectively prevent the people sponsored from leaving Qatar. Article 18 states that "other than women sponsored by the father and the minors and visitors visiting the state for no longer than 30 days, expatriates may not leave the state temporarily or permanently unless they provide an exit permit issued by the Residence Sponsor."
Residence sponsors do not need to justify their failure to provide an exit permit.
Belounis' case seemed to be coming to a close a month ago when a fresh wave of attention reportedly compelled the Qatari Football Association into allowing him — and his wife and two young kids — to return home to France, but they are all still in Qatar.
Since Belounis' plea for help was published last week, the Qatari Football Association has outright disputed his claims that he is "trapped" in the country, while further denying that he ever played for the club for which he is demanding back pay.
FIFA, soccer's international governing body, is pleading ignorance on the entire situation, claiming there is nothing it can do:
"FIFA has to date received no contractual claim from Belounis against his Qatari club as well as any accompanying documentation to support his case," FIFA said.
"FIFA fully respects basic human rights and also requests that its member associations and the hosts of its events fully respect them. FIFA was actually made aware of Zahir Belounis's predicament through the civil authorities in his home town.
"FIFA is unable to intervene in this matter given that Mr Belounis chose the option of contacting an ordinary court in Qatar."
When reached by phone last week, Belounis told Euronews, "I don't think I can take it anymore. ... I'm desperate. I'm not a criminal. I've done nothing wrong. Please help me."
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9 Moments When The Pandas On Chengdu's Panda Cam Were Too Cute To Handle
The iPanda Cam at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding may actually be the best thing on the entire internet.
When these cubs were chilling with their mum and the little one was like 'Oh hai'.
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When this cub was contemplating life and stuff on a tree branch.
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18 Times Wednesday Addams Was The Hero Young Girls Needed
Some of us needed more than Disney princesses.
Just Wednesday keeping you on your toes. You have no idea what that Duane Reade cashier does in his spare time.
Paramount Pictures
Wed has the right idea when it comes to relationships.
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She's one step ahead of the basics.
Paramount Pictures / Via gagthat.com
Wednesday has her own set of priorities.
Paramount Pictures
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Pac-Man Is A Lovecraft Story Written By Kafka
Comic by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal .
Via smbc-comics.com
More existential dread is available daily at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. Follow Zach and other artists at our ComicsFeed syndication series.
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A Bear In California Rides Shot Gun In A Lamborghini
File this under: most creative/obnoxious way to get to use the carpool lane.
A Reddit user uploaded a photo of this CA bear in Lamborghini situation after it stopped traffic.
The bear's take:
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Facts That Will Make You Skip Black Friday
Stay home. It’s warm and there’s cocoa!
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Massive Plane Mistakenly Landed At A Tiny Kansas Airport And Is Stuck There
Update: The jumbo jet that accidentally landed at Jabara Airport in Wichita, Kansas, late Wednesday is now expected to take off at 1 p.m. ET.
Atlas Air Flight 4241 originated in New York and was scheduled to land at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas, but instead landed at the smaller Jabara Airport a few miles away.
According to Boeing, the Dreamlifter's cargo hold is the largest in the world, by volume. It is one of four custom aircraft employed by Boeing and used to haul 787 Dreamliner parts.
FlightAware / Via flightaware.com
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21 Topiary Designs That Will Haunt Your Dreams
Edward Scissorhands would be ashamed.
The spiky pink avians trying to look busy
Why they're so creepy: Spikes are inherently unsettling. If that weren't enough, these critters look like they're made of individual tentacles, so either the birds themselves or the beasts they're made of could jump atchya.
The startled buffalo who are looking right at you
Why they're so creepy: They look like gentle giants, but "bitch please, buffalo are killers" is something people should say more often.
The urinating dog who is made of plant and peeing on a plant
Why it's so creepy: More unsettling than the dog itself is the person who thought this would be hilarious; nobody likes a 12-year-old boy with garden shears.
The unknown quadruped looking concerned
Why it's so creepy: This plant-creature is unidentifiable. Also, it seems to be locked out of the house, and that is a strange thing to have happen to you when you're a topiary.
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Underwater Volcanic Eruption Gives Birth To New Island Off Japan
Just an island, no big deal.
AP Photo / Via Kyodo News
A volcanic eruption formed a new island Wednesday morning in the Pacific Ocean to the far south of Tokyo, the Japanese coast guard and earthquake experts said.
The eruption is currently taking place southeast of Nishinoshima island, which is part of Japan's Ogasawara island chain. It has already created an island with a diameter of 660 feet, suggesting that the vent was located in very shallow waters.
A volcanologist with the coast guard, Ito Hiroshi, told the FNN news network that it was possible the new island might eventually erode away. Although the uninhabited Nishinoshima grew in size between 1973 and 1974, and then became connected to a new island created by volcanic activity, during the last eruption.
The coast guard issued a warning for the heavy black smoke.
AP Photo / Via Kyodo News
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This Is The Best Advice To A Homophobic Parent That's Ever Been Given
*slow claps forever*
This is Amy Dickinson. She writes the advice column "Ask Amy" for the Washington Post.
On Monday, she published a letter from a parent who's concerned that his or her son "will not stop being gay." Her response is perfect.
Washington Post / Via Twitter: @aurosan
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This Teacher Is The Reason To Go To McGill University
When McGill’s Middle Eastern Poli Sci class asked their professor to extend the date of their assignment, they were met with an incredible response from Professor Rex Brynen . Why can’t more professors turn us down like this?
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Filipino Kids Return To Playing Basketball Amid The Rubble Of Typhoon Haiyan
Survivors of disaster make do.
Basketball has long been a popular sport in the Philippines. And after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the central part of the country, survivors have improvised ways to play the game.
A game in Tacloban City, one of the locations hit hardest by Haiyan.
David Guttenfelder / AP
These players scavenged nails and wood from wreckage to prop up the hoop. Read Associated Press writer Todd Pitman's description of coming across the game here.
David Guttenfelder / AP
At the Old Children's Park in Tacloban City.
Aaron Favila / AP
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Everything You Didn't Know About The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Starting with the fact that it’s not the world’s oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade. That honor would belong to Philadelphia.
The first parade to feature a giant balloon was in 1927, Felix the Cat.
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16 Amazing Americans Awarded The Presidential Medal Of Freedom
President Obama awarded the nation’s highest honor Wednesday to 16 Americans from diverse fields.
President Obama presented Wednesday the nation's highest accolade, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 16 Americans involved in diverse fields, from science, to journalism, to sports.
"This year is special because it is the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy establishing this award," Obama said at the ceremony in the White House's East Room.
"Today, we salute fierce competitors who became true champions."
Friday also marks the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's death. After the Medals were presented to the recipients, President Clinton and the Obamas visited an eternal flame that marks JFK's gravesite at the Arlington National Cemetery.
The men and women honored today are truly remarkable achievers, from civil rights leaders to political powerhouses. Here they are:
Oprah Winfrey
For some insane reason, Oprah had not been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom until today’s ceremony.
Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press / MCT
Appellate Judge Patricia Wald
Wald was a trail-blazing federal judge who served on the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague.
Larry Downing / Reuters
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