Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 05, 2023

One last swig, indeed! This calls for an investigative reporter/detective!

And remember, Mice would NEVER! But how will the birds react to this latest example of Mole Aggression? Could we see an Alliance of Cats and Mice AND Birds?

I dunno, I had some pretty noisy mice at my mom’s place back in ’03… galloping around the front room, knocking stuff over in the kitchen… I loved those mice, I just wish I could have kept them off the kitchen countertops (guys, that is not a bathroom).

Um, Tommy, I hate to break it to you, but it might be better to let Agnes take the lead on this. They might not be so hostile towards another small furry body. Of course, if they are hostile to her as well, then it’s time to send Ora Z in with a flame thrower!

Uh, Lupin? You’re the anchor cat. Lay off Goldie. If no one’s at the desk, that’s on you.

The moles have done it now. The humans will notice them. That never ends well.

I think Goldie is about to enter the fray…

The moles may be looking for some friends now.

Mice are known to use mole tunnels, so I’m not sure the moles would be friendly to our fearsome foursome. (We need a better name than Robber Mice.) It’s good to see Alice and Agnes. I hope Natasha and Violet are doing well.

Georgia managed to make Goldie’s lids look droopy in panel 1. Love it!

The confrontation begins. Tommy will be reporting from the front and might become embedded in the action. Jean Lafitte mole and his crew are flexing their muscles as they are trying to annex territory that obviously is considered part of the big old pink house which we know is considered neutral ground to the raccoons and the possums in addition to the cats obviously claiming it as their own.. Do they get involved and we know Jules is stage left just waiting to make his 2023 debut?!

I guess the moles were protesting the loud noises last night. They certainly did a bang-up job with it…

I admit it. I didn’t know the birdbath was doomed.

Will there be Angry Birds?

Goldie looks like she’s ready to make fries, out of those, Lawn Potatoes!

“One Last Swig”. I like Goldie’s dedication and prioritisation. Important breaking news needs reinforcement of strong coffee.

Moles didn’t topple my birdbath, but they did cause the base to sink into the ground. It’s basically sprouting out of the ground at this point.

Lupin pointing toes.

Goldie doesn’t seem fussed over Lupin breaking into her conversation. She may be too tired to care. His interruption got her attention.

That blasted infernal racket is why I HATE the Fourth of July. (Language edited for family-friendly comic posting)

Oh no! The moles are going to hurt Tommy’s feelings again! D:

Now is the time for the Bugs Bunny line. “Of course you realize this means war.”

Rude again. The moles need lessons from the Goofy Gophers. (Often mistakenly called the Very Polite Chipmunks)

Knowing Tommy he’ll probably try to help.

I knew the Moles would be back – I wish I could binge the whole arc…but then I would be upset it was over.

A break for the 4th, then back to the moles! I like it! I also slept lousy on July 4th, but I have nobody to blame but myself.

Well if it distrubs mangy mice then me will bursts more firecrackers. Begone you pesky pestering pestilential pestiferous pests! Begone ya horrid harbingers of perilous plague! BOOM! BLAM! KA-BLAAM!

Why? Because Moles will be moles, Goldie. Moles gotta mole.

(We dug the tunnels, but we didn’t flip no bird potty, oh no! Oh!

We’re down and dirty, but we didn’t flip no bird potty, ooh, ooh, ooh)

Yeah! All around in our home lawn,

Cats are tryin’ to bring us down,

They say that we are explicitly guilty

For the tipping of a bird potty,

For that dumped monstrosity, but we say

Oh, now, now, oh!

(We kicked dirt on Tommy) poor Tommy

(But we swear it was in self defense) Oh, no! (Oh, oh, ooh)

Yeah, we say, we hurt his feelings oh, crud! (And they say he took total offense)

Yeah! (oh, oh, ooh) Yeah!

- Bob Marley – I Shot the Sheriff

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Queen Catshepsut the Golden: Welcome, one and all to the monthly council meeting. Now I understand there is a conflict between the moles and the plovers. Please state your cases.

Talpi Mole: Your Majesty, with the Cosmo Nursery’s recent development of round potatoes, we moles have formed a professional Lawn Potato League. There is a tract of land we would like to use for a playing field.

Dotterel Plover: But there is a pond there that we birds use for bathing and fishing. In this climate ponds are not exactly a copper piece a dozen.

The Queen: You make a compelling argument, Dot. Talpi, is there any other land suitable for a Lawn Potato field?

Talpi: Not really, Your Majesty.

Dot: But have you really looked?

Talpi: Well, this is the first time we actually had the right potatoes for a professional league. Everything just seemed to come together at the right time.

Mandy Luthier: Your Majesty, Lynn and I have a possible solution.

The Queen: Yes, ladies?

Lynn Luthier: As you know, we recently set up our stringed instrument shop at the Pretty Good Pyramid (thanks to Wally, Iggy, and Iron Glove). There is plenty of land around there where they could build a whole stadium

Mandy: Not to mention the Pretty Good Pyramid has a kitchen where they could prepare refreshments for sale.

Ora Z: And we have our percussion group Mallets Towards None to perform at half time.

Talpi: You know, it just might work.

Thomios: Lunch time, everyone. With a special sour cream potato salad.

Puckmosis: My favorite!

Lupinium: And I guess there’s no telling how we happen to have sour cream.

Toppling the bird bath today. Setting fire to the lawn ornaments tomorrow. Where will it end!?

Let the WACK-A-MOLE tournament begin.

I think the moles will not only antagonize the cats again, but also the people.

Well, this can’t possibly end well… (Wait. What am I saying? Of course it will end well; Georgia’s telling the story.) However, it looks to be a bumpy ride. Has anyone considered whether those rogues and ruffians from beneath the soil may have been set up? I agree they are the most likely suspects at this point, but we need Goldie to get all the facts here. [sip]

Oh, and someone asked when the Big Pink House got a birdbath … I don’t know when it was installed, but it was alive and in use earlier this year:

https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2023/02/12

Of course mice and cats would never use fireworks. Cats need to hear the mice scurrying around, and mice need to hear the cats sneaking up on them!

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Blowing things up in celebration is a uniquely human idea.

This means war.

I wish it was just July 4th. Around here the fireworks start in late June and go on till … well, at least a week or two after the 4th. For those of us who get up at 4.30 in the AM this is not fun!

The birdbath?! Why, those good-for-nothing lawn potatoes!

There’s a reason they say “quiet as a mouse.” The moles are becoming a problem. Did they undermine the bird bath or just push it over?

OT rant (Animal lovers should not read this…)

So, I had to have a tooth pulled this morning and I’m sore as all hell. I was going to try to run a few errands and a neighbor knocks on my door. I answer the door and said neighbor tells me my dog is dead in my backyard. I’m not usually a “scorekeeper,” but please bear with me. This neighbor had a small dog that passed away a few years ago. He started giving food and treats to my dogs (I had 2 at that time) and I was having difficulty getting them to come in the house because of this. I talked to him about this and he told me that his little dog passed away and he liked playing with mine because it helped him deal with the loss of his dog. After hearing this, I told him it was fine for him to continue. I’ve never felt like this guy really liked me just by the way he’s acted toward me in the past. I’ve never done anything but be kind to him. Anyway, he tells me that my dog’s laying in the back yard (which I didn’t know) and asked me to “deal with it,” and walks away. He never offered to help me move the dog, nothing! I struggled to drag the dog across the backyard inside part of my home. She’s a husky and very heavy. I’m so overwhelmed right now I don’t even know what to do. Sorry for this rant.

Love the little coffee cups.

WHAT??‽

Tweets from Dr Scuttles

Jul 3

I still cannot be convinced this magnificent creature is not a cryptid.

Happy Loud Snacks Day a day early, to all my American People-followers.

[video of Gritty skateboarding while wearing an American flag patterned shirt and holding an American flag, captioned “life lately: shred, white, & blue”]

This is a molementous event, and will have molementous consequences.

Last night one of the kids and I happened to be outside a little before sundown when the first of the BOOMs began. And one of the yard cats – the orca tom – started attacking one of the other cats! My kid moved in to break up the fight, but so did our senior alpha female. She plowed into the orca tom, splitting him off from his victim – and he attacked another cat. The senior alpha broke up that fight too, amd the orca tom took off chasing yet another cat.

By this time I had grabbed my water gun (that I keep outside to discourage stray dogs) and handed it to my kid. But then we couldn’t find the orca tom. We did find his first victim, checked her, offered petties. Except for the continued BOOMs, all seemed quiet.

And as I was about to go inside, I said hi to the little gray tom – and the orca tom darted out from under the trailer, swatted the gray tom, and vanished again! Cats!

I strongly suspect the BOOMs were setting the orca tom off. He’s an overgrown kitten who still loves to play-fight, but I’ve never seen him be that aggressive before.

OT – Watermelon poll

I can’t prove it but I think my neighbors’ gray tabby knocked over my birdbath and it broke into pieces. After I made the discovery there was the kitty looking guilty.

It’s just as well. There was some serious vandalism in my neighborhood shortly after that and I think I remember the base of the birdbath being turned over. It would have gotten broken anyway.

Today on the news they showed several houses burning from idiot firecracker fools. Sadly, I doubt that they destroyed their own houses — more likely innocent victims.

Todays and yesterdays comics express my feelings about fireworks exactly. And I do love “potato salad eve”!

Ot- work

About time for Jules to show and pull a Maverick on the moles.