All India cares about is getting oil and gas for as cheap as possible. Russia has limited markets they can sell their oil to, so India now has tons of leverage and can set their own price. India has their own territorial conflicts with Pakistan and China that they need to worry about. They dont care what Russia does so long as they keep getting cheap oil.

The shelters are all full of cats and kittens across the area right now. But a restaurant definitely isn't the place to just drop a stray cat. It was peak dinner time. They just walked in, dumped the cat, and left. She was probably a stray, but that's still a terrible way to dump a kitten. Luckily the hostess loves cats so she wrapped her up and put her in her car for the shift.

It doesn't matter now though. Hopefully she can stay with me now

I've got some ear wipes. Her ears were pretty dirty when i cleaned them out. I'll grab mite drops from the store and give both kittens a treatment.

The "city" is a 17,000 person college town surrounded by corn fields. It's a very picturesque town. Probably the best place for a stray cat to be since there's no stray dogs or coyotes. Basically 200 year old suburb with a walkable downtown.

Yeah, that's one of the drawbacks of living in a semi-rural city in Ohio. Niniane's mom was a barn cat though, so i i figure she was exposed to worse when i got her. Her mom's owner only put the bare minimum into preventative care for the cats since coyotes are such a big problem around here. Meanwhile the stray was a "city" cat, so I don't think she was exposed to anything Nini wasn't already exposed to. I'll keep an eye oit for worms in the litter box, but the stray was probably only slightly more at risk for something nasty than Nini was when i got her. Either way, I'll know in a couple weeks.

Yeah, the early Internet didn't require 5 tons of coal be burned just to give you a made up answer to your query. This bubble is Pets.com only it is also murdering the rainforest while still be completely useless.

I'm thinking about Boudica, since she's a wild little fighter. Plus it goes well with the Arthurian name of my other kitten.

Unfortunately the vets are all booked up for months around here. I haven't even had my first scheduled appointment with my original kitten yet, so there's no way to get the stray checked out before introducing them. I didn't find any fleas when i brushed and bathed her this evening, and i am gonna give her a deworming pill tomorrow after breakfast.

The vets are booked up for months around here. I haven't even gotten Niniane in for her first vet appointment (scheduled for the emd of the month), even though i got her a month ago. On Monday I'm gonna call the vet and see if i can make the visit i have scheduled a double appointment. Other than that, I'm gonna give the stray a dewormer tomorrow after she eats breakfast.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich

I love ousters in all forms. Raw on the half shell, smoked, deep fried, Rockefeller. They sre such tasty little animals

Huffman has been a frequent attendee at Burning Man, the annual, clothing-optional festival in the Nevada desert, where artists mingle with moguls. He fell in love with one of its core principles, “radical self-reliance,” which he takes to mean “happy to help others, but not wanting to require others.” (Among survivalists, or “preppers,” as some call themselves, FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, stands for “Foolishly Expecting Meaningful Aid.”) Huffman has calculated that, in the event of a disaster, he would seek out some form of community: “Being around other people is a good thing. I also have this somewhat egotistical view that I’m a pretty good leader. I will probably be in charge, or at least not a slave, when push comes to shove.”

Spez pretty openly fantasizes about owwning slaves