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A professor was giving a TV interview about Polish politics. His cat didn’t care.
Washington Post ^ | 07/09/2018

Posted on 07/09/2018 6:01:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Targalski was speaking with a journalist from the Dutch public television station Nieuwsuur to weigh in on “the controversial forced removal of Polish top judge Malgorzata Gersdorf” by the country’s ruling conservative party, according to NTR reporter Rudy Bouma. Partway through the taping, his orange tabby began pawing and mewing at Targalski’s right side. The cat then scaled up the professor’s arm like a personal Everest.

“Eh — we tolerate this?” Targalski asked. It was both a question and an apologetic statement, directed more to the camera crew and less to the cat, who by this point was already upon his neck.

The Polish historian & political scientist Jerzy Targalski remained completely unruffled during our interview when this happened.

Someone from behind the camera made a sound. Targalski smiled and pressed on, with the resignation of a man who has shared his home with a cat and thus knows his place in the feline-human order.

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As Targalski continued the interview, his cat nuzzled his ear, used his shoulders to get a closer look at a chandelier above and, at one point, curled its tail across Targalski’s face, covering his eyes. The political scientist, who earned his PhD with a thesis titled “Mechanisms of dismantling communism in Yugoslavia on the example of Slovenia and Serbia (1986-1991),” simply brushed the cat’s tail away and held it down for several moments to the side of his head

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: kittyping
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1 posted on 07/09/2018 6:01:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Driving today. A very white cat in rear window of another car was putting on an amazing cat show. Total ham knew it had an audience.


2 posted on 07/09/2018 6:05:34 PM PDT by Professional
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To: BenLurkin

Best part of the vid was the Ellen Degenerate segment.


3 posted on 07/09/2018 6:05:54 PM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: BenLurkin

Paywall. No thanks.


4 posted on 07/09/2018 6:06:36 PM PDT by softengine
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To: softengine

What paywall?


5 posted on 07/09/2018 6:11:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Bkmk


6 posted on 07/09/2018 6:12:30 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

Yep, that’s my Chloe every time I get on a conference call. She just has to be part of the conversation.


7 posted on 07/09/2018 6:12:43 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I work for DHS. Not ashamed of it.)
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To: softengine

No paywall


8 posted on 07/09/2018 6:12:59 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: leaning conservative

Shitwall


9 posted on 07/09/2018 6:15:27 PM PDT by nevadapatriot
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To: BenLurkin

No paywall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01E4m0Kw1jc


10 posted on 07/09/2018 6:17:02 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Tagline disabled.)
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A cat?

Sorry, that does not trump the toddler and baby that crashed a interview.

11 posted on 07/09/2018 6:26:04 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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12 posted on 07/09/2018 6:34:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: nevadapatriot

???


13 posted on 07/09/2018 6:51:35 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

Pfffft.

Try having a conservation with an 8 foot “extremely friendly” Boa on your shoulders.

:)


14 posted on 07/09/2018 8:13:08 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ping.


15 posted on 07/09/2018 8:15:10 PM PDT by Springman (Rest In Peace YaYa123, Bahbah, and Just Lori.)
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To: BenLurkin
Love yellow cats...


16 posted on 07/09/2018 8:24:57 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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17 posted on 07/10/2018 8:51:00 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg)
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To: Springman

Hi you guys!

I am house sitting for my next door neighbor who is on vacation!

I have 10 animals to care for this week!

RICH!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot just feed them and go so getting up early so I can spend time with both mine and the neighbors....

KOOKY! : > )


18 posted on 07/10/2018 9:03:18 AM PDT by Uversabound (Might does not make right, but it does enforce the commonly recognized rights of each succeeding gen)
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To: Slings and Arrows

What a nice man.


19 posted on 07/10/2018 9:50:08 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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So funny the way he just took it in stride. My first cat ever, George, used to climb up onto my shoulders and head. I miss that guy.


20 posted on 07/10/2018 10:28:48 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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