Sorry that your kitty disappeared, truly, but equally I've never seen a duck that would voluntarily set down in a toxic open sewer, which, sadly, N.O. has now become.
While your description of Blank-Out (courtesy: Ayn Rand) is entirely accurate, you did happen to omit the other appropriate modified adjective describing the alleged human now occupying the LA governor's office:
''staggeringly incompetent''.
Thanks for the condolences for Pudge. :-)
"staggeringly incompetent" sums it up well!