"...In Lieu of Flowers, The Family Has Asked That Donations Be Made To Purina, Makers Of Tidy Cat and Other Fine Products For Your Family Pet..."

Far be it for me to second guess revered historical figures.

That said, Abraham Lincoln was absolutely dead ass wrong.

The how I know follows momentarily.


It's a sad day for Kim Kardashian.

Sources confirm to E! News that her beloved cat, Mercy, died due to a cancer-like virus often associated with breeding.

Kim K's teacup Persian kitten was a gift from boyfriend Kanye West -- but after discovering she was allergic, Kim gave Mercy to sister Khloe's assistant, Sydney Hitchcock. Hitchcock recently lost her cat of 12 years.

"It is with deep sadness that I have to tell you all that my kitten, Mercy, has passed away," Kim wrote on her blog Dec. 7. "My heart is completely broken."

Although Mercy showed no signs of illness, E! News learned that on Nov. 26 Hitchcock's boyfriend called to tell her Mercy was limp and not moving. They rushed her to an animal hospital where veterinarians made the terrible diagnosis -- a fatal virus, which acts like a cancer, had attacked Mercy's stomach.

Since even aggressive treatment wouldn't help the kitten, Hitchcock decided to have her euthanized.

"It broke not only my heart that little Mercy died at only four months old, but Sydney's too," Kim wrote. "Mercy was a gentle and loving kitten and we are all going to miss her so much. Thanks to Sydney for making Mercy's short life one filled with love."


Had this little non news nugget of news shown up on some web fan page dedicated and/or devoted to all krap Kardashian, then one could, reasonably, write it off to being a non news nugget from some web fan page dedicated and/or devoted to all krap Kardashian.

But, alas, poor Yoricks, that ain't the dealio.

The admittedly sad passing of a family pet, the kind of passing, by the way and not for nothin',  experienced by, probably, tens of thousands of families every day, not only merited article status in at least two dozen assorted online publications of assorted quality, it, in fact, rated headline status on at least a half dozen of those and is, at this writing, one of the ten "breaking news" items listed on one major internet news provider.

To quote the noted social observer, Clark W. Griswold...

"Holy shit...where's the Tylenol?"

And just so there's no grounds for the oft expressed grounds for accusing this writer of hypocritically spending inordinate amounts of time obsessively weeding through kilo after kilo of all krap Kardashian, be informed that my "research" on this whole late breaking from the litter box report did not come from my search for late breaking from the litter box information but, in fact, resulted from the massive meow headline catching my eye while I was looking on said major internet news provider for information about one of the genuine, socially impacting news stories of the moment.

Does, or does not, Spock die in the new Star Trek movie?

Which, I'll have you know, did NOT rate inclusion in the same ten breaking news items list where da demise of da kitty kat was detailed.

OMG. WTF?

Meanwhile, while I wait semi-patiently for what I imagine will be exclusively obtained video of the last, tragic moments of the Kardashian pussy (and I'm talking about the cat as we all know that as long as there are rap stars walking the earth, there will always be a Kardashian pussy in the news), I can't help but ponder, for only a non obsessive moment or two, that given the depth, breadth and drama of the reporting of the passing of the Persian  known as Mercy (and, boy, don't you know that some tabloids are just broken hearted that the cat didn't meet its end at someone's hands so that they could bold face type, big letter font scream out "Kardashian Mercy killing!!"), that the continued, and apparent growing, attention, not to mention copious amounts of cash, paid to all krap Kardashian proves beyond a Warren Commission discrepancy of a doubt that Abraham Lincoln was, in sad and irrefutable fact, dead ass wrong.

"...You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time....", the Great Emancipator reportedly once opined.

Sorry, Abe.

Not even close.

Ain't that the cat's meow?