Some people are just nuts about their pets. A few days ago, I was talking to a buddy at my home. He told me one of his employees was about to spend $14,000+ on his dog...to replace a hip. I didn’t even think that was possible. Maybe that’s why the cost is so ridiculous. I turned to my dog and announced,
“Sorry, but if your hip goes south, so do you.”
She looked up at me, wagging her tail. As much as we want them to understand English, they don’t. They understand commands. They understand that they are part of the “pack”. But notwithstanding lots of movies and animated films to the contrary, our pets don't speak English.
In Seattle, a woman named Lauren Ann Lombardi has “sued” three Navy personnel, two Blue Angel pilots, and the Blue Angels' social media admin in federal court. Why? Her cat died. Lombardi dressed her cat, named Layla, in a dress and a lace choker. Maybe it died from embarrassment? Nah, she lived in Seattle. It died from a vet's shot in its hindquarters. But Lombardi claims it died from the trauma of jets flying over Lake Washington during an annual event called “Seafair.”
Layla, who suffered from congestive heart disease, allegedly became physically ill from the sound of the squadron’s low-flying F/A-18 fighter jets.
Lombardi says the noise triggered panic attacks and dangerously elevated Layla’s heart rate, ultimately leading to her euthanasia in August 2024.
“Layla’s final days on Earth were marred by sadistic suffering — cowering in terror beneath furniture while her ailing heart struggled against the Blue Angels' relentless noise pollution. Layla died knowing only fear when she should have known only love,” the lawsuit read.
Yeah, okay, cat lady.
Lombardi’s Instagram account was blocked by the Navy because she was cussing out the Blue Angels. Cat Lady (okay, ex-cat lady) wants her Instagram unblocked and for the Navy pilots to undergo “First Amendment Training,” whatever that is supposed to mean. She filed in Seattle, so who can guess what the District Court judge will do? Maybe the Navy attorney will remind her that she euthanized Layla, not the Navy. Does she have a case? In a sane city, no. But this is the land of Chaz. All bets are off. It's Seattle.
Layla's "cat-mom" isn't the only nut on the crazy tree. Lombardi is part of a group petitioning Seattle to shut down the airshow entirely. The petition reads in part:
We can reimagine Seafair as a sustainable event that is diverse, inclusive, non-polluting, non-threatening, and absolutely delightful. We can replace the loud gas-fueled and carbon emitting boats and planes with clean and quiet electric ones. We can introduce new events to expand the definition of the water festival. We can take the best of Seattle and modernize this event to be relevant in a new era of growing pollution impacts, and do no harm to our fellow neighbors and welcome all.
Dude...
But now, they've pulled out the big guns - they're firing from both wings. There's a billboard that reads:
"Too Loud"
"War Trauma"
"Pollution"
It looks like five people are under the board holding cardboard signs. Five.
These people are just anti-fun.https://t.co/nOksCunaze pic.twitter.com/AntOjbxQHM
— Peak Seattle (@PeakSeattle) July 23, 2025
The people depicted on the billboard are: A Muslim woman wearing a hijab, a black guy (because he has an Afro), another "POC" guy (I am guessing, but he likely represents the "undocumented" because he's covering his ear and closing his eyes, and a token pasty white guy. Oh, and a dog. The dog is baying at... the Blue Angels, so the billboard seemed to have covered most of the bases. No rainbow flag, so they'll get a stern talking to.
Aedan McCall, the main designer for the billboard, lived on Mercer Island for over 10 years, where the Blue Angels fly overhead. McCall said they experienced the “fallout effects” of the show.
McCall said it’s a reason they ended up leaving Mercer Island.
“The sheer amount of carbon emissions the Blue Angels create — 670 tons in one weekend — is immense and wasteful on top of being a big display of U.S. militarism,” McCall said.
In the land of CHAZ, the nuts don't fall far from the nut tree.
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