The cat is possessed by a water demon, yes?

In a perfect world, pets would only indulge in weird pet behavior up until the point it stops being cute and starts being annoying. Of course, we don't live in a perfect world, we live in one that's ruled by passions—those of men and paper-flicking cats alike.

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal ran an article about the bewildering fall of J.C. Penney, a $17-jean store named after a small denomination of legal tender that tried to rebrand itself as a fancy boutique by refusing to put items "on sale."

I think cat videos are kind of stupid. "Oh, look at the cute thing this cat does. Isn't that adorable? I love cats." Please. Giggling at a cat video is like laughing at a fart joke. You can't help yourself from doing it, but you feel like an asshole for it nonetheless.

Each year, the Internet blesses us with a seemingly endless array of cat videos, and 2010 was no different! From cute to curmudgeonly, sappy to scary, tame to thrilling, and more, here's our compilation of the year's best feline-focused offerings.

HuffiPo's Nico Pitney was called on at an Obama presser to ask a crowdsourced question from Iranians. Dana Milbank called out Pitney in a Washington Post column for collusion with Obama's administration. They smacked each other down on CNN today!