Niger Mon Amour...

[Click on image to read all about it at firedoglake!]

To quote a real diva,
Olivia Soprano:

"POOR YOU!"

What the well-armored neocon warrior wears to war....oops!
Errr....I mean court.
They don't actually go to war themselves,
they send other people's kids.

I'm Thinking...

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Taboo's
outside the box.

Visit with all the other kitties
at one of their favorite spots on the web,
the Friday Ark.

Weekend Cat Blogging is at
Kate in the Kitchen,
with "Hello, Handsome" Harmon freshly groomed
and the ever-eager Bustopher
[wa-wa-wee-wa!] on the lookout
for any early arrivals!

Why Encourage Randy Newman?

AP - Tue Jan 23, 11:49 PM ET

There's a song here, somewhere
They got little baby legs
That stand so low
You got to pick 'em up
Just to say hello

Not A "Junk Lawsuit..." [GWB, SOTU Speech January 23, 2007]

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...but someone's child, sister, grandchild,
niece, great~niece and wife
~~ a kitty's mom.

Resist so-called "tort reform."

More Katrina Brownie Jobs...

"Good Job" Brownie says politics played a role!
[inspired by watertiger at Dependable Renegade]

No shit?

Photo #10 [please heed the warning if you're faint of heart],

Zuri Franklin, 11, tries to dry her feet
wrinkled from days in water

HERE,
[Under photo, choose "Click to View Photos>>"]

always brought it home for me and made it personal.

Imagine looking down to see your own eleven-year-old feet look like this and how you would feel.

Two For The Ark...

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Fright night...is that an apparition at the door?

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A cat and her box...
who am I to deny Taboo the new cave
she lay claim to after my trip to the food warehouse,
where you can't get your items bagged but
you can pick out an empty box
to cart all the crap home?

May all the critters at
Friday's Ark always be as snug as this little bug.
&
Don't forget to drop in at the
Cat Blogosphere for WCB!

Feel Better...

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...NTodd.
I know this isn't quite the same as a link from
the great Atrios,
but it's meant to be cheery nonetheless,
as only flowers from a winter garden can be.

Take A Break...

...and dance with the kids!

I Know It's A Little Early...

...in 2007 to be saying this,
[see previous post here]
BUT
if you have time to read
just one piece this year,
check out
Jane Smiley's
Not Only the Worst President,
but the Worst Possible President.

War Is Not The Answer...

Copyright © The Nobel Foundation

Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Beyond Vietnam"
Address delivered to the Clergy and Laymen
Concerned about Vietnam, at Riverside Church
4 April 1967
New York City

Excerpts:

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."

"War is not the answer. Communism will never be defeated by the use of atomic bombs or nuclear weapons. Let us not join those who shout war and, through their misguided passions, urge the United States to relinquish its participation in the United Nations."

"We can no longer afford to worship the god of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path of hate."

© The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Separated at Birth?

YOU BE THE JUDGE!

A Yard...

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...of feet.
;-)

Stroll on over to

Friday Ark,

to check out all the critter links.
Then drop in on
Upsie and and Sundance
and Sher at

What Did You Eat?

for a whole weekend of catblogging.
If you're really lucky and go early,
you might catch a mouth-watering and
eye-pleasing new recipe,
maybe even some herbs.

A Double Down Stud...

"The explanation that seems most acceptable
to Gamblers Anonymous members is that
compulsive gambling is an illness,
progressive in its nature,
which can never be cured, but can be
arrested."

Robert Scheer: Brooding Prince’s Soliloquy...

© DC/Vertigo Comics

"As for the speech’s content, it is by necessity an exercise in the absurd, as the president previewed in his soliloquy for doubting Republican senators his conviction that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has had a profound change of heart. This radical Shiite leader, who only days ago turned over Saddam Hussein to the tender mercies of a mob chanting its allegiance to the even more fanatical Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, now is expected to lead U.S. troops in battle against his chief political ally and sponsor of much of Iraq’s most deadly sectarian fighting. Even Bush must know by now that those fellows with whom he is in bed over there bear us nothing but hate. Speak not of the pangs of despised love."

You can read the whole piece here.

Au Revoir...

[click on image to enlarge][PHOTO BY 4LG AT PLUSH LIFE]

A LION-HEARTED KITTY

~ MAXX ~

Antiwar Song...

Tom Waits'

Day After Tomorrow

on
The Daily Show
[Lame-ass download, though.
Why can't they get with the program?]

Baby, It's Cold Outside...

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...not.
62 °F at 2:03 AM EST
Taboo's just sleeping off the effects of
the holidays and ALL the wonderful
food and presents and kind visitors.

Maybe bears have given up hibernation for global warming, but she has not. She wants to be awakened when the sun beats down again on the porch. The way the "winter" is going, going, gone ~~ that could be next week.

It's a good thing critters have a berth on
Friday's Ark!
[Bears in cages, please.]

Weekend Cat Blogging
location has yet to be decided.
Check back here for an update.

The Wagging Finger Speaks...

Doug Mills/ The New York Times

I told Hillary that when she's president,
she should send you to Guantanomo,
see how you like it.

Sushi...

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Baby-sitting a very old Bianca

Sleepy guy

June 1988 ~ January 3, 2004

In Loving Memory

of our incredible boy kitty,
the sweetest we ever knew
[except at the vet, where he was ferocious with a vengence].

Our hearts miss him every day,
as does his beloved Taboo [link],
who was his life-long companion.