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A question to you, the Proggold reader

Kittens!, War on Iraq
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kitten in a basket

Sorry for the lack of posts these past couple of days: Palau had to take a leave of absence to take care of some personal shit, which left me to feed and entertain three and a half cats all by myself. the half cat is the one which supposedly belongs to our next door neigbour but one, but who spents a lot of time being fed and watered by us. And one of those cats, pictured above is very demanding and very clever, gets bored easily and would’ve attempted to conquer the world already if it were not for the lack of opposable thumbs. she recently discovered the little people who live in the telly so now we can’t watch anything anymore without her trying to kill them.

What I would like to try today, and which may end in total embarassement, is to ask all you fine people who read this blog what they think happened back in 2003 that made the war on Iraq happen despite a majority of people worldwide being opposed to it. What should we have done differently, or was there nothing we could’ve done to stop it. If the latter, would it at least have been possible to stop the UK from participating, or was that never possible with Blair as prime minister?

Andy Newham of the Socialist Unity blog believes the war could’ve been stopped if the anti-war movement had concentrated on the day of the parliamentary vote as the trigger for direct action and on pressuring the MPs. He has a point, but what do you think?

Things To Read And Look At

Kittens!, Linky Linky
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Martian glaciers flowing like molasses:

Life after Blair – what the slimy toads did next.

American catchphrases of the year, via Digby

Publishers attempt to rip off Flickr photographers

Paydirt! I keep my promises – here’s a lot of very pissed-off looking cats in Santa hats.

You can be sure that come the new year this annual mass insult to feline dignity will be avenged. Oh yes, it will be avenged.

Hate traditional festive expressions of patriarchal sky-fairy worship and fruitcake? All is not lost!Have a very noodly yule cake instead.

How science news gets distorted by the need to sell papers. “From Bambi To Moby Dick – how a small deer evolved into a whale” says the Guardian. Well, no, not quite, says Scientific American.

Arrgh! Britain’s top ten worst Christmas cracker jokes:

The Top 10 worst Christmas cracker jokes were:

1) What is Santa’s favourite pizza? One that’s deep pan, crisp and even

2) On which side do chickens have most feathers? On the outside

3) What kind of paper likes music? (W)rapping paper

4) What’s white and goes up? A confused snowflake

5) What do you call a woman who stands between two goal posts? Annette

6) Did you hear about the man who bought a paper shop? It blew away.

7) What’s furry and minty? A polo bear

8) How do snowmen get around? They ride an icicle

9) Who hides in the bakery at Christmas? A mince spy!

10) What do you call a penguin in the Sahara desert? Lost

Badum, tish! I thangyew…

Good For Her. If He’d Been Mine He’d Be Lucky To be Alive

Kittens!, Parenting, Policing
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Lancashire Evening Post [Warning, a bit upsetting for cat-lovers] :

Mum shops cat-swinging son to police

A teenager who was filmed swinging his family cat around by its tail was caught out when his mum shopped him to the police.

Mum-of-four Karen Ridley, 36, of Skeffington Road, Deepdale, Preston, was horrified when she discovered the sickening footage on her son Matthew’s mobile phone.

She threw him out of the family home and reported him to Lancashire Police and also rang the Army to tell them what her would-be soldier son had done.

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The appalling minute-long clip, filmed by the teenager’s friend, shows 13-year-old Belle, a black and white house cat, screeching in pain as the intoxicated teenager swings her by her tail.

Ridley, 19, was sentenced to 250 hours’ unpaid work and ordered to pay £45 costs at Preston Magistrates Court, after pleading guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

Distraught Mrs Ridley, who has two other cats named Sutty and Tickles, discovered the clip when she began flicking through his phone after she had found it at home.

She said: “I went absolutely berserk when I saw the clip. We have had Belle since she was a kitten.

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The nasty little shit. His poor mother, to find out so late that she’s raised a sociopath.

If it’d been one of my kids, being chucked out would be the least of their worries. If you can hurt something helpless and enjoy it you don’t deserve to be around decent human beings, in my opinion.

If this is the kind of recruit the army is accepting then no wonder it’s fucked.