Friday Cat Blogging With Photoshop

From Album 5

Tigger's at Chincoteague Island this week...where, if the weather's nice, ought to be prime viewing for tonight's rocket launch.

If I remember, maybe I'll catch it on NASA TV/You Tube.

Have a good weekend.

Mythbusting

From Album 5

Not as saintly as some might want you to believe...

Someone Asked Rumsfeld For His Opinion?

From Album3

Steve Benen gets it right:

Part of me continues to wonder why Rumsfeld is still allowed to speak in polite company. Lance Armstrong isn't asked for his opinions about athletes and performance-enhancing drugs; Miley Cyrus isn't sought out for analysis on public modesty; so why should anyone take seriously what Donald Rumsfeld has to say foreign policy and the use of military force abroad?

Meet The New Boss

From Album 5

While Syria is capturing all the attention, across the border Nouri al-Maliki is bringing back the bad old days...well, except that he's going after Sunnis instead of Shias:

A call went out recently in the local news media urging former special forces officers and their trainers, at the rank of major and below, to answer the need of their country and visit a Ministry of Defense Web site to reapply for service. Those special forces were among Mr. Hussein’s most feared... 

 Things could get very ugly very quickly...or maybe uglier. It's already a mess...

Happy Labor Day

From Album4

I decided to "take the day off," actually grill up some stuff and do chores. As always, thanks for stopping by, hope you like the picture above, pulled more or less at random from my archives...and catch you tomorrow.