Late night kitty

Stretchhhhhhh!!!

Hallooooooo!!

The New Sheriff Speaks

Senator Leahy writes letters too:

Dear Mr. Fielding,
What part of "tell that fat fuck Rove to get his punk ass up to the hill where he's gonna testify under oath" didn't you understand? Your days of dealing with pussy-assed republican senators and bought-for republican congressmen are over. Oh, and you can take your idiotic offer and stick it up your pasty, white ass.

Best regards,
Patrick Leahy

Gee, he looks kind of mad, doesn't he? I really don't think the white house wants to go down this path.

Via TPMmuckracker: Leahy: You Do Your Job, I'll Do Mine

Or what?

AP/Charles Dharapak

Chimpy warns dems to let Karl lie to them in private.

So whatcha gonna do, you little pissant, lame-duck motherfucker? Stamp your tiny feet and throw a hissy fit?

Constitutional showdown? You're on, bitch.

More Maddie

Good thing I won't be home. She's too little to hear such nonsense as a chimperor blathering on the teevee.

Daily Madeleine

I think this qualifies as kitten pRon.

All About Rove

AP/Gerald Herbert

So it turns out that Fitzgerald was on the list of possible "to fires." Fitzgerald Ranked During Leak Case

U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald was ranked among prosecutors who had "not distinguished themselves" on a Justice Department chart sent to the White House in March 2005, when he was in the midst of leading the CIA leak investigation that resulted in the perjury conviction of a vice presidential aide, administration officials said yesterday.

The ranking placed Fitzgerald below "strong U.S. Attorneys . . . who exhibited loyalty" to the administration but above "weak U.S. Attorneys who . . . chafed against Administration initiatives, etc.," according to Justice documents.

The chart was the first step in an effort to identify U.S. attorneys who should be removed. Two prosecutors who received the same ranking as Fitzgerald were later fired, documents show.

Is anyone surprised by this? Let's put this idea that any of this was Abu's big idea to bed. This is pure Rove. As Wayne Slater said last week, Rove was obsessed by these corruption trials and felt like they cost the GOP the 2006 election. He was determined to make sure it didn't happen again in 2008.

This entire enterprise was orchestrated from Rove's office from the get-go. Unfortunately for them, the fired prosecutors aren't going along with the little scheme of having their careers and reputations sacrificed on the altar of GOP plans of eternal domination.

And guess who's going to be the fall guy for this little scheme?

Dear Abu, it sucks to be you, eh? All the best, 4lg

More spring

Some teeny grape hyacinths (I think) outside my office.

Maddie Palooza, napping edition

Stretch!!!!

A pile of toesies.

My sweet little sleepy girl.

More Kitten

She likes to sit in the window and dream of eating little birdies.

Monday Maddie, Gonzales Deathwatch edition

Hallooooooooooo!!!!

Femme Fatale

I've been trying for weeks to get a good shot of her eyelashes. Finally got it.

It's enough to make a supermodel weep. Click on the photo for the up-close details.

Saturday Madeleine

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!! Peeps!!

More Maddie, halloooooooo!!!

It's pretty clear she's not going to have Maxx's dignitude.

Update: Bah. Bottom photo is a little bit soft. Might replace it with something else.

Guest Kitty

Ian is teh handsome. So I had to steal his photo to post. He lives with ::matthew.

More friday cat blogging

Easter is coming and the peeps are getting restless.

I took this photo to show her very silly ear ruffles. I've never seen anything quite like them on a kitty. (on display in photo above too) Click on the images to see the fluffy details.

Friday kitten blogging

Puffy tail alert!!

Let's see.... e=mc 2'd, right?

Memorial Maxx Blogging

I went strolling through my photo albums to look at Maxx pictures, and they made me so sad. I got so accustomed to seeing him that I got completely used to seeing his tumor. With the distance of a couple months, the evidence of his illness really jumps out at me. Poor little buddy. He was so brave.

I pulled a photo from a few months back, before his mouf got so bad. As always, he is missed everyday.

Late Night Maddie

This cheese chase makes me crazy!!


Hallooooooooooooooooo!!!!

Afternoon Kitten

Not a very good photo, she was crab walking and I was trying to catch it. Unpossible!! I like the funny black splotches on the backs of her hind legs. Teh silly.

And here she's just being silly. Kittens enjoy that.

Oh, and large photos are back! Click on the bottom photo for all the hilarious details. (not on the top one, just a bunch of distortion)

Borneo Leopards, Oh My!!

The clouded leopard of Borneo has been proved to be a separate species. Cool!! New Leopard Species Found in Borneo:

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The clouded leopard of Borneo — discovered to be an entirely new species — is the latest in a growing list of animals and plants unique to the Southeast Asian country's rainforest and underscores the need to preserve the area, conservationists said Thursday.

Genetic tests by researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute revealed that the clouded leopard of Borneo and Sumatra islands is a unique cat species and not the same one found in mainland Southeast Asia as long believed, said a statement by WWF, the global conservation organization.

"Who said a leopard can never change its spots? For over a hundred years we have been looking at this animal and never realized it was unique," said Stuart Chapman, WWF International Coordinator of the Heart of Borneo program, which is dedicated to preserving the flora and fauna in the deep jungles on Borneo.

Excellent.

Morning Kitten rush

Halllooooooooo!!!!

See my fluffy tail.

The huntress. It's probably a good thing for the birds that she's going to be an inside cat.

Late afternoon Madeleine

If you are clicking on the photos and thinking the file sizes aren't very big, you would be right. Blogger is having a photo upload problem.

Bastards.

Aurora Borealis

I must admit that my fascination with the auroras dates back to early childhood viewing of Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer.

Ahem. Never the less, it's one phenomenon I'd like to see, and photograph, with my own eyes.

Peep Smackdown

She's figured out what to do with the peep.

A Double Shot

What is the deal with these peeps?

Halloooooooooo!!!!

She spends everyday getting cuter.

Cable has returned, woo hoo!!

Somebody accidentally disconnected the wrong unit yesterday. All fixed now.

Tuesday kitten

Her whiskers go every which way.

Late Night Madeleine

We hope to return to normal blogging tomorrow.

Spring, some more

At last, a strong enough signal to upload a picture.

Sorry, No Internet

Something dreadful has happened to my cable and my high speed internet access. No new Maddie pics until tomorrow as a result.

Right now, with the kind permission of my neighbor, I'm using her WIFI. Sadly though, the signal is weak and slow.

Check out the archives in the meantime.

Monday morning Madeleine

She loves her toys.

More fetching

By request, the other video of Madeleine fetching:

Sunday Kitten

We're having a lazy Sunday here. It's rainy and chilly.

Abu Gonzales

The NYTimes is on the right track with this editorial- The Failed Attorney General:

During the hearing on his nomination as attorney general, Alberto Gonzales said he understood the difference between the job he held — President Bush’s in-house lawyer — and the job he wanted, which was to represent all Americans as their chief law enforcement officer and a key defender of the Constitution. Two years later, it is obvious Mr. Gonzales does not have a clue about the difference.

He has never stopped being consigliere to Mr. Bush’s imperial presidency. If anyone, outside Mr. Bush’s rapidly shrinking circle of enablers, still had doubts about that, the events of last week should have erased them.

I have to beg to differ though.

Mr. Gonzales knows perfectly well what the difference is. He just chooses to put his boss' interests above the interests of the American people. In republican circles, what's good for the republican party is what's right for the American people, no exceptions.

I do not believe there is a single republican in high office left who can be trusted to put principle above party interest. Not a one. I'd love to see Abu get the hook, but I don't believe we'll get anyone much better. If they are a bush loyalist, and they will be, they'll be just as bad.

Saturday Maddie

The radioactive kitten at rest.

Austin Film Alert

For those of you in Austin, I recommend that you check out the premiere of the film Elvis & Anabelle at South by Southwest this evening.

I've seen the film in previews and it's terrific. 6:30 PM, the Paramount Theatre.

Magoo!!!!!!!

She vants to suck your blood.

Spring

Detail from the pretty tree outside my office.

More Friday cats

"I'm sleepy, leave me alone."

She loves this thing.

Halloooooo!!