This is never fun for either the Tiger, Mr Bats, Xylo or myself. And it's an insecticidal shampoo that we use in conjunction with Revolution. We managed to skip 2009 and have been eyeing them for smells and out of the norm scratching. A household dog obviously would not have lasted this long but cats groom carefully and deliberately – there is always a downside and that is the rather distressing process of coughing up a furball in order  to disgorge the burden of all that they've consumed in the name of hygiene. But still it means they can last a long, long while without a bath and have earned a reputation of hating water!

Well it was about time once again and it's always better to prevent rather than to cure the ills of an insect infestation which they can pick up from us who venture out to the world. So once the sun seemed to be a sure th[...]

TODAY: ‘The Truth About the Mossad’. This piece covers about the history of the aMossad leModi’in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim (full name of the Mossad, translated as Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations) and the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. The only truth is that mere mortals don’t know the whole truth. Here are the possibilities.

1. The Mossad did not carry out the hit, but is allowing the world to think so. The Mossad’s reputation is enhanced (or tarnished) with someone else’s labour. This is the least likely possibility; the Mossad would then have to deal with the organisation that did pull off the hit, either through agreements or…other means. Both of these paths tend to be rather inconvenient, unless worked out well in advance.

2. The Mossad carried out the hit. Due to various reasons (timeline, operational security, political exigencie[...]