My manager’s been talking about this all week, and I finally remembered to start watching.

Damn.

I forgot how addictive 80s videos are.

This is as good as the “I Love the 80s” series.

You have been warned.

So let’s see. This morning, Gracie seemed worse. I worried most of the day. I came home and she walked slowly down the stairs, then stopped halfway. She usually doesn’t do that. I fed her some more of her favorite Fancy Feast, but she only ate a few bites. Tig, of course, ate the rest.

She hung out in the kitchen for a while, and then when I went towards the stairs, she followed me, got ahead of me, and ran halfway up them.

She hasn’t done that in three weeks. She walked the rest of the way, but still–Gracie always used to run up the stairs, never walk. Then, she went into my bedroom for a bellyrub. I did not rub her belly, nor did she actually offer it, but she finally started leaning into the strokes as I petted her. She did the “elevator butt” thing–where you stroke a cat down her back and the butt rises. She hasn’t done that in three weeks, either. She’s been leaning away from being petted, as if it hurts a bit.

So she’s getting better, but she’s still going in for surgery.

This post, by the way, is dedicated to the moron who asked if my religion and my cat are all I care about in the world. (I did not approve the comment.) The answer to that question: Nope. I have TWO cats.

They’ve learned how to lob missiles at Israelis.

The armed wing of Hamas, Salah a-Din, claimed on Wednesday that it had shot a Nasser-1 short-range missile towards a settlement in the Nablus area.

A statement released by the organization said that the IDF had confirmed the attack and that it was “a present to the martyrs and their spirits, the wounded and the Palestinian prisoners,” adding that it was “the first step on the way to exterminating the Zionists with missiles of the Palestinian resistance.”

Yeah, the Hezbullah war is still paying dividends. That three-front war is a distinct possibility. Could be four, actually. Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, and the West Bank.

God forbid.

Here’s a test for you: Pick out the bias in this AP piece. I’ll help you out by applying the bold tags.

Nasrallah’s interview was broadcast hours after Israeli warplanes staged mock raids over south Beirut and two southern Lebanese towns in the strongest show of force since the Israel-Hezbollah war ended.

The U.N. and the Lebanese government have condemned Israel for its repeated flights over its northern neighbor, saying such actions violate the cease-fire. But Israel has said it would continue the flights because Lebanon has failed to prevent arms from being smuggled to Hezbollah.

Now this:

Nasrallah has offered to exchange the two Israeli soldiers for Arab prisoners in Israeli jails, but Israel has repeatedly refused. Although the U.N. resolution that ended the 34-day war called for the soldiers’ unconditional release, Israel has exchanged prisoners in the past.

And this:

In the same interview, Nasrallah warned that any attempts by an international force to disarm Hezbollah would transform Lebanon into another Iraq or Afghanistan.

[...] A resolution passed by the U.N. in 2004 did call for the disarmament of all militias in Lebanon. But Hezbollah has refused to lay down its arms, and the 15,000 Lebanese troops patrolling the buffer zone in south Lebanon along with U.N. peacekeepers don’t have the political will to take the group’s weapons by force.

And this:

Nasrallah said Hezbollah, despite attempts to keep arms from being smuggled to the guerrilla group, has “regained all its vigor.” The group has 33,000 rockets, he said - up from the 22,000 he said his guerrillas had on Sept. 22.

Let us review: UNSC Resolution 1559 calls for the disarming of all “militias,” meaning Hezbullah. It has been flouted for more than two years. In other words, Hezbullah is in violation of 1559.

Resolution 1701 calls for the unconditional release of the captured Israeli soldiers. It is being flouted. In other words, Hezbullah is also in violation of 1701.

And yet, whom does the AP accuse of violating UN resolutions in this article?

Why, Israel, of course. For sending warships into Lebanon as a reminder to Hezbullah that the IAF can bomb what the terrorists are rebuilding. And they are rebuilding.

Hizbollah has stepped up the rebuilding of its military infrastructure in southern Lebanon despite the deployment in recent weeks of thousands of Lebanese troops and international peacekeepers to limit the Islamic militant group’s activities.

Standing firm against international pressure to disarm, the Shia group is rearming and rebuilding tunnels and trenches destroyed by the Israeli army during this summer’s 34-day war.

Locals in Bint Jbeil, a town which saw fierce fighting, told yesterday how Hizbollah was using the major reconstruction efforts to rebuild their security infrastructure.

“They are working extremely fast,” said one, who did not want to be named. “Militants in Shia strongholds have interconnected tunnels and bunkers under their houses. These are being rebuilt under cover of the reconstruction work.”

He said cables and telecommunications equipment had been installed and the number of trucks delivering aid and supplies made it easy to disguise weapons smuggling.

Which, of course, is in violation of both UN resolutions.

Funny, isn’t it, how nobody ever says that Hezbullah is in violation of the UN resolutions? Oh, the resolutions are mentioned, but in a backhanded sort of way, without the words “Hezbullah” and “violating” ever being put together.

Say, boys and girls, what time is it? That’s right: It’s Israeli Double Standard Time.