Law, Power, and Justice

SATURDAY 6 JANUARY 2024

Mike was at the vet this morning with Flynn.  He got in a tussle with Little Carmine yesterday and he had tufts of hair coming out when he came home.  We could feel that he had two areas where there appeared to be dried blood matting the hair on his shoulder, but we couldn’t see the puncture marks.  The vet confirmed he had three puncture marks.  The vet didn’t say whether they were claws or teeth, and I’m not at all sure you can tell the difference.  But, Flynn is feeling drowsy, and like the rest of the cats has been dozing al day.

He got a two week lasting antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory shot.  Boy.  Mike feels really bad about it all.

I found out this morning when Mike told me a more detailed story of the confrontation, that Flynn was eve more responsible than I thought yesterday.  He ran after Eddie, intercepted Eddie and made Eddie come back inside the screened in porch.  It was only then that Flynn slow-crawled towards Carmine, who wasn’t even looking at him.  He chased Carmine and I guess eventually caught up with him.

News Notes:

ISRAEL: Haaretz (Israeli Newspaper)

• Thousands of Israelis protested today against Netanyahu and called for new elections.  They protested outside Netanyahu’s house, in Tel Aviv and Haifa.
•  Headline: Freed Hostage: “Many girls experienced severe sexual abuse” in Hamas Captivity.
• In an Israeli Cabinet meeting, right-wing members lashed out at Israeli military officials about the launch of an investigation of events on October 7.  (Note from podcast: Cabinet members were assured that the investigation did not involve policy issues, only actions taken by the military.)
• Benny Gantz, war cabinet member, called the clash “politically motivated.”  Gantz joined the government after October 7, and agreed to remain in the emergency government until the end of the war.
• Opposition leader Yair Lapid said: “This isn’t a cabinet – it’s a national disaster.”
• Israeli government ministers have opposed the military’s decision to launch an investigation.  They maintain that all questions should be left until after the war.