Dogtor Tess

It’s election time in the Village, in the legendary 1967-68 British TV series The Prisoner . While it didn’t surprise me to learn that it was the one and only Digby who coined the usage of “the Village” and “Villagers” to refer to the self-appointed “insider” elite of our nation’s capital, what did surprise me is that she wasn’t thinking of this Village, the one in which the late Patrick McGoohan awoke to find himself trapped as “No. 6.” “It’s that same phony, operatic fervor that

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Piper pounces on a stuffed mouse with feline fervor.Thanks to Joy, Piper has the joy of a new toy.Piper, a black-and-white cat found in a drainage pipe, is now one of the cats in residence at ORCA (Organization for Responsible Care of Animals), where Joy Dull makes a delivery of pet supplies and toy…

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Piper pounces on a stuffed mouse with feline fervor.Thanks to Joy, Piper has the joy of a new toy.Piper, a black-and-white cat found in a drainage pipe, is now one of the cats in residence at ORCA (Organization for Responsible Care of Animals), where Joy Dull makes a delivery of pet supplies and toy…

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Barack Obama is at risk of losing his credibility as a leader by threatening disaster unless his will be done. February 9, 2009 – by Rick MoranThere is something surreal about the debate surrounding the stimulus bill which now appears headed for passage in the Senate. On the one hand, you have conservative Republican lawmakers railing against the bill’s pork-laden provisions with all the earnestness and fervor of the born-again, fiscally responsible politicians they have suddenly become. It’s a

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