Here Colonel Bunny of the Royal Guard welcomes Queen Catalina to the Duchy of Haut-Stauffenberg.  Within minutes, she will be shot by an anarchist, plunging the entire world into war.  The disgraced colonel will end his days as a private in the Furry Legion.   **********************************************  Felinia demanded that Haut-Stauffenberg deliver the entire duchy into their control. Naturally, this was refused. The Moggy Empire backed up Felinia and encouraged the military acquisition of the duchy. The Quadruple Alliance kicked in and lined up with all their resources to prevent the invasion, triggering a declaration of war from the Primary Powers. The railway dependent troop deployment ensured that the conflict would hit the world like an avalanche. I'm sure you know the rest of it. Millions dead, nations bankrupted, legions of maimed veterans and impoverished civilians lusting for payback. This gave rise to  

         This morning was cool and wet.  We had just been through a cold snap, laughable to those up north but hard on us here in the Coastal Bend, we just ain't used to real wintertime.  I was drinking coffee and standing on my back porch watching the ibises and cranes pick through the grass looking for their breakfast.  As all the lizards would be lethargic and hunkered down I imagine it was insects and no more for those birds to eat.  I saw one ibis get two small snakes in a few seconds, I was surprised that any would be out and about this day.  I am fond of the reptiles but we would certainly be overrun with a exponentially increasing lizards unless they were culled by predators.  Lizards and snakes are predators as well so nature evens out in it's cold conclusions.  I had the radio on and was listening to the latest reports of the buildup to (another) war.  The only thing that worried me was that ...

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