Iran update, and kittens

Mass show trial in Iran. How can Iranian hardliners be so self-enclosed as to think that the "confession" of a Frenchwoman who testifies how "brothers at the Intelligence Ministry made [her] understand" the error of her ways has any shred of credibility?

Then again, maybe these people are more cynically calculating than I give them credit for. The true believers who support this regime will buy it, and it's primarily for them that this show is being put on.

Bring the day of visitation, Lord,
when you will unveil your face
to appoint the portion of the oppressor among hypocrites,
where there is gnashing of teeth.
(D&C 124:8)

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A new generation of feral kittens out in the gully next to our apartment complex. I see them occasionally as I walk the dog, exploring their world but still nursing. At first I saw four—two gray-and-black, one orange, one white. Now the white one seems to have disappeared. A torrential downpour a couple days ago turned the gully into a raging stream, and I have this awful mental image of the kitten being swept away and drowned.

Lord, by you all things were made that live.
Receive this kitten into your paradise,
where every creature you have made enjoys eternal felicity.
(D&C 45:1, 77:2-3).