You show me - - -
a cat you can trust, and I'll show you a dead cat!!!
Behind, or in this case in front, of every terrorist is a cat. Some where.
Including that damned Socks.
(What kind of family gives away a pet when they move to a house which could keep it. A really strange family. I don't think the Osbournes would do that, but the cat would run away.)
You are to be commended upon your perserverance. The connection of cats to calamity is not nearly as well documented as it should be.
Arf - Man's very best, most loyal and devoted friend. As opposed to cats.