It’s a new day, so thank God we’re still here in spite of the Nectarine Nuclear Nazi. I figured out how to bring summer on. Because it’s always cold at my desk, I just ordered a pair of fingerless gloves. I have a busy few days. Today I planned meals and composed my grocery list. Store to Door should call for my order shortly. Tomorrow is Grocery Delivery Day. It’s also collect the data and make the graphics for the Monthly Report Day. Finally, it’s a Wendy Day. The 2nd (Thursday) is normally Monthly Report Day, but I’ll have to put that off until Friday, because Thursday is Physical Terrorism with Courtney Day and Groundhog Day, God only knows what that poor rodent will do in a Republican Reich!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:42 (average 5:54). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (GQ Channel): On Behalf of America, An Apology | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann
Amen! So well said! RESIST!!
From Daily Kos: Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s staff has had to deal with a few unusual pieces of mail over the past few weeks. After having an extreme anti-abortion law overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last summer, sore loser Gov. Abbott couldn’t leave well enough alone. He ordered the state health department to change the rules governing how fetal tissue from abortions and miscarriages are discarded to require creation or burial. Before December 19, abortion providers were using sanitary landfills.
Since Gov. Abbott used his political power to make one of the pettiest moves to punish Texas women after losing a SCOTUS case, one woman had an idea to protest the mandated mini-funerals:
The call to protest went viral and some women followed through; soiled pads and tampons have been making appearances in Gov. Abbott’s mailbox.
Instead, women could dispose of such product in specially designed porta-potties: ones where every unit comes with a Republican in the tank!
From NY Times: In a world often hostile to migration, Canada has stood out, welcoming thousands of refugees fleeing war and seeking a haven. It has been a feel-good time for Canada, proud of its national tolerance.
On Sunday, that was upended when a man walked into a mosque and started shooting, killing six people and wounding eight. The man accused of being the gunman, Alexandre Bissonnette, was charged with six counts of murder on Monday.
The nation quickly rallied after the attack. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called it an act of terrorism, and there was a collective outpouring of remorse and empathy.
I do not believe this would have happened without the frequent examples of hate, bigotry and violence against Muslims abetted by the Fuhrer and the Republican Reich on our side of the 49th. Canada, on behalf of the Unites States, I apologize.
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5:42 When I first looked at the title, I thought, "Why use heavy duty brushes to scrub marijuana?" Then I read the full description. Oh.
Check out the citizen-posted list of phone numbers to work around the closure of the White House Comment Line:
https://whcommentline.com/#call
YT/GQ – Keith brought me to tears with this.
DKos – Good. He needs to be holding funerals at HIS expense for every pad and tampon.
NYT – Ageed, this would not have happened without the Trump campaign and presidency. It surely has given Canada an opportunity to model how to deal with it when it does happen, though. I just wish we would pay attention and adopt the model. They are taking some refugees we are turning away, too.
Cartoon – According to Dante, it already did. The lowest levet. The one with the traitors. Not, of course, the whole thing. I guess we still have to wait for that.
And, OMG, how crazy is this (deepest apologies to those with actual mental illness who are working their hardest to be well) –
I just got an email from The White House that the Pussygrabber-in-Chief is going to announce his Spureme court nominee at 8 EST –
Live –
ON FACEBOOK!
Happy Birthday, FDR. Try not to spin too fast in your grave. The people of Hyde Park don't need an earthquake.
Well, Twitler can claim one record: First Place by a president to receive a MAJORITY DISAPPROVAL rating in a Gallup Poll.
Took Popular-Vote-Loser just EIGHT DAYS!
Reagan: 727 days
Bush I: 1336 days
Clinton: 573 days
Bush II: 1205 days
Obama: 936 days
Trump: 8 days
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/29/14432250/trump-disapproval-50-percent
https://twitter.com/williamjordann/status/825781634330980352
So I guess his bragging of doing things "under budget and ahead of schedule" holds.
Yes, and now he can forever have a "First"of his own: First and fastest down the orange toilet!
That's a golden throne, Mitch! Orange is too common for Drumpfenfarten.
Puzzle — 4:45 Fabulous! Technicolour Sasquatch toothbrushes! Love them!
YouTube — Keith has such a great way with words! Amen Keith!
Resist!!!
Daily Kos — I love it! Abbott deserves every one of these presents, and more! Porta-potties with Republicans in the tanks works for me too!
Resist!!!
NY Times — Of course, I have been following this story from the beginning. Not surprisingly, the perpetrator, Alexandre Bissonnette, has references to Drumpf and other extreme right wing ideologies on his FB page. So far he has been charged with 6 counts of 1st degree murder and 5 counts of attempted murder. The investigation continues and people are waiting for additional hate crime charges. This is another Dylann Roof. Drumpf is a cancer that must be excised.
Resist!!!
Cartoon — Ain't that the truth! JD, I think the Drumpfians have set such a pace that they melted the lowest level and there is now room for more!!!
Resist!!!
I just came in from visiting mum (2300 hours). She is about the same as yesterday — very frail, no intake other than the few drops of water on a sponge lollipop, shallow breathing. I watched Scott, a care aid, gently stroking her hair and talking softly and lovingly to her. The staff are just so good to her, and to me too. Mum has never been a "problem child" and would often reach out taking the hand of a staff member and kissing it. She couldn't talk so this was her way of saying "thank you".
{{{HUGS}}}!!
YT: Salud!! Keith Olbermann!!! Thank you for your words, I'm humbled.
DK: Got rid of Perry, and now Abbott. What an A–Hat!! They say 'Don't mess with Texas!", but, it should read 'Don't mess with a Texas Woman!!!'
NYT: How wonderful!! for Canada, and PM Trudeau to welcome refugees, We used to too.
Here's another one out of Victoria, Texas. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/americans-raise-600000-rebuild-burned-texas-mosque-170129205625913.html
Cartoon: Yep, that's about right….
You sound very busy the rest of the week, do hope that you get get everything done. Groundhog Day is my husband's birthday, and as I see it, it would be a no brainer. 'No problemo, the marmot would flush them all, and dam them out!" lol. Enjoy your evening, take care, and Thanks, Tom.
YT/GQ: Will look at him on the morrow, just home from the gym, and it's late here.
DK: Abbott was always an ass, and I am glad to see some women suggesting he shove "Some of these" up there!
NYT: Sad! but, I do expect that your interpretation of the situation is correct.
Don't forget to schedule in some naps in between all that business, TomCat!
YT/GQ: What Keith said!
DK: Greg Abbott can thank his luck that he wasn't governor in The Netherlands, because Dutch women would not have taken kindly to this, nor are they very concerned with public decency in unbelievably indecent cases like this. They would not have bothered to send him Mother Nature's notification of a failed pregnancy by mail; they would have gathered as many used tampons and pads as possible and dumped that skip load right on his doorstep.
NYT: I couldn't agree more with you, TomCat. We have elections in 6 weeks time and our local Drumpf, Geert Wilders, is getting bolder by the day and giving Drumpf impersonations at every opportunity, for example picking fights when interviewed by media that don't favor him. In a debate in parliament where most denounced Drumpf's Muslim ban, Wilders asked our government for even more stringent laws than Drumpf's, assuring his voters that he would enforce them when he became PM in March. Drumpf's "election" has unleashed the extreme right all over the world, his decree has given anti-Muslim hatred free reign even in societies where it certainly is not the norm such as Canada.
Saw Keith, just now, eyes are still moist! RESIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks all! Swamped Hugs!!