I’m trying to finish as much as I can early, because Wendy is due soon to de-stink the sticky TomCat and help with household tasks. I’ll probably publish this shortly after Noon, about four hours from now.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:58 (average 5:02). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (SNL Channel): Lester Holt Cold Open – SNL
Dang! I never expected SNL to do straight news, but it’s all so accurate! RESIST!!
From Mediaite: Per their report, Chaffetz has actually been telling his Republican colleagues he’s heading for the Donald Trump-approved universe of Fox News.
Here’s what Elaina Plott wrote:
According to two GOP lawmakers who have spoken to Chaffetz directly and four senior House Republican aides, Chaffetz has been telling people he’ll take on what one source calls a “substantial role” in on-air talent at Fox News Channel, possibly as early as July, amplifying whispers that Chaffetz will not finish out his current term.
What landing strip could be more appropriate than the Republican Reichsministry of propaganda, Faux Noise, for the Republican coward, who ran from the House pseudo-investigation of Trump treason. RESIST!!
From NY Times: What do Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and other Republican leaders think a president may say or do and still deserve their enthusiastic support? We offer this handy reference list in hopes of protecting them from charges of hypocrisy in the future. They can consult it should they ever feel tempted to insist on different standards for another president. So, herewith, the Congressional Republican’s Guide to Presidential Behavior.
If you are the president, you may freely:
• attack private citizens on Twitter
• delegitimize federal judges who rule against you
• refuse to take responsibility for military actions gone awry
• fire the F.B.I. chief in the middle of his expanding investigation into your campaign and your associates
• accuse a former president, without evidence, of an impeachable offense
• employ top aides with financial and other connections to a hostile foreign power
I shared just the first six abominations. Click through for the other eleven. RESIST!!
Cartoon:
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4:05 Watch out for the sting.
YT/SNL – Oh, dear, no, we DON'T want him to think about the optics! If he thinks about optics, he's even MORE likely to get away with everything!
Mediaite – Yeah, it figures, doesn't it? Another reason not to watch – and to stock up on barf bags and sntiemetics.
NYT – If they don't put it on their refrigerators, it should certainly go on OUR refrigerators, so we won't forget to call them out!
Cartoon – I could probably make some tortured joke about Israel's birthday coinciding with Mother's Day, but Rahm could do it better. And more maturally.
I'm actually kinda glad that Twitler gets TWO scoops of ice cream, while his guests only get one.
It provided an easy way to work the Nixon/Watergate meme in:
I had a feeling that something about Nixon's idiocy was about to surface, again!
I also liked the bit where "Drumpf"said he was nothing like Nixon, because "I'm not a crook". Even I are familiar with that Nixon statement.
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That happens ~ 2:10 mark – right before the two scoops of ice cream.
When I was creating the GIF the YouTube video (like TC's) included the transcript even though I had not formatted as CC – so I hoped it would show up on the GIF … but it didn't.
So I trimmed it to just the Nixon "V". (Unless people are really good lip-readers or speech-readers, I doubt they'd get the "I am not a crook" part)
SNL: Spot on! reporting. Baldwin plays dt so well too.
Mediate: Chaffetz bailing out, huh? Wish more of them would.
NYT: Boy, that's a long…long list. How pathetic. I've bookmarked this, to pass on too.
Had a lovely day, with family and extended family members today. A beautiful day, I'm feeling 'pretty'. lol.
Hope that you have a great evening, take care, and Thanks, Tom.
SNL: Wonderful! And there is a segue to the NYTimes list, in that it appears, indeed, that nothing matters to the GOPig leaders! They only want to maintain power so that, as recently said, they can continue with their dystopian agenda! They give not a rotten rat's ass about the damage it may wreck on their very own country, and culture; can not see beyond the agenda, which sits like a zit, at the tip of their collective noses!
Puzzle — 4:29 I got stung!
SNL — I do so wish it was available in Canada.
Mediaite — Let's hope he leaves Congress sooner than later and the Dems have a good chance to take his seat, afterall, Chaffetz was a lilly livered coward running from his constituents.
NY Times — A long list but all accomplished in just over 100 days! And let's not forget 2 failed (thank goodness) Muslim bans and a grotesque failed anti healthcare bill. Anyone who votes for these Republican clowns again should be forced into a mental evaluation. Don't forget, mental health issues are not covered in Trumpcare.
Cartoon — Israel has two words for peace. Peace within the country is called apartheid. Peace with its neighbours is called war. Don't get me wrong, there are many good Israelis who care about the plight of the Palestinians. But then there are many, including the government, who don't give a rat's ass.
Resist and Persist!!!
I can download the SNL but unfortunately they are too big to send as an attachment to an email. Sorry.
I'm sure Wendy's a very welcome sight whenever she comes, TomCat, but especially so when the humidity has been tropical, I imagine.
SNL: Brilliant, and they really went for it. Drumpf has crossed the line so far he's almost back in Russia and SNL is no longer holding back. I'm sure Drumpf doesn't watch this because those punches must really hurt and he doesn't get into a twitter fit right after SNL airs.
Mediaite: Over-ambitious and attention-seeking Chavetz, the man who helped Clinton lose the election by "leaking" Comey's confidential information that the FBI was looking at some "Clinton" emails and falsely turning that into "reopening the case", the chairman of the House Oversight Committee who refused to have the Committee look into Flynn's ties to Russia, the puppet that defended the White House for not providing any documents about Flynn's payments, the stooge that discussed Oversight matters with Drumpf in the Oval Office, the weasel who abandoned the Committee ship when the going got tough "to undergo urgent foot surgery after 12 years", that Chavetz is now likely to flee Congress altogether to work for Faux News? My, my, the investigations must be closing in on all of them.
NYT: It was even worse than you thought, TomCat. There were 34 abominations altogether, not counting those that Drumpf has added to them today of course. Seeing those abominations on a list together leaves room for only one remark: Your Dictator is out of control, America.
Cartoon: You think, with Drumpf supporting them?
Thanks all. Hugs.