I have a meeting to go to shortly. I am a member of the Family Council and a liaison to the Board of the care centre where my mum lived and the board is meeting tonight. The Family Council meets next week. Tomorrow is physio and teaching so there will likely be no Open Thread for tomorrow. We have had no additional word from TC yet, but when we know, we will pass it on. In the mean time, please keep TC in your thoughts and prayers.
Jig Zone Puzzle
Today’s took me 3:39 (average 5:52). To do it, click here. How did you do? Try not to get all wet with this one!
Short Takes
YouTube — If He Were Doing Any Other Job, Donald Trump Would Have Been Fired by Now | The Resistance | GQ
I should think that Trump would understand this phrase: "You're fired!" Or perhaps this one: "Go straight to jail. Do not pass Go."
Resist and Persist!!!
The New Yorker — In a dramatic announcement from the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, Donald J. Trump pronounced the planet Earth a “loser” and vowed to make a better deal with a new planet.
“Earth is a terrible, very bad planet,” he told the White House press corps. “It’s maybe the worst planet in the solar system, and it’s far from the biggest.” …
When asked which planet he would make a new deal with, Trump offered few specifics, saying only, “The solar system has millions of terrific planets, and they’re all better than Earth, which is a sick, failing loser.”
Trump’s remarks drew a strong response from one of the United States’ NATO allies, Germany’s Angela Merkel. “I strongly support Donald Trump leaving the planet Earth,” she said.
I'm with Angela Merkel!
Resist and Persist!!!
Think Progress — …Sen. John Wiles (R) knew that if he could lift Georgia’s law that banned outside groups from purchasing anonymous mailers, he could transform the way his party conducts campaigns. He declared at the time that he would “not support any effort to regulate anonymous political speech.”
Wiles was able to get his colleagues on board, and they quietly passed legislation removing the ban. But the move earned him critics, including the top Republican in the state tasked with running elections.
Karen Handel, then Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, said she was “adamantly” opposed to Wiles’ political maneuver—she had recently launched a “transparency in government” program. …
…Handel is relying heavily on the same kind of spending she so recently fought against.
Outside groups have spent roughly $9 million supporting Handel’s campaign during the primary and leading up to the June 20 runoff. More than $250,000 of that total has been spent on anonymous direct mail. …
“Karen Handel was for a ban on secret political spending, but now that it’s clear she can’t compete with Jon Ossoff and his small-dollar, grassroots donors, her campaign is almost completely reliant on special interest money from groups that refuse to disclose their donors.”
So much for being "adamantly opposed" to dark money. I did not like Karen Handel and her shenanigans when she was with Susan G Komen and I am disappointed to see her back in the limelight with her Republican talking points and lack of ethics. The special election in Georgia's 6th district is set for 20 June 2017. May it turn blue with Jon Ossoff who garnered 48.1% of the vote in the jungle primary.
Resist and Persist!!!
My Universe —
Kung Fu Kitty!
Break dance kitty!
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Heading off to bed as I've been (and will be) tied up w/ personal matters for the forseeable future – but I deeply appreciate your doing yeoman's (?yeowoman's) work filling in.
Seems like your 6/5 & 6/6 posts popped up almost simutaneously.
YVW!
Almost! The 5th was late at getting out while the 6th was on time.
[ 4:44 Drip, drip, drip ]
Keith #83 – Multiple facepalm. Well, it IS scary. At this point, of course, almost everything is scary.
TNY – I knew I liked Angela Merkel! (And, of course, Andy.)
TP – “Karen Handel was for a ban on secret political spending, but now that it’s clear she can’t compete with Jon Ossoff and his small-dollar, grassroots donors, her campaign is almost completely reliant on special interest money from groups that refuse to disclose their donors.” Wouldn't that make a great mail piece right there! Well, maybe not. But I know there are volunteers canvassing and I hope and trust they are armed with this, among other things.
Universe – Most kittens that I have known play a game, when they are between about 3-6 months, of "I love you, let's kill each other." Always interesting to watch.
[I have one ready now with which I will try to fill in a space, though if it gets to Thursday without a space I'll put it up then.]
Yeh, the Georgia Peach is a typical Republican . . . a liar and a hypocrite. May she rot on the ground.
Thanks for posting a great article again, Lynn.
I hope we hear from TomCat really soon and that all is well with him, or as well as could be given the circumstances. Get well soon, dear friend.
Keith Olbermann #82: If he had applied for any other job, Drumpf would never gotten through the job interview because of his complete incompetence to do anything but brag that he's the greatest and the best, his complete lack of self-reflection and the pack of lies obvious to anyone who'd took the trouble to fact-check his cv and background. Any recruiter would have seen straight through him, Keith.
TNY: Andy, I'm so glad you're back on track even though, through no fault of yours, the satire isn't as funny as it used to be. The reality to which you allude is just to hard to take. If I remember correctly Drumpf wanted NASA to make haste with sending a crew to Mars during his presidency. For once I agree with him, I'd be very happy if NASA would launch a manned space ship to Mars tomorrow, even if it had just a crew of one aboard: Drumpf. But if he could take his close advisors and the VP with him, that would be a bonus. Of course from his statements about traveling to Mars it was very clear that (again) he had no inkling of what it entailed and that it was going to be a one-way trip. Merkel of course does.
TP: Wiles and Handel's backhandedness and talking with forked tongue needs to be put an end to once and for all: Jon Ossoff must win this special election in Georgia!
My Universe: Thank you for brightening my day with playful kittens, Lynn.
The Martians would probably declare war on Earth if we shipped Drumpf off to Mars.
KO: I'm definitely feeling everything that KO says. Shame we can't 'BAN' him. (dt).
NYer: In agreement with Ms. Merkel, wouldn't that be wonderful??
TP: Go, JON Ossoff GO!!!
MU: Kittens and cats make the world a little brighter, don't they? (puppies & dogs too). Love the pics!
*Nameless, you are correct, it's yeoman, though by now, you'd think it would be 'woman', as most are female…I was a Yeoman in the Navy, years ago.
Prayers and more prayers, and good thoughts and wishes for TC. Hope all goes well with his surgery.
Thank you Lynn for a great post. (and others), who do a great job filling in while TC is gone. Thank you!
To quote someone we all know, "cat is where it's at!"
Keith Olbermann # 83:
I just simply wish that Twitter would close Twitler's (Dumba) account. Every time Twitler uses his account, it shows just how mentally ill, misinformed he is. The entire world laughs at his hastily banged out electronic missives. In any visual showing of Dumba makes me ill so much that I no longer want to watch news programs. Yes, Twitler (Dumba) would, with most certainly, have been "You're Fired" from any job he undertook. sigh…
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I have mixed emotions on that.
What you say is true, but his Twitler Tweets have reliably been used against him in courts of law. He just can't follow legal advice and keep his mouth shut. Which is one of the reasons why all the top-notch law firms refuse to have him as a clint.
The other being: He doesn't pay his bills!
Oh, they couldn't do that. Those tweets are official documents now.
Thsnks so much Squatch. Great job.
Thanks boss!!
You're 'boss' too!
Keith: Trump is too stupid to know how stupid he is…the Dunning -Krueger effect in person!
The New Yorker: There are many planetesimals, in the Kuiper Belt that I believe would love some orange tinge!
TP: Handel is doing just what one can expect from the Rethuglicans, spew hypocrisies, and damn ethics!
Thanks all!!