It’s a cool morning here in the CatBox with a hot afternoon forecast, and a very hot day tomorrow, so I’m skipping my morning rest to do most of my work in the cool of the day. I’m still feeling tired out.
Jig Zone Puzzles:
Today’s took me 3:31 (average 5:06). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (Late Show Channel): Reefer Madness Reaches Canada
No wonder the Squatch has been particularly frisky lately! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): MR FORTY-FIVE Parody of Mrs Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel
That one could go on for hundreds of stanzas. To support Don Caron, click here. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From YouTube (Daily Kos Channel): Rep. Ted Lieu forces the House to hear the cries of immigrant children
Kudos to Rep. Ted Lieu! Republicans are too cowardly to listen to the effects of their evil ways. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From The New Yorker: A group of scholars who have been monitoring the descent of the bar over the past few decades have concluded that the bar can no longer be lowered, the scholars announced on Friday.
The academics, led by Professor Davis Logsdon, of the University of Minnesota, published their conclusion after their research definitively found that the bar had finally dropped to its lowest possible position.
“For those who thought the bar still had room to be lowered, our findings resoundingly contradict that assumption,” Logsdon said. “The bar is now essentially flush with the ground.”
Dang Andy! I disagree. The bar is subterranean. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
Cartoon:
Cats know how to deal with Republican mice!
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5:51 A small dog with a somewhat cat-like expression of superiority.
I woke up this morning feeling dizzy enough that I thought I had better go back to bed. The second time I woke up, I felt much better, but had, of course, lost a lot of time. So there won’t be an Erinyes today. I do have an extremely feel-good story I’d love to share, so please accept it with my compliments:
Our 16 y.o Raised Her Friends’ Consciousness About The Horrors At The Border
Another one from the “No S***, Sherlock” Department. I don’t mean to sound like I am disparaging the research … I am in fact delighted to get actual evidence of what we progressives all know.
Colbert – An excellent decision on the part of Canada. And a humorous take on it. Full of stereotypes – but when Stephen does that, he is mocking the stereotypes themselves, so it doesn’t come across as hateful.
PP – Simon and Garfunkel songs lend themselves well to parody. Although they are so easy to listen to I wonder if they have as hard hitting an impact as they need to. This one certainly is brilliant.
Ted Lieu – How can you NOT love Ted Lieu – at least if you have a functioning heart and brain. Liz Cheney is at most half human, because Dick is not human at all. But, Ted, Republicans have no hearts, and therefore also no imagination when it comes to other people’s feelings.
TNY – Oh, definitely. Whether the bar is now flush to the ground or subterranean, it will still be possible to dig deeper. Unless we dig so deep that we hit enough molten lava to rush up and engulf us all. But, in that case, we won’t be talking about it.
Cartoon: I surely wish the Republican Rat (a good new party symbol when elephants become extinct, incidentally) were that small and easily dealt with.
Sorry to hear you’re not feeling well, Joanne. Please don’t worry about your Furies; they’ll be happy with a week off. You certainly made up for it by posting your feel-good story. Thank you.
Now go back to bed if you do not feel 100%.
Sorry to hear you’re feeling poorly – and hope you recover quickly.
When it comes to lowering the bar, this pretty much sums up my observations:
But Drumpf has a jackhammer and is taking it deeper, still!!!
Joanne,
Get your rest, take it easy, and no worries!!!
Take good care.
JD, going back to bed was a very smart move. Trying to function while dizzy is likely to result in you in a heap on the floor . . . or worse, and none of us wants that! . . . including the Furies!
Please look after you! Now, take your left hand and put it on your right shoulder; take your right hand and put it on your left shoulder; now squeeze! That’s a big hug from me!!!
I hope you’re feeling much better today.
Oh, I am. I was yesterday already, but not intil after my day was shot and my energy with it.
LS: Welcome to a more relaxed world, Canada. The Dutch may never have officially legalized pot, but it has been decriminalized, tolerated, allowed…whatever you want to call it for as long as I can remember. Never touched the stuff myself though. I don’t smoke and the smell gives me a headache, but never had any problems with family or friends smoking it. Use it as any other recreational drug, Canada, all within reason.
PP: Great parody, spot on text, AND great imitation of Simon & especially Garfunkel ? I’ve supported Don from the first time I went to his site.
DK: I tip my hat to Rep. Ted Lieu for his persistence in making the House listen to those heartbreaking wails of desperate children. It looks like the sergeant in arms (a woman?) was in no hurry to stop him playing the soundtrack, which gave him more than 3 minutes of uninterrupted time.
TNY: And, your scholars are just stating a fact. But this administration will now order digging deep, very deep trenches underneath the bar and you can guess where that will take the bar.
Cartoon: It’s time to bring out all the cats and VOTE BLUE!
I hope you had a good catnap to make up for you missing out on your morning rest.
LSC: I’m all for it….Kudos to Canada. I want to move there, God forbid that TX would do anything such as this. I think it’s wonderful, imho. 😉
PPC: Awesome…!! words! Talented too.
DK: How can one not love an individual such as Mr. Lieu and our Dems for standing up for the children? I know he won’t…but dt and the gop should listen to this video, over and over and over and over…..every day.
NYer: Pathetic, and sad.
Cartoon: Go get ’em, Kitty !!!
We are at 94 right now…and it’s muggy still. Hope that you stay cool, get your rest, and enjoy your evening. Thanks, Tom.
LSC: So, do we have to wait for the winter winds from the north, for our contact high?
PPC: Wonderful!
DKC: I’m pretty sure that the GOPIGS simply tuned him out!
New Yorker: The bar has been rusted,and corroded by the GOPIGS urinating o it for so many years. It has turned to dust, as they ought to do!
‘Toon: War, Hate, Greed- Ralph Nader, for whom I have had no use since he scuttled Al Gore’s election chances, though he denies it, put the question to Michelle Obama and Laura Bush: So, if you care about children, where were you as your husbands helped to wage wars that killed and maimed tens of thousands of children?
SoINeedAName, ain’t that the truth! tRump and the Rethuglicanazis have whipped out the jackhammers in order to dig even deeper.
That cartoon will come true ONLY if progressives get to the polls en masse and support genuinely progressive candidates.
WTG Canada!
Thank You Rep. Ted Lieu!! He’s a LEGEND, like Zak Ringelstein!!!
“Zak Ringelstein, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, was arrested Friday morning outside a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maine-senate-candidate-zak-ringelstein-arrested-at-texas-detention-center-while-trying-to-deliver-toys-and-food
Puzzle — 3:46 The look on that dog’s face says “I don’t even try it Puddy Tat!” Today I’d go vegetarian rather than mess with that dog!
Late Show — I agree with the legalisation of marijuana as long as it is properly regulated . . . like liquor and cigarettes. However, I have never smoked it and I can’t stand the smell. There is advertising right now reminding people that taking your pot across the border to the US is a no no. Too bad the US doesn’t no that with guns . . . a no no in Canada and they will be confiscated!
Parody Project — Fabulous!!!
Daily Kos — Kudos to Ted Lieu! Isn’t that stand-in speaker Karen Handel, the witch from the Susan G Komen Foundation?
The New Yorker — LMAO! But Andy, haven’t you been paying attention? The bar has moved into the basement with the current régime and shows no sign of stopping there. Sad, as Drumpf would say about some other things.
Cartoon — There is no such thing as Republican mice . . . only Republican RATS! Big, vicious disease ladened(greed, hate, no compassion, lying etc) monsters.
The convocation yesterday was great. He would have graduated with honours distinction except he took 2 classes online (rec’d honours marks) rather than at the actual school. His parents were so over the moon at his graduation. This is a tangible reason why they left Iran and came to Canada — opportunities for the kids. I walked about 4 km yesterday with parking a ways away and was very tired last night. Lack of a good sleep from Friday night did not help either. I was very sore and still am this morning. I missed church this morning due to sleeping in but I don’t think God will mind. Obviously, you too need more rest Puddy Tat! Take a cat nap!
Yum!! ?
Methinks thou dost protest too much, Smokey!
Thanks all. Hugs!