Aug 202018
 

WWWendy just left, so I feel like Sunday, even though it isn’t.  This is my only article today, and I won’t be sending links messages on Care2.  The heat and smoke fully are back.  After three horrid days, we may get a bit of respite for a few days.  I turned on the news and there’s no doubt.  Oh God!  It IS Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:44 (average 5:03).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube: Giuliani: ‘Truth isn’t truth’

 

On 1/21/2021, if not sooner, Rudy 9/11 can tell his Fuhrer "Unemployed isn’t unemployed. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From NY Times: As a corporate lawyer, William L. Wehrum worked for the better part of a decade to weaken air pollution rules by fighting the Environmental Protection Agency in court on behalf of chemical manufacturers, refineries, oil drillers and coal-burning power plants.

Now, Mr. Wehrum is about to deliver one of the biggest victories yet for his industry clients — this time from inside the Trump administration as the government’s top air pollution official.

On Tuesday, President Trump is expected to propose a vast rollback of regulations on emissions from coal plants, including many owned by members of a coal-burning trade association that had retained Mr. Wehrum and his firm as recently as last year to push for the changes.

The proposal strikes at the heart of climate-change regulations adopted by the Obama administration to force change among polluting industries, and follows the relaxation of separate rules governing when power plants must upgrade air pollution equipment. Mr. Wehrum, who has led the E.P.A.’s clean air office since November, also helped deliver the changes in several of those rules.

It is now permissible for sheeple to choke and wheeze, while goose-stepping. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Politico: The team of investigators working on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation "are looking to impact" this November’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump claimed Monday morning, labeling Mueller’s team a "national disgrace."

Now that’s a case of the obsidian shard calling the ivory gem black. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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  10 Responses to “Open Thread – 8/20/2018”

  1. YT: I don’t know why he even shows up on tv, all he does is lie, & make stuff up. And…lie some more. All the time!

    NYT: Our environment, lands, oceans, air, etc., has gone from bad (while dt’s in office) to horrible. Corporate greed at it’s worst.

    Politicio: dt- A national disgrace?? “Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller”. “Angry Democrat Thugs”, why’s he so worried, if he’s not guilty of anything? lol His language is atrocious. Personally, he’s sweating the midterms, and acting desperate.

    Cartoon: Medieval Misogyny at it’s best.

    I don’t know where the time goes. By, I guess. lol Beautiful day here, no rain yet. Glad WWWendy is back for you, hope that you enjoy the rest of your day. Take care, and Thanks, Tom.

  2. 5:49 I don’t think that would fit even in my five foot upright freezer. Don’t kill more than you can use.

    I’m pretty sure this is not new, but it bears repeating (re-watching.)
     

    This is a video also, but not a YouTube video. The song was first posted on YouTube by PlayerofPianos right after Charlottesville, and was picked up and re-posted last week of Facebook by Lewis Barton – with pictures. I could see and hear it just fine, and I’m not on Facebook.

    MtP – No point in belaboring the “1984” similarity. Every man and his dog is making that connection.

    NYT – No surprise, just sadness.

    Politico – I could define a distinction between a natural impact and a non-natural impact on an election, but I doubt it would be news to anyone here.

    Cartoon – Nailhead, meet hammer.

    • Neat video.  On the other, I don’t go to FB.   35

      • Then watch the YouTube one, at the second link.  The audio is the same but the Facebook poster added all kinds of cute memes to the video, where the YouTube one just shows the singer.  Don’t you want to hear “Mommas, don’t let your babies grow up to be Nazis”?  You know you do!

  3. A lot of Rethuglicanazis make excellent poster children for birth control. Men, use condoms or BEAT IT!

  4. Giuliani’s version of our “Declaration of Independence”:

    “We hold these truths that aren’t truths to be self-evident.”

  5. MtP: This clip has gone viral on news bulletins all over the world; I’ve seen them from Europe and Australia and I bet people are ROTFLTAO on every continent including Antarctica. Nameless is going to have a field day coming Friday.

    NYT: Going from bad to worse, when will it stop? Do Republicans have any conscience left? “[P]ermissible for sheeple to choke and wheeze”? Mandatory, I should think.

    Politico: The man that calls himself the President of the USA talks about people who have been ordered to investigate him by Congress “Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller and his whole group of Angry Democrat Thugs”? These days Drumpf must get far above 7.5 lies a day, there must be that many in this tweet alone. Even Nixon showed more grace in his little pinky when in public than this mobster even when he was running scared. I’m wondering what will happen when this “stable genius” becomes unhinged when he loses his Republican support in Congress. Make it happen en let’s see, won’t you?

    Cartoon: Actually, that would work perfectly when put on a man with a little adjustment to hold everything in place.

    Temperatures went down here for a few days due to strong cold winds. Not good for the wildfires in this country which said goodbye to seasonal wildfires to all-year-round fires due to terrible droughts, though. Wouldn’t be an option with the huge wildfires the US has been experiencing on its west coast either.

  6. Puzzle — 3:32 Well I guess you won’t have freezer storage issues this time.  No horsie fricassée for you today Puddy Tat!

    Meet the Press — Chuckie was having a very difficult time keeping a straight face during that exchange, in fact, I’d say he failed spectacularly!  As to Giuliani, the boys from Bellevue are on their way, straightjacket at the ready!

    NY Times — Do you remember the pictures of air pollution in and around Beijing prior to and during the Beijing Olympics?  Athletes, including American athletes, were having difficulty breathing at optimal rates for their sports’ competitions.  Well China tried to fix the problem, or at least took steps to alleviate the problem.  So now the US under Diaper Don, not to be outdone, is going to challenge China for the title of one of the world’s worst polluters!  Unfrikken believable!!! 

    Politico — Mueller and his team a national disgrace???  In fact, the real national disgrace is Diaper Don, his régime, and the Republican Congress!!!

    Cartoon — Is there something like this to control Diaper Don’s tweet fingers???

    What a perfectly putrid day here . . . 32C and very thick smoke from the forest fires.  At one point this morning, the visibility was about 3 blocks.  It is hard on the eyes and lungs so I am keeping activity down.  It seems the smoke will be here all week but may dissipate a bit.  Come next weekend, we may see some rain so that should help.  We currently have well over 500 forest fires burning in BC and entire towns are being evacuated.

  7. Thanks all.  Hot, muggy, smokey, stinky Hugs! 19

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