It’s the first of four days with highs in the mid 80°s to low 90°s, so the CatBox is already buttoned up I’ve had a very busy day too, so I popped on George and worked through the morning without my usual break, so I feel quite tired. We have a six weeks deadline.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:56 (average 4:57). To do it, click here. How did you do? My bud and I are goin’ fishin’!
Fantasy Football Report:
Here’s the news from our own fantasy football league.
Scores:
Congrats to this week’s winners: Pam, Wendy and I.
Standings:
Kudos to Pam for leading the league.
Short Takes:
From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): ENVIRONMENTALLY RESIGNED – Parody | Don Caron
Parody of Gentle on My Mind by John Hartford Every day Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is in office, he works to destroy our public lands and waters at the expense of our communities. He needs to be "environmentally resigned." He proposed gutting Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. He wants to massively ramp up oil and gas drilling off our coasts. And he’s trying to slash protections for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. There are already 14 federal investigations into Zinke’s decision-making, misuse of funds, and potential corruption. Use the link below to sign the petition to fire Zinke now. https://us.e-activist.com/ea-action/e… To help keep Parody Project alive and functioning, please visit https://parodyproject.com/supportus Parody Project Store: https://parodyproject.com/shop To become a Patron of Parody Project please visit our Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/parodyproject You can sign up to our mailing list on our website so you don’t miss any of our new posts. https://parodyproject.com/subscribe/
Don deserved a plug. I admit that Democrats have not done enough to protect the environment, but next to Stinky Zinke and the Republican Reich, they are saints! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From YouTube (Vox Channel): Why America needs automatic voter registration
Oregon leads the way! It works, and all my elected officials, save the one, who snuck in by fraudulently drumming up an eleventh hour scandal that proved bogus after the election, are Democrats. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From The New Yorker: Facing the daunting challenge of appearing to pay attention to a woman’s utterances during a televised hearing, Senator Charles Grassley spent the weekend rehearsing what aides are calling his “pretending to listen” face.
In round-the-clock practice sessions that aides characterized as “excruciating,” the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee struggled to simulate even a trace of interest in what a woman had to say.
“Chuck has never pretended to listen to a woman before,” an aide said. “These are uncharted waters.”
According to the aide, Grassley’s fake-listening skills “are rudimentary at best,” and the senator was able to hold only a semi-attentive facial expression for seven seconds before it showed unmistakable signs of boredom, irritation, and contempt.
Forget it, Andy! Nobody will ever believe that Snake in the Grassley [R-IA] can pull it off. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
Cartoon:
R.I.P.
10 Responses to “Open Thread – 9/25/2018”
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6:13 Aaaw! Showshoe kitty! I know you don’t eat your relatives. Maybe the two of you can trap something tasty.
New from Amy McGrath
PP – Given that Democrats have been prevented in every possible way from doing enough, still, we probably could have done SOME better than we have. But I won’t be around to say “I told you so.”
Vox – 58%? That sounds high! That must be in presidential elections only! oK end of rant – but you do know that Republicans know that the more people who vote the worse they do, so they will fight this tooth and nail with every fiber of their being. My one concern about tying it to drivers’ licenses is that, you know, there are people too poor to get training for their kids wo get a driver’ license at 16 or even older. ut this is better than the infamous Thomas Dewey poll, where in 1948, only people with telephones were polled.
TNY – I didn’t realize Grassley had more than his one face – the one that makes Grumpy Cat look like the life of the party.
Cartoon – We could use that today.
PPC: I saw that last night, and woke up, this morning with the original lyrics running through my head, weird!
Vox: Automatic voter registration should help create an even playing field…much to the chagrin of the GOPIGGIES!
New Yorker: Andy nails it again! As is often the case, the Peter Principle creates an easy path for the inept to move ahead at the expense of real humans.
PP: Depressing, good vid tho’.
Vox: Congratulations, Oregon!! I like this. Wish we did it here in Texas, we’re still paper. .83 cents to process a paper registration adds up too!
NYT: I’ve seen his expressions (which says it all), and it’s not good.
Cartoon: Sad. sad.
Hope that you got your chores done, I didn’t. lol. Enjoy your evening, take care, and Thanks, Tom.
*Navy Veteran Mikie Sherrill of NJ running for 11th Congressional District
Dated August 7th 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Gb2RARb9c
Is 2018 the year of the Woman? I pray so!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ZH-6aaQuY
Thanks, Joanne for the Amy clip! She’s awesome!!
Every year needs to be the year of the woman. I found several of the comments annoying (and even more so on Mikie. Good luck to her.)
Today is a dark anniversary for Rethuglicans – but a great day for real people.
PP: “Environmentally resigned”, if Zinke had his way, we’d all be that, or even better: environmentally unconscious, so we’d all shut the hell up and leave him to do his dirty business in peace. Thank goodness Don isn’t going to shut up and will continue to make these excellent parodies. But he could use some support with that, so thanks for plugging him, TomCat.
Vox: AVR, about time, isn’t it. I’ve never registered to vote in my life; that happened automatically when my father registered my birth in the town hall of Rotterdam. My citizenship is my registration and moved with me from address to address. It’ll do the same for new citizens. Good to hear the AVR will do the same, but I assume that’s only true for moving between states that provide AVR (?)
TNY: I had to laugh, because Andy’s satire is so spot-on. But it was a very painful laugh at that. Because Andy’s so spot-on.
Cartoon: Some GOP-precursors tried to archive it in the waste-paper bin immediately, but their ancestors have finally succeeded.
Chuck Grassley gets pwned while trying to defend Kava-NAH for his actions as a teenager …
Puzzle — 4:19 Such a cutie!
Parody Project — “I admit that Democrats have not done enough to protect the environment, but next to Stinky Zinke and the Republican Reich” — I dare say, no government has done enough.
Vox — Republicans don’t want the “unwashed masses” to vote which is why they steer clear of AVR. Sad!
The New Yorker — JD — “I didn’t realize Grassley had more than his one face” — Republicans are at the very least, two faced JD.
Cartoon — 25 September 2019 Donald Trump finally killed the Bill of Rights and cited his action as the crowning achievement of his presidency!
Grassley is the exception that proves the rule, and here’s why: two faced people have a nice face and a nasty face. Grassley only needs the nasty one.
Thanks and hurried TGIF Hugs to all!