Feb 042021
 

It’s a gruesome day here in the CatBox.  Last night I slept poorly, and when I finally did sleep, I missed doses of Oxycodone.  I am in enough pain, that I would lay down and tell you guys I’ll be here tomorrow if I could, but I can’t.  It’s a grocery delivery day from Store to Door and I have to be up to receive, unpack, and store my order.  on a scale of one to ten my day rating is ARGH

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:32 (average 4:26).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: In her most explosive claim to date, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene accused former President Barack Obama of converting to Judaism in order to obtain lasers.

According to Greene, Obama’s obsession with lasers was a result of working in the entertainment business, “where he is constantly surrounded by laser-owning Jews.”

“Obama would go to Netflix meetings and be seething with envy of all these Jewish TV executives who had lasers,” she said. “That’s why he converted to Judaism and, according to something I read on the Internet, got bar-mitzvahed.”

Dang, Andy! Obama??? Space Lasers, even?!!? How could he DO such a thing?!!? Oy Gevalt!!  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Big Oil’s Grip On Power Weakens; Democrats Focus On Climate Change With New Majority

 

I don’t see climate change legislation fitting into a reconciliation package. In order to save our planet, we may need to Nuke the Filibastards!  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Rolling Stones – She’s A Rainbow

 

Ah… the memories!   RESIST the Republican Reich!!

Build the Future. It Belongs to YOU!!

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Aug 062020
 

I don’t have all the details YET to prove this is a scam, but when Republicans give an undeserving company with a history of scams $765 million to manufacture products completely unrelated to their skills and experience, and their stock price skyrockets right BEFORE the deal is announced, then Republican greed is afoot!

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The Trump administration’s latest “economic nationalism” scheme involves having taxpayers underwrite a $765 million loan to Eastman Kodak, the long-struggling camera company, in the hopes of transforming it into a pharmaceutical manufacturer.

If that sounds like a far-fetched idea, well, give some credit to the lobbyists who apparently made it happen.

The Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay reports that Kodak restarted its shuttered D.C. lobbying team in April of this year and proceeded to spend $870,000 on influence-peddling in the months leading up to last week’s announcement by the White House. That’s twice as much as the company had ever spent in a single quarter, according to lobbying disclosures, and it appears to have paid off.

When the White House announced the massive loan to Kodak last week, Trump lauded it as a “breakthrough in bringing pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the United States.” Eastman Kodak will produce active pharmaceutical ingredients, or APIs, which are the chemical compounds used as the building blocks for many drugs. The loan to Eastman Kodak is supposed to be repaid within 25 years.

The White House is throwing all that taxpayer-backed cash at a company with no experience making pharmaceuticals as part of an overall effort to shift the global supply chains for pharmaceuticals. Some Republicans—including Peter Navarro, Trump’s top trade advisor, and lawmakers like Sen. Josh Hawley (R–Mo.)—fear that America is too dependant [sic] on imported drugs and APIs manufactured in China.

In reality, however, there is little cause for concern. The global supply chains for pharmaceuticals are diverse and resilient… [emphasis added]

Inserted from <Reason>

SEC investigating Kodak loan disclosure: Dow Jones

 

I’d be willing to bet that the Trump* family committed the crime of insider trading and made millions from the 1,400%+ increase in Kodak stock, while $765 million could have gone to people and small businesses that really need the money due to Trump’s* Republican plague.

RESIST!!

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Jul 192020
 

It’s a busy day, here in the CatBox, and this is my only article today.  WWKiisten will be here soon to destink the thoroughly rancid TomCat, goop, and help with chores.  WWWendy will be here again on Thursday.  Tomorrow I may be running behind, as Diana, my palliative care nurse, will be coming to change my pain patch.  Have a Republican-free Sunday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:11 (average 5:23).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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Trump* Virus Update:

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US Cases: 3,835,430
US Deaths: 142,883

Short Takes:

From Common Dreams: Consumer and workers’ rights advocates are warning that new details of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan to shield businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits show just how far the Republican leader is willing to go to ensure corporations are not held accountable for endangering public health and safety.

“Congress must reject this dangerous proposal,” the National Employment Law Project said in response to a draft (pdf) of McConnell’s plan obtained by Politico and other outlets on Friday.

The draft, authored by McConnell and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas.), proposes relieving businesses, schools, churches, and other institutions of legal responsibility for workers, customers, and others who contract Covid-19 except in cases of “gross negligence and intentional misconduct”—a difficult standard to prove in court.

As the Associated Press reported, the Republican plan “offers a broad shield by requiring heightened pleading standards, stiffening burden-of-proof standards, and capping damages on awards. Employers would also be shielded from investigations by federal agencies.”

Additionally, McConnell and Cornyn’s plan would empower companies to move coronavirus-related personal injury and medical liability cases to more business-friendly federal courts. “Defendants are liable,” the draft states, “only if they failed to make reasonable efforts to follow applicable public-health guidelines.”

You know it’s evil coming from Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch, and co-authorship by Cornhole Cornyn makes it even worse. The Republican Reich wants to give corporate criminals license to kill workers using Trump’s Republican plague.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Elizabeth Warren Channel): Elizabeth Warren: “Corruption is a Public Health Risk”

In the Republican Reich, what you know hadsno value. It’s all about who and how much you pay . That’s why Republican politicians love to suck Koch.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from labor): Which Side Are You On — Pete Seeger

Except for unmuzzled Republican police unions, support labor!  RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

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