It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. I slept poorly last night, because it was so muggy. Today is the cool day this week, with a forecast high of only 80°. From your comments, some of you don’t understand my pain meds. Fentanyl is a narcotic opioid, just like Oxycodone. It shares the same dangers and side-effects. They have me on the lowest dose (12.5 mg patch) and do not intend it to replace Oxycodone. My medical team intend it to provide a continuous level of pain relief, but understand that I will need to supplement it with Oxycodone. Their hope is that my Oxycodone use will decrease from 40 – 50 mg/day to 5 – 20 mg/day. As much as I would prefer not to need pain management, spinal cancer is extremely painful, as is esophageal cancer. Without meds, I would be in too much pain to do the things that make staying alive worth it. WWWendy will be coming late this afternoon to de-stink the vile, rancid TomCat and make a lot of goop. I ate almost all the goop in the house. In a late change of plans, WWWendy is coming at Noon. Rush mode engaged! Happy Hump Day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:37 (average 7:41). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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The EU curve shows a proper response to Trump* virus. The US curve shows a Republican response.

Cases: 2,425,424
Deaths: 123,500

We don’t want criminal Fuhrer Trump* taking credit for the recoveries, which he makes less likely, NOT more likely.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: America is Not Exceptional

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right, and the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, id the Fifth Reich, exceptional in their hate, greed, megalomania, and incompetence. RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): EU considers blocking US travelers due to coronavirus surge

Considering the difference in new cases charts of the EU and the US (see TVU above), it is clear that the US has become the world’s Typhoid Mary for the spread of COVID-19, aka Trump* virus. Therefore, if the EU fails to ban visitors from the US, they are insane! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. I had to complete and send my week’s grocery order to Store to Door. I had to schedule my ride to the Hospital next Tuesday with TriMet Lift. I prepared the Fantasy Football Alert. I made a BIG pot of chili to use against that Sdang sasquatch as revenge. I’m kind of pooped!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:54 (average 5:51). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Fantasy Football Report:

Here’s the latest from our own fantasy football league.

Scores:

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Congrats to the Sasquatch, Patty Monster and WWWendy for winning their games. Kudos to Squatch for the week’s high score.

Standings:

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Kudos to WWWendy, our regular season Champion, to Vivian, our regular season scoring champion, and to Squatch for finishing two places ahead of me. Crying face

Playoffs Bracket:

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WWWendy and Vivian have a bye week this weekend. See the left column for the other pairings. Good luck to all!

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Trump Campaign Was Not Spied On: DOJ IG; Barr Reverts To Deceit

Barrf Bag Alert!!

Barrf has his head so far up his beloved Fuhrer’s ass that he can have meetings with Pence up there. RESIST!!

From Vox: The United Kingdom will vote on December 12, and the country’s unfinalized divorce with the European Union looms over it all.

These are the Brexit elections. Even if many wish they weren’t.

Whoever wins the election will ultimately determine whether the United Kingdom leaves the European Union early next year — and, if it does, they’ll likely be determining what that future relationship might look like.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party have vowed that if they reclaim their majority in Parliament, they will “get Brexit done” by quickly passing the prime minister’s Brexit deal and moving to negotiate a free-trade agreement with the EU by the end of 2020.

Labour, the opposition party led by Jeremy Corbyn, is instead proposing to renegotiate the Brexit deal, and then put it back to the British people for a final vote on whether they want to leave the EU on those terms — or just remain in the EU after all…

From what I understand Corbyn and Labour have almost as good a chance as there is for Trump to last a day without lying. Nevertheless, I hope they win, so the UK no longer challenges the US world record for electoral idiocy. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

Politics Plus

Open Thread–6/24/2020

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread – 12/10/2019

Vote Blue!!