Jun 082020
 

It’s another busy day here in the CatBox.  After research, I lay dawn for 90 minutes to minimize pain.  When I arose, I visited the throne and flushed Republicans.  Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update from me.  WWWendy is taking me to the hospital for my PET scan.  Oh God, it’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:53 (average 5:46).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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Trump* Virus Update:

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Cases: 2,008,791
Deaths: 112,506
Recovered: 761,729

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From The New Yorker: Vladimir Putin has rejected Donald J. Trump’s request for ten thousand active-duty Russian Army troops to guard the perimeter around the White House, Administration and Kremlin sources have confirmed.

After Trump’s call for U.S. troops was rebuffed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper and General Mark Milley, Trump reportedly snapped, “I’ll call Vlad,” and stormed out of the meeting with the two men.

Much to Trump’s disappointment, however, his request for Russian troops met with a chilly response.

“The optics would be terrible,” Putin reportedly told him. “Worse than that crazy thing you did with the Bible. Really, you need to get a grip.”

Dang, Andy! Poor* widdle criminal Fuhrer Trump! It really hurt his feelings, when his perv-daddy Putin [R-RU] pulled out of Trump’s* pooter and zipped up his fly!  RESIST!!

From Daily Kos: The New York Times’ Editorial Page Editor James Bennet has resigned after the publication of an editorial by Sen. Tom Cotton advocating that the military be deployed to end racial injustice protests throughout the United States. Bennet had been the head of the Times’ editorial pages since 2016.

The Times faced immediate and furious backlash for publishing the op-ed, including from within the Times itself. After repeatedly defending the decision to run Cotton’s anti-American screed, it came out that the Times’ editors had themselves solicited for Cotton to make his case—and that Bennet had not even read the piece before publishing it.

It appears to me that the Times has made James Bennet a scapegoat for following the Times editors’ policy, against his own wishes. They should all be fired. However, Bennet should be fired too, for publishing it without reading it.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Animals – The House Of The Rising Sun 1964 (High Quality)


Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Mar 232020
 

It looked like Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Democratic leaders were well on the way to working out a more extensive relief bill to provide much needed benefits for the American people, when Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch stepped in to convert the Bipartisan Relief Bill to a Republican Bailout Scam.  Acting in the interests of the American people, Senate Democrats shot it down yesterday.

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Senate Republicans late Sunday failed to force through a $1.8 trillion coronavirus stimulus package that Democratic lawmakers, union leaders, and progressive advocacy groups condemned as a massive bailout for corporate America that would have done little to address the urgent economic and medical needs of ordinary people.

A procedural motion to advance the Republican bill, formally known as the CARES Act, received just 47 votes Sunday, well short of the 60 needed for passage. Every Senate Democrat present voted no.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) scheduled another procedural vote on the legislation for Monday morning at 9:45 am ET as talks over the bill continued through the evening Sunday.

One of the most contentious sticking points in rapidly moving negotiations over the Republican measure was its call for the creation of a $500 billion business relief program that would be controlled by the Trump Treasury Department, headed by former Goldman Sachs banker Steve Mnuchin. The fund would set aside around $58 billion for the airline industry and $17 billion for “sectors considered critical to national security,” Roll Call reported.

Democrats and progressive critics condemned the program as a corporate “slush fund” and demanded that any bailout money for businesses come with strict oversight and conditions, such as strong worker protections against layoffs and a permanent ban on stock buybacks.

“In the midst of an unprecedented national crisis, Republicans can’t seriously expect us to tell people in our communities who are suffering that we shortchanged hospitals, students, workers, and small businesses but gave big corporations hundreds of billions of dollars in a secretive slush fund,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said in a statement announcing her opposition to the GOP legislation.

Progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are also demanding $2,000 in monthly cash payments to every person in the United States instead of the means-tested, one-time payments proposed by the Republican legislation.

The job of Congress right now is to do everything we possibly can to protect Americans’ lives and wellbeing—not hand out welfare checks to huge corporations,” Sanders tweeted.

During a press conference Sunday, President Donald Trump refused to vow that none of the bailout money in the Republican stimulus package would go to his own properties…  [emphasis added]

Inserted from <Alternet>

Here’s a video report from NBC News.

Senate Fails To Advance Coronavirus Stimulus Package, Devastating For Businesses

Personally, I found the reporter quite biased, but the reporter from Bloomberg, who interviewed Liz Warren earlier in the day, wasn’t just biased.  He was patronizing and dismissive!

Elizabeth Warren explains what Democrats want in virus relief bill


This is what Democrats are fighting for. But criminal Fuhrer Trump* and Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch want to give all the money to corporate criminals with no strings attached, including a giant bail-outs for Mar-a-Lago and Trump* Towers.

The Republican Plan would give criminal Fuhrer Trump* and his apostles of greed complete control of almost $1 trillion dollars in relief funds.  The Republican Reich would have no obligation to even tell Congress, the press, or the American people who got money, how much they got, or how they used it.

This was a perfect example of Republican bipartisanship.

RESIST!!

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Mar 022020
 

Please pardon my brevity.  I’ve made five six trips to the throne since 2 AM, and my  breakfast experiment went into the sink, leaving screaming heartburn.  Oh God, it’s Monday.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took  me 5:26 (average 5:28).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From Alternet: Radio personality and CNN weekend host Michael Smerconish came under fire Saturday morning—along with the network—for “casually” portraying the surging prospects of Democratic presidential frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders as comparable to the threat of the infectious coronavirus which continues to spread in the United States and around the world.

He should be fired immediately.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Buttigieg Suspends 2020 Race To ‘Bring Our Party And Country Together’

I think he’s a good VP choice.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Del Shannon – Runaway (Rare Stereo Version)

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Feb 102020
 

Many are confused as to why the criminal Fuhrer Trump’s approval ratings remained as high as they did during the impeachment process.  Many Americans watch the normal mainstream news outlets, complete with their bias against all things progressive, especially social democrats.  If that isn’t bad enough, most small town and rural Americans plus virtually all Republicans, watch the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise!  Someone there recently leaked an internal memo, about how they stacked the deck.

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Fox News’ own research team has warned colleagues not to trust some of the network’s top commentators’ claims about Ukraine.

An internal Fox News research briefing book obtained by The Daily Beast openly questions Fox News contributor John Solomon’s credibility, accusing him of playing an “indispensable role” in a Ukrainian “disinformation campaign.”

The document also accuses frequent Fox News guest Rudy Giuliani of amplifying disinformation, as part of an effort to oust former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, and blasts Fox News guests Victoria Toensing and Joe diGenova—both ardent Trump boosters—for “spreading disinformation.” 

The 162-page document, entitled “Ukraine, Disinformation, & the Trump Administration,” was created by Fox News senior political affairs specialist Bryan S. Murphy, who produces research from what is known as the network’s Brain Room—a newsroom division of researchers who provide information, data, and topic guides for the network’s programming.

The research brief is especially critical of Solomon, a former opinion columnist at The Hill whose opinion pieces about Ukraine made unsubstantiated claims about its government interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Solomon’s pieces for The Hill fueled Giuliani’s efforts to dig up dirt in Ukraine, which eventually helped lead to President Donald Trump’s impeachment. Trump has also frequently cited Solomon’s questionable reporting on Twitter in his own defense… [emphasis added]

Insured from <The Daily Beast>
H/T Media Matters

Fox News Sends Out Internal Memo Warning About Fake News…On Fox News


Most Sheeple and other deplorable Republicans can’t react to the truth, because they don’t know it. They have been fed a steady stream of lies, lies they want to believe because of their fear inspired hatred.  Nevertheless, we must keep trying to teach them for the sake of the few, who can be taught.

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Feb 102020
 

It’s a tired day here in the CatBox.  I woke up around midnight with an upset stomach, and could not get back to sleep. I held my breakfast down, but just barely.  Oh God, it’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:55 (average 5:43).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?  I would have been faster, if I were a dawg, or if the hydrant were Trump*.

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From Daily Kos: Everyone loved Bill Murray reprising his role as Phil Connors in Groundhog Day.

Everyone hated Trump.

USA Today’s Ad Meter, which tabulates consumer ratings, has been running its Super Bowl ad rankings since 1989. This year, Trump’s campaign ad was ranked as the worst.

The second-least favorite? This commercial for pretzel Pop-Tarts. Yes, pretzel Pop-Tarts are more popular than the president of the United States. Not coincidentally, a pretzel Pop-Tart would also be a much better president, because it has more dignity and gravitas and doesn’t necessarily have to be thoroughly toasted before breakfast. (You know, because Trump sprinkles Adderall on his pancakes. Or so I’ve heard.)

I personally found this year’s Super Bowl commercials (something I usually enjoy) to be the worst in my memory. That criminal Fuhrer Trump’s* was the worst of the worst put a smile on my face. RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Will New Hampshire Finish Joe Biden’s Political Career?

What really upset me is to see Liz tied with Biden at fourth. I think that ABC’s decision to give Pete and Amy more time than Bernie and Joe and way more time than Liz is at least partially to blame for that.  As much as I’d love to see NH move Joe into well-earned retirement, I hesitate to count him out before SC, where Mayor Pete could be in big trouble.

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Harry Nilsson narrates “The Point”

 

I mentioned The Point yesterday. Here it is.  If this clip does not auto-play the next six segments, click through for the playlist. Ah… the memories! Oblio is a Democrat!  RESIST!!

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Dec 262019
 

It’s a queasy day here in the CatBox.  WWWendy ran out of time, so instead of pressure cooking ham and beans for me, she brought me some of her Christmas dinner: standing rib roast and roast potatoes.  They were a bit hard on my stomach, but when it came to her Marion berry cheesecake pie…, I was a ba-a-a-a-ad kitty!  I’ve been paying the price since.  Tomorrow I may run a bit late.  Store to Door is closed for the week, so I’m getting my groceries delivered from Safeway.com.  On the plus side, I have no medical appointments for the rest of the year.  May America dump the Republican Reich in 2020!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:09 (average 5:53).  To do it, click here. How did you do?

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From Crooks  and Liars: Chuck Todd was very very Chuck Todd this year. And above, Chuck worries that Democrats are investigating too many things, and therefore have a “PR problem.”

 

Is that media bias or what? If Democrats’ investigate everything Trump* does, except one, that’s one thing too few!  RESIST!!

From VOA News: Her husband’s steady shift to the political right during their 24-year marriage was a source of frustration and embarrassment for liberal Jennifer Merrill, but it wasn’t until the election of Donald Trump — and her husband’s support for the president — that she’d finally had enough.

Merrill moved out and filed for divorce. 

“I just couldn’t see sharing a bed with somebody that agreed with what Trump was doing when I was so against everything that Trump represented,” says Merrill, a book editor for a trade association, and the mother of three children. “He had no sensitivity for how I felt, that I felt so strongly about it, especially when I was going out and doing protests … and he would just laugh about it and continue to defend [Trump]. So that just made me very, very angry.”

If ever there were just cause for divorce, marriage to a Republican is it!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again

 

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

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Dec 162019
 

It’s another busy day here in the CatBox, as I prepare for tomorrow’s needle biopsy.  I will be leaving at 7:00, and I won’t be home until supper time, so I will be posting only a brief Personal Update, prepared the night before, except for my puzzle times.  If you play Fantasy Football in our league, I will be at least a day late in posting the results, so please visit the League to see who you will be playing this weekend and prepare your lineup.  Oh God, It’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:31 (average 5:05).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Religious Agony:

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The better team won in the Snow Bowl.

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From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Rep. Maxine Waters: Lindsey Graham Has Thumbed Nose At America

Trump met with the Russian Foreign Minister to give him instructions to pass on to Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch. Lindsey Poo needs on Russian middle man. He gets his instruction directly from Trump’s asshole.  RESIST!!

From Crooks and Liars: The reason Republicans are allowed to do things like obstruct Supreme Court justice appointments and ignore all of the evidence in an impeachment trial is pretty easy to see when you watch this interview on ABC’s This Week where George Stephanopoulis steps off the reality train into Obstruction Desert, where one side is solely responsible for the other side’s unconstitutional, unethical, fantasy-based, cult embrace of Dear Leader.

In this interview it is the job of the Democrats to teach pigs to dance bring Republicans to a place where they can set aside their decision to put their party over their country and instead weigh the evidence and convict Trump of the high crimes and misdemeanors for which he is charged.

As if there is some murky doubt about any of the evidence. As if confessions were not publicly uttered by Trump himself, defiant and just as criminal as if he had whispered them behind closed doors.

Far too many so-called journalists of note, goose-step with the Fuhrer and the Republican Reich! Thank God for the good ones!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

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