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?
Cartoon:
Trump* Virus Update:
Cases: 2,008,791
Deaths: 112,506
Recovered: 761,729
Short Takes:
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!!
Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!
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Good idea to separate the research from the publication. That had to help. Best to WWWendy tomorrow
Happy World Oceans Day.
“The greatest trick the right ever pulled was convincing the world that antifa exists”
Cartoon – I certainly should remember that.
Map – Sigh. We broke 2 million.
TNY – Pretty much straight news. But at least we might have known who they were. Too many of those running around now and unidentified and unidentifiable – a Secret Police. One rumor is Federal prison guards sent in by Barrf.
DK – Thank you for publicizing that the NYT solicited the article. The Old Gray Lady is definitely no lady!
Past – Cool song, yes.
Cartoon: A very scary day indeed, for the US Navy. Israel apologized, 34 Americans were killed and 171 were wounded in the two-hour attack. In the attack’s aftermath, the Liberty managed to limp to a safe port.*history
TVUL: Sadly..We’re the same as yesterday…that’s bad as it is.
NYer: Giggle…and then giggle some more!! lol, Andy..
DK: Not doing his job, shame he didn’t read the op-ed. The lot of them should be shown the door.
BFTP: oooohhh, one of my favorites!!
It’s always a good day (to me) when one can flush R’s down the tube. What a great feeling! The very best to you tomorrow for your PET scan, and tell WW Wendy I said HI THERE! Sure do hope all goes good for you too. Enjoy the rest of your day/evening, and hope that your pain abates too. Take good, good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln.
~ The Lincoln Project ~
2. “I think the only person in the military that Mr. Trump doesn’t think is overrated is Colonel Sanders.”
~ Jim Mattis ~
3. “We never used the bunker. We were never that scared!” ~ Joe Biden ~
4. dt – “I’ve been down two and a half visits to the bunker.” “How do you half a visit?? ~ David M. ~
5. “The fence(s) outside the WH has been converted to a crowd sourced memorial wall. Almost like an art gallery, to black men and women who lost their lives at the hands of police. Hundreds are strolling, looking adding names and paintings and posters. ~ John P. ~
TJI #1 sounds much like the 1862 State of the Union (not what it was called then, but what we call it now).
33 Joe also said that, had there been an occasion for it, Barack would have sent him down alone, so they would not both be lost.
…well Putin is protecting him figuratively….so sounds reasonable…..ha, ha, ha, ha…..
I would suggest you take some reading material w/ you to your PET scan. You probably know that it can take 60-90 minutes for the radiotracer sugar to get where they want it to go. And then another 30-60 to do the actual scan. (Well, you can’t read in the PET scan tube. You got to hold still.)
Although I’ve ordered a few, I’ve never had a PET scan myself. I’ll be curious for your thoughts on it.
Tom Cotton scares the Bejesus out of me. He’s a hate-mongering, wannabe military dictator – and he really lusts after becoming president.
This is my second. I’ll be listening to an Audio Book until the scan itself. THe thing that bothered me mostlast time was the cold. I’rr let you knopw about this one, and email you the results, when I get them.
Cartoon: Another Sad day of innocent lives lost.
TVU: Still climbing. As of today, we’re over 8600 cases here. 296 deaths.
TNY: Wouldn’t surprise me one bit. At the rate tRump is falling, no one will want to be around him.
BFTP: Good song by the Animals.
Good luck at your PET Scan. Will be praying for you. Tell Wendy “Hi” for me.
Take care. Thanks TomCat
It sounds you’re still improving on your routine to make life and pain bearable. I hope you find out soon what the boundaries of your comfort zone are, TomCat. Good luck with the scan.
Update: It looks less ferocious in these subdued colours but that’s an optical illusion. More than 2 million cases and still going strong.
TNY: You are quite right to state that Putin has a better eye for “optics” than Trump, Andy, that is stating the obvious, anyone has. But he hasn’t slapped Trump down like this; Putin is going through some bad ratings himself because of the coronavirus and needs all the lunatic diversions he can get to the next 16 of president secured for himself. Trump is the only one who can deliver.
DK: What a mess; what major American paper is there left for me to read.
BFTP: Great song, not heard often these days.
Just read that Bonnie Pointer, founder of the Pointer Sisters died this morning. Another BFTP ‘Yes We Can Can’to remember her seems appropriate.
Thanks and hugs to all!