It’s a Republicitis day here in the CatBox. I just spent 45 minutes on the throne and cast an unbelievable number of electoral votes, among other things. Speaking of Republican feces, we just passed 300,000 Americans murdered by Donald Trump* and the Republican Reich with their plague. WWWendy is coming tonight. I want to get as much rest as I can this week, because Thursday is a Hospital/Infusion day, followed by a will notary appointment, followed by a WWWendy day all on the same day. Expect exhaustion. Oh God, it’s Monday!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:31 (average 4:48). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Religious Ecstasy:
And a glorious, wonderful Orb it is!
Short Takes:
From Daily Kos: One of the great strangenesses and perversions in the QAnon conspiracy theory is that part of what Donald Trump—a man who was good friends with convicted child molester Jeffrey Epstein—is doing in his fight against the “deep state,” is to clean up a vast child-sex human trafficking cabal. The idea that there are powerful people engaged in illegal human sex trafficking that involves underage children is very believable. In fact, Donald Trump seems to have intimately known some of those people, and even hired the former Florida Attorney General Alexander Acosta—one of the main guys who cut a deal to let one of those human traffickers off with a hand slap.
Anywhos, QAnon theorists have evolved the Hillary Clinton and Pizzagate and whatever else anti-Semitic globalist bullshit theory that makes them feel like they know what’s going on. It’s like chemtrail conspiracy theory with a touch of sex and child abuse because QAnon is even more of a religious cult than Pizzagate was. And religious cults usually help define themselves by saying other groups of people do terrible things to children. And guess what? Republican QAnon conspiracy theorist and failed Louisiana candidate Ben Gibson was just pulled into custody on Wednesday and charged for … yup: four counts of possession of child pornography “involving juveniles under the age of thirteen.”
I’m not surprised. Republicans are not original enough to invent new crimes and perversions for their conspiracy theories, so they fall back on their own behavior for reference material and accuse Democrats of doing it. We call this projection. RESIST!!
From NY Times: In Michigan, Democratic electors have been promised police escorts from their cars into the State Capitol, where on Monday they will formally vote for Joseph R. Biden Jr.
In Arizona, state officials are holding the vote at an undisclosed location for safety reasons, far from what is expected to be a heated hearing on election integrity issues that Republicans will conduct in the Statehouse.
Even in Delaware, the tiny, deeply Democratic home state of the president-elect, officials relocated their ceremony to a college gymnasium, a site considered to have better security and public health controls.
For decades, Electoral College voters have served as the rubber-stamping bureaucrats of American democracy, operating well below the political radar as they provided pro forma certification of a new president. Despite its procedural nature, the role has long been considered an honor, bestowed as a way to recognize political stature or civic service.
This year, the Electoral College is another piece of routine election mechanics thrown into the cross hairs of President Trump’s sustained assault on voting integrity. After five weeks of lawsuits, recounts and Republican inquiries into unfounded claims of fraud, Americans will turn to the 538 members of the Electoral College to provide a measure of finality to Mr. Biden’s decisive victory.
And as small-town electors face harassment and more prominent figures adapt to increased security measures, a duty long considered a privilege has also become a headache.
I find it shameful that these people have to perform their civic duty under the threat of death and violence from the Republican Reich! As of now 168 Biden votes have been cast. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast of Christmas): Frank Sinatra *☆* Adeste Fideles * (O’ Come All Ye Faithful)
Believe it or not, I first learned to sing this carol in Latin, as an assignment for sixth grade Latin class. Ah… the memories! HUGS!!
36 Days Until the Big FLUSH!!
10 Responses to “Open Thread – 12/14/2020”
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So glad the orb smiles on you. I wish I could say the same to Pat. (Don’t you feel the least bit of sympathy with those poor kitties?)
Oh, yeah. This is real.
Cartoon – That’s probably an understatement now.
DKos – And they are not even smart enough to think “set a thief to catch a thief.” They really think they are simon-pure and we are filthy. Yes, this is only one of the ways they are living in upside-down world or bizarro world or however you want to describe it. But picking on Hillary Clinton, when they have Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew and any number of “pastors” – even a woman, Ghislaine Maxwell – to pick on just strains belief past the breaking point for anyone sane. I’m sure there are some Democrats who are pedophiles – it’s an illness which is not really related to political (or religious) belief (although the Republican position, unspoken now but still clearly held, that children are less than human, has to make it easier.)
NYT – California is doing there’s on Zoom – or a similar provider – remotely, anyway. And opening the session to the public to watch (not participate) as an accountability measure. Yes, it’s dreadful that such security is needed (but a very good thing that the need for itis recognized and filled). I don’t know that the founding fathers had it any safer, though. It does erase all doubt that we are in the middle of a comparable fight. I hope we have what it takes.
Blast – SIXTH grade! I wasn’t able to get into a Latin class until 9th grade – they just weren’t offered. I am Christmas green with envy. (BTW you might enjoy “Gesu Bambino,” which is heavily indebted to “Adeste Fideles.”)
Cartoon: Eeeeek!!!
Healthy score too! Your Bronc’s did well. Mine did not. Unfortunately.
DK: Personally, anyone who is engaged in this type of activity, should be sent to jail, and ‘not pass GO’ on the board. Preying on children, makes me ill. Sick, sick people!
NYT: What a shame that electors must change their tactics to vote for their own safety. This? is what’s become of it? ugh!
BoC: Latin? Good for you! Tom. Loved Sinatra’s songs, so refreshing, especially this one.
Just found out that a beloved Principal here, at one of our elementary schools, succumbed to Covid-19 this morning. I am still in shock. He leaves a son, daughter, and wife behind. Geez…
Hi, WWWendy! Get your rest, take good, good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “Jeff Bezos won’t protect his warehouse workers from COVID19 and MM wants to protect corporations from being sued by workers for failing to protect them from Covid. Bezos and BBMM reveal who COVID capitalism is killing and why corporations need more-not fewer-incentives to protect workers.
~Robert Reich ~
2. “Break the Habit. Trump is not the news anymore. He will go down as America’s biggest mistake. Stop giving him what he wants. Attention. The President Elect is the story. Trump is a circus clown.” ~ Joe H. ~
3. “Dear Rest of These United States: ‘We earnestly apologize for our Attorney General. He’s a Moron.”
Sincerely, Texas” ~ anon ~
4. Trump – “I want to see Biden in prison.” Biden – “Why does trump think I would visit him in prison?” ~ Deacon B. ~
5. “Only the vanquished seek vengeance. Hopefully, dt is so p’oed about his loss – and we know it’s never his fault – he’ll pin the blame on anyone and everyone else. Perhaps even enough to the R’s criminals in the GA runoff.” ~ RjB ~
TJI #2 – I wish it were that easy. He may act like a petulant child, but he still holds the nuclear codes, among other powers, which makes him not a person you can handle with a time out. Also, although of course like any sane person I deplore his incitements to violence, I consider it important to know about them for our own protection Perhaps a shift in journalistic tone might help.
TJI #3 – Apology accepted. No state is idiot-proof, alas.
TJI #4 – Zing!
TJI #5 – Some of the QAnon crowd appear to be doing that for him … but you can’t trust Republicans for anything. We’ll have to see (and in the meantime keep working – hard.)
P.S. Today is one Scaramucci until Christmas, and two Scaramuccis till the Georgia election!
Joanne: Your P.S. – Zing!!!
‘Toon: the only improvement I could make would be to have the car already engulfed in flames.
DK: The movement, which ought to go the way of Republicosis, speaking of movements, is on the way to going beyond a cult to a religion, according to this article from the editor at “the Atlantic.” This is just like the old Millerite movement, which had the world ending on 10/22/1844, morphed into the 7th Day Adventists: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/
NYT: Michigan has sent its electoral college vote to Biden.
I would be absolutely thrilled if this “movement” you speak of morphed into Seventh Day Adventists – peaceful, vegetarian, and caring for others. I don’t see that happening.
Cartoon: Careless rotten R’s. That’s how dangerous they’ve been with us in many ways.
Religious Ecstasy: Happy to see that your Broncos won.
DK: I have to agree with Pat. Anyone who abuses children in any manner, should be prosecuted/locked up. tRump has all of those cases against him, that hopefully can be thrown at him the moment he’s out of the W.H.
NYT: Awful to see what the electoral college members had to go thru this time around. All because of the rotten leader in office dictating to his followers to get out there and threaten them.
BoC: Wonderful song. Loved Frank Sinatra. I applaud you for being able to sing it in Latin.
Hope you had a nice relaxing day. Get your rest, so you’ll be up to going to get your infusion at the hospital on Thursday.
Tell Wendy “Hello”. Hope you both get your tasks taken care of.
Take care. Thanks TomCat
I’ve been out all day being busy but I try to drop in to see how you are, TomCat, even if I don’t have time to comment. Looks like you’ve been a busy cat too.
Did you throw Barrf in with your electoral ‘votes’? Trump did.
Good Night Hugs! 🛌