It’s an unusual day here in the CatBox.  WWWendy won’t be here to de-stink the rancid TomCat until midafternoon, so I’m posting today.  It’s also a Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  My Broncos are meditating with the Packers in Green Bay.  Time to get out the Vaseline.  May the Holy Orb bless your team, unless their fans wear fake cheese.  Tomorrow please expect no more than a Personal Update, and that probably after lunch.  I’m going to the medical appointment for my hiatal hernia.  Ellipsoid Orb Hugs!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:02 (average 4:21).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (Oregonian Channel): Police pin down 2 teens, crowd reacts

In spite of all the wonderful things about Portland, our police have been notorious for employing Gestapo tactics for years. I suspect that the officers in charge of harassing teens, who were peacefully demonstrating for the earth, were Republicans. RESIST!!

From YouTube (A blast from the past): The Cowsils_ The Rain, The Park, & Other Things

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: In a shakeup that White House insiders said was a long time coming, one of the voices in Rudy Giuliani’s head has resigned.

The resignation, which was officially tendered on Saturday morning, seemed inevitable after the former New York mayor made an appearance on CNN Thursday evening in which two of the voices in his head appeared to be in open warfare with each other.

“When that happened, it was clear that Rudy’s head was not big enough for the both of them,” a White House insider said. “And Rudy has an extremely big head.”

In an official statement, Giuliani thanked the departing voice for its service, and said that he was confident that the four remaining voices in his head would work well together.

Dang, Andy! I hope it’s the voice that keeps parroting 9/11. RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s a tired day here at the CatBox.  My hiatal hernia has been giving me nasty heartburn.  Fortunately I see the doctor on Monday.  Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, but she won’t be here until mid-PM.  Her son is retuning to Spain, and she’s driving him to the airport in Seattle in the morning.  Therefore I’ll be in the saddle tomorrow, but not Monday.  Weekend Hugs! for all!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:05 (average 6:17).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Millions Stage Global Strike To Protest Climate Change

Kudos! We haven’t seen kids like this since I was a 1960s activist. RESIST!!

Also from YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Lawrence: The GOP Silence Is Deafening Re: Whistleblower’s “Urgent Concern”

No matter how heinous, the Republican Reich has had a consistent response to their members’ crimes for years: IOKIYAR! RESIST!!

From Salon.com: [L]awyers for President Trump argue that the president is immune from all criminal investigations in a new federal lawsuit seeking to block New York prosecutors from obtaining his tax returns.

Trump sued his longtime accounting firm Mazars USA and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance on Thursday, after Vance’s office subpoenaed the firm to demand eight years of the president’s personal and corporate tax returns.

Department of Justice guidelines say a president cannot be prosecuted while in office, as former special counsel Robert Mueller made clear. But Trump’s personal attorneys are now going well beyond that by arguing that he also cannot be “investigated … or otherwise subjected to the criminal process.”

I’d say their swastikas are showing! RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s a muggy day here in the Cat-Box, and I feel very tired.  The high humidity woke me up, and I slept poorly.  TGIF Hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:19 (average 4:59).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

This is how Republicans support our veterans.

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From The New Yorker: Donald Trump is sowing discord among his foreign-policy advisers with a controversial plan to send a drone to the Middle East, White House insiders report.

According to sources familiar with the heated discussions, the opposition to Trump’s plan stems from the belief of many in his inner circle that the drone proposed for the mission is totally ill-equipped and doomed to miserable failure.

“There is virtually no enthusiasm for this particular drone,” one source said. “Trump is the only person who thinks that it has any use whatsoever.”

Fears abound that, if the drone were employed in the Middle East, it would immediately stray off course, due to its near-total lack of an even rudimentary guidance system.

Dang, Andy! Do you have Kushner (the drone) pegged or what?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (CSPAN Channel): Secretary Chao on California Fuel Economy Standards (only 41 sec.)

Barf Bag Alert!!

Everything Mrs. Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch says is a lie! RESIST!!

From YouTube (Jeff Merkley Channel): Merkley Demands Action on Gun Safety Legislation

Jeff is spot on and is showing how Oregon leads the way in dealing with Republican Ammosexuals. RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s a tired day here in the CatBox.  It’s a grocery delivery day, so I want to finish, post, eat lunch, and lie down early enough to get part of my nap in before Store to Door gets here.  Pooped Hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:20 (average 4:43).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): WaPo: Trump Call With Foreign Leader Prompted Intel Whistleblower

RepubliSpeak Dictionary: Potentially Privileged Material = absolutely damning evidence against the Republican Reich that must be hidden. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Trae Crowder Channel): A Liberal Redneck Reaction Video – The Third Democratic Debate

I disagree. The positive reaction to Yang and his handout to ten people was driven by greed and stupidity. I think most progressives would give up great union insurance, but most voters are not progressives. They are driven by perceived self-interest. I agree debates should be issues-based. That ABC did not end include Warren excerpts says a lot about ABC! Kudos to Rep. Ham! RESIST!!

From Times of Israel: Blue and White leader Benny Gantz on Thursday dismissed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offer of a unity government that includes all the religious right-wing parties, insisting that the next coalition should have himself as prime minister, not Netanyahu, and be committed to liberal policies on religious issues.

Earlier in the day, after the leaders of all the parties in the right-wing religious bloc signed a document pledging to recommend Netanyahu as the next prime minister and vowing to enter a coalition only as a single unit, the premier called on Gantz to join a government that includes those parties, pressuring him to drop his demand for a “secular” unity government with Likud.

At a faction meeting Thursday afternoon, Gantz responded to the proposal: “The nation went to the ballots and made a clear choice — the nation chose unity. Blue and White won the elections, Blue and White is the biggest party. I intend to form a broad unity government headed by me, which would reflect the people’s choice and our basic promises to the public and our priorities.”

Kudos to Benny Gantz! Flush Netanyahu [R-IS] and Trump [R-Hell]! RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!