TomCat

Sep 012019
 

It’s a sleepy day, here at the CatBox. n In fact I overslept.  WWWendy should be here in less than half an hour.  The draft went well for me yesterday.  The site rated me at A-, best in our league.  The first game is Thursday night, so players, set you lineups for week 1.  This is my only article today.  Holy Ellipsoid Orb hugs to all.  WWWendy just left (12:30).  I took the time to help her set her team for Thursday, but have had no time to do mine. Smile with tongue out

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:34 (average 4:55).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (a blast from the past): 1963 TV Concert: ‘It’s The Beatles’ Live

From the first minute of the first time I heard the first song, I was hooked. Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Aug 312019
 

It’s a busy day here in the shiny new CatBox and the last day of my first month living here.  This is today’s only article, because the PP fantasy football league is drafting today.  Please expect no more than a Personal Update tomorrow, because it’s a busy WWWendy day.  Weekend Hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:31 (Average 5:16).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): What Is Vladimir Putin Up To Now?

 

Vladimir Putin [R-RU] loves to make extreme bellicose moves, because the more jealous Widdle Donnie Piddle Top is, the more deferential to Daddy Vladdy he becomes. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): WHO’LL STOP THEIR REIGN?

 

Amen Don! The reign of Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten, Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch, and their Republican Reich must be stopped! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Beatles – A Day In The Life

 

Ah… The memories! RESIST!!

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Is a Nuke in Order?

 Posted by at 10:24 am  Politics
Aug 302019
 

Resident Donald Trump, Fuhrer of the Republican Reich, felt he had to cancel his trip to Poland.  He sent his lick-spittle VP instead.  Why. Because, when it comes to God, she has a wonderful sense of humor.  Do you remember when Jerry Falwell called God’s wrath, in the form of a hurricane, down on Disney World, because they started hiring gays openly?  The next hurricane to hit the US, damaged Falwell’s Virginia Beach HQ.  Well guess what happened when Trump started racist rants at the people of Puerto Rico over Dorian?  And we all know how Trump wants to deal with hurricanes!

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Earlier this week, Donald Trump was openly criticizing Puerto Rico for daring to be in the path of Hurricane Dorian, as if it were the island’s fault. Trump also recently (and illegally) diverted hurricane relief funding to help build his imaginary border wall. Now the tables – more specifically the meteorological tables – have turned.

Right around the time forecasters announced that Dorian had changed course and was now headed toward Donald Trump’s home of Mar-a-Lago in Florida, Trump suddenly decided that his Poland trip was no longer important to him, and handed it off to Mike Pence instead. Trump didn’t seem to feel compelled to stay home when he thought the hurricane was going to hit the United States island territory of Puerto Rico, because in Trump’s eyes, Puerto Ricans aren’t real (translation: white) Americans.

Now Trump has a three-fold problem. First, there are the bad optics here, as everyone knows that Trump didn’t care about this hurricane at all until it took a turn toward one of his most cherished properties. Second, Trump faces the prospect of having to mount a hurricane relief effort, at a time when he’s gone five months without a permanent FEMA Director, and he just pulled FEMA funding for his wall fantasy. Third – least important in the big picture but certainly most important to him – a destructive hurricane is heading toward Mar-a-Lago…  [emphasis added]

Inserted from <The Palmer Report>

Now, I doubt the Fuhrer will weather the storm in Mar-a–Lago.  I trust a sudden attack of bone spurs will prevent that.  However, if he does, a nuke is in order.

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Aug 302019
 

It’s a hectic day, here in the shiny new CatBox.  I had a difficult time finding stories to cover.  Most of the media is in holiday-weekend dead time.  Please expect no more than a Personal Update or an Open Thread tomorrow and Sunday.  Tomorrow is our fantasy football league draft, and Sunday is a WWWendy day with lots to do.  If you’re traveling, please stay safe, and TGIF hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:07 (average 5:45).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (Adam Schiff Channel): Rep Schiff on ABC 7: Congress Will Find Out if Trump is Financially Beholden to Russia

 

I’m all for “finding out”, since we already know that he is Putin’s Puppet. Then what are you going to do about it? RESIST!!

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

 

This is one of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar. Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

From Daily Kos: There’s a lot that this administration has done that’s gobsmackingly heinous, but this is extreme. A new memo posted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Wednesday declares that children born overseas to U.S. military members and government employees won’t be automatically considered citizens.

Yes, people serving their country overseas, including in the military and in the diplomatic corps and every other foreign posting, will have to apply for citizenship for any of their children born outside of the U.S., starting Oct. 29. The memo says the USCIS is changing the definition of “residing in the United States” to mean being born in the U.S., disqualifying children born to U.S. citizens at overseas military bases or diplomatic facilities. Parents are going to have to prove their citizenship and residency in order to pass it on to their children.

Way to support the troops, Trump.

To Republicans, our troops are just cannon-fodder.  Real support for then comes only from Democrats. RESIST!!

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Top Dems ALL Beat Trump!

 Posted by at 10:30 am  Politics
Aug 292019
 

I hear this on the radio over and over again.  I see it on the TV over and over again.  Even the candidate’s wife, Jill Biden, says that we should hold our noses and vote for her husband, because he is the only one, who can beat trump.  This argument has one problem: it just isn’t true.

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Yet another poll has emerged suggesting that were the 2020 election held today, every one of the top Democrats could defeat President Trump.

A poll from Quinnipiac released on Wednesday shows former Vice President Joe Biden leading over Trump by 16 points among registered voters, while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leads by 14 points, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) by 12 points, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) by 11 points, and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg leads him by nine points.

This same poll shows that 56 percent of voters disapprove of Trump’s job performance — with 50 percent disapproving strongly — and only 30 percent say that Trump is doing more to unite the country than to divide it; that’s an all-time low in this poll. With 37 percent of voters saying the economy is getting worse, this is the first time since Trump was elected that more say the economy is getting worse than getting better…. [emphasis added]

Inserted from <This Week>

Lawrence O’Donnell covered the story in detail.

 

Since Biden avoids the issues to focus on electability, and since four other Democrats can also beat Trump handily, why should we pick Biden?  He isn’t a Republican.  Otherwise,  I only have reasons why other Democrats are better choices.  In any event, don’t be afraid to chose the Democrat of your choice.  That said, if Biden does win the nomination, he is infinitely more lucid, more caring, more just, and more competent on his worst day than Trump is on his best day.

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Aug 292019
 

It’s overcast and muggy here at the shiny new CatBox with high forecast in the low 80°s.  Store to Door will be delivering groceries later.  I was up late due to the heat and feel tired.  Hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:46 (average 4:31).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Hayes: Directing Someone Explicitly To Break The Law Is An Impeachable Offense

 

It appears that Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten will continue to commit more and more egregious crimes until he is removed from power. And Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch is in his pocket. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Full Frontal Channel): Full Frontal Rewind: Trump’s Henchmen Pt. 2

 

Faux Noise, Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch, and all the rest, What a criminal cavalcade! RESIST!!

From Washington Post: The Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce Thursday that it will loosen federal rules on methane, a powerful greenhouse gas linked to climate change, according to two senior administration officials.

The proposed rule will reverse standards enacted under former president Barack Obama that require oil and gas operations to install controls on their operations to curb the release of methane at the well head and in their transmission equipment, including pipelines, processing and storage facilities.

And here is the greatest source of methane in the US

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Will His Dream Survive?

 Posted by at 9:30 am  Editorial, Politics
Aug 282019
 

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Martin Luther King, Jr. influenced my political thinking more than any other individual.  I was fortunate to have worked under him on Vietnam Summer and to have been present on the Washington Mall fifty-six years ago today on August 28, 1963. It’s hard to believe that we are once again fighting the battle to secure the voting rights won as a result of his dream, and to restore them, where racist Republicans are outlawing the right to vote. Will his dream survive?

This is a repost of last year’s article.  I saw no way to improve it.

Never before has there been such a threat that his dream will be destroyed by the Republican Reich!  Will it survive?  That depends on YOU!

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Aug 282019
 

Today is the last day of the worst part of the heat wave with 96° forecast.  I slept poorly and feel very tired.  Yesterday the tech did a great job on my power chair!  I’m out $330, but the chair is whisper quiet, and I no longer have to hide from neighbors.  Tonight is a WWWendy night.  That’s a good thing, because the TomCat is in desperate need of destinking.  Hump Day Hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:04 (average 4:52). To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Trump Admin Looks To Eject Medically Vulnerable Immigrant Kids

 

Dear Mon and Dad. Here’s our gift to you. Your kid’s going to die. Love, the Republican Reich. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: 9 Ways to Stay Sane During the Primaries

 

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. Just remember, when the primaries are over, vote against the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich! Vote Blue, No Matter Who! RESIST!!

From Raw Story: In a video posted to Facebook this Tuesday morning, a Mississippi voter showed what appeared to be a glitch in a voting machine being used for the state’s GOP governor primary runoff, the Clarion Ledger reports.

In the video [Facebook delinked] posted by Sally Kate Walker, the voting machine’s touch screen changed the selection from Republican candidate Bill Waller Jr. to his opponent and fellow Republican Tate Reeves.

The two are in a GOP primary run-off to face Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood in the November general election.

Republicans are just practicing for 11/2020. RESIST!!

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