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Aug 172019
 

It’s a busy day in the shiny new CatBox and I still have lots of Chores to do, so please pardon my brevity.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:42 (average 5:23).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Taken from my bed last night:

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Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Republicans Block FEC Probe Of NRA’s Russia Money And President Donald Trump

 

Republicans are doing everything possible to throttle every investigation into everything. Why? It’s because they know that, if a crime exists, they’re guilty. Start with treason and work down from there. RESIST!!

From YouTube (J Street Channel): Rise to the Moment

 

I thoroughly support this organization. J Street is what AIPUKE could have been, if their leaders truly cared for peace in Israel and the well-being of Jews and others there, instead of pushing the policies of Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians (the polar opposite of real authentic Christians).  RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: After rebuffing Donald J. Trump’s hypothetical proposal to purchase Greenland, the government of Denmark has announced that it would be interested in buying the United States instead.

“As we have stated, Greenland is not for sale,” a spokesperson for the Danish government said on Friday. “We have noted, however, that during the Trump regime pretty much everything in the United States, including its government, has most definitely been for sale.”

“Denmark would be interested in purchasing the United States in its entirety, with the exception of its government,” the spokesperson added.

Dang, Andy. They should wait. If Russia is successful in stealing the White House again in 2020 for the Putin’s Pee-pee Pervert, the value of the nation will drop to below fifty cents. RESIST!!

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Greenland Is Not Nambia

 Posted by at 10:27 am  Politics
Aug 162019
 

Do you remember Nambia? According to the Republican Reich, Africa is full of shithole countries, so when their Fuhrer, Resident Donald Trump, needed a good nation on that continent, he praised Nambia, a country that does not exist.  Now, someone suggested to the Fuhrer that he can buy a country full of white people, Greenland.  As a Republican, he’s do stupid that he actually believed it.

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President Donald Trump is reportedly very interested in buying Greenland from the Danish government — and Copenhagen-based newspaper Berlingske is having a field day mocking him over it.

In the wake of a Wall Street Journal report about the president instructing his advisers to come up with a way to buy Greenland from Denmark, the Danish publication has written multiple articles deriding the president for believing its government will be eager to hand him such a massive piece of territory.

One piece in Berlingske, for example, talked with multiple experts about the feasibility of buying Greenland and was headlined, “Eksperter om Trumps forslag: Han skyder sig selv i foden,” which roughly translates to, “Experts on Trump’s proposal: He shoots himself in the foot.”

The paper’s leading editorial of the day, meanwhile, is titled “Nej, Donald Trump kan ikke bare købe Grønland, men…” — or “No, Donald Trump can’t just buy Greenland, but…” — and it included references to Trump’s “circus” presidency…

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Rachel Maddow enjoyed a bit of tongue in cheek.

 

I don’t feel sorry for the ridicule. Making Trump look idiotic is like making the Pope look Catholic.

RESIST!!

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Aug 162019
 

I’m running late, as I overslept and had several chores  to complete. Next week will be so busy that I will probably have only a Personal Update Monday though Wednesday.  Monday is a WWWendy day, a day late, and we have lots to do.  Tuesday I have an Oncologist appointment to interpret my Cat Scan.  Wednesday I have a power chair repairman coming.  I suspect a bad wheel bearing as my chair screeches whenever I’m on the move.  TGIF Hugs!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:02 (average 4:40).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Donald Trump Nominates Advocate Of ‘Ethnonationalism’ For Judgeship

 

How did Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch know to hold all those judgeships open for Trump, when most thought Hillary would cream Trump. Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch must have already known Putin was stealing the government for the Republican Reich. Can anyone guess which ethnic group that Republican racist Menashi favors? RESIST!!

From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): HALLELUJAH FOR THE NRA!

 

Don retreaded this, but with Republican Ammosexual terrorists on a killing spree, he could not have picked a more appropriate time to bring it back. RESIST!!

From Daily Kos: Sen. Susan Collins took time out of her busy schedule of being extremely disappointedthat people expect her to do something about gun violence to attend a fundraiser on Friday. A fundraiser on her behalf. Held by Leonard Leo, Donald Trump’s “judge whisperer.”

Remember all that hand-wringing we saw from Collins last fall over her vote for Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court? It was kabuki. The fix had been in for a long time, with Collins reportedly giving Mitch McConnell the green light for her vote on this nomination before it happened. Now that she’s hobnobbing with Federalist Society executive vice president Leonard Leo—and he’s raising buckets of money for her—the quid pro quo is staring us in the face.

She’s already received the maximum contribution from Leo, $2,800. So now he’s opened the doors of his $4 million mansion for Collins and all his rich friends—who got a big tax break thanks to Collins’ vote on that Trump tax scam—to say thanks. Leo has become increasingly high-profile since Trump got installed in the Oval Office, even taking a leave from his job at the Federalist Society to specifically get Kavanaugh on the court. He has unprecedented sway and say over Trump in judicial nominations, ensuring that the courts get packed with young judges who have extreme anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ rights, and anti-voting rights records.

There are two kinds of Republicans in office: open goose-steppers and secret goose-steppers. RESIST!!

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Samantha Bee from 8/14

 Posted by at 10:32 am  Politics
Aug 152019
 

It’s that time of week again, and here are three excellent video clips from Sam’s show last night.  Enjoy!

Full Frontal Investigates: The Case of Jerry Falwell, Jr., the Pool Boy,

 

Dang! Even Uranus Inspector Cruz would have been a better pick. Who F’d the pool boy? The Falwells, the Trumps, Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch, Larry Craig, Diaper Dave, and the entire Republican Reich.

Sticky Fingers, Sticky Conversations: BBQ and Reproductive Justice

 

Kudos to the ladies. They sound like a southern fried version of Planned Parenthood.

Betty Who Gives Us One Last Summer Bop

 

Woooo Hoooo Betty Who!

Thanks, Sam!

RESIST!!

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Aug 152019
 

I’m pretty tired out, because WWWendy got caught in traffic and was 45 minutes.  We had extra work to do, because she and her girlfriends are committing wanton debauchery in a German Village this weekend so my next shower day won’t be until Monday.  Today is a grocery delivery day.  BTW, I fixed the Mouse.  I had to move the wireless receiver from the back of the computer to a USB port on my hub near the front.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:14 (average 5:22) to do it, click here.  How did you do?

About Mewe:

Several of our Care2 Refugee friends recommended a site called Mewe.  Some started a group there called Care2share.  So far, it’s almost all petitions, but I asked the group owned if she would like us to add PP articles to the site.  I recommend checking out both the site and the group.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Mitch McConnell At Nexus Of Increased Russian Leverage On U.S. (29 min.)

 

Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch is the best thing for Russian dominance and the worst thing for US national security since Resident Drumpfenfarten. Putin (R-RU) loves his Republican Reich. Every Republican in office is one Republican too many! RESIST!!

From Newsweek: A man, allegedly a correctional officer, drove a pickup truck into a group of Jewish peaceful demonstrators protesting outside the Wyatt Detention Center in Rhode Island on Wednesday night.

Hundreds of Jewish protesters, mostly members of Never Again Action, a group that advocates for the rights of migrants detained by ICE, gathered outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention facility in Central Falls on Wednesday evening. The protesters stood blocking the entrance of the facility, linking arms while chanting for the abolition of ICE and the end to America’s harsh immigration policies.

At around 10 p.m. local time, a dark-colored pickup truck drove slowly up to a group of roughly 40-50 protesters blocking the entrance to the location’s parking lot, before driving straight through the crowd, according to a video uploaded to Twitter.

Amy Anthony, one of the protest’s organizers, told Newsweek that the group has identified the man driving the truck as a correctional officer. “We have confirmed that the person driving the truck is a correctional officer who works for the detention facility,” she said. “The driver was in his uniform when he hit the protestors. His rank and name were embroidered on his shirt and he was wearing a badge at the time.”

 

Was he a lone Republican or was he under orders from the Republican Reich? RESIST!!

From Vanity Fair: John Hickenlooper’s presidential campaign has been on death’s doorstep for weeks. He’s been nonexistent in the polls; he was mistaken for a reporter upon arriving at the first presidential debate in June; and in July, his own staff staged an intervention, urging him to drop his bid to “pursue other opportunities.” Now, the former Colorado governor appears ready to heed their advice. The Associated Press reports that Hickenlooper will announce his withdrawal on Thursday, making him the latest 2020 Democrat to exit the crowded primary field. His announcement will come amid speculation that he is weighing a Senate run against vulnerable Colorado Republican Cory Gardner, but a Hickenlooper campaign source told Politico he will not address that possibility.

From what I’ve seen of him, I’m not favorably Impressed, but I trust he has some god qualities.  If the choice is he or Trump-endorser Corey Gardner for a Senate seat, the worst Democrat is infinitely better than the best Republican. Vote Blue, no matter who! RESIST!!

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Aug 142019
 

Here is the one hundred sixty-fifth article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today’s winner is Trump’s Republican Acting Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ken Cuccinelli. He is so honored for rewriting Emma Lazarus’ poem about Lady Liberty, converting it to racist Republican propaganda.

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It’s practically a parody of Trumpian ignorance and bigotry: Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, offering a rewrite of the famous Emma Lazarus poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.

Instead of reading “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” Cuccinelli suggested–in answer to a reporter’s question about whether he agreed with Lazarus’s poem–that maybe it should say, “Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge.”

This is in line with a new Trump administration regulation that could dramatically reduce the number of legal immigrants to the United States by allowing officials to reject green card and visa applicants if they are low-income, have little education or have ever relied on social assistance programs like Medicaid or food stamps. “This will help Citizenship and Immigration Services objectively determine whether the applicant is likely at any time in the future to receive public benefits,” Cuccinelli wrote in a CNN op-ed… [emphasis added]

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I strongly suspect that right-wing Caucasians from Europe would automatically pass the Republican tests.

Lawrence O’Donnell exposes his hate and hypocrisy.

 

He’s way lower than a sleaze bag. He’s a Republican!

RESIST!!

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Aug 142019
 

My Windows 10 installation is still somewhat buggy, after the update from hell, but I just don’t have time to waste another day dealing with their horrid customer support.  Today is a WWWendy day.  From force of habit, I keep thinking it’s a grocery day too, but grocery day is Thursday in the shiny new CatBox.  I slept poorly last night.  I had to get up for an Alka-Seltzer.  That hiatal hernia has been acting up, and I feel tired.  Hump Day Hugs to all!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:56 (average 5:27)(mouse still flaky).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: Is America Becoming a Third World Country?

 

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. If the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, has their way, we will become a fourth world country. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Trae Crowder Channel): Do What Now – ICEcapades in the Mississippi Heat

 

Trae is spot-on, but it makes me sick to compare this racist Republican hatred to the gorgeous production on ice that thrilled me so, when I was a child. RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: One day after the White House took steps to weaken the Endangered Species Act, an irate polar bear has demanded a face-to-face meeting with Donald J. Trump.

The bear, who was described as “livid” by his spokesperson, has already begun his journey from the Arctic to Washington to express his deep dissatisfaction with Trump.

“He has been ravenously hungry because of the destruction of his habitat,” the bear’s spokesperson said. “The latest news about the Endangered Species Act has not improved his mood.”

Dang, Andy! How could the poor creature possibly bear such a vile encounter? RESIST!!

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Aug 132019
 

Last Night Windows Update installed a major revision to Windows 10.  It trashed my computer.  I have almost everything working again. but it took me all morning to do it.  Therefore this is all I have today.  I’ll be back in the saddle tomorrow.  ARGH!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 5:28 (average 5:15) (mouse still flakey).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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