It’s a very busy day here in the crappy old CatBox.  This is my only article today.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:07 (average 5:26): To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Take:

From YouTube (a blast from the past): SIMON & GARFUNKEL – Sound of silence (1967 Live)

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

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I slept poorly last night here in the crappy old CatBox because of the extreme humidity (now 85%).  I feel very tired.  Please expect no more than a Personal Update with no links messages on Care2 both Tomorrow and Monday.  Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, and after de-stinking the smelly TomCat, we start packing.  Monday is my annual Cat Scan with contrast to ascertain that the eye-cancer I suffered did not metastasize.  It doubles as a COPD check.  I expect another clean bill of health, but I’ll be very pissed off, if I don’t get to play with the cat doing the scan.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:19 (average 4:56).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Detained American Teen Speaks About His Ordeal

This example of Republican Latino-hatred is horrific. RESIST!!

From Slate: There were likely big celebrations at the White House Friday night as the Supreme Court gave the green light for the Trump administration to use $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to build parts of the wall along the Mexican border. In a 5-4 ruling, the court’s conservative justices overturned a lower court decision and said the administration could begin using the money while the case proceeds.

Even though the ruling was only one paragraph long, the conservative justices hinted pretty clearly they would likely side with the administration in the future by saying that those challenging the White House use of the funds didn’t seem to have a right to do so. On the opposite end, three of the four more liberal justices on the court—Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan—said they would have blocked the funds for now. Justice Stephen Breyer, meanwhile, said he would have allowed preparatory work but not actual construction that would be difficult to undo if the White House lost the case further down the line.

SCROTUS (Republican Anti-Constitutional VD) strikes again! They are allowing the Fuhrer to steal benefits, equipment, and training that our troops need and deserve to waste money on the bogus Republican wall. RESIST!!

From Daily Kos:

Republicans are really drawing the best people these days. For example, take Daniella Stella, the Trump-loving Minnesota woman who is trying to unseat Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District. She has fully embraced the ridiculously absurd Qanon conspiracy theories (read more about that below.)

But, it turns out the congressional hopeful also has a criminal history. The Guardian has the goods:

Stella is accused of stealing 279 items valued at $2,327.97 from a Target store in Edina, to the south-west of Minneapolis, on 8 January this year. She was arrested for the alleged theft after security staff called the police.

A criminal complaint filed to Hennepin county district court alleged Stella was seen leaving the store without paying for most of her haul, after “scanning only a few other items” that were valued at about $50.

$2,327.97 from a Target? That’s a lot of stolen stuff. It’s hard to imagine executives or employees of Minneapolis-based Target Stores supporting her election campaign. 

The Target theft wasn’t her first time getting busted for shoplifting.

What do I think? I think the prospect of being in the House had her salivating with GOP greed. RESIST!!

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I feel very tired.  I woke up at midnight and felt so uncomfortable, due to the humidity (now 86%) that I could not get back to sleep.  At least today is the last 90°+ day in the crappy old CatBox.  TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:12 (average 5:20).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Neal Katyal On How To Prosecute A Sitting President

I’d love to see a state prosecutor indict the SOB and his whole clan. RESIST!!

From NY Times: The federal government will resume executions of death row inmates after a nearly two-decade hiatus, Attorney General William P. Barr said Thursday, countering a broad national shift away from the death penalty as public support for capital punishment has dwindled.

The announcement reversed what had been essentially a moratorium on the federal death penalty since 2003. Five men convicted of murdering children will be executed in December and January at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., Mr. Barr said, and additional executions will be scheduled later.

What else could we expect from Barrf? He demonstrated, once again, that Republicans are pro-death. RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: In a sign that Donald J. Trump’scontrol over the Republican Party is now complete, congressional Republicans on Thursday defended his decision to give the Russian President Vladimir Putin office space at the White House.

A newly emboldened Trump told reporters that he had furnished Putin with a corner-office suite and secretarial staff to use whenever the Russian President is in town. “He says he plans to be here more and more,” Trump said….

…At the U.S. Senate, a visibly angry Senator Lindsey Graham called allegations that there was anything improper about Trump giving office space to Putin “totally unfair, disgusting, and vile.”

Ok, Andy… Where’s the humor? Where’s the satire? That’s just straight news! RESIST!!

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The next couple days, here in the stinky old CatBox promise to be most uncomfortable, with highs in the 90°s.  The humidity is now 87%.  When WWWendy de-stinks the rancid TomCat later this afternoon.  I’ll be dripping sweat by the time I get back to the room from the shower room.  ARGH!!  On the plus side, one week to go.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:20 (average 5:14).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Mueller Knocks Down Trump’s ‘No Obstruction’ Claim

I thought the second hearing was far better than the first. For those, who listened carefully, the substance we needed was there. However, the optics stunk. Unfortunately for optics is the limit to the attention span of far too many voters. RESIST!!

From NY Times: A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to continue accepting asylum claims from all eligible migrants arriving in the United States, temporarily thwarting the president’s latest attempt to stanch the flow of migrants crossing the southern border.

Judge Jon S. Tigar of the United States District Court in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction against a new rule that would have effectively banned asylum claims in the United States for most Central American migrants, who have been arriving in record numbers this year. It would have also affected many migrants from Africa, Asia and other regions.

Kudos to Judge Tigar. We are a nation of refugees. RESIST!!

From Alternet: On Tuesday, July 23 — the day before former special counsel Robert Mueller publicly testified before Congress — President Donald Trump was the victim of an apparent practical joke that referenced Russia as well as his interest in golf.

At a student summit hosted by the right-wing group Turning Point USA, Trump spoke in front of a presidential seal — which, on the surface, appeared normal. But upon examination, it became apparent that the seal had been altered in two ways: the eagle had two heads (not unlike Russia’s national symbol), and the bird is holding golf clubs rather than its usual arrows.

Was it a prank, or was it the Fuhrer’s design? RESIST!!

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A blast from the past.