I’m rushing.  WWWendy will be here in an hour.  This is today’s only article with no links messages on Care2.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:15 (average 4:33).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Missing Inaugural Ball Money Adds Layer To Odd Trump-China Story

If I had to guess, I’d say the money was used to pay for a lifetime supply of happy ending tugs for Putin’s Piddle Pervert. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): MAR-A-LAGO-VILLE – Parody

Kudos again, Don. When Himicane Andrew hit FL, I so hoped that vile place would follow Atlantis. No such luck. 🙁  RESIST!!

From Think Progress: President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ran a family company in which employees were subjected to “widespread” and “pervasive” sexual harassment, according to an investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

The investigation concluded that AccuWeather, the company then run by Trump nominee Barry Lee Myers, had a culture of sexual harassment and discrimination that included unwanted touching and kissing by a male executive, according to a letter obtained by ThinkProgress via a Freedom of Information Act request.

Women who engaged in sexual relationships with senior male managers were rewarded with “job-related perks,” the OFCCP letter concludes. Many women resigned rather than submitting to the harassment, while others feared being “blacklisted” if they filed complaints, the January 2018 letter states.

Although they were aware of the issue, AccuWeather officials “did not take reasonable action to prevent and remedy harassing conduct,” the letter says.

We are wasting our time objecting to this. In the Trump sycophancy and the Republican Reich, perversion is a prerequisite, not a liability. RESIST!!

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It’s another Busy day, here in the CatBox.  I was pleasantly surprised when CCC delivered my fridge yesterday. I had been told it would be a 10 ft³ unit.  I had a 14 ft³.  They delivered a 15.5 ft³.  That;s big enough to store an extra dawg, maybe 2. It keeps my food quite cold.  Furthermore, it’s brand new.  I like it.  TGIF!!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:22 (average 6:48).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Assange Arrest Puts WikiLeaks Tie To Donald Trump Camp Back In Spotlight

It’s hard to tell which leaks Putin’s Puppet likes best: Wikileaks or Russian Hooker leaks. RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Jeffrey Toobin on proposed policy: This is grotesque

As a resident of a sanctuary city, I would rather see refugees released here than Republican Sheeple. The latter are violent criminals and thugs. RESIST!!

From Boston Herald: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is proposing a new tax on corporate profits that’s designed to prevent business giants from taking advantage of the existing tax code to effectively pay a zero rate.

The 7% tax on corporate profits above $100 million is the latest in a series of ambitious policy proposals from the Massachusetts senator. It’s in line with her broader push to rein in such industries as the financial sector and technology firms .

Her campaign estimates the proposal would hit roughly 1,200 firms. Those corporations would pay the tax on top of any liability under current tax rules, which, as Warren said in a Thursday blog post on her plan, is necessary because “our corporate tax code is so littered with loopholes that simply raising the regular corporate tax rate alone is not enough.”

Dubbing her pitch “the Real Corporate Profits Tax,” Warren wrote: “It will make our biggest and most profitable corporations pay more and ensure that none of them can ever make billions and pay zero taxes again.”

I’m 100% for it. When a giant corporation has received so many custom loopholes from Republicans that they pay no taxes, raising the rate does not help. A higher percentage of 0 is still 0.  We need them to pay their fair share. RESIST!!

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