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Open Thread – 11/17/2018

 Posted by at 12:20 pm  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Nov 172018
 

I’m sorry to be brief.  I feel like something I should bury in my box.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:58 (average 6:05).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Nancy Pelosi’s Speaker Fight Goes Back To 2012

 

I used to oppose Nancy for the Speakership, but now that she has earned endorsements from MoveOn and the Congressional Progressive Caucus, I’ve changed my mind. RESIST!!

From YouTube (RWW Channel): RWW News: Liz Crokin Says California Wildfires Were Set To Burn Evidence Of Pedophilia in Hollywood

Barf Bag Alert!!

 

What garbage! But if that fool is right, Russian hookers will put those fires out. RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: In a startling break with Thanksgiving tradition, Donald J. Trump refused to pardon the White House turkey after claiming that it was working as a secret operative of the billionaire George Soros.

A group of fourth graders from Bethesda, Maryland, who had gathered on the White House lawn for the annual turkey-pardoning ceremony appeared unprepared for the anti-Soros outburst that Trump unleashed on the Thanksgiving bird.

“That turkey was sent by Soros to spy on me,” Trump said, angrily turning on the fowl. “A lot of people are saying this.”

While the oblivious turkey pecked desultorily at the ground, an increasingly enraged Trump spewed a stream of conspiracy theories linking the feathered animal to global élites, election fraud in Florida, and Jim Acosta.

Dang Andy! I’ll save the turkey! (burp!) RESIST!!

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It hasn’t found the way in six years.  It never will, because it can’t turn left.

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Whitaker Feeding his Fuhrer

 Posted by at 1:06 pm  Politics
Nov 162018
 

In his show last Friday night, Bill Maher said that acting Attorney General Whitaker has his head so far up Trump’s ass that Sean Hannity had to move over.  After less than one week, Whitaker is proving that it is true.  The sycophant is apparently using his oversight of the Mueller investigation to reveal confidential information about what Mueller has to his Fuhrer.

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With the stakes growing ever higher in President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow argued Thursday night that we may have already reached a tipping point in this saga.

She pointed out that, in a tweet Thursday morning, Trump referred to the "inner workings’ of the Mueller investigation, a phrase he has never used before. Maddow argued that this indicates Trump has used his new dubiously appointed Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to gain an unprecedented look inside the Russia investigation.

But it’s not just this development bringing tensions to a head. She laid out an intricate case suggesting that we are very close to a dramatic new chapter in the investigation and in Trump’s presidency.

 

Inserted from <Alternet>

For the 28 minute show segment, click here.

The way Trump has been panicking, I think we’re on the verge of a Saturday massacre.

RESIST!!

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Open Thread – 11/16/2016

 Posted by at 1:05 pm  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Nov 162018
 

I’m back in the saddle, but just barely.  I seem to be coming down with a cold, but it may be the air quality warning.  Apparently we’re getting smoke from the CA fires.  My eyes are burning, and I’m congested.  Store to Door is closed for Thanksgiving, so I had to give Safeway.com my grocery order for next week.  I’m getting them delivered Monday, so there is a fall back period, in case they screw it up again.  TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:03 (average 4:56).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Fmr. Amb: Reported Trump Devil’s Bargain After Khashoggi Killing Horrendous

 

Only Republicans would trade an opportunity to murder an innocent, who has resided in the US for 20 years, to a dictator for silence on the murder of another innocent by another dictator. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Daily Kos Channel): Georgia resident discusses voter suppression as a form of voter intimidation (Turn volume way up.)

 

Lynching certainly isn’t a joke. The Republican Senator from MS openly supported it. RESIST!!

From Alternet: With the memory of the recent anti-Semitic attack at a PIttsburgh synagogue still fresh in the public’s mind, audience members were terrified when a man stood up and screamed "Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!" during a play on Wednesday night in Baltimore, according to a new report in the Washignton Post.

The outburst came at the intermission of a performance of "Fiddler on the Roof," a musical about Jewish traditions. One person told the Post that people began running when the man started shouting.

"The next thing I expected to hear was gunshots, frankly,” Richard Kerr said.

The man was standing and giving a Nazi salute.

I’m sure his idol, the Fuhrer of the Republican Reich, is proud of him. RESIST!!

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Personal Update – 11/15/2018

 Posted by at 11:49 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Nov 152018
 

I need to take a day off.  My replacement credit card has come and I need to spend the day cleaning up the mess and updating my records at a CatBox load of merchandise and service providers.  I’ll be back in the saddle tomorrow.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:02 (average 5:18).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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More Republican Vote Theft

 Posted by at 12:52 pm  Politics
Nov 142018
 

Judging from the idiotic behavior of about half the country, you could never recognize this fact.  In a democratic republic the most precious possession of every citizen is their right to vote.  When someone interferes with your right to have your vote counted, you do not live in a democratic republic.  You live in a Republican Reich.  Republicans are doing everything inhumanly possible to steal votes.

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[M]aybe it was inevitable. Since John Roberts and the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, essentially on the basis that racism was over, the Republican Party has established itself as a political organization dedicated to preventing Certain People from voting—or having their vote counted. Republicans cooked up the idea the United States has a widespread problem of voter fraud—there is exactly zero evidence this problem exists—and responded to this fantastical issue by instituting voter-ID laws, signature-match policies, address requirements, and curtailing early-voting periods, among others. All these policies disproportionately affected poorer people and people of color, whom Republicans don’t want voting because they tend to vote for Democrats.

Combined with gerrymandering, which in one case was ruled by a federal court to have targeted black voters with "surgical precision," the Republican Party’s strategy was clear. But now that the midterm elections still didn’t go their way—already, it looks like the Democrats seized control of the House of Representatives in the biggest landslide since Watergate—they’ve stepped it up a level. Republicans are no longer just dedicated to making it harder to vote, and making certain votes count less based on how they draw district lines. They’re now against counting all the votes, period… [emphasis added]

Inserted from <Esquire>

Click through for a wealth of detailed information on Republican efforts to steal votes in several locations.

If Florida, vote count suppression is so bad that a Democratic Senator sued to extend the recount, because Republicans stole HIS vote.

Will we have a democratic republic or a Republican Reich?

RESIST!!

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Open Thread – 11/14/2018

 Posted by at 12:51 pm  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Nov 142018
 

It’s another busy day here in CatBox.  Store to Door has delivered my groceries, and I have stowed them.  WWWendy is coming this evening to de-stink the nasty TomCat.  Hump Day hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:09 (average 5:13).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Democrats Could End Up Picking Up 40 House Seats From Midterms

 

Still not a tsunami, but definitely a wave! RESIST!!

From YouTube (RWW Channel): RWW News: Andrew Wommack Says Conservatives Who Oppose the Liberal Establishment ‘Wind up Dead’

Barf Bag Alert!!

 

This is an extreme case of projection. Republican domestic terrorists are the ones committing mass murders, not liberals. RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: Calling for an “immediate end” to the recount in Florida, Donald J. Trump warned on Monday that it could set a dangerous precedent of the person with the most votes winning.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said that those in favor of the recount had a “sick obsession with finding out which candidate got the most votes.”

“Democrats are going on and on about counting every last vote until they find out who got the most,” Trump said. “Since when does getting the most votes mean you win?”

Trump said that, if the recounts are allowed to proceed, “We could be looking at a very bad, very sad situation where to be considered legitimately elected you have to get more votes than the other candidate.”

Dang, Andy!! How does your crystal ball see through all that orange hair goop? RESIST!!

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Republicans on Parade – 11/13/2018

 Posted by at 1:11 pm  Politics, Religion
Nov 132018
 

Here is the one hundred forty-second article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today’s honoree is Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]. She is so honored for supporting the proud KKK heritage of lynching.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) demanded a public apology — for all Mississippians — from Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who drew harsh criticism for a line made while campaigning in early November.

1113Cindy-Hyde-Smith“If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row,” Hyde-Smith is heard saying in a video posted to Twitter by journalist and blogger Lamar White Jr. on Sunday morning.

Thompson released a statement Monday, calling the senator’s comments on public hanging “beyond disrespectful and offensive,” adding that Mississippi’s history includes “one of the highest numbers of public lynching, that we know of, than any other state in this country.”

Hyde-Smith, who in a Sunday statement called the remark an “exaggerated expression of regard,” refused to elaborate Monday when reporters asked for more context. She appeared in Jackson, the state’s capital, with Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) — who appointed Hyde-Smith to Congress earlier this year — after accepting an endorsement from the National Right to Life Committee… [emphasis added]

Inserted from <Washington Post>

This racist went even further by refusing to apologize.

They don’t get much more Republican than this.

RESIST!!

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Open Thread – 11/13/2018

 Posted by at 1:11 pm  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Nov 132018
 

Between everything going on, I’m completely swamped, and running behind schedule.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:45 (average 4:25).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Fantasy Football Report:

Here’s the latest news from our own fantasy football league.

Scores:

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Congrats to Wendy, Pam and Vivian for willing their games.  Viv gave me a Saguaro butt scrub.

Standings:

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Kudos to Wendy and Pam for leading the league.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Tonight’s Winner: Congresswoman-Elect Jennifer Wexton (D-VA)

 

Kudos to both Tasha and Jennifer. Maybe we can protect the US from RepubliCare, the plan that allow you to pay for care or die for free. RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Democrat Kyrsten Sinema wins Arizona Senate race

 

I can’t say I’m always going to agree with her, but not only is she a butt in a D seat, but also, she’s infinitely better than any Republican. RESIST!!

From Alternet: On Saturday, tensions flared in Orange, Texas over the Confederate Memorial of the Wind, a structure erected on private land by the Sons of Confederate Veterans near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Jeremy and Tracey Parzen, who have been protesting the memorial and took out a billboard urging its removal, were out demonstrating when a man got out of his pickup truck, got in their faces and started shouting.

Barf Bag Alert!!

 

What a Republican pseudo-Christian way to act! RESIST!!

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