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Open Thread – 10/2/2018

 Posted by at 1:51 pm  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Oct 022018
 

It’s a relatively cool day, here at the CatBox, but the sun is on the wall, so I’ll have to break soon to button-up and turn on the A/C.  This morning I was busy doing my normal research, preparing football reports, and finalizing my shopping list, so tomorrow I’ll prepare the graphics and collect the data for September’s Monthly Report.  Then I’ll post it on Thursday.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:07 (average 4:24).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Religious Agony:

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My guys played a superior game against a superior team, and they should have won.  In KC’s game winning drive, they were 3rd and 7 on the 46, when the play clock expired a full second before the snap.  Denver’s defense relaxed, expecting the delay of game call, and Mahomes passed to Harris moving the ball to the eleven.  The official, who was supposed to be watching admitted that he muffed the call, but there’s no replay for a missed penalty. That mistake probably cost Denver the game.  That damn stinking Orb really F’d up!

Fantasy Football Report:

Here’s the latest for our own fantasy football league.

Scores:

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Congrats to Wendy, Patty Monster and me for winning.

Standings:

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Kudos to Pam, me, and Patty Monster for leading the league.

Short Takes:

From Huffington Post: Harvard Law School dean John F. Manning informed students last week that, although he couldn’t say whether Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh would still be teaching his January class, called The Supreme Court Since 2005, the school was still taking its students’ concerns seriously. But now the school has told students that Kavanaugh’s course, which he’s been teaching since 2009, would not be offered in 2019.

He’s too dishonest to teach at Harvard, but he’s good enough for Republicans. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Daily Kos: In the Rose Garden outside the White House, Donald Trump announced a renewed North American Free Trade Agreement, which he is trying to rebrand with the new name: U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Toooooooootally different, see?

He turned to questions from the gathered White House reporters and Donald Trump being Donald Trump, he just couldn’t help but insult Cecilia Vega of ABC News, who was trying to ask a question. And of course his gathered bros, including Jared Kushner and Steve Mnuchin, laughed it up. WATCH:

Barf Bag Alert!!

 

Talk about misogyny! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From The New Yorker: As the F.B.I. hurries to complete its supplemental background check of the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, twenty million witnesses have come forward claiming that they saw Kavanaugh lie under oath.

According to the witnesses, they can remember the place where they saw Kavanaugh lie, a hearing room in the United States Senate, and the exact date and time, this past Thursday afternoon.

Despite the striking similarity of their stories, the twenty million witnesses to Kavanaugh’s mendacity said that they were having trouble getting in touch with the F.B.I., even though lying to the Senate is a federal crime and thus within the Bureau’s jurisdiction.

“I called my local F.B.I. office and was told to call the Bureau’s toll-free tip line,” Harland Dorrinson, a resident of Toledo, Ohio, said. “I did that, but the mailbox for Kavanaugh tips was full.”

Dang, Andy! You underestimated the total big time! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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Poll Results – 10/1/2018

 Posted by at 12:53 pm  Blog News, Politics
Oct 012018
 

Here are the results of our “Trump Desperation or Stupidity?" poll.  Politics Plus Polls are not scientific, because those who respond are not balanced according to demographic categories.   Therefore, we do not accurately reflect the makeup of the US population.  Nevertheless, our polls are usually factually accurate, and more often than not, they reflect thinking of the majority of those who actually do think.

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And here are your comments:

Showing comments 1–15 of 15.

 

Posted by Jim Phillips  September 24, 2018 at 10:08 am. From:  CA (US)  

 

Both Stupidly & Desperation. Unfortunately, this was not an answer available. sigh…

 

Posted by gene  September 24, 2018 at 5:51 am. From:  MN (US)   

 

Went with mostly desperation because I think he feels the walls closing in and knows he is caught, that it’s a matter of time before all that’s he’s done is public and he ends up in prison. Though he is indeed stupid. He’s more like a cornered rat to me right now.

 

Posted by Edie  September 21, 2018 at 10:40 am. From:  KY (US)    

 

I voted all stupidity because that is how he handles everything, IN My Opinion.

 

Posted by Mopvyzo USA  September 21, 2018 at 2:25 am. From:  NC (US)   

 

Mostly stupidity. Because is a stupid old man.

 

Posted by Mitch D.  September 14, 2018 at 10:03 am. From:  NJ (US)    

 

I vote for "All stupidity," thinking of the Dunning-Kreuger Effect," in which one is too dumb to know how dumb he/she is. Add this to his grandiosity, and you have a wonderful recipe for supreme idiocy!

 

Posted by BarbCat in reply to Mitch D.  September 14, 2018 at 10:56 am. From:  NC (US)   

 

Trump has to be the most idiotic US President of all time.

 

Posted by Lynn Squance  September 4, 2018 at 12:54 am. From:  BC (CA)    

 

I am 50/50.  Drumpf is so full of BS, he does not know if he is punched, bored or stapled! He thinks he is invincible, just like the narcissist he is. But I believe he is desperate too because he is like a dog with a bone . . . he keeps gnawing on various bones as if that will change things. And some of those bones are totally irrational. He can’t be gone soon enough!!!

 

Posted by dave c  September 3, 2018 at 9:52 am. From:  MN (US)   

 

50/50, I think he is incredibly stupid!

 

Posted by gene  September 2, 2018 at 1:47 am. From:  MN (US)   

 

Oh, I’m in the minority here. I went with total desperation because that’s what I see. I think he knows the walls are closing in on him and it shows in his increasingly unhinged tweets. Still mean as a snake though, no insult intended to snakes.

 

Posted by Lona Goudswaard  September 1, 2018 at 4:52 pm. From:  (AU)    

 

Like anyone with mental disorders (yes, plural) Drumpf has days of some lucidity and on those days he realizes he’s in deep sh$t and acts in desperation because he hasn’t a clue what to do about it. Can’t call another bankruptcy, close the door and leave others to clean up the mess, right? On other days, his insanity/dementia takes over and he truly believes himself above the law. I have no idea what the ratio between lucid and insane days is, but at the moment it seems about 50/50. But that could swing either way at any moment.

 

Posted by SoINeedAName  September 1, 2018 at 2:44 pm. From:  MO (US)    

 

Desperation – at least over 90%.

He’s done this $hit for decades and has gotten away with it.

He knows he’s a cornered animal & the walls are closing in – and he doesn’t have a CLUE on what to do other than what’s worked in the past: LIE his ass off & incite violence & try to change the topic.

 

Posted by Nita L  September 1, 2018 at 12:23 pm. From: TX (US)    

 

This is a difficult question. I picked equally because I think he is running scared but he also thinks he is above the law.

 

Posted by Pat B  September 1, 2018 at 11:24 am. From:  TX (US)    

 

Good question. Settled for equally.

So many negative behaviors emanating from him, and his complete disregard for the office of the President. Shameful behavior, and the more this investigation uncovers, the more desperate he will become.

 

Posted by Diane  September 1, 2018 at 10:24 am. From:  PA (US)    

 

I say 50/50. He’s too stupid to realize just how much trouble he’s in and to the extent he’s broken laws. All kinds of laws.

Desperation because he can’t threaten to sue his way out of the situation he’s in.

 

Posted by Joanne D  September 1, 2018 at 10:08 am. From: CO (US)    

 

Wow, this is a good one. I actually think it’s probably a little more one than the other, but I have no idea how much or even which way. Or maybe I shouldn’t say I have NO idea – I have plenty of ideas, but I keep changing them around. So I just settled for both equally.

I voted Most desperation.  He is incompetent because he is a psychotic sociopath.  Nevertheless he is cunning in the most malignant sense of the word.

The new poll is up.  Don’t forget to vote in it.

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VOTE BLUE!!

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Open Thread – 10/1/2018

 Posted by at 12:49 pm  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Oct 012018
 

A new month is upon us, and we have a few cool days here in the CatBox.  I’m tired, because WWWendy, who sends greetings, and I were up late last Night doing chores.  Tonight, my Broncos play the Chiefs in Denver on Monday Night Football.  May the holy Ellipsoid Orb bless my Broncos.  (They’ll need it!)  OGIM!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:04 (average 5:23).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Trump mocks Dianne Feinstein over Ford’s letter

Barf Bag Alert!!

A pervert perverting justice to defend a pervert. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From The Oregonian: Portland police are investigating a police shooting early Sunday in downtown Portland that left a Portland man dead.

The Police Bureau has released few details about the shooting, but social media from relatives and friends of the victim are filled with “R.I.P.” messages for the family of a 27-year-old man named Patrick Kimmons, known as “Pat Pat.”

 

The building you see with the Starbucks is mine, and all this happened in full view of my window, which you can see when it pans. By the time I was aware of it, they were already removing the body. Even at 5:00 PM, WWWendy had to park several blocks away. She explained that she is a caregiver, so she got a police escort to my building to be allowed into the area. Police say it was gang related. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From NY Times: The F.B.I. moved on Sunday to quickly complete an abbreviated investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, even as Democrats demanded more information about the inquiry’s scope, warning that its apparent constraints could make it a “farce.”

As agents conducted their review, which involves interviewing four potential witnesses, a college professor in North Carolina became the latest in a series of former Yale classmates of Judge Kavanaugh’s to accuse him of giving untruthful testimony by minimizing his use of alcohol when he was a student.

The professor, Chad Ludington, said he frequently saw Judge Kavanaugh “staggering from alcohol consumption” during their student years. He said he planned to tell his story to the F.B.I. at its office in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday. A spokesman for the White House declined to comment on Mr. Ludington’s allegations.

It may be that a limited investigation might be all that’s needed to, but if it’s a farce, we can only hope that Flake, Collins, and Murkowski refuse to goose-step without a real investigation. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

Late Update:  The restrictions on the investigation have been lifted, because Flake and Collins insisted.

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I was in the stands.

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Open Thread – 9/30/2018

 Posted by at 12:32 pm  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Sep 302018
 

This is my only article today, and I won’t be sending links messages on Care2.  WWWendy went to the beach with a high school buddy, who is visiting family in Vancouver, WA, so she wont be coming until this evening.  Also, it’s a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, even though my Broncos don’t worship until Monday Night, when they visit the Chiefs.  Finally, the news is dominated by contradicting accounts on whether and how much the Republican Reich is interfering with the FBI investigation of Pervert Kavanookie.  I’ll wait until I actually know what’s going on.  In any case, I’ll be up late this evening doing chores, so I’m resting today.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:10 (average 5:51).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (SNL Channel): Kavanaugh Hearing Cold Open

 

It’s a lot like the real thing! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): It’s Up to You

 

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right, and the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, needs to go! It’s up to YOU! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Washington Post: Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said Saturday that she plans to “take a hard look” at running for president in 2020 after the midterm elections in November, her most explicit acknowledgment yet of her national ambitions.

Warren made the statement in response to a question about a possible presidential run at a town hall event in Holyoke, Mass., and she explicitly put her deliberations in the context of the searing drama playing out in Washington around the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh.

“This week, I watched 11 men who were too chicken to ask a woman a single question. I watched as Brett Kavanaugh acted like he was entitled to that position and angry at anyone who would question him. I watched powerful men helping a powerful man make it to an even more powerful position. I watched that, and I thought: Time’s up,” she said, according to a video posted by Warren’s Senate campaign. “It’s time for women to go to Washington and fix our broken government, and that includes a woman at the top. So here’s what I promise: After Nov. 6, I will take a hard look at running for president."

 

That, I’d love to see.  Go Liz!  RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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Bill Maher from 9/28

 Posted by at 12:37 pm  Politics
Sep 292018
 

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

Monologue: Courting Disaster

 

Bill has a point. Kavanookie was imitating Trump in the hearing. No wonder most of the Republicans loved it. He is his Fuhrer’s bitch!

Steve Bannon

 

I’m pleased that Bill keeps calling BS on what he says, but he should have called him out for his white supremacy and hatred.

New Rule: Church and Destroy

 

Bill is equating Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christianity, the polar opposite of authentic Christianity, with religion. Authentic Christians do not proselytize, like Bill does. They coexist with other faiths, including Bill’s brand of evangelical Atheism.

God bless Bill!

RESIST!!

VOTE BLUE!!

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Open Thread – 9/29/2018

 Posted by at 12:37 pm  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Sep 292018
 

I’m very tired, but I’m feeling a bit better, as it’s cooler and the Republicosis is almost gone.  I hope that you are enjoying your weekend.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:42 (average 4:44).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): LA Times: FBI’s Brett Kavanaugh Probe Won’t End With Dr. Ford’s Allegation

 

This is wonderful news.  We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Republicans Flake, Collins and Murkowski. If they had not refused to goose-step, Bought Bitch Mitch would have ignored the Judiciary Committee and shoved Pervert Kavanookie onto SCROTUS (Republican Unconstitutional VD). We may yet stop him now. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube (Full Frontal Channel): Sam Doesn’t Need A Show To Vent About Brett Kavanaugh

 

Does Sam have a unique talent for stripping away the BS or what? RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From NY Times: Facebook, already facing scrutiny over how it handles the private information of its users, said on Friday that an attack on its computer network had exposed the personal information of nearly 50 million users.

The breach, which was discovered this week, was the largest in the company’s 14-year history. The attackers exploited a feature in Facebook’s code to gain access to user accounts and potentially take control of them.

The only way to win with Facebook is not to play. UNPLUG!! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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A Flaky Vote?

 Posted by at 1:06 pm  Politics
Sep 282018
 

When Jeff Flake (R-AZ) announced he would vote to pass Pervert Kavanookie out of committee to the Senate floor, a pair of rape survivors confronted him in an elevator and harangued him about his hypocritical decision.  That might have helped.  He did cast a flaky vote, but he has left us a sliver of hope.

Supreme Court Kavanaugh

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was approved Friday by the Senate Judiciary Committee on an 11-10 party-line vote, but the possibility of a reopened FBI investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against him gained surprising new life.

That’s because the nomination still needs to be voted on by the full Senate — and if and when that would take place remained up in the air.

That’s because Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., called for the full Senate vote to be delayed for one week to allow time for the FBI to reopen its background investigation into Kavanaugh amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

Flake voted in favor of Kavanaugh during the Judiciary Committee vote, but then suggested he may not vote for Kavanaugh on the Senate floor if the FBI investigation does not take place. He said the investigation should be short and limited in scope.

If Flake and one or two other Republican senators opposed moving the nomination to the Senate floor for a vote unless the FBI gets involved, that could stall or even doom Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who has not indicated how she intends to vote on the nomination, also backs an FBI investigation.

The only way the investigation could be launched is if President Donald Trump orders the FBI to do so.

Trump, when asked about a possible delay in the full Senate vote, told reporters at the White House on Friday that he would defer to GOP senators…

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Here’s a video report.

I understand that we will get the investigation.  That probably means Bought Bitch Mitch (R-KY) could not get the votes without it.

That’s all I know.

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VOTE BLUE!!

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Open Thread – 9/28/2018

 Posted by at 1:05 pm  Personal, Plus, Politics
Sep 282018
 

Here in the CatBox it’s another hot muggy day.  I don’t feel well, so forgive my brevity.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:20 (average 4:35).  To do it, click here.  Hoe did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Trae Crowder Channel): On Brett Kavanaugh and His Dream Job

 

Kudos to Trae. If such allegations disqualify for a college job, they disqualify for the most powerful job on the country! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Crooks and Liars: Brett Kavanaugh was questioned by Senator Amy Klobuchar during his followup SCOTUS Job Interview Hearing and wow, he got nasty with her. She was exploring questions about his drinking and not only did he dismiss her questions, but he threw her questions back at her. Here is the exchange:

 

I consider it possible that Pervert Kavanookie was so drunk that he does not remember this single victim among the many he has assaulted. Insecurity over that may be the reason he bullied Klobuchar and other Senators. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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