I’m afraid I have had a complete relapse. Elder at home is coming this morning to serve as my doctor’s eyes. Back to bed. Hugs! RESIST!!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:11 (average 4:46). To do it, click here. How did you do?
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Apr 042017
TomCat
Apr 032017
When I awakened this morning, I felt tired and congested and I have been coughing, so instead of pushing myself, I’m going back to bed. I hope to return tomorrow, Hugs! RESIST!!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:35 (average 5:46). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Apr 022017
I'll just get out of the way and let you enjoy Bill.
Building a wall around Trump supporters is a great idea!
The entire Republican Reich are Trump enablers.
Enjoy…
RESIST!!
Apr 022017
I’m feeling quite tired, so I’ll be brief. Barring unforeseen circumstances, I plan to publish most days this week, but if the forecast holds, I may make a bank run on Tuesday afternoon.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:01 (average 5:33). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Daily Kos: Who would Jesus starve? Step aside Pope Francis, because this Texas Republican seems know exactly who:
One lawmaker is citing a godly reference to justify changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Tex.) recently quoted the New Testament to question the strength of current work requirements. […]
House Republicans have historically cited the verse — “if a man will not work, he shall not eat” — as justification for cutting some adults’ SNAP benefits. Arrington referenced the verse in a discussion about increasing the work requirements for unemployed adults on the food stamp program. But critics say that advances a pernicious myth about the unemployed who receive SNAP.
The verse in question applies specifically to people who can work or otherwise contribute to society but choose not to, said theologians from several denominations who spoke to The Post. There is a perception, among some voters and lawmakers, that many adult SNAP recipients are exactly this sort of “freeloader.”
But policy experts say that is not the case. Many unemployed adults on SNAP simply cannot work, they say. Those include the mentally ill, the borderline disabled and veterans.
Remember that these Republican Supply Side pseudo-Christians and authentic Christians have nothing whatsoever in common. Christians emulate the care for others that Jesus said, thought, and did. Republican pseudo-Christians do not and, therefore, are not Christians. RESIST!!
From YouTube: The facts on climate change — and what to do about it
Once upon a time, one could be pro-science, pro-earth, and pro-wildlife from a nonpartisan perspective. If they can help educate the Republican rank and file, more power to them, but I see no way forward without opposition to the Republican Reich, because they are anti-science, anti-earth and anti-wildlife, except for Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten’s wild life in Russian hotel rooms. RESIST!!
From NY Times: The Trump administration is considered the wealthiest in United States history. Here is a look at the value of assets held by some top officials at the time they joined the administration, based on financial disclosure filings.
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Name |
Bottom estimate |
Top estimate |
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Betsy DeVos Secretary of Education |
$579,783,484 |
unknown |
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Wilbur L. Ross Secretary of Commerce |
$326,224,177 |
unknown |
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Gary D. Cohn Director of the National Economic Council |
$252,952,172 |
unknown |
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Jared Kushner Senior adviser to the president for strategic planning |
$241,037,233 |
unknown |
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Rex W. Tillerson Secretary of State |
$239,488,353 |
unknown |
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Reed Cordish Special assistant to the president for intragovernmental and technology initiatives |
$197,281,047 |
unknown |
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Steven T. Mnuchin Secretary of the Treasury |
$154,137,166 |
unknown |
This is the face of fascist plutocracy. Click through for the rest. RESIST!!
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Apr 012017
Carrie should be here shortly. I will have no April Fools Day post today, because any notion of support for the Republican Reich is just too obscene for humor. I’m feeling tired and plan to get some rest, but I will harvest Bill Maher’s clips for tomorrow.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 2:46 (average 4:30). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Take:
From Daily Kos: Former FBI Special Agent and current Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute Clinton Watts is testifying in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee since the House Republican one is being run by a fucking imbecile who can’t make a decision without the go-ahead from the guy being investigated. Here’s an interesting interaction between Watts and the Intelligence Committee.
Collusion! RESIST!!
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April Fools!
Mar 312017
I thought I was taking most of today off, but I did not want to let this story pass without commenting. I and several others have commented on how quiet one of Trump’s lackeys with a huge smoking gun has been of late, and now we know why. Alt-Right Nazi Michael T. Flynn, pictured below with Putin and another US traitor, whose efforts helped invest Trump, asked for immunity for his testimony.
Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser, has offered to be interviewed by House and Senate investigators who are examining the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia in exchange for immunity from prosecution, according to his lawyer and a congressional official.
But the congressional official said investigators were unwilling to broker a deal with Mr. Flynn — who resigned last month for misleading White House officials about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador to the United States — until they are further along in their inquiries and they better understand what information Mr. Flynn might offer as part of a deal.
In a statement on Thursday evening, Mr. Flynn’s lawyer confirmed discussions with the House and Senate intelligence committees about possible testimony by his client. The lawyer, Robert Kelner, did not provide specifics about the terms under which Mr. Flynn would testify, but said that “no reasonable person, who has the benefit of advice from counsel, would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized, witch-hunt environment without assurances against unfair prosecution.”
“General Flynn certainly has a story to tell, and he very much wants to tell it, should circumstances permit,” the statement said…
From <NY Times>
Rachel Maddow covered the issue in two segments.
Flynn testimony offer jolts Trump Russia case
Shane Harris, senior writer for The Wall Street Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about breaking news that disgraced Donald Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has offered to testify in the Russia investigation in exchange for immunity.
I think I know how Flynn made it through the vetting process. The Trump campaign, and later, the Trump Reich knew all about Flynn’s crimes. At least, they looked the other way, because they did not expect him to be publicly exposed. More likely, they knew, because they were all accomplices, before, during and after the fact.
Would Flynn testimony implicate ‘higher ups?’
Congressman Jim Himes, member of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about what it would mean to grant immunity the Mike Flynn in exchange for testimony and what considerations would go into granting such immunity.
That the Trump campaign "amplified and repeated" Russia’s efforts also indicates collusion between the two. The notion that the Trump Reich is spying on the criminal investigation against them by reviewing raw FBI intercepts boggles the mind!
So what now? The bottom line on immunity for Flynn is simple. If his testimony will bring indictments for lesser players below his own rank, forget it! But if his testimony is sufficient to bring down Trump and Pence, give it to him. Now we wait an see. Until then…
RESIST!!
Mar 312017
I wasn’t planning to write today, but my appointment did not take much time, and I wanted to tackle the news. Megan refused to refill the Prednisone without seeing me, and I opted not to go in. The stretching it takes to put on George is the worst thing I could do for my chest muscles, and having to spend three hours waiting for will-call lift rides would elevate my stress level. And since I had already spent the night waiting for her front office to get her the message, and I am in not as much pain as I feared, albeit far moré than I’d hoped, I’m rolling the dice that I van get through the weekend without it. Tomorrow will definitely be a short day.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:19 (average 5:16). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Daily Kos: Now that the White House realizes it’s bound to a suicide vest known as the "Freedom Caucus," Donald Trump’s aides are on the hunt for Democrats who will help the popular vote loser bring his legislative agenda to fruition.
Under normal circumstances, building a relationship with a Republican president in order to influence legislation might make sense. But these are not normal times. To negotiate with Trump would be to lend credibility to someone who is quite possibly an illegitimate occupant of the Oval Office, has stacked his cabinet with unqualified hacks intended to undercut the very foundation of the federal government, tests the Constitutional limitations of his office at every turn, and who, as our own Laura Clawson pointed out, can’t go two sentences without expelling a lie.
Fat chance!! In the Senate, I think there are only two or three DINOS cowardly enough to goose=step with this Fuhrer. Miserable Manchin [DINO-WV] and Horrid Heitkamp [DINO-ND] even plan to vote FOR Whoresuch. If either is yours, tear them a new one. RESIST!!
From Politico: The road to a Democratic Senate majority in 2018 runs through Texas — yes, Texas.
Facing a grim midterm map, Democrats are desperately trying to put enough GOP-held seats in play to take advantage of Donald Trump’s unpopularity and carve a credible path back to Senate control. The odds are so long that Democrats must pin their hopes on taking out Ted Cruz in the reliably conservative bastion of Texas.
Their first ray of hope is the entry of three-term Rep. Beto O’Rourke — a 44-year-old former hard rock musician and internet entrepreneur who speaks fluent Spanish — into the race on Friday. Though Cruz is universally known, Democrats insist he’s not invincible, pointing to the first-term Republican’s poor polling numbers and prolonged focus on running for president.
And they say O’Rourke is formidable enough that they can make a case to donors that they actually have a shot at winning the state — and the Senate overall.
If Democrats challenge TRUS Pervert Cruse by opposing him with a Howler howls off key, has mange, body odor, and halitosis, that masturbates continuously, and that throws feces at all in range… support the monkey! RESIST!!
From Think Progress: 1. The Trump family’s apparent kleptocracy
Chaffetz told Coppins that he is unconcerned with issues like Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway using her position to urge people to buy Trump’s daughter’s line of jewelry or questions about his son-in-law’s investments.
“I don’t see how that affects the average American and their taxpayer dollars. Just the fact that a staff person’s family is making money? It’s not enough,” he explained. “These other little intrigues about a wealthy family making money is a bit of a sideshow.”
This is the first of five Trump crimes that the House Oversight Committee Chair does not consider worth investigating. Click through for the other four. RESIST!!
Cartoon:
Mar 302017
In the last few days, I’ve shared a couple really troubling articles, so I guess I owe you the next bad news in a more enjoyable format. What better choice couls there be for that in Samantha Bee. She even found a former judge that Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten might take on a Russian hotel games tour, before appointing him to SCROTUS (Republican Constitutional VD).
Governing Is Hard: Trumpcare Edition
If Rump Dump Rectum wants to make a deal on health care, let him propose Medicare for All. Don’t hold your breath!
Someone Run Against Johnnie Caldwell
No Republican should ever get to run unopposed, especially not Pussy Grabber, Jr.!!
Enjoy the chuckle. Then…
RESIST!!