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Republicans on Parade–5/29/2019

 Posted by at 10:43 am  Politics
May 292020
 

Here is the one hundred seventy-fifth article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today’s winner is Republican PA State Representative Russ Diamond (R-Annville). He is so honored for intentionally trying to murder Democratic state legislators by infecting them with Trump* virus.


0529diamondRep. Brian Sims, a Philadelphia Democrat, went on
Twitter and Facebook last night to share some shocking news. He says a
Republican colleague tested positive for COVID-19 — and no one told the
Democrats who worked on the same committee. Via MetroWeekly:

Sims, a member of the State Government Committee,
specifically called for the resignation of, and the possible prosecution of, the
member who allegedly tested positive, whom he identified as Rep. Russ Diamond
(R-Annville), as well as Speaker Mike Turzai (R-Marshall Township) and other
Republican leaders, for allegedly conspiring to conceal the fact that GOP
lawmakers had tested positive for COVID-19.

Inserted from <Crooks and Liars>

I call this attempted murder, because I can prove intent.  Were Diamond just displaying a normal stupidity level for Republicans, he would not have warned his Republican colleagues that he was infected.  Even worse, his colleagues joined the plot to kill Democrats.  Otherwise, they would have warned the Democrats that Diamond was a walking death trap.  It’s bad enough that Republicans caused the spread of Trump* virus.  Now they’re weaponizing it to commit biological warfare.

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Open Thread–5/29/2020

 Posted by at 10:41 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
May 292020
 

It’s a tired day, here in the CatBox.  It reached 92° here yesterday.  While the A/C kept it bearable, it was too muggy to facilitate sleeping well.  WWWendy, who thanks you all for your good wishes, left town this morning.  When I texted her, she had just passed Pendleton, so she probably is in Idaho by now.  Updating you on my medical mayhem, on Tuesday I have a video conference with Megan, my PCP.  My PET Scan is on Tuesday 6/9, and my follow up with Evelyn, my Oncologist, is Tuesday 6/16.  TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:30 (average 5:41).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0529TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 1,771,614
Deaths: 103,417
Recovered: 499,109

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Servers belonging to the social-media platform Twitter burst into flames on Thursday, after the company attempted to fact-check all of Donald Trump’s tweets.

“We knew that fact-checking Trump’s tweets was going to put a strain on our system,” Jack Dorsey, the C.E.O. of Twitter, said. “We had no idea that it would result in columns of fire shooting forty feet into the air.”

Reportedly, an explosion in the server fact-checking Trump’s tweets about Joe Scarborough ignited a blaze that quickly spread to a server furiously vetting his tweets about Barack Obama.

Dang Andy! Aren’t the folks that run the Twitter shitter bright enough to store all Trump’s* tweets on asbestos servers, only?  RESIST!!

From NY Times: The Trump administration is preparing an executive order intended to curtail the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for what gets posted on their platforms, two senior administration officials said early Thursday.

Such an order, which officials said was still being drafted and was subject to change, would make it easier for federal regulators to argue that companies like Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter are suppressing free speech when they move to suspend users or delete posts, among other examples.

The move is almost certain to face a court challenge and is the latest salvo by President Trump in his repeated threats to crack down on online platforms. Twitter this week attached fact-checking notices to two of the president’s tweets after he made false claims about voter fraud, and Mr. Trump and his supporters have long accused social media companies of silencing conservative voices.

The concept of free speech to the Republican Reich means Republicans are free to muzzle Democrats and stifle everything we say . Also, Republicans are free to lie continually with impunity and without oversight.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): It’s Time to Send Trump and McConnell Packing

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich in the right, the Republican Reich needs to be obliterated. From top to bottom, every Republican in power is one Republican too many!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing

I love the guitar playing! Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

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Open Thread–5/28/2020

 Posted by at 8:47 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
May 282020
 

It’s a hot busy day, here in the CatBox, with 89° forecast.  WWWendy is coming, and we have lots to do to get me ready for her five day trip.  Have a great day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:00 (average 5:10):  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0528TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 1,747,781
Deaths: 102,197
Recovered: 490,256

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: In an escalation of his spat with Roy Cooper, the Democratic governor of North Carolina, Donald Trump is demanding that the 2020 Republican National Convention relocate from Charlotte to Moscow.

“North Carolina has been difficult every step of the way, and meanwhile Moscow has always been very helpful to me,” Trump wrote, in one of a series of early-morning tweets.

Additionally, Trump argued, moving the R.N.C. to Moscow would save the Republicans millions in airfare. “The most important people working on our 2020 campaign will already be there,” he tweeted.

Well, Andy, I see you’re doing straight news again. Is Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch dancing for glee?  RESIST!!

From Alternet: Trump and Republicans don’t want mail-in voting this November because it blows up a couple of their most effective voter suppression schemes.

In presidential elections dating back to 2000, there’s been noticeable media coverage of long lines in majority-black precincts; commentators sometimes wonder out loud why people would have to wait in line 8 hours to vote in, for example, inner city Ohio in 2004 or Milwaukee in the 2020 primaries.

Leading up to Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s contest with Stacey Abrams in 2018, the Atlanta Constitution-Journal documented how 8 percent of the state’s polling places had been recently closed, hitting rural black areas particularly hard. The Washington Post chronicled how broken voting machines—and the long lines they create—were largely confined to downtown Atlanta and black suburbs and rural areas.

The effect, of course, is to discourage voters from showing up or staying in line, particularly those people who are paid by the hour and have to take time off work to vote.

“The strongest tool Americans have to prevent Republican attempts at voter suppression is mail-in voting.”

In a Republican Reich, voting while Black or Latino is a felony.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): People Are Strange – The Doors [The Very Best Of The Doors]

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

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Republicans on Parade–5/27/2020

 Posted by at 10:19 am  Politics
May 272020
 

Here is the one hundred seventy-fourth article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today’s winners are four unnamed Minneapolis police officers. They are so honored for murdering yet another unarmed black man, who begged for mercy as one killed him and the rest watched.

0527george-floydANOTHER DAY in the United States, another unarmed black man dead following unwarranted, insupportable, outrageous police violence. When will it end?

In Minneapolis on Monday evening, a white officer bore down with his knee on the neck of a handcuffed black man who lay sprawled on the street, rasping, “I cannot breathe” and “Don’t kill me.” The man died a short time after.

The suspect, George Floyd, was in his 40s. He was arrested when officers responded to what they called a suspected “forgery in progress.” They said the man appeared to be intoxicated and that he resisted arrest, though no evidence has been presented for either assertion.

There is plain evidence of what came next, however, from a video recorded by someone in a group of witnesses who stood a few feet away. In it, the white officer appears impassive, almost bored, as the suspect gasps for breath. He is unmoved as witnesses curse and plead with him to get off the suspect’s neck, as they warn that the man’s nose is bleeding, that he can’t breathe, that he isn’t resisting. Nor does the officer relent when an ambulance medic arrives and checks the man’s neck for a pulse…  [emphasis added]

Inserted from <Washington Post>

Here are two video clips reporting on the incident.

4 cops fired after video shows one kneeling on neck of black man who later died

Minneapolis Officers Fired After Fatal Arrest Of Unarmed Black Man

Now, you might ask, how do I know they are Republicans? If they act like Republicans, hate like Republicans, and kill like Republicans, they are Republicans, no matter the party to which they belong.  I’d worry that criminal Fuhrer Trump would pardon them, but it will never come to that.  Guess who is in charge of the investigation?  It’s Barrf!  Should their names and addresses should be posted online?  Sadly, that’s too Republican to do.

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Open Thread–5/27/2020

 Posted by at 10:18 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
May 272020
 

It’s a hot time, here in the CatBox, with the next three days forecast in the 80°s.  That’s not too bad in itself, but it’s a little strange for May.  Yesterday my Oncologist and I agreed that since my treatment had almost killed me from septic shock, we needed a new plan, and she had one ready.  First, I’m going to have another PET Scan to verify the progress of my disease, and see if there is a tumor in my liver that they can biopsy.  If there is, Evelyn will get me into a clinical trial, sponsored by the American Cancer Society.  They analyze the DNA of my cancer and design an individual drug that specifically targets my cancer, without targeting me.  I’ll keep you posted.  Tomorrow, I’ll probably have no more than an Open Thread or a Personal Update.  WWWendy will be gone this weekend.  She’s driving to Wyoming for a family reunion first thing Friday morning.  She will return Monday night.  Please pray for her safety. As a result, my next two WWWendy days are tomorrow and Tuesday.  Will I be stinky by Tuesday, or what?  Happy Hump day to all!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:04 (average 4:33).  To do it, click here.

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0527TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 1,729,022
Deaths: 100,686
Recovered: 480,273

Short Takes:

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Trump threatens to shut down social media platform

This is much too little, much too late. Twitter is almost as bad as Fakebook. It’s time to put Twitter in the shitter!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): As U.S. Deaths Reach 100,000, Trump Praises His Handling Of Virus


Congratulations to criminal Fuhrer Trump for murdering 100,000 in the Republican war against America for greed and power.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Ghost Riders in the Sky – Johnny Cash – Full Song



Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

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Memorial Day – 2020

 Posted by at 9:34 am  Holiday, Politics
May 252020
 

Memorial Day

This is almost identical to last the last three years’ Memorial Day articles, with additions.  I did not see how I could express my position more clearly. You may ask why I, as one who opposes war almost by definition, would want to celebrate the day in which we honor those military service people, who have given their lives in service to America.  From my earliest days as an antiwar activist opposing the war in Vietnam, I have believed that it is as important to honor the warriors, as it is to oppose the wars. They took an oath to obey and honored it.  They had nothing to do with the decisions.  I have no doubt that, if those who died in our Revolutionary War, for example, can look at today’s Republican wars for hate and greed, they are shedding tears over the senseless waste of life, but honoring their comrades as they fall. Now, unlike Veterans day, Memorial Day is not intended as celebration of those who served and survived.  Nevertheless, to all veterans who read this, thank you for your service.  I thank God that you are not among those whom we honor today. Finally, if you are in the service now,  I consider your lives far too precious to spend defending criminal Fuhrer Trump’s* personal profit or Russia’s national interest.  Even now Trump* is attacking Americans with his virus as part of his War on America.  Will he celebrate his 100,000th fatality today?  I urge you all to take care to preserve your lives and those of your comrades.

And now, a special message from a very special person!



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Freya Has a BIG Mouth! ;-)

 Posted by at 9:31 am  Blog News, Politics
May 252020
 

115-Freya

A few years back, I met a woman, who was active in the now defunct Care2 News Network.  In November 2015, she joined the conversation here.  Between then and now, she has commented here over 950 times.  So, when I saw that she had posted the 115,000th comment in our proud history, I looked for the last time she had won a BIG Mouth Award and was shocked to discover that this is her first.  Damn!

Freya is a petition maven.  She’s also an animal rights and animal welfare activist, but she’s partial to cats.  From my perspective, that’s purrrrfect!  She also a political activist, an activist’s activist.  Freya is in the trenches, the way I used to be, when I had two legs and wasn’t dying.  When there’s a cause that needs and deserves a fight, she’s there.  And to top it off, she does it all in bloody red Georgia!

Please join me in praising and giving kudos to Freya for her award, but even more, for her life.  This could not be more deserved or more overdue.

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