I’m in a big rush to get ready to go to the hospital to have my infusion port surgery. I hope to be back in the saddle provided the pain is not too severe. OGIM!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 2:56 (average 4:40). To do it, click here. How did do?
Cartoon:
Trump* Virus Update:
Cases: 336,851
Deaths: 9,620
Recovered: 17,977
It’s a busy day, here in the CatBox. WWWendy is here and gooping, while I finish. This is my only article today.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 2:41 (average 4:54). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Trump* Virus Update:
Cases: 311,656
Deaths: 8,454
Recovered: 14,828
Short Takes:
From The New Yorker: The National Incompetence Stockpiles, the federal reserves of inanity and ineptitude to be drawn upon in times of crisis, are at “full capacity,” the Government Accountability Office announced on Saturday.
According to the G.A.O., the Incompetence Stockpiles are so well stocked at the moment that they are in danger of overflowing.
“The sheer tonnage of failure and impotence that is being dumped into the stockpiles on a daily basis is straining their ability to contain it,” the G.A.O. statement read.
Davis Logsdon, a professor at the University of Minnesota who has written the definitive book about the National Incompetence Stockpiles, said that the nation’s futility reserves stand at their highest levels ever, eclipsing the record stockpiles established during the tenure of President George W. Bush.
“The Bush Administration tapped the National Incompetence Stockpiles when it invaded Iraq and responded to Hurricane Katrina,” Logsdon said. “At the time, it seemed as though the stockpiles would never be fully replenished, and that makes the Trump Administration’s achievement all the more striking.”
What can I say, Andy? You could not have nailed this better! RESIST!!
From YouTube (Raw Story Channel): Devin Nunes: Homeless people are the ‘zombie apocalypse’
Barf Bag Alert!!
Nincompoop Nunes had it bass-ackwards. If America has a zombie apocalypse, it’s the Republican Reich. This is the garbage that the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, feeds their deplorable sheeple. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): Rolling Stones – Angie (HQ)
Ah… the memories! RESIST!!
Fifty two years ago today I had “cleaned up for Gene”, sort of, and was working on his campaign, while fighting to keep SDS nonviolent. Back then, the world was not connected the way it it now. I did not watch TV every day, so I did not learn until sometime the next day that my hero and friend had been murdered. Barack Obama joined John Lewis in a tribute to his legacy.
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, and Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of his death. In order to commemorate the occasion, Barack Obama discussed MLK’s legacy with John Lewis and a group of high school students in a new video released by the Obama Foundation.
At the beginning of the video, Lewis recalls where he was when he got the news that King had been shot — in Indianapolis, organizing a rally. Obama tells students from Washington, D.C.’s Ron Brown College Preparatory High School that Lewis was one of the people who made him want to become involved in public life.
“I thought that this would be a good opportunity to connect the people who inspired me with the next generation of young leaders who are going to be doing outstanding things themselves,” Obama tells the students, whose all-male high school grew out of the Obama administration‘s My Brother’s Keeper initiative…
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Here’s that video.
Civil Rights leaders remembered him in a CNN interview.
The previous summer I was walking down the hallway after a planning session for one of Dr. King’s Vietnam Summer demonstrations. Dr. King appeared between two of us and told us how glad he was that young people were dedicated to continue the work after he was gone. I felt surprised and asked, “Gone?” He said that he was stirring-up a hornets nest didn’t know how long he would be allowed to live. In the naivety of youth, I assumed he was kidding.
He was right, of course. If he had stuck with civil rights, he might have died of old age. But when he also organized so effectively against the war, and for the poor, he was threatening billionaires’ profit.
It boggles my mind that this was over fifty years ago. That confronts me with my own mortality.
I’ll hope you’ll invest 43 minute to listen to his last speech, in which he predicted his own death.
Government employees need to beware, and the more they care about doing their jobs, the more they need to watch out. That’s because anyone that says or does anything that criminal Fuhrer Trump* doesn’t like is a sure target for the Fuhrer’s vengeance. Here are two examples.
Sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier cheered for Capt. Brett Crozier as he disembarked the ship for the last time, an overwhelming show of support for their leader who was relieved of his command after issuing a stark warning about a coronavirus outbreak onboard.
New video obtained by CNN shows a large crowd gathered to give Crozier a warm and loud send off, clapping and chanting his name as he left the ship. It was a clear expression of appreciation for their former commander who was removed for what the acting Navy Secretary called “poor judgment.”
“Today at my direction the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Captain Brett Crozier, was relieved of command by carrier strike group commander Rear Admiral Stewart Baker,” acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly announced on Thursday.
The decision came days after Crozier wrote a memo warning Navy leadership that decisive action was needed to save the lives of the ship’s crew. “We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors,” it read, three US defense officials confirmed to CNN…
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Sailors cheer Navy captain relieved of duty over coronavirus warning
Kudos to Brett Crozier for his extraordinary good judgement in saving his crew. He embarrassed criminal Fuhrer Trump*. Vengeances is Republican SOP.
Donald Trump has fired the inspector general for the intelligence community who handled the whistleblower complaint that led to his impeachment, prompting fierce criticism from Democrats.
The US president chose a Friday night, with America consumed by the coronavirus pandemic, to tell the House of Representatives and Senate intelligence committees of his decision to dismiss Michael Atkinson.
In a letter, Trump claimed it was “vital” that he had confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general, and “that is no longer the case with regard to this inspector general”.
The president would nominate an individual who has his full confidence at a later date, he added.
There was swift condemnation from Democrats. Chuck Schumer, the minority leader in the Senate, said: “President Trump fires people for telling the truth… [emphasis added]
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Trump Fires IG Who Flagged Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint
Kudos to Michael Atkinson for doing his job. Vengeance is mine, sayeth criminal Fuhrer Trump*.
It’s very busy day here at the CatBox, but I am feeling better than yesterday. Tomorrow and Monday please expect no more than Personal Updates or Open Threads. Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, with all the normal chores plus it’s Infernal Revenue Day. Monday, I go to the hospital to have an infusion port surgically installed in my chest. WWWendy will bring me home. Tuesday will depend on how I feel after that surgery. Love to you all!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:34 (average 6:40). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Trump* Virus Update:
Cases: 277,613
Deaths: 7,406
Recovered: 12,294
Short Takes:
From Twitter:
Could lose health care access due to getting fired:
Australia: 0
Belgium: 0
Canada: 0
Chile: 0
Denmark: 0
Finland: 0
France: 0
Germany: 0
Greece: 0
Hungary: 0
Italy: 0
Japan: 0
New Zealand: 0
Norway: 0
Portugal: 0
S Korea: 0
Spain: 0
Sweden: 0
Turkey: 0
UK: 0USA: 160,000,000
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) April 3, 2020
Does that say it all, or what? RESIST!!
From YouTube (Real Time Channel): Sen. Bernie Sanders
Click through using the channel link for the rest of Bill’s show. I don’t have time to submit an article on it this week, but it’s there for you. As for Bernie, he could not be more spot on in his outlook for dealing with the effects of Trump* virus. Looking to the future, Trump and the Republican Reich have trashed the economy so completely that tying health care to employment is no longer feasible. On Bill’s ‘Manhattan Project’, we need health care that bases profit on wellness. We have healthcare that bases profit on sickness. That’s bass-ackward! RESIST!!
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Maddow to Trump: You Had One Job. Virus Response Needs Competent Leadership
This is one of Rachel’s best ever! Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon, just lent respirators to New York. Oregon leads the way! Kate is as competent and caring as criminal Fuhrer Trump* and all his Republican lackeys are incompetent and uncaring. Incompetence is a hallmark of the Republican Reich, such as Katrina and the Republican Recession of 2008. What do we say of the Trump* virus pandemic and the Republican Depression of 2020? It’s Trump’s* job, so we say “Heck of a job, Donnie*!” RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): Nancy Sinatra – Friday’s Child
Ah… the memories! RESIST!!
Democrats and Independents trash criminal Fuhrer Trump* on a regular basis. It’s a completely natural thing to do. Trashing Trump is as obvious as peeing in a toilet. Republicans, on the other hand tend to fall between brainwashed and braindead, so they tend to love their criminal Fuhrer Trump* to the point of their own destruction. So I was very surprised to discover that even some Republicans are trashing their Fuhrer.
Republicans for the Rule of Law, a group of anti-Trump conservatives who backed the president’s impeachment, has released a brutal new ad that features longtime Republican voters hammering Trump’s leadership on the coronavirus pandemic.
The ad features Republican voters from all across the United States taking turns reading from a script describing their disillusionment with the president’s actions during the pandemic… [emphasis added]
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Graphic credit: Decaffeinated Politics
Crisis of Leadership: Republican Voters Denounce Trump’s Coronavirus Failure
To be sure, since these folks are conservative Republicans I will agree with them on very little indeed, but I can agree with them on impeachment and on his lethal Trump* virus response. I can also respect them for having more integrity than over 99.44% of their fellow Republicans. Finally, I can thank them for their courage.
It’s a barfy day here in the CatBox. I’ve been throwing up most of last night and this morning. I think something got caught in my tumor. I feel VERY tired. TGIF!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:09 (average 4:46). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Trump* Virus Update:
Cases: 245,442
Deaths: 6,098
Recovered: 10,411
Short Takes:
From Crooks and Liars: Welcome to the COVID-19 Games, where the tributes are governors fighting for the scraps of critical protective gear still available, and where success still depends on kissing Trump’s ass.
Last week Trump was playing quid pro quo with Americans lives, telling governors “it’s a two-way street. They have to treat us well.” The result of not doing so is not getting help. Take New York, which requested 30,000 ventilators and got 4,400. And is being outbid by FEMA on the private market, where the state has been trying to procure more. “What sense does this make?” Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters Tuesday. “The federal government, FEMA, should have been the purchasing agent. Buy everything, and then allocate it by need to the states.” Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers asked for 190,000 nonsurgical masks from FEMA last week, and has struggled to find ventilators. He has no idea where the masks are.
On the other hand, Oklahoma asked for 16,000 face shields and got 120,000. It had received about 84,000 N95 masks by the end of last week, “more than twice its original request.” Then there’s Florida, which is expecting its third shipment from the feds. It got 100% of what Trump’s good buddy Gov. Ron DeSantis asked for in the first two shipments. Kentucky has gotten more than it requested. Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maine have only gotten part of what they’ve requested. (There you go, Sen. Susan Collins, more lessons learned for you.)
For governors to save their people, being just sycophants isn’t enough. They have to become suckophants too! RESIST!!
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Sen. Harris On Trump’s Virus Response: ‘This Guy Doesn’t Understand His Job’
Unfortunately, I must disagree. Criminal Fuhrer Trump* does understand his job , and it has two foci: 1. Take the wealth of lower and middle class Americans and use it to provide welfare for billionaires and corporate criminals. 2. Establish a permanent, National Socialist, plutocratic Republican Reich in which elections have predetermined outcomes and exist for show only. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): Neil Young – Heart of Gold/Lyrics (Full HD)
Ah… the memories! RESIST!!
It’s that time of week again, and here are five excellent video clips from Sam’s show last night. Enjoy!!
Introducing: Coronavirus For Her!
Women and especially female health care workers, putting themselves at risk, are heroes, unlike the Republicans responsible for killing them off with Trump* virus.
The 2020 Election: What Do You Have To Lose?
Stacey for VP? Works for me!
Dang! It’s almost impossible to get TP with criminal Fuhrer Trump’s* face on it. Is that because TP is in short supply, or because so many want to wipe their ass on an asshole?
Stay Home and Fill Out Your 2020 Census!
I did! Did you?
There IS Crying in Baseball…And Everywhere Else
Will Trump* virus kill football too? AAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Great show from Sam!
