GEORGIA – Jon Ossoff
GEORGIA – Meidas Touch – Profits over People
GEORGIA – Now This News – Perdue
GEORGIA – VoteVets
GZERO has been posting for a while (not all “Puppet Regime” but some). Here’s the one from November 11.
Henri l’Artiste
Beau on a gift to the Democrats
Shepherds come a-running (Polish)
It’s a painful exhausted day here in the CatBox. After the hospital screwed me up so badly three weeks ago, they treated me like royalty yesterday to make sure everything went smoothly. The got me infused and out early. They increased my Fentanyl patch from 50 mg to 75 mg. We stopped for take out pizza an the way home. The notary came, and I got writers cramp with all the signing. I commented that, if I had any idea how big a pain in the ass it is to die, I would have opted to live instead. I was up from 5:00 AM until 4:30 PM, and that left me exhausted and in severe pain. Today I have to do an online shop at Safeway.com as Store to Door is closed for the holidays. I should be back in the saddle tomorrow. TGIF!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:16 (average 5:00). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
A Thought from Mitch (ours, not BBMM):
When I was 18, I lived in New York City in my first apartment, I had this on a poster framed above my bed. In an “Ah… the memories” moment, Mitch emailed it to me.
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann, 1948
Short Take:
From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): THE TWELVE STAINS OF TRUMP’S MESS – A Christmas Parody
Wonderful Don! The cleaning crew comes on 1/20. RESIST!!
GEORGIA – Really American
Meidas Touch – Looking ahead in FLorida
Really American – Amazing (Barf Bag Alert for F. Carlson’s punchable face.)
The Lincoln Project – The danger is real
Christopher Krebs closing statement at the wallaby Senate hearing on “election irregularities.” Courtesy of Sen. Jacky Roden (D-NV)
FDR – attacks on Fala – from September 1944
The Trumpty Dumpty Cycle Episode #10
Beau – updates on CoViD
It’s Horrible Hospital Day here in the CatBox. Don’t be surprised if the next you hear from me is a “back to bed” Personal Update in the morning. Hospital Horror Hugs!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:18 (average 5:48). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Take:
From YouTube (a blast of Christmas): The Most Popular Christmas Songs Ever!!! Best Traditional Christmas Music Playlist 2020
If you spend an hour listening to this, you will enjoy it more than I will enjoy my morning. HUGS!!
GEORGIA – Now This News – Long but full of information. Narrated by Natalie Portman
GEORGIA – Really American (sorry, no CC)
GEORGIA – Meidas Touch
Robert Reich on “Normal” – It’s all here – clear as day, and in a nutshell.
Now This News – I personally would not call the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. just “this church” but it really could have been any chunch which cares.
Mrs. Betty Bowers summing up 2020
Founders Sing – Silent Night
Henri – “The Cat Is Sat”
March of the Three Kings (French) – No competition here for pro ballet companies, but cute.
It’s a tired day here in the CatBox, and I’m hurrying to get back to bed. Tomorrow is gruesome hospital day. Please expect no more than a very brief Personal Update. Because of the notary appointment afterwards, I will probably not have the time or strength for a back and OK message, but if anything is wrong, I’ll text Nameless to let you know. Happy Hump Day!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:11 (average 5:08). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Takes:
From Daily Kos: Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s campaign claims she had no idea she was posing for a photo with a former Ku Klux Klan leader who was once convicted of a violent assault on a Black man. Loeffler was photographed beaming alongside Chester Doles at a Friday campaign event.
“Kelly had no idea who that was, and if she had she would have kicked him out immediately because we condemn in the most vociferous terms everything that he stands for,” a campaign spokesman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. But Loeffler was at a September event for QAnon candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene that Doles attended—and was kicked out of. You’d think that someone being a no-go for Greene would stick in the mind. After that event, a Loeffler campaign spokesperson said Loeffler didn’t know who Doles was. But again, that was her opportunity to learn. Apparently she didn’t bother.
Perhaps the reason she doesn’t recognize him in plain clothes is that, when they are together, both are almost always dressed in their sheets and hoods. RESIST!!
From Crooks and Liars: The U.S. government pays disability benefits to people with a serious condition that leaves them unable to work full time. But the Trump administration has been trying to cut the number of people on the program for a while, and now Trump is planning to redefine full-time work as 30 hours per week for purposes of determining whether someone is disabled. Many people would lose their meager benefits as a result. Via Huffington Post:
This is not Trump’s* sole doing. Stealing money from the needy to provide more welfare to greedy billionaires is what Trump has to do to keep a few Republican elected officials actively supporting his election theft and sheeple-fleecing operations. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast of Christmas): The First Noël
Beautiful! Ah… the memories. HUGS!!
GEORGIA – American Bridge – Dave – “Served”
GEORGIA – Don Winslow Films – The Real Kelly Loeffler
VoteVets – About time they weighed in! Once they did, they did it well.
New Randy Rainbow!
Trumpty Dumpty Cycle Episode 9
Beau isn’t always cute when he’s mad … but when he is, this is it.
Keith from Yesterday
It’s an exhausted day here in the CatBox, with good news and bad news. The good news: Bye Bye Barrf!! The bad news: a midnight kitchen fire in the building ruined my night’s sleep. I need to go back to bed. Tuesday is Flush your Republicans Day. Be extra careful with the lid today. It might be Barrf!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:08 (average 5:05). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Take:
From YouTube (a blast for Christmas): Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1959 Version)
Of course around here, it’s SantaCat! HUGS!!
