It’s a crazy day here in the CatBox.  It may be the last day this year in the 80°s, and talk about muggy!  The humidity is 97%.  Store to Door is delivering groceries this afternoon.  I want to eat lunch early, take an early cat nap, get up for the delivery, and take another cat nap, when done.  We’ll see how that works.  Today is a Holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  The Buccaneers play the Panthers on Thursday Night Football.  Fantasy Football players, make sure you set your lineup before the game.  Tonight I’ll be watching the debate instead of meditating on the Orb.

Democratic Debate:

Click here for an extensive preview from the NY^ Times.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:04 (average 4:30).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

A blast from the past.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (ProPublica Channel): Here’s How a Foreign Official Ended Up Writing Part of Trump’s Campaign Speech

Barf Bag Alert!!

Is there no nation that has not bought the Republican Reich? RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Medically Fragile Immigrant Appeals To Congress In Fight For Life

Damn all Republican murderers! They say this isn’t a real threat. If that’s true, then the Pope is not Catholic, and bears never, ever shit in the woods. RESIST!!

From BBC: The US Supreme Court has allowed the government to severely limit the ability of migrants to claim asylum.

The policy bars people arriving at the US southern border from seeking protection if they failed to do so in a country they passed through en route.

Legal challenges continue but the ruling means for now it can be enforced nationwide.

The plan will affect tens of thousands of Central American migrants who travel north, often on foot, through Mexico.

Mexico said on Thursday that it disagreed with the ruling.

The Republican Injustices of SCROTUS (Republican anti-Constitution VD). Are out of control! RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s a very busy Day, here in the CatBox.  It’s a WWWendy day, and the rancid TomCat is especially stinky because of high humidity.  Preparing the religious and fantasy reports takes time.  So I’m running a bit behind.  Barring unforeseen circumstances, I’ll be back in the saddle until Sunday.  Happy Hump Day to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:32 (average 5:07).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Religious Agony:

And I stayed up late tor that?!!?  Damn #$%!& Orb!

Fantasy Football Report:

Here’s the latest from Lefty Blog Friends, our own fantasy football league.

Scores:

Congrats to the week’s leader, Patty Monster. Did WWWendy kick my kitty ass or what?  Endthegop  is an empty team.

Standings:

It’s a sad day when everyone is ahead of me but the Sasquatch, and that because she isn’t really organized yet.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): President Trump Inclined For Turn Away Hurricane Dorian Evacuees

Only the Fuhrer would brag about representing the Republican Reich so accurately! RESIST!!

From The Daily Beast: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last month blocked a measure that would have used Treasury Department funds marked for Appalachian development to help pay for coal miners’ health care and pensions in his home state of Kentucky.

But just a few months earlier, McConnell successfully steered near-identical Treasury funds for Appalachia to bankroll a Kentucky aluminum plant connected to an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

Democrats on Capitol Hill have raised concerns for months about McConnell’s connection to the aluminum plant. It’s one of several reasons why McConnell’s political opponents have tried to stick him with the nickname “Moscow Mitch.” But what’s gone largely unnoticed as the sobriquet has become a social media trending topic is how McConnell worked to keep money out of coal miners’ hands—even as he maneuvered to steer federal funds to the Russian-linked plant.

Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch hates workers, as much as he loves Russia. RESIST!!

From NY Times: The Secretary of Commerce threatened to fire top employees at the federal scientific agency responsible for weather forecasts last Friday after the agency’s Birmingham office contradicted President Trump’s claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama, according to three people familiar with the discussion.

In the Republican Reich, contradicting the Fuhrer is an unforgivable sin. RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.  The new Vela chair came but WWWendy and are having trouble charging it.  I hope it’s not defective.  I’m running was late.  Tomorrow I’ll be gone with a medical appointment.  Hectic Ellipsoid Orb Hugs.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:21 (average 4:24).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Elizabeth Warren Channel): Elizabeth Warren at the 2019 New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention

They seem to like her as much as I do. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): DONOVAN- ATLANTIS

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

From Think Progress: A prominent LGBTQ rights organization, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced Thursday that it will host a presidential town hall on LGBTQ issues next month. The event will air on CNN.

LGBTQ advocacy groups told ThinkProgress that they know exactly what ideas they want to hear discussed at the town hall set for Oct. 10, which is National Coming Out Day. Many said that first and foremost, they want candidates to acknowledge the struggles of the most marginalized in the community, including LGBTQ people of color, and put forward policies to respond to anti-LGBTQ bias in the criminal justice system.

“LGBTQ people are more likely to come into contact with the police due to discriminatory policing, be incarcerated, and experience violence while locked up than non-LGBTQ people. Black and Latinx LGBTQ people are most impacted,” Tyrone Hanley, senior policy counsel for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, told ThinkProgress.

Hanley said that aspirants to the White House must put criminal justice reform as one of the issues topping their list. “Candidates must demonstrate an understanding that anti-LGBTQ discrimination and violence is impacted by issues of race, gender, and class just as they are for other communities,” he said.

The town hall comes at a critical time, as the Trump administration has rolled back health-care protections for transgender people and protections for transgender students, implemented a ban on transgender people in the military, and proposed a rule that allows broad religious exemptions for businesses with federal contracts.

I look forward to seeing this and agree with the sponsors’ intent. This was Think Progress’ most recent political article, dated 9/5.  RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s a very tired day here in the CatBox, and I’m bleary-eyed.  Store to Door changed my route schedule without telling me.  Instead of the usual Noon, my new driver did not come until 2:30, and I did not go down for my nap until 3:30, so I missed 2 1/2 hours of my four hour nap.  I was in my wheelchair so long that my ass has pressure sores, and my back is killing me.  TGIF Hugs!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:02 (average 5:41).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Team Trump Rolls Out Attacks On 2020 Dems After Town Hall On Climate Change

I saw a few minutes of that, and I bet the Republican Reich is exaggerating. RESIST!!

From Politico: Four states are poised to cancel their 2020 GOP presidential primaries and caucuses, a move that would cut off oxygen to Donald Trump’s long-shot primary challengers.

Republican parties in South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Kansas are expected to finalize the cancellations in meetings this weekend, according to three GOP officials who are familiar with the plans.

The moves are the latest illustration of Trump’s takeover of the entire Republican Party apparatus. They underscore the extent to which his allies are determined to snuff out any potential nuisance en route to his renomination — or even to deny Republican critics a platform to embarrass him.

Heil Fuhrer!! RESIST!!

From Alternet: When well-known former Republicans start goading Mitch McConnell with the moniker that clearly has him enraged, you know Moscow Mitch’s cover is blown. For years he’s been able to keep sliding under the radar, undermining the Senate, flouting the norms and traditions that kept the institution a functioning body, while the wider world paid little attention.

But that’s changed. His enthusiastic enabling of this worst, most dangerous president is one thing that’s breaking his protective shell. So is his refusal to protect the nation from enemy interference in our elections. But his disregard for human life is the last straw for a lot of people. That includes well-known former Republicans like David Weissman, who used to support McConnell, as well as Trump. In an open letter to Moscow Mitch published Wednesday in The Times of Israel, Weissman told him “if you don’t like this nickname, do your job.”

“You are failing the people that elected you to act as Senator, but instead you act as [a] Russian puppet,” Weissman wrote. “You have also blocked bipartisan bills that would protect elections in our country. This gives Russia more opportunities to interfere in our elections.” He writes to McConnell that he is “single-handedly putting our democracy at risk,” and “This is why the people are calling you Moscow Mitch.”

Click through for the rest. I love it when people tear Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch a new asshole.  RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!