Politics Plus

This is just a pit  stop and my only article today.  WWWendy and I are going to see the new CatBox.  Hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:12 (average 5:46).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Take:

From The New Yorker: A British woman quit her job, on Friday, after being forced to spend the better part of a week with Donald J. Trump, the woman has confirmed.

Speaking to reporters at her office in London, the woman said that, although she had spent years trying to get the job, having to endure several days in the company of Trump convinced her that “life is too short.”

“When I started this job, I knew that a certain amount of my responsibilities would involve dealing with members of the public,” she said. “But had I known that I also would have to spend hours listening to Donald Trump talk, I certainly would have applied for a different position.”

So she quit after almost a week, Andy? What took her so long? RESIST!!

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I’m running way behind schedule, because I got tied up with move prep.  Please pardon my brevity.  TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:51 (average 5:14).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Lawrence’s Last Word: Trump’s Lies About Why He Didn’t Serve In Vietnam

I believe that Resident Bone Spurs, given the opportunity, would have served in WWII… in the SS Einsatzgruppen. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: The Impeachment Process Explained

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. Far too many do not understand the ins and outs of this process. Impeachment by the House does not flush the Fuhrer of the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich. RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: The billionaire Donald J. Trump’s bid to become a born-again Christian failed over the weekend after Jesus Christ turned down his friend request, campaign officials have acknowledged.

Jesus, who has not generally been active on Facebook, made a rare appearance on the social network on Monday to announce His decision to ignore the presumptive Republican nominee’s request for a personal relationship with Him.

In a brief post, Jesus offered the following explanation: “Just everything.”

Andy, Jesus’ response is quite logical. Trump could not be born again without being born before. His initial appearance was due to defecation, not birth. RESIST!!

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It’s a busy day here at the CatBox.  Store to Door will be delivering groceries around Noon, and WWWendy is coming to destink the TomCat this evening.  It looks like moving day will be Tuesday or Monday the 17th.  Patricia Lasik (Patty Monster) sends her best.  Hectic Hump Day Hugs!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:54 (average 10:02).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): IMPEACHMENT? – Parody

Amen Don! If they impeach Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten the trial will keep Bought Bitch Mitch and Senate Republicans too busy to keep packing the courts with Nazi judges. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Media Matters Channel): Fox News zeroes in on the homeless

Barf Bag Alert!!

The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, are just like the Republican Reich. They hate poor homeless people as much as they worship their evil Fuhrer. RESIST!!

From Alternet: Activists reiterated demands for “accountability and justice” for the people of Flint, Michigan following reports Monday that the authorities investigating the city’s water crisis executed search warrants for the state-owned cell phones of former Gov. Rick Snyder and 65 other current and former officials.

“The people of Flint deserve answers,” Mary Grant, public water for all director at Food & Water Watch, said in a statement. “Hopefully this investigation will yield them. And there needs to be accountability for those involved in creating this crisis, including former Governor Snyder.”

If Snyder does not do hard time for poisoning millions, it will be a travesty. RESIST!!

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I think that’s why they murdered RFK.

It’s a muggy, hectic day here in the CatBox.  Moving day is tentatively set for next Monday.  I will probably be offline for at least two days, but I’ll give you all a heads up.  OGIM!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:54 (average 5:17).  To do it, click here.  how did you do?

Short Takes:

From USA Today: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived at Buckingham Palace Monday just after noon, local time, to meet Queen Elizabeth II and be treated to the kind of royal pomp-and-ceremony the president loves receiving and the British love staging.

During Monday’s visit, the queen greeted President Trump as he ascended the palace stairs with Prince Charles, as Melania walked behind with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The queen wore a big smile as she greeted the president with a handshake, wearing a mint suit and matching hat. She then acknowledged Melania, and the three royals walked inside with the president and first lady.\

The POOR Queen! If I were her, I would have abdicated first! RESIST!!

From NY Times: A move by House Democratic leaders to thwart party members from mounting primary challenges to incumbents, even in safe Democratic districts, could have the unintended consequence of arresting the party’s shift toward a more female and racially diverse caucus, one of its most striking achievements of the last election.

Last week, a Democratic political consultant with longstanding ties to the party’s campaign committees quit a senior-partner position at the firm Deliver Strategies after it, like most dominant campaign outfits, agreed to comply with a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee policy barring it from conducting business with a primary opponent of a sitting Democrat.

Her reason: She feared the policy’s impact on female challengers.

“It is hard enough for challengers, for a lot of reasons,” said the consultant, Amy Pritchard, who worked last year for Representative Ayanna Pressley, Democrat of Massachusetts, in her successful campaign to defeat a 10-term Democratic incumbent. “And this policy is a bridge too far. I’d like to see a majority of women in Congress, and it’s not going to happen with this policy.”

When my party does something wrong, I don’t avoid it. I speak out that we need to fix it. The DCCC is so far off base that they are acting like Republicans. All Democrats must oppose this policy. RESIST!!

From Alternet: Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, currently under indictment over his misappropriation of roughly a quarter million dollars in campaign funds, continues to go out on a limb in his party’s new defense of American war criminals. First Hunter argued for a pardon of former Navy SEAL team leader Edward Gallagher, accused by his fellow soldiers of repeatedly targeting innocent civilians in Iraq, by dismissively telling a town hall that that he, too, was guilty of “taking a picture of [a] body and saying something stupid.”

This admission of a plain breach of military rules by ex-Marine Hunter did not do much to discredit the more damning accusations against Gallagher, that he so consistently targeted innocent civilians with his sniper rifle that his fellow SEALs tampered with his weapon in order to throw off his aim. So Hunter is now back with a more on-point defense of the intentional targeting of civilians, arguing that why of course he did that too.

“I was an artillery officer, and we fired hundreds of rounds into Fallujah, killed probably hundreds of civilians, if not scores, if not hundreds of civilians,” Hunter said. “Probably killed women and children, if there were any left in the city when we invaded. So do I get judged, too?”

The answer to Hunter’s question is “Yes”. I believe his statement that he is also a war criminal and he should be imprisoned as such. RESIST!!

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