Politics Plus

I could not sleep and feel sick, so I’m going back to bed.  I have a home health nurse coming this morning.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:46 (average 6:32).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

To watch Samantha Bee’s show, click here.

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I’m still sick. The heat wave ended yesterday, and, of course they installed my AC.  I have good news.  In a couple weeks, they are moving ne to Madrona Studios.  The units are larger than I had at the Henry and much larger than here.  They have full kitchenettes, bathrooms, and central heating and A/C.  Now I just need to recover enough to move.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:57 (average 5:02).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: Why We Need a Wealth Tax

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, are screwing the American people. Fleece the greedy bastards. RESIST!!

From Politico: Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was “lawful and appropriate,” a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Monday.

Barr appointed John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to conduct the inquiry, the person said. The person could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

Durham’s appointment comes about a month after Barr told members of Congress he believed “spying did occur” on the Trump campaign in 2016. He later said he didn’t mean anything pejorative and was gathering a team to look into the origins of the special counsel’s investigation.

Barr provided no details about what “spying” may have taken place but appeared to be alluding to a surveillance warrant the FBI obtained on a former Trump associate, Carter Page, and the FBI’s use of an informant while the bureau was investigating former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos.

Trump and his supporters have seized on both to accuse the Justice Department and the FBI of unlawfully spying on his campaign.

I had a feeling Barrf wound commit this travesty for his Fuhrer. RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: Asking for their solidarity in his trade war with China, Donald Trump is urging Americans to boycott Chinese goods and “just buy things at Walmart.”

Trump made his request via Twitter, where he told his fellow-citizens that it was their “patriotic duty” to punish China by buying as many goods at Walmart as possible.

“If you go to a great american store like Walmart, you’ll find lots of cheap sportswear, shoes, and other items for you and your family to enjoy,” he tweeted. “What better way to show China that we don’t need their dumb stuff!”

Dang, Andy! If Wal-Fart was any more Chinese, their greeters would say “Ni Hao”. RESIST!!

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WWWendy had to work, and she’ll be late, do I’m going back to bed.  This is today’s only article.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:43 (average 5:54).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

To Moms Everywhere:

Short Take:

From YouTube (SNL Channel): Meet the Press Cold Open

It’s so close to true that I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. RESIST!!

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Name them after Republicans:  Hurricane Asshole, Hurricane Bastard, Hurricane Craven….

The excessive heat is setting off my COPD.  I need to go back to bed.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:24 (average 5:36).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Take:

From NY Times:

[R]esident Trump escalated his trade war with China on Friday morning, raising tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods and taking steps to tax nearly all of China’s imports as punishment for what he said was Beijing’s attempt to “renegotiate” a trade deal.

Mr. Trump’s decision to proceed with the tariff increase came after a pivotal round of trade talks in Washington on Thursday night failed to produce an agreement to forestall the higher levies. The White House said talks would resume again on Friday but it remains uncertain whether the two sides can bridge the differences that have arisen over the past week.

In his comments at the White House on Thursday afternoon, Mr. Trump vacillated between threatening China and suggesting a deal could still happen. The president said he had received a “beautiful letter” from President Xi Jinping of China and would probably speak to him by phone, but said he was more than happy to keep hitting Beijing with tariffs.

To be clear, China pays nothing for Trump’s tariffs. YOU pay it all, and the Republican Reich gets the money. RESIST!!

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