Politics Plus

I had a very restful day yesterday and feel a bit groggy from all the spare Z’s.  I’m back in the saddle.  Yee Haw!  Time to rope me a dawg!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:09 (average 5:40).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Fantasy Football Report:

Here’s the latest from our own fantasy football league.

Scores:

Congrats to Wendy, Vivian and I for winning our games.

Standings:

Kudos to Pam and me for leading the league.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Media Matters Channel): Transgender activists and allies rally against Trump administration’s attempt to erase trans people

Republicans hating transgenders is so hypocritical. It’s really transhumans hating transgenders. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Alternet: On Monday, in a victory for voting rights, a GOP law in New Hampshire that threatened to suppress turnout in November’s elections was struck down by a state judge.

Senate Bill 3, which was signed into law by Republican Gov. Chris Sununu last year, would have required New Hampshire voters to provide documentation proving they are "domiciled" in the town where they are voting if they register to vote within 30 days of the election. Those who fail to provide the documentation would have still been able to vote, but would have to give a signature of attestation and submit the documents in the following weeks, or face investigation at their place of residence and possible penalties for voter fraud.

Voting rights groups say the bill’s requirements were confusing, would increase lines at polling places, and make it impossible for the homeless to vote.

Hillsborough Superior Court Judge Kenneth Brown agreed, in his ruling for the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, who filed a lawsuit along with multiple New Hampshire residents who were struggling to register to vote.

Kudos to the Judge. It’s too bad that ruling is the exception, not the rule. RESIST!!  VOTE BLUE!!

From TPM: A Florida man is accused of groping a female passenger while on a flight Sunday from Houston to Albuquerque and later telling authorities that the president of the United States says it’s OK to grab women by their private parts.

Bruce Michael Alexander, 49, of Tampa made his initial appearance in federal court Monday in Albuquerque on a charge of abusive sexual contact. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney.

According to a criminal complaint, a woman told authorities the man behind her touched her twice and that she told him to stop and asked to change seats.  [emphasis added]

After the Republican Reich helps Alexander beat the rap, he’ll be going to work in the White House. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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WWWendy is due in 45 minutes to scrub and deodorize the TomCat.  We have lots of work ahead, including the dreaded task.  It’s a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, but my meditation will be abbreviated, because my Broncos already played.  Therefore, may the Orb bless your team, whoever they are.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:22 (average 3:54).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MoveOn Channel): What We’re Voting For

These are the things for which Democrats are voting. Republicans are voting for hate, greed, bigotry, abuse of power, racism, homophobia, misogyny, disrespect to allies, honor to enemies, sexually attacking women, and, of course, even more welfare for the 1%. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: Message to Millennials

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. However, I don’t know any millennials. If you do, would you please pass this on? RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From NY Times: A wide range of evidence indicates that Democratic voters are poised to vote in numbers unseen in a midterm election in at least a decade.

Democrats have largely erased the turnout deficit that hobbled them during the Obama presidency, according to results from more than 50 New York Times Upshot/Siena College polls of the most competitive House battleground districts.

Democrats may even be poised to post higher turnout than Republicans, a rarity, in many relatively white suburban districts on Nov. 6.

But it’s not clear if this blue turnout surge will extend much further, particularly among young and nonwhite voters. Whether Democrats turn out broadly could make the difference between a fairly close fight for control of the House and sweeping Democratic gains of 40 or more seats.

Have you voted? If so you aren’t done. Try to make sure everyone you know votes. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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It a muggy day, here in the CatBox, and I’m still pretty busy with tasks to perform.  TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:12 (average 4:45).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Religious Ecstasy:

I became an honorary mascot, so I could join the game in puddy tat mode.  The experience was so tasty, that I was still spitting out red feathers this morning.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Media Matters Channel): The message from Fox: Vote Republican or immigrants will invade and ruin your country

Barf Bag Alert!!

The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, is demonstrating that the Republican Reich is racist, xenophobic, and antichristian. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: 3 Easy Fixes for Social Security & Medicare

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the right, the greedy Republican Reich represents only the 1%! They do not represent YOU! Institute the 3 Fixes ASAP! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From The New Yorker: Donald J. Trump has dispatched the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, to Saudi Arabia to provide what the White House on Thursday called “essential lying advice and assistance.”

According to the counsellor to the President Kellyanne Conway, “The President was not happy with the quality of lies coming out of the Saudi royal family, and who better to fix that than Sarah Sanders?”

Sources close to Sanders said that the press secretary was “horrified” during her first meeting in Riyadh to discover that the crown prince’s lying skills were “rudimentary at best.”

Dang Andy! The Fuhrer is really serious. Upchuckabee-Sanders is his biggest BS gun! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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November 6!

It’s a very busy day here at the CatBox.  I’ll have to button up and go to AC soon.  I’m waiting for Store to Door to deliver groceries.  They are due now.  When they arrive, I’ll unpack and put them away.  Then I’ll eat lunch and finish here.  Later WWWendy is coming to destink the TomCat.  We need to change my Roku device, because the old one is acting up.  Hump Day hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:18 (average 4:56).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Photos Of Suspect With Prince Defy Donald Trump/Saudi Rogue Killer Story (17 min.)

It would not surprise me, if the quid pro quo here is a trade of Drumpfenfarten bullshitting technique in exchange for Saudi torture and murder technique. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: America’s Most Dangerous Export

The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right, but everything he is saying can be summarized in a single word about Trump and the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich: Nazis! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From The New Yorker: Donald Trump, Jr., has taken a DNA test that reveals that he is “fifty-per-cent idiot,” Trump confirmed on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Trump Tower, Trump said that he had undergone the DNA testing “to silence all of the haters who have been saying I’m a total idiot.”

Crowing about the test results, Trump said, “According to this test, I am fifty-per-cent idiot, which is way less than half.”

Sorry Andy! There’s no way I’ll believe less than 90% RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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