When it rains, it pours. I’m about to leave for an emergency extraction, because I broke a tooth earlier this morning. I’ll have to finish my writing when I return. ARGHOW!!
I’m back from the dentist, have three teeth left, am $315 lighter, and am mumbling and sucking gauze. I really needed this!
On Care2 the Glitch Monster seems to be in charge of news. Trying to open an individual C2NN article in Firefox, most of the page whites out. After about a minute, I get a message saying a website is slowing down my browser, and asking me to wait or stop it. After choosing stop it, I can interact with the page without difficulty. Chrome does not work at all, and neither does Edge, so Firefox is the only way to get in.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:56 (average 4:54). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (GQ Channel): Why We Must Talk About Trump’s Mental Health | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann
The irony here is that any poll from the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, is based on a sample that is skewed right, so most of the respondents were Republicans or right-leaning Independents. Of course he’s crazy! RESIST!!
Another day, more heat and more electrical issues! Today’s forecast high is 89°, and although that’s far better than yesterday’s record smashing 101°, it’s still much too hot to allow the building to cool. The temperature early this morning was in the high 60°, and I opened the window, but had to shut it, because the smoke from all the wildfires burned my eyes. Thank goodness Thursday through Saturday will be high 70°s, and Thursday, we might even have a thunder shower. Last night, the other side of my room lost power. The clerk reset the circuit breaker three times, and I ended up having to eat cold casserole for supper. This morning my toaster, coffee pot, and lamp went out. It turns out there is a short circuit in the GFCI electrical outlet, so maintenance is coming today. Speaking of the devil, maintenance came right then. A brand new GFCI was defective, so he had to replace it twice. That solves that problem. Then Store to Door delivered groceries. I put them away and had lunch. I’m feeling very tired. I slept last night, but need more. I also have Republicosis. ARGH!! Thank goodness Wendy is coming tonight. I stink. This month has been so hectic, between eye care, the heat, and electrical issues, I’ve decided to cancel the Monthly Report for August. I’ve just had to put ten pounds of shit in a one pound bag lately.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:28 (average 5:41). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Fantasy Football Reminder:
Our fantasy football league, Lefty Blog Friends, starts tomorrow night. Players, please don’t forget to have your starting lineups set by then. May the Holy Ellipsoid Orb bless your team. whenever it isn’t playing mine.
Short Takes:
From YouTube (GQ Channel): Trump’s DACA Decision is a Grim Turning Point | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann
Blacks and Latinos that support this Republican Reich are traitors against your own people. Caucasians and others that support this Republican Reich are just traitors against the human race. RESIST!!
From YouTube (RWW Channel): Mark Taylor: ‘Satan’s Frequency’ Is Changing DNA To Make People Hate Trump
Barf Bag Alert!!
If this idiotic, hate-filled Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian were a little bird, we could throw a net over him, lock him in a clock, and let him pop out every hour on the hourto announce the time. RESIST!!
From The New Yorker: Barack Obama used the occasion of Donald Trump’s Inauguration to viciously taunt the incoming President by writing him a letter riddled with multisyllabic words, sources revealed on Sunday.
According to those familiar with the letter, Obama packed it with intentionally challenging words such as “reflections,” “adventure,” and “ladders,” in order to bewilder and infuriate Trump.
Sources said Trump attempted to read the first line of the letter but, realizing that he was the victim of Obama’s cruel prank, crumpled and discarded it in a rage.
Kellyanne Conway, the counselor to the President, said that the letter episode revealed a “very ugly side of Barack Obama.”
Dang, Andy! The poor widdle Piddle Puppet! RESIST!!
Also from The New Yorker: Eight hundred thousand people with dreams will be deported by one person with delusions, sources confirmed on Tuesday.
According to reports, U.S. residents who have obtained advanced degrees, served in the military, and saved people from Hurricane Harvey will be kicked out of the country by a man who believes that his microwave is spying on him.
“Under this new decision, if you have worked hard, gone to school, and contributed to the country, you face immediate deportation,” one legal expert said. “On the other hand, if you can prove that you have a glaring personality disorder and a flimsy grasp on reality, you can decide the fate of those other people.”
Amen, Andy. You’re back to straight news, I see. RESIST!!
Last night the power in my room went down, and the Labor Day Relief Clerk was so ignorant that he could not find the right circuit breaker box. Wendy had to come rescue me, and I spent the night in a motel room. I’m exhausted and need to take the day off. RESIST!!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:14 (average 4:46). To do it, click here. How did you do?
It’s a pretty miserable day here on the way to 102° and 65% humidity. Last night was so muggy that I hardly slept. ARGH! The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Air Quality Warning for and is considering evacuating Washington, DC in advance of tomorrow’s methane storm
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:09 (average 4:54). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From weather.com: Hurricane Irma now poses potential threat to parts of the US as islands located along the east of the Caribbean Sea prepare for its arrival.
Irma strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday and additional strengthening is expected as Irma heads west in the days ahead, where it could become a Category 4 hurricane.
Only less than a week after Hurricane Harvey devastated large parts of the US Gulf coast, residents and meteorologists in the East Coast are continuing to monitor its progress very closely.
If it has to hit the US, may it park over Trump! RESIST!!
From Daily Kos (Classic 8/2013): If you know anyone who still believes in a “liberal media,” here’s 15 things everyone would know if there really were a “liberal media” (inspired by Jeff Bezos’ purchase of The Washington Post):
1. Where the jobs went.
Outsourcing (or offshoring) is a bigger contributor to unemployment in the U.S. than laziness.
Since 2000, U.S. multinationals have cut 2.9 million jobs here while increasing employment overseas by 2.4 million. This is likely just the tip of the iceberg as multinational corporations account for only about 20% of the labor force.
When was the last time you saw a front-page headline about outsourcing?
Too True! All, except the 9th, are still true. I shared the first thing. Click through for the other fourteen. RESIST!!
From Raw Story: Former President Barack Obama is expected to come out swinging against President Donald Trump’s decision to end protections for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States by their parents as children.
According to Politico, Obama plans to post a message opposing Trump’s decision on Facebook, and then promote it on Twitter to his 94 million followers.
The publication notes that, shortly before leaving office, Obama said he would not remain silent if Trump engaged in “efforts to round up kids who have grown up here and for all practical purposes are American kids, and send them someplace else, when they love this country.”
Kudos to Obama. Trump now says his plan has a six month delay to give Congress time to agree on a solution. That’s just an excuse to deport the DACA kids and blame it on Democrats, after Republicans refuse to negotiate in good faith, as always. RESIST!!
I slept poorly last night, because it was so sticky. Portland reached 98° yesterday with 97° forecast today, and 101° forecast both tomorrow and Tuesday. Then we finally get some relief with temperatures in the 80°s for a few days. I’m taking off my shirt when I go to the restroom down the hall, so I don’t have to change it when I return. Thank goodness today is a Wendy day!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:53 (average 4:41). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Fantasy Football Reminder:
It was a pleasure seeing Seth at the live online draft of our fantasy football league, Lefty Blog Friends, last night, but sad that he and I were the only two there. Players, please don’t forget that Opening night of the season is this Thursday. Please have your starting lineups set by then. May the Holy Ellipsoid Orb bless your team. whenever it isn’t playing mine.
Thanks to Louis Tompros and Don Steinberg—intellectual property lawyers at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP—Furie has reached a settlement with The Adventures of Pepe and Pede author Eric Hauser. That settlement prevents further sale of the book and forces Hauser to donate all profits to a Muslim-American advocacy group.
On Wednesday, a large group of T. rexes — seriously, not making this up — marched on Washington to demand Congress overrule the president and continue funding national service programs.
A press release described the protest as featuring a "record number of dinosaurs," a probably technically correct statement that, nonetheless, doesn’t really do the actual event justice.
Dinosaur suit-wearing protesters march on Washington to protest Pres. Trump’s plan to slash the budget for national service programs. pic.twitter.com/Diy9AJkrd8
There it is! It proves that, even if you’ve been extinct for millions of years and have a brain just over the size of a walnut, you’re still smarter than a Republican! RESIST!!
From The New Observer: New maps for electing members of the North Carolina House and Senate are ready for review by the judges who struck down the current maps.
The General Assembly approved the maps Wednesday.
Politicians from all corners of the state took advantage of their last chance to weigh in on the maps before final House and Senate votes, with Democrats taking up most of the speaking time to lodge a few final complaints to no avail.
Rep. Deb Butler, a Democrat from Wilmington, acknowledged the Little League World Series team from Greenville who had spent the morning being applauded by legislators in between redistricting debates. She said the new maps are so unfair to Democrats that it would be as if the baseball team had to start every game down 6-0 and forced to bat with their non-dominant hands. She asked her Republican colleagues, who mostly supported the new maps, to reconsider their support.
It’s likely that the courts will reject Republican racism again. If that is the case, the courts may redraw the districts. RESIST!!
Here comes another scorcher. 98° and muggy forecast today. I’m writing early, because our fantasy football draft is less than two hours away. I’m missing my morning nap, so I’ll have a longer one this afternoon. Tomorrow is a Wendy day. I’m sure the neighbors are more than ready for me to be de-skunked.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:44 (average 5:47). To do it, click here. How did you do?
I agree with everything he says, and I have been exposing Republican racism for what it is and standing against it so long, that when I started, the racist Republicans were Democrats! RESIST!!
From The Last Word: Mueller may have new evidence of Trump obstruction
The New York Times reports that Robert Mueller has an early draft of a letter Trump and one of his aides composed when preparing to fire James Comey and is examining that letter in his investigation. David Frum, law professor Jed Shugerman, and Neera Tanden join.
At least that’s the position of many criticizing the “Nashville Statement,” a controversial document championing “biblical” sexual ethics that was penned this past week and signed by roughly 150 prominent evangelical leaders. The document [Republican pseudo-Christians delinked], divided into 14 articles and released by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW), mostly parrots denunciations of LGBTQ identities and relationships common among right-wing evangelicals. But it drew added attention for doing something unusual: extending their condemnation to Christians who affirm queer people.
“We affirm that it is sinful to approve of homosexual immorality or transgenderism and that such approval constitutes an essential departure from Christian faithfulness and witness,” Article 10 of the statement reads. “We deny that the approval of homosexual immortality or transgenderism is a matter of moral indifference about which otherwise faithful Christian should agree to disagree.”
The statement triggered outrage almost immediately, especially among LGBTQ and LGBTQ-affirming Christians who saw it as a direct attack on their understanding of the faith. Within hours, several progressive Christian groups issued their own counter-statements refuting the evangelical document point-by-point, with some deriding it as “anti-LGBTQ bigotry.” Faithful America, an online advocacy organization for progressive Christians, already has thousands of signatures for a petition rejecting the statement.
Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians are trying to violate the rights of LGBT Americans to their sexual identity and of authentic Christians to practice our faith through accepting and loving them, as is. Click through to sign the Faithful America petition. RESIST!!
Another month, another heat wave, and I was right. They have already extended the excessive heat warning at least through Tuesday. Because of my schedule, the Monthly Report for July will probably not be available until the third or fourth.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:02 (average 4:55). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Religious Ecstasy:
This was the last and least significant of the preseason games as the starters and most of the second strings did not play. It was still pleasing to win and great to have an undefeated preseason. May the Holy Ellipsoid Orb grant that my Broncos maintain that status.
Fantasy Football Reminder:
The live online draft for our own fantasy football league, Lefty Blog Friends, is tomorrow on Saturday, September 2, at 10 AM PDT (11 AM MDT, 12 Noon CDT, 1 PM EDT). I strongly recommend that players log into the league and participate in a mock draft between now and then. If you cannot attend, the league will draft for you. See you tomorrow!
Short Takes:
From YouTube (GQ Channel): Could Trump Try to Pardon… Everyone? | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann
I think the only thing that will prevent mass pardons by the Fuhrer is that the recipients would lose their right to plead the Fifth and could be forced to testify against the Fuhrer. That’s the LAST things he wants! RESIST!!
From The Last Word: Potential bombshell in Manafort notes on Trump Jr. meeting
NBC News reports Paul Manafort took notes in the Trump Tower meeting with the Russians, and the notes include mention of political contributions next to "RNC." Now Robert Mueller has those notes. Ken Dilanian, Betsy Woodruff, & Mieke Eoyang join Lawrence O’Donnell.
Why should US $Billionaires pay for Republican Party activities, when Russians will do it for them. I never thought I’d say this, but "Woooo Hoooo IRS!!" RESIST!!
…And now, thanks to Betsy DeVos and Donald Trump, the agency will be led by Julian Schmoke Jr., a former DeVry University dean—the same DeVry University that was forced to pay a massive $100 million settlement for deceptive practices in December 2016…
…So, Donald Trump—who paid a $25 million Trump University fraud settlement in December—will be appointing the former dean of a for-profit college that paid a $100 million fraud settlement in December, to oversee the agency responsible for policing fraud and protecting students and taxpayers.
This should not be considered unusual. It’s only natural for Republicans to appoint a fraudster to assist private colleges to defraud students and taxpayers. This has been normal for Republicans for years. RESIST!!
Here we go again! Portland is under an excessive heat warning through Monday night. I expect it to be extended. Catch-up is all I have on tap today and tomorrow, but there’s a lot of catching up to do. YouTube changed their format and it sucks! We can no longer control video size, or protect your privacy by preventing their cookies.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 2:58 (average 5:15). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (GQ Channel): Would Impeaching Trump Truly Lead to Civil War? | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann
In my opinion, impeaching Trump would lead to widespread violence, but not against the government, per se. Like their Fuhrer, Republican Trump supporters are cowards. They would maul people not prepared for self-defense: women, seniors, the disabled, and greatly outnumbered progressives, Blacks, Latinos, LGBT, etc. When police arrived, they would scurry away. RESIST!!
From YouTube (RWW Channel): RWW News: Robert Maginnis Says Demonic Forces Are Waging A Revolution Against Trump
Barf Bag Alert!!
Is that pseudo-Christian a master of deceptive projection or what? But he’s right that we should confront lies. Someone tell him to stop lying! RESIST!!
From The Last Word: New evidence about Russia hotel deal raises stakes in probe
Jennifer Rubin and Eugene Robinson talk with Lawrence O’Donnell about Trump’s relationship with Putin and new reports about Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s role in a business deal with Russia in 2015.
On a scale of one to ten, how busted is Putin’s Piddle Puppet?! RESIST!!
Cartoon:
If you make less than they do, Republicans plan to raise YOUR taxes!
RESIST!!
