It’s a crappy day here in the CatBox.  Republicosis hit last night and I was up most of the night popping George on and off.  Pardon my brevity.  Stinky Hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:18 (average 5:10)/  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Autumn from the CatBox:

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: Trump’s Emoluments Mess

Frankly, I think Democrats should include an additional Article of Impeachment covering Trump’s serial emoluments crimes. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Donovan – Catch the wind

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

From Washington Post: Let me make an admittedly tentative suggestion about the explosive news that William P. Barr’s review of the origins of the Russia investigation has become a criminal probe:…

…No question, it’s deeply worrying that the Attorney General’s review — which President Trump badly wants in hopes of discrediting the origins of the special counsel investigation that revealed bottomless corruption on his part — now appears to be a criminal matter.

The Post and the New York Times both cite sources who confirm this, noting that this gives John Durham, the U.S. attorney from Connecticut who’s running the review with Barr, additional investigative powers.

Let’s also stipulate upfront that when we’re talking about Barr, the most nefarious designs imaginable must be treated as a serious possibility. Barr appears willing to manipulate the U.S. law enforcement machinery to an extraordinary degree to protect Trump from accountability and to propagandize away Trump’s corruption and likely criminality.

Is this bullshit any more than what we’ve come to expect from Barrf? RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s another busy day here in the CatBox.  I had CCC install two six foot wands that I bought for my vertical blinds today.  Now I can change the orientation of the slats without having to stretch and strain, and now I can open them (slide them aside) by myself.  WWWendy is coming this evening do de-stink the putrid TomCat and help with chores.  Happy Hump Day Hugs for all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:45 (average 5:40).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Save the poor elephant!  Make the Republican Party use a pile of poo as their mascot!

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: The NRA 6-Part Strategy to Stop Gun Laws

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich, are Ammosexuals. They goose-step in lock-step with the NRA. Their plan is to increase the profits for gun manufacturers, no matter how many children they help kill to do it! All six of Robert’s points are spot-on. RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Lindsey Graham defends Trump’s ‘lynching’ tweet

Is there a nurse in the house? If so, would you please insert Saguaro suppositories into Putin’s Puppet and Lindsey Poo? RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Joan Baez – The Green Green Grass Of Home

In my youth, I used to change the word “touch”. Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s a slow news day, here in the CatBox, and most of what is happening is just more of the SOS.  In addition, I’m feeling tired and sluggish, so I’m taking a partial day off, and this is today’s only article.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:27 (average 3:54).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

I was one of them.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Vox Channel): The problem with the endangered species list

With Republicans in charge, all species are endangered, including us. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Arlo Guthrie – City of New Orleans

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

From NY Times: Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, wants more than control over a wide swath of Syria along his country’s border. He says he wants the Bomb.

In the weeks leading up to his order to launch the military across the border to clear Kurdish areas, Mr. Erdogan made no secret of his larger ambition. “Some countries have missiles with nuclear warheads,” he told a meeting of his governing party in September. But the West insists “we can’t have them,” he said. “This, I cannot accept.”

With Turkey now in open confrontation with its NATO allies, having gambled and won a bet that it could conduct a military incursion into Syria and get away with it, Mr. Erdogan’s threat takes on new meaning. If the United States could not prevent the Turkish leader from routing its Kurdish allies, how can it stop him from building a nuclear weapon or following Iran in gathering the technology to do so?

The US has 50 nuclear weapons in Turkey. The USAF should remove them from Incirlik Air Base in Turkey and not notify Trump of their intent to do so, Otherwise Erdogan [R-TU] might go to Putin [R-RU] and ask him to order Trump to hand them over. RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.  WWWendy will be here shortly to destink the decaying TomCat.  She  said to thank all who wished her a safe trip and welcomed her home, when she returned.  We have lots to do.  This is my only article today.  I’ll put the Bill Maher videos up tomorrow.  Weekend hugs to all.  I’ll finish this later.

I’m de-stunk and WWWendy is cooking.  My Pepcid didn’t come today.  That stinks!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:51 (average 4:45).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Calling it a “once-in-a-lifetime incredible deal,” Donald Trump on Friday offered recently-escaped isis fighters a group rate at the Trump National Doral Miami.

“I am giving isis a group rate that entitles them to the full run of the golf course, the spa, you name it,” he said. “This is going to make the isis people very, very happy.”

The fighters can qualify for the group rate by presenting proof of isis membership and their recently freed status, Trump said.

Trump declined to say whether he would extend the same group rate to Kurdish fighters in Syria. “I’m not a fan of the Kurds,” he said. “Where were the Kurds in 1776 when George Washington took control of the British airports?”

Really, Andy?  Do you think he’ll give the Squad a free stay,or at least a steep discount, so those fighters [R-Daesh] will have targets? RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Trump Syria Deal: ‘A Colossal Mistake At Every Possible Level’

“Cleaned-out” reflects the Republican wet-dream for the violent ethnoc cleansing near our border with Mexico.  The terms of the so-called cease fire is what Erdogan planned to do weeks before the invasion. It was NOT Trump’s idea and he and his lackeys, Pence and Pompeo, did nothing to bring it about.  He set the house on fire and is bragging about putting it out, while it’s still burning. RESIST!!

From YouTube and YouTube (Full Frontal Channel): Canada, It’s Voting Time

Canada, Don’t Make America’s Mistakes

Canadians, Vote Orange!! RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!, except in Canada!