Open Thread – 8/25/2019

Posted by TomCat at 7:52 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 252019

It’s a busy day here in the shiny new CatBox. WWWendy will be here in about an hour to destink the polluted TomCat, and we have lots of chores to do, so this is my only article today. Hurry Hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:33 (average 4:56). To do it, click here. How did you do?

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From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again

Ah… the memories! In 2016, we got fooled again. RESIST!

From Daily Kos: Dearborn, Michigan has cut ties with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, declining to renew a contract to jail immigrant detainees for the agency. Mayor Jack O’Reilly Jr. made the decision “following backlash by immigration advocates and religious groups,” The Detroit News reports. “The department has renewed contracts annually with Calhoun County and ICE for more than 10 years. Dearborn police would hold detainees for ICE in Dearborn’s 20-bed facility in an undisclosed location,” though detentions stretched into the thousands over the years.

Michigan Reps. Debbie Dingell, Rashida Talib and Andy Levin were among the leaders that have called for an end to local collaboration with ICE, with demonstrators as recently as last week gathering outside the Dearborn Police Department to protest mass deportation policies.”This country is being divided by fear and hatred, and it’s wrong,” Dingell said. “We stand here today of members of all faiths that are being targeted.”

Kudos to Dearborn. Put ICE on ice! RESIST!!

From Share Blue Media: Oregon law gives tuition assistance to National Guard members

Gov. Kate Brown signed into law a new bill to provide tuition assistance to Oregon National Guard members, KVAL reported.

The law provides up to 90 hours of credits at a community college or 180 hours of credits at a pubic or even qualifying private state universities.

To qualify, student must remain in good standing and maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average.

They deserve it! Oregon leads the way! RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

Open Thread – 8/24/2019

Posted by TomCat at 10:10 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 242019

It’s a quiet day here in the shiny new CatBox. I learned that the parts for my power chair will arrive Monday, so the tech is coming back to fix it on Tuesday morning. It will be nice to drive down the hallway without getting dirty looks from the neighbors. Please expect no more than a Personal Update tomorrow. It’s a WWWendy day, and as usual, we have lots to do. Weekend Hugs!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:28 (average 5:41). To do it, click here. How did you do?

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From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Chris Hayes On The Inception Of White Terrorism In America

Although most of those here at PP know, these things, this a part of US history and current events that few people understand. All have a civic duty to do so and to teach those who don’t. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

From Daily Kos: Two thing have to happen in the 2020 election: a Democratic president and the end to Mitch McConnell’s Senate leadership. He makes that clear in an op-ed in The New York Times Thursday. He explains how he destroyed the Senate as an institution and installed “Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and 43 new lifetime circuit judges—the most ever at this point in a presidency,” to own the libs. Literally. This is the follow up to that sentence: “The consequences of taking Senator Reid’s advice will haunt liberals for decades.”

He’s throwing down the gauntlet to all the Democratic presidential and Senate candidates, threatening all-out war if they have the temerity to break his iron grip on the Senate by getting rid of the legislative filibuster. He throws some stuff in about the sanctity of the Senate as an institution, even invoking Madison and Jefferson. But it’s clear that this is about raw power. His raw power.

Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch [R-KY] has made it clear that we need to do four things: keep the House, win the White House, win the Senate, and nuke the filibastards. RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

Open Thread – 8/22/2019

Posted by TomCat at 9:54 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 222019

It’s another busy day here in the shiny new CatBox. Later, Store to Door delivers groceries, which I get to put away. Cherry season is over. Now the cherries I get can be found in Garcia. This evening, WWWendy comes to destink the TomCat and do chores. Yesterday, the power chair tech diagnosed shot bearings in both front wheels. The rear wheels are the drive wheels. They had to order the parts and will return as soon as they come in. I thought the chair was about to fall apart, but it’s just so noisy that it even bothers neighbors on the way to the elevator. Squeaky Hugs!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:27 (average 8:58). To do it, click here. How did you do?

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From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): ACT NATURALLY – A Parody

Barf Bag Alert!!

Dang, Don! When you assault us with a grotesque image like that, don’t we deserve a Barf Bag Alert!!? RESIST!!

From YouTube (Full Frontal Channel): Full Frontal Rewind: Gun Control (36 min.)

Sam could not be more spot-on! RESIST!!

From Daily Kos: It’s unclear exactly how big the Log Cabin Republicans group is, but it’s now down by a couple following the resignation of two members over the gay conservative group’s pathetic endorsement of Trump 2020. “It saddens me greatly to say that today, I am ending my association with Log Cabin Republicans, an organization I’ve been heavily involved with for the last decade—including serving as president of the D.C. chapter for three years,” Robert Turner wrote in a Facebook post.

“But for me, there’s no more fight left,” he continued. “The national board’s endorsement of Trump, and their subsequent and hollow WaPo op-ed, is a step too far. And this leaves me sad.” There’s a lot about this that’s sad, but it’s all self-inflicted, because the group didn’t have to endorse Trump, or anyone for that matter. The group sat out 2016 and could have decided to do the same again in 2020, but jumped on the Trump Train even though the car plainly reads “no gays allowed” on the outside.

Turner wasn’t alone either, following the resignation of another member, Jennifer Horn, over the group’s endorsement. “There is no world where I can sit down at the dining room table and explain to my children that I just endorsed Donald Trump for president,” she told The Washington Post. “It is contrary to everything that I have ever taught them about what it means to be a good, decent, principled member of society.”

The leaders of the Log Cabin Republicans are as nuts as their Fuhrer. the members should move their cabin out of the Republican Party. RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

Open Thread – 8/21/2019

Posted by TomCat at 9:19 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 212019

It’s another busy day here in the shiny new CatBox. The power chair repairman is due in about an hour to fix my chair. I have no idea how long it will take. Yesterday my Oncologist’s PA explained that the nodes in my lungs are so tiny that they are impossible to biopsy, and that they are probably just scar tissue from my COPD. Therefore, they’ll do another Cat Scan in three months, to make sure they undergo no sudden growth. This is my only article today, but starting tomorrow, I should be back in the saddle until Sunday.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:44 (average 6:24). To do it, click here. How did you do?

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From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): 2020 Animated By ‘Fear Of Trump’

This is great. Unfortunately, this attitude also tends to steer voters toward Joe Biden and against Democratic competitors, who are both more cogent and more competent. Assuming that we win in 2020, an administration that gives Republicans license to screw America in a the misguided pursuit of bipartisanship will guarantee a quick Republican return to power. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: The 5-Step CEO Pay Scam

The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich, has two kinds of policies: scams and bigger scams. Robert’s plan is spot-on! RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: A man with no identifiable skills is deeply worried that a recession could cause him to lose his job, people close to the man have confirmed.

The man, who has barely clung to his job for the past two and a half years, is justified in believing that an economic downturn would result in his unemployment, experts said.

“When the economy is good, it’s possible for someone like him to hold down a job for which he is woefully unqualified,” Harland Dorrinson, a human-resources specialist, said. “But when the economy goes south, look out.”

Dorrinson said that the unskilled man’s résumé, which lists six bankruptcies and multiple business failures, could come under scrutiny in the event of a recession.

“His employers might find themselves asking, ‘How did he get this job in the first place?’ ” Dorrinson said.

Andy, he got the job by repeating ‘Spasibo, tovarishch Putin’ over and over. RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

Personal Update – 8/20/2019

Posted by TomCat at 8:11 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 202019

I’m in a hurry to prepare for my Oncologist appointment to review my Cat Scan. Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update, because I have wheelchair repair coming. This is my only article today.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:27 (average 5:03). To do it, click here. How did you do?

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From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Iceland Mourns Loss Of Glacier Destroyed By Climate Change

Someone needs to shove a glacier up the butt of every climate change denying Republican politician and staffer, while we still can. Sadly, we’ll run out of glaciers long before we run out of Republicans. RESIST!!

Open Thread – 8/19/2019

Posted by TomCat at 7:20 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 192019

It’s a busy day here in the shiny new CatBox. WWWendy is coming in an hour and we have lots of chores to do. I’m sure I won’t have time to post this until after she leaves. This is my only article today. Tomorrow, please expect only a Personal Update. I have an appointment with my Oncologist to go over the results of my Cat Scan. Update: She’ll be late.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:54 (average 5:05). To do it, click here. How did you do?

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Short Takes:

From YouTube (a blast from the past): America – A horse with no name (clip HQ)

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

From YouTube (Elizabeth Warren Channel): Dream Big, Fight Hard

I just love that woman! RESIST!!

From Media Matters: One day after a rally put on by the violent far-right group was met with protests by anti-fascist activists, Fox & Friends Sunday ran two segments fearmongering about anti-fascist activists (“antifa”).

In these two segments, Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins downplayed the death of Heather Heyer and claimed that Heyer was affiliated with antifa; Jenkins would go on to suggest that new laws were needed in order to prosecute such anti-fascist protesters in Oregon as domestic terrorists.

What pure, despicable, Nazi bullshit from the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise. RESIST!!

Open Thread – 8/18/2019

Posted by TomCat at 10:37 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 182019

It’s a muggy day with 88% humidity. I feel itchy, as it’s shower time, but WWWendy will not return from her weekend party until late this evening, and will be here in the morning. Therefore, I will have only a Personal Update tomorrow.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:01 (average 4:24). To do it, click here. How did you do?

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Short Takes:

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction [Official Lyric Video]

Ah! The memories! RESIST!!

From CNN: Workers at the Pennsylvania petrochemical plant where President Donald Trump spoke Tuesday were told that if they didn’t attend the event, they either had to use paid time off or receive no pay for the day.

At least some of the workers who attended the speech were instructed not to protest the President, who told the crowd of workers at the Royal Dutch Shell plant he would be imploring their union leaders to support his reelection.

And the sleazy son of a bitch bragged about crowd size and adulation. What a crock! RESIST!!

From Think Progress: The U.S. Supreme Court in its upcoming session will hear arguments on whether anti-LGBTQ employment discrimination is sex discrimination.

The court will hear arguments on October 8 about whether LGBTQ workers are protected by the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

“This is a momentous occasion. It is a pivotal moment and the public should be paying attention,” Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, senior attorney at Lambda Legal, a civil rights organization focused on LGBTQ people, told ThinkProgress.

“These cases will affect the ability of LGBTQ people to be full members of society and to contribute to society by entering the workplace and be free of discrimination.”

I fear that Roberts, Scalito, Pervert Thomas, Whoresuch, and Pervert Kava-Nazi will gang up on the Constitution again. RESIST!!

Open Thread – 8/17/2019

Posted by TomCat at 10:16 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 172019

It’s a busy day in the shiny new CatBox and I still have lots of Chores to do, so please pardon my brevity.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:42 (average 5:23). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Taken from my bed last night:

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Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Republicans Block FEC Probe Of NRA’s Russia Money And President Donald Trump

Republicans are doing everything possible to throttle every investigation into everything. Why? It’s because they know that, if a crime exists, they’re guilty. Start with treason and work down from there. RESIST!!

From YouTube (J Street Channel): Rise to the Moment

I thoroughly support this organization. J Street is what AIPUKE could have been, if their leaders truly cared for peace in Israel and the well-being of Jews and others there, instead of pushing the policies of Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians (the polar opposite of real authentic Christians). RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: After rebuffing Donald J. Trump’s hypothetical proposal to purchase Greenland, the government of Denmark has announced that it would be interested in buying the United States instead.

“As we have stated, Greenland is not for sale,” a spokesperson for the Danish government said on Friday. “We have noted, however, that during the Trump regime pretty much everything in the United States, including its government, has most definitely been for sale.”

“Denmark would be interested in purchasing the United States in its entirety, with the exception of its government,” the spokesperson added.

Dang, Andy. They should wait. If Russia is successful in stealing the White House again in 2020 for the Putin’s Pee-pee Pervert, the value of the nation will drop to below fifty cents. RESIST!!

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