Politics Plus

It’s a busy day, here in the crappy old CatBox.  Store to Door is delivering groceries and I’ll have to put them away.  WWWendy isn’t coming to destink the sweaty TomCat until tomorrow.  She is vacationing at the coast.  I’m so, so jealous, because it’s 10° – 15° cooler there.  Happy Hump day to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:45 (average 5:14).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: The Real Reason for Impeachmen

The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. There is only one valid reason not to impeach the Fuhrer of the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich. That reason is Pence. RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): American Held By Immigration Released After Three Weeks

The Republican Reich would love to deport Latino citizens, who were born here. RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: Queen Elizabeth II is moving to Canada “immediately” and should take up full-time residence there by the end of the week, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Tuesday.

The Queen offered no reason for the move, but the palace indicated that she had been packing her bags for the past several weeks.

In a sign that the Queen’s decision is irrevocable, the palace revealed that her beloved corgis had already been flown to Toronto.

In a brief farewell statement to the British people, the Queen explained why she had chosen Canada as her new home. “We speak the language, and our picture’s on the money there,” she said.

Dang, Andy! Queen Lizzie has the right idea. Perhaps we should all follow suit. RESIST!!

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This is my only article today, with no links messages on Care2.  I should be back in the saddle until next Sunday and Monday.  The heat yesterday was severe.  My A/C made it bearable, but not by much.  I’ll probably need to leave before I publish this, so I’ll do it when I return.  OGIM!

Back!  It was quite painless.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:04 (average 5:18).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Take:

From Alternet: The only thing more disgusting than having to suffer Donald Trump’s outwardly racist remarks—complete with double-downs and repetitions—is watching Washington refuse to own them.

Trump continued on with his attacks on four vocal, left-leaning, first-year congresswomen, expressing feigned surprise that people have found the words racist. Does he really think we are that dumb or societally deaf?

The four struck back, of course, with just enough partisan talk to allow various congressional Republicans to try to redefine the matter as one of adverse politics rather than race—conveniently overlooking the fact that the four are women of color. The Republicans who make it to television seem to take an unusually smarmy delight in casting the four—and all Democrats, while they are at it, as socialists bent on destroying the nation.

And in Congress, Republicans chose to attack Speaker Nancy Pelosi for using the word “racist” on the floor toward a condemnation resolution rather than deal with the content.

Trump’s racism merely reflects the racism of the Republican Reich. RESIST!!

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I’m moving into a heat wave, here in the crappy old CatBox for the next several days, but nowhere nearly as bad as what you guys in the East and Midwest will get.  Please take care!  For the next two days, please expect no more than a Personal Update with no links messages on Care2.  Tomorrow is a WWWendy day to destink the rancid TomCat, and we’re going to the shiny new CatBox.  Monday, I have to go to TriMet for lift bus recertification.  I need to prove that I have not grown a new leg and that my power chair has not mutated.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:07 (average 5:23).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Watch Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon

The only thing they could have done better is to give the honor to be first on the moon to a cat. Ah… the memories. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Oregonian Channel):Portland protestors throw fake blood on street in front of ICE headquarters

Kudos to the protestors! Oregon leads the way! Put ICE on ice! RESIST!

From NY Times: Gabriel Weinberg is taking aim at Google from a small building 20 miles west of Philadelphia that looks like a fake castle. An optometrist has an office downstairs.

Mr. Weinberg’s company, DuckDuckGo, has become one of the feistiest adversaries of Google. Started over a decade ago, DuckDuckGo offers a privacy-focused alternative to Google’s search engine.

The company’s share of the search engine market is still tiny — about 1 percent compared with Google’s 85 percent, according to StatCounter. But it has tripled over the past two years and is now handling around 40 million searches a day. It has also made a profit in each of the last five years, Mr. Weinberg said.

Mr. Weinberg, 40, is among the most outspoken critics of the internet giants. DuckDuckGo’s chief executive has repeatedly called for new privacy-focused legislation and has warned at hearings and in newspaper opinion pieces about the problems that big companies can cause by tracking our every move online.

I often use DuckDuckGo for research and recommend it. RESIST!!

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I’m exhausted.  I missed my nap yesterday and was in my chair from 5:00 AM until 6:00 PM, breaking only for the ride over and back in Wendy’s truck.  But it is now a done deal at last.  I signed my name at least 50 times, paid my rent, and took possession of the shiny new CatBox.  I have the keys, at last, and moving day is two weeks from today.  Woooo Hoooo!!!  This will be today’s only article, with no links messages on Care2, but it’s a bit more than I intended.  Why? Sam!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:55 (average 8:31).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes: From Full Frontal Network:

The Late Shrill with Samantha Bee (feat. Tammy Duckworth)

God, I’ve missed Sam.  Is her summer break over? RESIST!!

A Rundown of Trump’s Racist Racisms

Sam was wrong about one thing.  The Fuhrer ends sentences with propositions, not prepositions. RESIST!!

Jeffrey Epstein’s Got Friends in High Places

Penis shampoo dispenser? Literotica in a Taxes file? Dang! Is Sam a perv? 😉 Calling Epstein a pervert is understatement. RESIST!!

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