Politics Plus

It’s another Busy day, here in the CatBox.  I was pleasantly surprised when CCC delivered my fridge yesterday. I had been told it would be a 10 ft³ unit.  I had a 14 ft³.  They delivered a 15.5 ft³.  That;s big enough to store an extra dawg, maybe 2. It keeps my food quite cold.  Furthermore, it’s brand new.  I like it.  TGIF!!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:22 (average 6:48).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Assange Arrest Puts WikiLeaks Tie To Donald Trump Camp Back In Spotlight

It’s hard to tell which leaks Putin’s Puppet likes best: Wikileaks or Russian Hooker leaks. RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Jeffrey Toobin on proposed policy: This is grotesque

As a resident of a sanctuary city, I would rather see refugees released here than Republican Sheeple. The latter are violent criminals and thugs. RESIST!!

From Boston Herald: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is proposing a new tax on corporate profits that’s designed to prevent business giants from taking advantage of the existing tax code to effectively pay a zero rate.

The 7% tax on corporate profits above $100 million is the latest in a series of ambitious policy proposals from the Massachusetts senator. It’s in line with her broader push to rein in such industries as the financial sector and technology firms .

Her campaign estimates the proposal would hit roughly 1,200 firms. Those corporations would pay the tax on top of any liability under current tax rules, which, as Warren said in a Thursday blog post on her plan, is necessary because “our corporate tax code is so littered with loopholes that simply raising the regular corporate tax rate alone is not enough.”

Dubbing her pitch “the Real Corporate Profits Tax,” Warren wrote: “It will make our biggest and most profitable corporations pay more and ensure that none of them can ever make billions and pay zero taxes again.”

I’m 100% for it. When a giant corporation has received so many custom loopholes from Republicans that they pay no taxes, raising the rate does not help. A higher percentage of 0 is still 0.  We need them to pay their fair share. RESIST!!

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It’s a very busy day here in the CatBox.  Providence Home Medical Equipment is coming to exchange a 6-pack of full O₂ tanks for my empties.  Store to Door is delivering my groceries, and I have to unpack and put them away.  This evening WWWendy is coming to destink the rancid TomCat.  It’s been very muggy here, so I really need that shower.  Happy Hump Day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:28 (average 5:30).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Hearing with Trump’s Treasury Secretary goes off the rails

Only a Republican could be such an asshole. He’s picking a fight to distract the hearing from its purpose. RESIST!!

From Vox: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to hold on to power, winning what will be a record fifth term in office despite a bruising reelection fight.

The preliminary results from Israel’s Tuesday election have Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party getting 35 seats out of a total 120 seats in the Knesset (Israel’s parliament). While Likud didn’t win an outright majority of seats, that’s typical in Israeli elections.

Party leaders generally become prime ministers by cobbling together a parliamentary majority with the help of smaller parties. In this case, a group of smaller right-wing parties expected to back Netanyahu seems to have captured 65 seats, enough to give him a 10-seat majority over the rival center-left bloc (the exact numbers could change as the remaining two percent of votes are tallied).

I can only offer my sincere condolences to the people of Israel and Palestine, who love peace. Even worse for them, Butcher Bibi is now beholden to a Republican monster, who is even more evil than he is. RESIST!!

From Daily Kos: There’s a Huckabee that everyone is talking about today, and surprisingly, it’s not White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. It’s actually her dad.

Remember former Arkansas governor and onetime Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee? He has some serious antics in his past. One thing that’s consistent is that he really, really doesn’t like the LGBTQ community. His feelings are so strong, he’s declared that the queer community is the “greatest threat” to America.

In an interview with The Christian Post [pseudo-Christians delinked], he bemoaned the (still limited) advances in rights and protections the LGBTQ community has gained in recent years. You know, how same-sex marriage is now recognized in every state, but you can still be fired for being openly transgender? That sort of thing.

Upchuckabee, like so many Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians, does not need sex-change surgery. They need race-change surgery… to human. RESIST!!

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My medical expenses were so high last year that I got away from Infernal Revenue for nothing.  Today is eye torture day.  I have more for you than yesterday, but this is my only article today, with no links messages on Care2.  I’ll be back in the saddle tomorrow, if I can see straight. RESIST!!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:01 (average 4:45).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (CNN Channel): DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving, Trump tweets

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Sadly, the replacement rubbish will be even worse. Downhill is the way of the Republican Reich and their beloved Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): WHEN YOU GO AWAY – Parody

Thanks Don. When Putin’s Puppet goes away, it will be the best day ever. RESIST!!

From Daily Kos: I’m sort of surprised I didn’t find this here, but here we go.

Alex Jones, purveyor of stupid conspiracies and making money off even stupider people, thought he could tough guy his way through Lucy’s Fried Chicken in Austin, TX.  While Texas is unfortunately red, many places (most cities) are strongly Democratic, with Austin perhaps being the most so.  (I’m in the DFW area, and we’re a close second in my opinion.)

For whatever reason, Alex decided this was a good forum to start calling people “libtards” and other creative names while roaming the restaurant like a lost raccoon looking for scraps.  You may think this would’ve amounted to a fight or otherwise a strong verbal altercation, but no.  The patrons laughed at him, made jokes, videoed it from who knows how many phones, and ultimately watched him get escorted out by management…

LMAO!!  I guess I’m not the only one that put that Republican asshole on parade. RESIST!!

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It’s another busy day, here in the CatBox, as I’m preparing my back passage for interface with Infernal Revenue Service.  I HATE doing taxes.  In addition, Monday is my semi-annual eye torture day of testing to make sure there has been no recurrence in my eye cancer.  Therefore please expect only a Personal Update both Sunday and Monday, with no links messages on Care2.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:13 (average 4:54).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Connecticut Attorney General Suing Trump: He’s Abusing His Power

Kudos to CT. Build a wall around the Republican Reich! RESIST!!

From YouTube (NBC News Channel): Joe Biden Jokes About Accusations Of Inappropriate Behavior

Joe is so infamous for gaffes, he seems clueless. Although I’m convinced he intended no insult, some women must feel belittled by his joking about the issue. I think I said the following four years ago; what disqualifies Joe is the foot embedded in his mouth. RESIST!!

From Raw Story: The judge wrote that the “unreasonableness of Defendants’ addition of a citizenship question to the Census is underscored by the lack of any genuine need for the citizenship question.”

A federal judge in Maryland ruled Friday against the government’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, The Washington Post reported Friday.

Judge George J. Hazel found that in deciding last year to add the question, the government violated administrative law, according to The Post. The ruling will probably be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, as is expected with two similar cases.

Kudos to the honest Judge Hazel, an Obama appointee. RESIST!!

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