Oct 252018
 

It’s a very busy day here in the CatBox.  I’m getting prepared for tomorrow.  I have my preliminary eye-exam for the surgery to correct my double double vision vision, scheduled for 12/12.  I leave at 8:00 AM, and will return after 1:00 PM.  I will be fully dilated, so I’ll be blind and useless for the rest of the day.  Therefore, please expect no more than a Personal Update, and I will not be sending links messages on Care2.  I should be back in the saddle on Saturday.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:42 (averaged 5:10).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): President Donald Trump Talks Bombs Then Slams Media

 

When he’s building bombs, I suspect that the RepubliBomber chants MAGA-MAGA-Blow Job! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube (Daily Kos Video): Andrew Gillum smashes DeSantis during debate

 

Go Andrew! You don’t have to call DeSantis a racist. It’s already obvious. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Alternet: NBC has decided it’s had enough of Megyn Kelly for one week.

The New York Times’ John Koblin reports that NBC will air reruns of Kelly’s show over the next two days while the network continues to deal with the blowback caused by Kelly questioning why it’s considered racist for white people to dress in blackface during Halloween.

“Given the circumstances, Megyn Kelly Today will be on tape the rest of the week,” NBC said in a statement to Koblin.

Temporary good riddance. When MSNBC hired this Faux Noise bikini model, I said it was a mistake. They need to fire her permanently.  RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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Dang!  God IS on our side! Winking smile

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Oct 242018
 

I’m waiting for Store to Door to arrive with my groceries.  They are due now.  When they arrive, I’ll need to unpack and put them away.  Then I’ll eat lunch.  This evening WWWendy comes to destink the TomCat, and it’s been so humid here that I’m ready.  Pray for the recipients of Republican bombs.  Hump Day Hugs to all, but humping Republicans may be hazardous to your brain.

Jig Zone Puzzles:

Today’s took me 4:35 (average 5:47).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Jeff Merkley Channel): We MUST Act

This is why we need Senators like Jeff, and not like Bought Bitch Mitch [R-KY] or any of his vile Republican ilk. Oregon leads the way! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube (Media Matters Channel): Right-wing media’s history of smearing coverage for pre-existing conditions as “a luxury,” “welfare”

Barf Bag Alert!!

This has been the Republican position on pre-existing conditions for as long as I can remember. Now, two weeks away from the midterms, Trump and the Republicans that are still fighting to take away that coverage that Democrats gave people, are claiming they will cover preexisting conditions and Democrats won’t. How do you spell B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T? RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From The New Yorker: The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, “totally freaked out” after Rudolph Giuliani offered to appear on television and explain “what really happened” inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Giuliani has confirmed.

Giuliani told reporters on Tuesday that he phoned the crown prince to make “an extremely attractive offer of my services.”

“I told him, ‘I can get this whole thing wrapped up in two weeks—three, tops,’ ” Giuliani said. “ ‘Just say the word and Rudy Giuliani can be your official TV spokesman.’ ”

Andy, do you think Rudy 911 would survive? RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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Oct 232018
 

I had a very restful day yesterday and feel a bit groggy from all the spare Z’s.  I’m back in the saddle.  Yee Haw!  Time to rope me a dawg!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:09 (average 5:40).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Fantasy Football Report:

Here’s the latest from our own fantasy football league.

Scores:

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Congrats to Wendy, Vivian and I for winning our games.

Standings:

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Kudos to Pam and me for leading the league.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Media Matters Channel): Transgender activists and allies rally against Trump administration’s attempt to erase trans people

 

Republicans hating transgenders is so hypocritical. It’s really transhumans hating transgenders. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Alternet: On Monday, in a victory for voting rights, a GOP law in New Hampshire that threatened to suppress turnout in November’s elections was struck down by a state judge.

Senate Bill 3, which was signed into law by Republican Gov. Chris Sununu last year, would have required New Hampshire voters to provide documentation proving they are "domiciled" in the town where they are voting if they register to vote within 30 days of the election. Those who fail to provide the documentation would have still been able to vote, but would have to give a signature of attestation and submit the documents in the following weeks, or face investigation at their place of residence and possible penalties for voter fraud.

Voting rights groups say the bill’s requirements were confusing, would increase lines at polling places, and make it impossible for the homeless to vote.

Hillsborough Superior Court Judge Kenneth Brown agreed, in his ruling for the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, who filed a lawsuit along with multiple New Hampshire residents who were struggling to register to vote.

Kudos to the Judge. It’s too bad that ruling is the exception, not the rule. RESIST!!  VOTE BLUE!!

From TPM: A Florida man is accused of groping a female passenger while on a flight Sunday from Houston to Albuquerque and later telling authorities that the president of the United States says it’s OK to grab women by their private parts.

Bruce Michael Alexander, 49, of Tampa made his initial appearance in federal court Monday in Albuquerque on a charge of abusive sexual contact. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney.

According to a criminal complaint, a woman told authorities the man behind her touched her twice and that she told him to stop and asked to change seats.  [emphasis added]

After the Republican Reich helps Alexander beat the rap, he’ll be going to work in the White House. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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Oct 212018
 

WWWendy is due in 45 minutes to scrub and deodorize the TomCat.  We have lots of work ahead, including the dreaded task.  It’s a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, but my meditation will be abbreviated, because my Broncos already played.  Therefore, may the Orb bless your team, whoever they are.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:22 (average 3:54).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MoveOn Channel): What We’re Voting For

 

These are the things for which Democrats are voting. Republicans are voting for hate, greed, bigotry, abuse of power, racism, homophobia, misogyny, disrespect to allies, honor to enemies, sexually attacking women, and, of course, even more welfare for the 1%. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: Message to Millennials

 

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. However, I don’t know any millennials. If you do, would you please pass this on? RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From NY Times: A wide range of evidence indicates that Democratic voters are poised to vote in numbers unseen in a midterm election in at least a decade.

Democrats have largely erased the turnout deficit that hobbled them during the Obama presidency, according to results from more than 50 New York Times Upshot/Siena College polls of the most competitive House battleground districts.

Democrats may even be poised to post higher turnout than Republicans, a rarity, in many relatively white suburban districts on Nov. 6.

But it’s not clear if this blue turnout surge will extend much further, particularly among young and nonwhite voters. Whether Democrats turn out broadly could make the difference between a fairly close fight for control of the House and sweeping Democratic gains of 40 or more seats.

Have you voted? If so you aren’t done. Try to make sure everyone you know votes. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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Oct 202018
 

It’s a muggy day here at the CatBox, and I’ll need to button up soon.  Last night was so sticky that I slept poorly, and I feel very tired now.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Jig Zone did not have a new puzzle today.  I do not know why.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Senator: White House looking to frighten American people

 

Jeff said, "We need to focus on things that effect Americans’ daily lives." I agree. Focus on the total elimination of the Republican Reich. As for the caravan, find the ones that legitimately need protection and keep them. Treat ALL the children like children, not like terrorists. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From BBC: Turkey has vowed to reveal all details about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after Saudi Arabia admitted for the first time he had been killed in its consulate in Istanbul.

"Turkey will never allow a cover-up," a ruling party spokesperson said.

Saudi Arabia suggested on Friday Mr Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi critic, had died in a "fist fight".

Turkish officials previously said he had been deliberately killed inside the consulate, and his body dismembered.

Earlier this week, unnamed Turkish officials told media outlets they had audio and visual evidence to prove this.

Turkey needs to release that audio-visual evidence to the world press. I have no desire to hear or see the grisly assassination, but the American people need it to be shocked out of their ho-hum complacency about Trump’s role in the Saudi cover-up. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Alternet: Here are five of the most important points that Jamal Khashoggi made in his final column for the Washington Post.

1. Democracy Is in Short Supply in the Arab World

Khashoggi’s final column addresses human rights, which is bitterly ironic in light of Turkish government officials’ allegation that he was murdered by Saudi agents on orders from the Saudi royal family. Khashoggi opens the column by discussing Freedom House’s 2018 Freedom in the World Report and its assessment of political conditions in Arab countries; Tunisia, Khashoggi laments, is the only one classified as “free” in the report, with Morocco, Jordan and Kuwait being classified as “partly free” and all other countries in the Arab world being classified as “not free.”

I shared one. Click through for the other four. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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Oct 192018
 

It a muggy day, here in the CatBox, and I’m still pretty busy with tasks to perform.  TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:12 (average 4:45).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Religious Ecstasy:

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I became an honorary mascot, so I could join the game in puddy tat mode.  The experience was so tasty, that I was still spitting out red feathers this morning.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Media Matters Channel): The message from Fox: Vote Republican or immigrants will invade and ruin your country

Barf Bag Alert!!

 

The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, is demonstrating that the Republican Reich is racist, xenophobic, and antichristian. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: 3 Easy Fixes for Social Security & Medicare

 

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the right, the greedy Republican Reich represents only the 1%! They do not represent YOU! Institute the 3 Fixes ASAP! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From The New Yorker: Donald J. Trump has dispatched the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, to Saudi Arabia to provide what the White House on Thursday called “essential lying advice and assistance.”

According to the counsellor to the President Kellyanne Conway, “The President was not happy with the quality of lies coming out of the Saudi royal family, and who better to fix that than Sarah Sanders?”

Sources close to Sanders said that the press secretary was “horrified” during her first meeting in Riyadh to discover that the crown prince’s lying skills were “rudimentary at best.”

Dang Andy! The Fuhrer is really serious. Upchuckabee-Sanders is his biggest BS gun! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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November 6!

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Oct 182018
 

It’s a muggy day here at the CatBox, and I’ll have to button up soon.I’ve has many tasks to complete, so I’m in a rush.  It’s a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  My Broncos are visiting the Arizona Cardinals, and it is televised on Thursday Night Football.  You know what I’ll be doing.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:04 (average 5:05).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): HEY DUDE! – Parody

 

Damn! Amen times infinity!! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Salon.com: Beto O’Rourke dominates Ted Cruz in Texas Senate debate

Click through for the article. I knew he would. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From The New Yorker: The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is “absolutely furious” at the Saudi royal family for using his puppet without first obtaining his permission, an aide to Putin confirmed on Wednesday.

According to the aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the Russian President has been “seething with anger” in recent days as he has observed the Saudis using his favorite puppet as if it were their own.

“At one point, Putin was watching the news and saw his puppet behaving in the kind of scraping, subservient manner toward the Saudis that he had previously reserved for him,” the aide said. “He pulled the TV out of the wall and hurled it across the room.”

According to diplomatic sources, the Saudis have reached out to Russia in the hopes of striking some sort of puppet-sharing agreement, but the enraged Russian President has refused to entertain such overtures.

Well, Andy, one can hardly blame Putin [R-RU]. To the best of my knowledge, MBS has not contributed even one urine saturated hooker to maintain Putin’s piddle puppet. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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