GEORGIA – Jon Ossoff
Meidas Touch – Vaccine
Really American
While cleaning up my bookmarks (to make sure I can find them whichever browser I’m in), I discovered a Christmas special from Sam which must have aired Thursday night. I am putting it up today because it’s Wednesday.
Robert Reich – progressive mandate
Beau on Pat Robertson
Other PP with good Don
As many years as I “collected” Christmas carols, I have missed some. Here’s one I never heard until this year …
It’s a busy tired day here in the CatBox. Yesterday afternoon, two neighbors, both women, got into a fight in the hallway outside my door, waking me up. One had a dog that started barking and snarling. One woman and the dog screamed. The other woman had pulled the wall mount fire extinguisher and sprayed the other woman and the dog with it, filling the hallway with white powder. The fire alarm went off. It was two hours before it stopped and I could return to bed. They finished cleaning up the mess late last night. WWWendy is here, and we are busy. I’ll be back in the saddle tomorrow. Happy Hump Day!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:09 (average 4:55). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Take:
From YouTube (a blast of Christmas): What Child Is This, English Carol arr. Molly Ijames
Beautiful, or what? HUGS!!
GEORGIA – Meidas Touch
Meidas Touch – Media
Meidas Touch – Climate
Don Winslow – Trump’s Great Wall
Associated Press – fits nicely with TC’s cartoon.
Beau – No politics, just a feel-good video (keep with him, he does give enough background to get it.)
The Golden Carol (of the Three Kings)
Keith, from yesterday
Well, well – Keith from today
It’s a tired hectic day here in the CatBox. Yesterday’s Safeway delivery was almost a disaster. When the driver arrived, he had just a couple bags in his arms. He said there had been a lot of cancelations. We brought them upstairs. He was in a hurry, but I insisted that we compare the cancellations with what he had. It was soon obvious that the vast majority of my order was not accounted for. We went back downstairs. He went out to check his truck and came back with the rest of my order that “had been hiding”. He needed a hand truck to carry it. We brought upstairs. It took me over an hour to put everything away. There were a few legitimate cancellations that were out of stock in the store. They included all my sweets. Nevertheless, it could have been far worse and would have been a disaster had I not been such a hard ass about it. Tomorrow please expect no more than a Personal Update. It’s a WWWendy day. I’ll be back in the saddle on Christmas Eve. Tuesday is Flush your Republicans Day. Take extra care. The closer it becomes to the end the harder they are trying to get away.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:06 (average 5:09). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Takes:
From The New Yorker: Russian hackers attempting to disrupt the U.S. government were disappointed to discover that it had already been thoroughly disabled, the hackers have confirmed.
Expecting to find a well-oiled machine that they could impair, the hackers instead came upon a barely operational mess that had already suffered what appeared to be four years of degradation.
Dmitri X (not his real name), was assigned to hack the Environmental Protection Agency’s computer systems and was “shocked” by the agency’s weakened condition.
“My job was to access the E.P.A.’s database and delete all of the environmental regulations,” he said. “There was nothing there left to delete.”
That’s straight news, Andy! With Republicans working so hard, Russians need no help to destroy America! RESIST!!
From Crooks and Liars: Everyone wants to show the happy videos of people getting vaccine shots.
The Governors in the 12 states that haven’t passed mask mandates especially want to get in on this hopeful news. They will crow about how Their President got them the vaccine. Not said, but implied, is that their refusal to pass a state-wide mask mandate was justified before and is not necessary now.
Image from: CNN
The experts say we will still need masks for months and we should NOT relax the mask protocols…
…Here are some ways to use the vaccination press conferences to pressure 12 Governors to pass mask mandates.
People in the public health medical community still want to believe that Governors will respond to facts and science. They won’t.
Withholding good PR at a press conference isn’t withholding their vaccine, just the reflected success of a vaccine.
But since most public health experts don’t want to be this direct, and the window for these first press conferences is closing, I suggest:
This is especially important now that Trump botched the vaccine roll out!
First prep the experts to point out the EXCESS DEATHS that will happen because there is no MASK MANDATE. When the Governor still doesn’t respond with a mandate, post photos of DEAD NURSES to call out the GOVERNOR for NOT pushing a mandate before.
Click through for much more info. I fully support both methods. RESIST!!
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Maddow: U.S. Mired In ‘3-Way Split Screen’ Of Trump Crises
I agree with Rachel. The one thing that should have been included is that, Republicans wanted mass deaths, because such a high proportion of the deaths are Blacks. I also worry about Trump inciting violence., and agree that he is desperate to escape prosecution that must follow to prevent a Republican Recurrance. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast of Christmas): Beta Radio – Angels We Have Heard on High (Official Audio)
A beautiful arrangement of a classic carol! HUGS!!
GEORGIA – The Lincoln project
Meidas Touch – more from Noel Casler
Dr. Bandy Lee … Sure … But who is going to do it? All the people the Amendment itself authorizes to invoke it are creatures of his and will not do so.
Now This News … Sad that it’s needed, cool that it’s being done
Puppet Regime from 12/10
Founders Sing – “Freeloader” with Tom Petty
The Trmpty Dumpty Cycle Episode 12
Riu Riu Chiu (Spanish) Another lively dance carol
It’s a hectic day here in the CatBox. I received a text from Safeway.com that my order is on the way with a link to track my order. I clicked the link and got a “tracking temporarily offline” message. Fingers crossed. For pizza this week, I tried Pizza Hut. Unlike Dominos, which was fine, it was not edible with my stent after a night in the fridge. So WWWendy picked me up sandwiches from Subway, and they are fine. Tomorrow, I should be back in the saddle, barring unforeseen circumstances. Oh God, it’s Monday!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:26 (average 5:25). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Take:
From YouTube (a blast of Christmas): The First Noel
Beautiful harmony here. HUGS!!
GEORGIA – Yet one more riff on The Devil – possibly the best yet.
Puppet Regime from 11/22
Henri on Spring
Another Dr. Fauci accomplishment
Still still still (Austrian)
Keith from yesterday (yes, it is dated Saturday)
It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. WWWendy came earlier than usual this morning. She’s going out of town with her boyfriend for the weekend. His name is also Tom, so I plan to suggest that he may have my room for the weekend, and I get the booty call! Please expect no more than a Personal Update tomorrow. I have a big grocery order coming from Safeway.com. In the past, their service around holidays has been crappy at best.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:09 (average 5:11). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Religious Agony:
Useless stinking Orb! Seriously, If they had played the way they played against KC, they would have won, but they stunk.
Short Take:
From YouTube (a blast of Christmas): Silent Night
A lovely arrangement of an old favorite! HUGS!!