It’s a busy day here in the CatBox, as WWWendy will be here. I’ll be back in the saddle tomorrow.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 2:56 (average 4:48). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Take:
From YouTube (a blast of Christmas): Harry Simeone Chorale – The Little Drummer Boy
This is the last year I can enjoy the Christmas songs I’ve loved all my life. Please be patient with me. Hugs!!
Had a couple of F/U (medical Follow/Up – NOT the other f/u) appointments – 1 of which I forgot. Plus a haircut appointment that was long overdue (and might not be available in a couple of weeks).
So those are my “The Dog Ate My Homework” excuses for being late & postponing to Saturday.
I’ve come across a few “Once Every 1,000 Years Claim” for a fun math phenomenon – but it actually happens EVERY year:
Use the age you will be AFTER your birthday this year, ADD the year you were born. It will equal 2020.
GEORGIA – Jon Ossoff
Meidas Touch – GEORGIA
Now This News – not my Senator Udall, whom Corey Gardner cheated to defeat, but is cousin in New Mexico (who is planning to retire, sadly.
The Lincoln Project – GEORGIA
Parody Project/The Freedom Toast
A commercial from the Norwegian Postal Service showing – well, you’ll see (hanky alert for laughter)
Borat
Keith (yesterday, but 2 hours later than usual so I missed it.)
It’s a tired day here in the CatBox. WWWendy and I got everything done yesterday, and I did get a morning nap this morning. However, I’m already ready for another. I had a cheeseburger and eggs for breakfast. Tomorrow please expect no more than a Personal Update from me. It’s a WWWendy day to destink the TomCat, cook and do chores. TGIF!!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:16 (average 4:59). To do it, click here. How dis you do?
Cartoon:
Short Takes:
From NY Times: In his urgent demand on Monday that President Trump condemn his angry supporters who are threatening workers and officials overseeing the 2020 vote, a Georgia elections official focused on an animated image of a hanging noose that had been sent to a young voting-machine technician.
“It’s just wrong,” the official, Gabriel Sterling, a Republican, said at a news conference. “I can’t begin to explain the level of anger I have over this.”
But the technician in Georgia is not alone. Far from it.
Across the nation, election officials and their staff have been bombarded in recent weeks with emails, telephone calls and letters brimming with menace and threats of violence, the result of their service in a presidential election in which the defeated candidate’s most ardent followers have refused to accept the results.
There is a single word that best describes such heinous threats of violence to intimidate honest workers and keep them from doing their jobs: Republican! RESIST!!
From NPR: President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday said he has asked the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to become his chief medical adviser and said he plans to call on Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his administration.
In an interview with CNN, Biden said he’ll urge Americans to wear masks starting Jan. 20 to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Biden said he would use his authority to require masks in federal buildings and on interstate transportation.
“Just 100 days to mask, not forever, 100 days. And I think we’ll see a significant reduction,” Biden said.
I think Fauci is an excellent choice. If super-spreader Trump* had followed his advice, America would be far better off. 100 days of masks is just the beginning of policies Biden should implement. Another is extensive contact tracing. RESIST!!
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Canadian Premier Makes Emotional Holiday Plea
Kudos to Brian Pailister. The US needs a Grinch like him in charge of every state. RESIST!!
From YouTube (CNN Channel): These Trump supporters say big tech is biased. Here’s why they’re on Parler [Twitter for GOP Sheeple]
A commenter on YouTube Said it best. The universe is made of protons neutrons, electrons and morons. To that I add, on Parler the morons are Sheeple whose intelligence echoes BAAA-A-A-A-A-AAADLY!! RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast for the planet): The Yardbirds – Shapes Of Things
This will be the last in the BFTP series. The Yardbirds knew the shape of things to come many years ago. Is it too late to change it? RESIST!!
Crooks and Liars video
American Bridge – GEORGIA – Loeffler
American Bridge – GEORGIA – Perdue
The Lincoln Project – GEORGIA – “Pulpit”
The Trumpty Dumpty Cycle #3- Full Cast: Steve Buscemi, James Carville, Kristin Chenoweth, Margaret Cho, Laurie Garrett, Whoopi Goldberg, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Stephen Root
It’d a busy day here in the CatBox. WWWendy is finishing it up after giving me a haircut, my shower, putting groceries away and cooking. I’m running way behind. I’ll be in the saddle tomorrow. Hugs to all.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:20 (average 5:17). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Takes:
From NY Times: The top Democrats in Congress on Wednesday endorsed a bipartisan $908 billion stimulus compromise as a baseline for talks, offering a significant concession in an effort to pressure Republicans to revive stalled talks on providing additional relief before the end of the year.
After months of publicly insisting that another stimulus package must provide at least $2 trillion, Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, called on Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, to return to the negotiating table with a bill less than half that size as a starting point.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., whose advisers had pushed privately in recent weeks for lawmakers to make compromises to pass an economic aid agreement as quickly as possible, also offered a blessing of sorts for the effort. In a virtual event with laid-off workers and a small-business owner struggling amid the pandemic, Mr. Biden said the bipartisan package “wouldn’t be the answer, but it would be immediate help for a lot of things, quickly.”
The measure, spearheaded by Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, and Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, would restore lapsed federal jobless benefits, providing $300 a week for 18 weeks; would include $288 billion for struggling small businesses, restaurants and theaters and $160 billion for fiscally strapped cities and states; and would create a temporary liability shield for businesses operating amid the pandemic.
I would happily back it except for one thing. It gives criminal immunity to business owners and managers who knowingly commit crimes while following the directives of the Republican Reich. For example, Tyson foods maintain executive betting pools on how many employees will be infected and on how many will die because of their unsafe working conditions. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast for the planet): Climate change song “The Shadows” by Sandel
The writer/singer calls climate change the greatest threat of our age. This hi her response, and a fine one it is! RESIST!!
Only one video (21 + minutes) has been posted more than 12 hours after the show. Here it is:
GEORGIA – Jon Ossoff
GEORGIA – anti-Perdue truth
Now This News – Should be comforting. (And you can cut it off just before the 3 minute mark.)
The Lincoln project – GEORGIA !! Good perspective.
Seven plus minutes (good CC though) – if you skip it I’ll understand, but I always want to hear anything that Bryan Stevenson has to say.
Hamilton parody
Henri on Christmas