Samantha Bee from 3/11

 Posted by at 10:59 am  Politics
Mar 122020
 

It’s that time of week again, and here are three excellent video clips from Sam’s show last night.  Enjoy!!

Coronavirus is Not an Excuse to Be Racist

Sam missed one key point in her excellent discussion that Trump* Virus is not an excuse to be racist. Trump* and the Republican Reich have NEVER needed an excuse to be racist!

Don’t Mess With Texas: The Longhorn State’s Tussle with Trump’s Border Wall

The solution is to build a wall around Trump* and the Republican Reich!  I’s say to do it in Mexico, but that would start a war.

America’s Gig-Based Economy Gets Zero Stars

I would hate having to work in a gig job. This is how Trump* and the Republican Reich keep unemployment low.

Thanks, Sam!

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Open Thread–3/12/2020

 Posted by at 10:59 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Mar 122020
 

It’s a busy day, here in the CatBox.  I haven’t lost a meal since Tuesday, and Propanol has managed my back pain to a 2-3 level so far this morning.  Store to door is delivering groceries this afternoon, and I’ll need to put them away.  I am quite tired, though, because I ate late and got to bed late.  WWWendy is flying to Iowa for a few days to see a boyfriend.  I’m trying to talk her out of it.  If she goes, she’ll be coming this Saturday and next Tuesday.  Have a great day.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:24 (average 5:26).  To do it, click here.  Not edible.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

I know of 5 more times US troops have intervened there.

Trump* Virus Update:

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Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: House Democrats held a meeting this morning to get out in front of Trump on a coronavirus relief bill and make sure their priorities are included, MSNBC reporter Leigh Anne Caldwell said.

“It’s to ensure that people who aren’t receiving any income because of coronavirus get relief and that those who are food insecure also get some relief,” she said.

What’s that translating to in a draft bill in the House of Representatives, including sick leave for people who either have to be quarantined because of coronavirus or who actually have the virus. Other things, an extension of unemployment insurance and an extension of food stamps and aid for kids who get free and reduced lunches at school, but can’t go to school because their schools are closed.”

Criminal Fuhrer Trump* refused to negotiate with Pelosi on the Trump* Virus relief bill, so she went ahead, and it will pass the House tomorrow. Will Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch sit on it, or will Trump* veto it to exacerbate Americans’ suffering?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): U.S. Unprepared For Expected Explosion In Coronavirus Cases

While nobody can be completely prepared for a pandemic of this magnitude, the ineptitude of criminal Fuhrer Trump* and the Republican Reich will kill hundreds if not thousands of Americans.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Camerota to Pence: Why are number of tests going down?

Damn! If pseudo-Christian Pence gets hos nose any deeper in his criminal Fuhrer’s ass, he’ll be able to see the bottom of Trump’s* tonsils. The reason the number of tests are going down, according to Occam’s Razor, is that we have a diminishing supply of tests available. Nevertheless, criminal Fuhrer Trump* refused FREE tests from WHO!  RESIST!!

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From YouTube (a blast from the past):  Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Primary Update–3/11/2020

 Posted by at 11:01 am  Politics
Mar 112020
 

Yesterday, there were Democratic primaries in Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, and Washington.  It was a very good night for Joe Biden, and sadly, a very bad night for Bernie Sanders.  Unless he can turn it around quickly and dramatically, a VERY tall order, it’s over.

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Joe Biden is marching to the Democratic presidential nomination.

The former vice president handily defeated Bernie Sanders on Tuesday in Michigan’s primary — halting the Vermont senator’s hopes of a comeback in the state where he’d stunned Hillary Clinton four years ago.

Biden also notched massive wins in Idaho, Mississippi and Missouri. Sanders won in North Dakota. Washington hadn’t been called yet, but as of Wednesday morning, Biden was in a tight race there with Sanders, another state Sanders needed to win.

Tuesday marked a clear turning point in the Democratic race. Biden is building a powerful coalition of African Americans, suburbanites and rural white voters who previously backed Sanders, while Sanders is failing to produce the electorate-changing turnout of young voters that he’s promised. Democratic figures, from one-time 2020 candidate Andrew Yang to the party’s biggest super PAC, Priorities USA, lined up behind Biden after his Michigan win.

Biden and Sanders are scheduled to debate Sunday night in Arizona. But Sanders is entering a brutal stretch, with primaries next week in Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Ohio — all states he lost in 2016. There’s also the reality that coronavirus could crowd Sanders out of national headlines and make it impossible for him to leverage something that separates him from Biden: his ability to turn out massive crowds at rallies. It all makes a comeback even more difficult…  [emphasis added]

Inserted from CNN:

Here is the delegate count, as of early this morning.

Democratic Pledged Delegate
Count

Sanders

Biden

Iowa

12

6

New Hampshire

9

0

Nevada

24

9

South Carolina

15

39

Alabama

8

44

American Samoa

0

0

Arkansas

9

17

California

186

150

Colorado

20

12

Maine

9

11

Massachusetts

29

37

Minnesota

27

38

North Carolina

37

67

Oklahoma

13

21

Tennessee

19

33

Texas

111

102

Vermont

11

5

Virginia

31

66

Utah

13

a

Democrats Abroad

0

0

Idaho

11

9

Michigan

51

71

Mississippi

2

29

Missouri

23

40

North Dakota

5

3

Washington

17

17

Totals

692

826

How Joe Biden’s wins differ from Hillary Clinton’s in 2016

Credit where credit is due. Joe has built his coalition well beyond Hillary’s in 2016.

With Biden’s Big Wins, What’s Next For Sanders?

This is not the news I wanted to hear, but I have to admit that it looks mighty bleak for Bernie. As I see it, his only hope is a overwhelming win in Sunday’s debate.  If Joe does win the nomination and wants to unify the party, he needs to choose a progressive running mate, preferably a woman, ideally a non-white progressive woman.  I’d love AOC, but it won’t happen in my lifetime.

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Open Thread–3/11/2020

 Posted by at 11:00 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Mar 112020
 

It’s a difficult day here in the CatBox.  I was able to keep my serving of strawberries and cream instant oatmeal down this morning, but I have a lot of back pain. Tonight, WWWendy comes to de-stink the TomCat and help with  chores.  For some reason, my shower chair really exacerbates my back pain.  I have a few Oxycodone left.  I’ll take one when she gets here.  Happy Hump Day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:09 (average 4:43).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus  Update:

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Short Takes:

From Alternet: Critics are denouncing as ‘corporate socialism’ the Trump administration’s reported consideration to offer oil and gas companies in the U.S. fracking industry a massive bailout amid a drop in prices that comes amid the global coronavirus outbreak.

“Corporate socialists seek welfare from Trump administration,” tweeted journalist David Cay Johnson, in response to reporting by the Washington Post on Tuesday.

According to the Post, the administration is looking to bail out the fracking sector due to its instability in the wake of the ongoing financial downturn:

White House officials are alarmed at the prospect that numerous shale companies, many of them deep in debt, could be driven out of business if the downturn in oil prices turns into a prolonged crisis for the industry. The federal assistance is likely to take the form of low-interest government loans to the shale companies, whose lines of credit to major financial institutions have been choked off, three people said.

I fully agree with one caveat. Bailouts for the worst mother fracking corporate criminals is not corporate socialism. It is Republican National Socialism.  RESIST!!

From Crooks and Liars: Always nice to see the fair and balanced (and not completely deranged) hosts of Fox News, or in this case, Fox Business News, working on behalf of Dear Leader. Trish Regan’s monologue was called the “coronavirus impeachment scam.” I suppose none of which should be in any way surprising, as Fox News and its bizarre offspring, Fox Business News, exist to prop up this failed and inept president, even at the expense of public health and safety.

Barf Bag Alert!!

The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, are so full of shit that their Nazi blue eyes are turning brown. This Republican disinformation will kill people.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): the beach boys – fun, fun, fun

I occasionally dated a gal with a 1957 T-Bird 2 seat convertible (LOVED that car!!). Friends and I used to sing and play this tune to her to tease her. Ah… the memories.  RESIST!!

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Trump* Virus Tanks Economy!

 Posted by at 10:58 am  Politics
Mar 102020
 

I trust that you know by now that the bottom is falling out of the stock market, and Republican welfare billionaires are freaking out.  Trump* tanked the economy for rest of us long ago.  This will make our economy even worse, but Trump and the Republican Reich don’t care if we live or die.  But they care about their billionaires, and they fear that this Republican Recession will hurt them the way it did when they tanked the economy in 2008.

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The fast-spreading coronavirus and a plunge in oil prices set off a chain reaction in financial markets on Monday, a self-perpetuating downward cycle that could inflict serious harm on the global economy.

What started last month as unease about a potential economic slowdown in China has evolved into a borderline panic, with the S&P 500 on Monday crashing nearly 8 percent. The mayhem is threatening to roil the underlying global financial system and the abilities of companies large and small to survive a potential economic monsoon — a downward spiral that is fed and intensified by these destructive forces.

The odds of such a storm grew after an unexpected fight between Russia and Saudi Arabia. After failing to reach an agreement about how much oil to produce and sell on international markets, Saudi Arabia announced it would quickly ramp up production.

Oil prices had been falling as investors fretted about a possible recession. On Monday, they plummeted over 20 percent — the sharpest decline since the first Persian Gulf war.  [emphasis added]

Inserted from <NY Times>
Graph credit: Know Your Meme

Trump Faces Huge Leadership Crisis Over Coronavirus And The Economy

Payroll tax cut? That’s only temporary, and the suckers will have to pay it back on 4/15. This fool* wants people to go out into crowded stores and get infected. Will Goose-step Gohmert infect the Republican Reich in Congress?

Dow logs biggest point-drop in history as stocks tumble

The announcer said that, if it wasn’t the Trump* virus, it would have been something else.  I agree.  Two great minds said that Trump would tank the economy.  In July, 2019, Elizabeth Warren said so.  In November, 2016, I said so.  Great minds clearly fell in the same ditch!

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Open Thread–3/10/2020

 Posted by at 10:57 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Mar 102020
 

It’s a difficult day here in the CatBox.  I get topo impatient to spend 90 – 120 minutes eating a meal, and I eat too much too fast.  As a result, it took me 210 minutes to eat breakfast, half of it ended up in the sink, and I have severe heartburn.  On the plus side, I enjoyed my time with my friend yesterday.  For news on my cancer, see yesterday’s Open thread, if you missed it.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:24 (average 4:31).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Irate passengers who have been stranded onboard the Grand Princess cruise ship are demanding to be housed at Mar-a-Lago, the passengers confirmed on Monday.

Frustrated by the Trump Administration’s delay in devising a plan to enable them to disembark, the nearly three thousand coronavirus-exposed passengers said that it was “only fair” that Trump welcome them to his Palm Beach home.

“Donald Trump keeps on saying that he’s not worried about coronavirus,” the passengers’ spokesman said. “Then he shouldn’t object to three thousand of us living with him.”

Andy, I’ll agree under two conditions. First, only people who have tested positive should go. Second, if Trump* is not there, they should be taken to wherever he is.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: Will Donald Trump Get Reelected?


Sadly, the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. There’s nothing too dishonest, despicable, or deplorable for the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, and their Russian allies, to do to keep their criminal Fuhrer Trump* in power.  We must unite behind whoever wins the Democratic nomination and flush the Fascist Republican Reich to oblivion!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry (BBC Live 1968)


Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–3/9/3020

 Posted by at 9:04 am  Open Thread, Politics
Mar 092020
 

This is my only article today, as I’m going out with my friend in about 2.5 hours, and I still have to eat, dress and get ready to go.  I heard from Dr. Nameless this morning on the PET Scan results.  I did not know I have liver cancer, until I saw the PET Scan report. Dr. Nameless confirmed that and said that is their primary concern.  I have esophageal cancer.  You’ve seen the pictures of the tumor.  I also have nodules in both lungs.  Dr. Nameless found that the cancer has metastasized to my spine at T-11.  I thought that the terrible backaches I’ve been having were from spending too much time in my power chair.  The report gave no prognosis, so I’ll have to wait until 3/17.  Dr. Nameless may correct my oversimplifications.  In a word… ARGH!  Oh God, it’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:29 (average 4:46).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): LET IT GO – A Parody

Thanks, Don! We on the left have been willing to coexist and compromise during my adult lifetime, and we still are. However, it is impossible to coexist and compromise with the Republican Reich, because they refuse to coexist and compromise with us.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): I Am a Rock


Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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