Nov 152019
 

It’s a hectic day, here in the CatBox.  I’m hurrying to do as much as I can, before I have to leave to drop off specimens at the lab.  I’ll have to finish and publish this, when I return.  TGIF Hugs to all.

The trip was gruesome.  TriMet Lift was late, so I was 15 min. late to the lab.  Nevertheless, I finished in time for my pickup window, 9:45 to 10:15 AM.  TriMet Lift was late again and did not pick me up until 12:30 PM.  I’m frustrated and exhausted.  ARGH!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:25 (average 5:18).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Beatles – A Day In The Life

 

Ah… the memories!!  RESIST!!

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Samantha Bee from 11/13

 Posted by at 8:39 am  Politics
Nov 142019
 

It’s that time of week again, and here are 4 great video clips from Sam’s show last night.  Enjoy!

Trump’s Impeachment Hearings Aren’t Going Well…If You’re Trump

 

Good one Sam. Thanks for serving us such a sweet im-peach pie!

Columbus Day Should Be Indigenous Peoples Day ft. Congresswoman Deb Haaland

 

I fully support celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day!

Will Trump Get Booed? Veterans Edition!

 

Kudos to the Vets who booed Putin’s Pervert. They know how to spot the enemy!

It’s Paula’s White House

 

Republican pseudo-Christians like Trump and the Republican Reich for two reasons. All worship money. All are fighting to protect fetuses and to kill children.

That was her best show in a long time!

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Nov 142019
 

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.  I want to finish as early as I can, so I can get a partial nap in before Store to Door delivers groceries.  Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update from me tomorrow.  I have to take my specimen to the lab: a four hour trip for a five minute procedure.  Hurry Hugs to all!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:33 (average 5:13).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From Alternet: 1. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) doubled down on bogus Crowdstrike conspiracy theory

Rep. Devin Nunes has not been shy about promoting the conspiracy theory known as Crowdstrike, which claims that interference in the 2016 presidential election came not from the Russian government and President Vladimir Putin, but from the Ukrainian government. And Nunes continued to promote that discredited theory when questioning Taylor. Nunes, more than once, mentioned “Ukrainian election meddling.” But when Democratic counsel Daniel Goldman asked Kent if there was any credible evidence that Ukraine’s government interfered in the 2016 election, Kent responded, “To my knowledge, there’s no factual basis.”

This is the first of five wild moment’s in yesterday’s impeachment hearing. Click through fot the other four. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Daily Kos Channel): Rep. Peter Welch calls Jim Jordan’s bluff

 

Trump won’t testify. He and Jordan are alike, but different. Jordan is all balls, no brain. Trump is no balls, no brain.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Gary Wright – Dream Weaver

 

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Nov 132019
 

It’s a crazy day here in the CatBox.  I posted my lead article early this morning, a live feed of the Impeachment Hearings for you.  Shortly afterwards, my Imodium induced Republicitis, that made my medical visits possible. broke loose, so I popped on George, rushed to the throne, and went into a “hat” inserted in the throne.  I spent the next half hour packing gooey poo into pill bottles to take to the lab (Lift scheduled for Friday).  That was gross.  I wish I had been able to send contents of my kitty box with the nice kitty crunchies that dawgs like so much.  Then I did my research, and now, I’m way pooped.  Tonight is a WWWendy night.  Hump Day Hugs to all!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:01 (average 4:25).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From Alternet: Advisers to President Donald Trump are reportedly working on a plan to slash the “middle class” tax rate to 15 percent, a pre-election effort that tax experts and progressive critics slammed as an admission that the first round of Republican tax cuts did nothing for most Americans while further enriching the wealthiest.

“Here we go again,” Americans for Tax Fairness executive director Frank Clemente said in a statement Tuesday, pointing out that the 2017 GOP tax law was also sold as a “middle class tax cut.”

In brief summary… Bullshit!!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): The Myth of Voter Fraud with Robert Reich

 

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, are the fraudulent ones.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Beau Brummels – Laugh Laugh (Shindig)

 

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Nov 122019
 

It’s a hectic day, here in the CatBox.  I had to update several program’s and drivers, prepare and submit my grocery order to Store to Door, prepare our fantasy football report, and advise an old friend, whose husband may be near death about, about the conditions for withdrawing support that I picked in my advance directive.  Yesterday’s eye torture visit was grueling.  The building was so hot that I was sweating for the 5.5 hours I was there.  I had to strain to line up my eyes to their machines from my wheelchair, and that set off my heartburn.  There was no evidence of remission, but one retina has a slightly swollen area, probably an after effect from the initial radiation.  Allison is referring me to a Retinologist.  She says he can give me a shot in the retina to fix it, at least for now.  I returned home at suppertime, but my stomach was so upset that I could eat very little.  This morning, I woke up feeling weak and dizzy.  I had to eat candy, because my blood sugar was 55.  Because I feel completely exhausted, this is my only article today.  Bleary-eyed Hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:41 (average 4:46).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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Fantasy Football Report:

Here is the news from our own fantasy football league.

Scores:

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Congrats to Vivian, Squatch, and Patty Monster for willing their games.  Kudos to Vivian for the the league high score.  Had I not listened to Nameless and had started Jackson instead of Mahomas, I would have won and had the league high score.

Standings:

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Congrats to Vivian and WWWendy for leading the league.

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Saying that “enough is enough,” congressional Republicans demanded on Monday that the thousands of people in the nation’s witness-protection program be required to appear on national television.

“What kind of a country protects someone’s identity just because they were instrumental in bringing a criminal to justice?” Representative Jim Jordan, of Ohio, asked. “I don’t want to live in a country like that.”

Representative Devin Nunes, of California, concurred. “Anonymity is all well and good, but we should be able to look at these people and know their names,” he said.

At the United States Senate, Lindsey Graham told reporters that “it’s time for people in the witness-protection program to put up or shut up.”

Dang, Andy! When are you going back to satire, instead of straight news?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Chris Hayes Looks At The ‘Red Exodus’ As Another Republican Retires

Good! Flip that bigot’s seat! Every Republican in office is one Republican too many! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Drifters – Under the Boardwalk

This was written about the boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ, where I grew up. I lost my virginity under that boardwalk, when the song was popular. Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

 

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Nov 112019
 

I hurrying to finish this and get to my eye torture.  I won’t be back until supper time.  Ugh!  To our Veterans, thank you for your service!  OGIM Hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 5:09 (average 6:11).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Nikki Haley Claims Cabinet Members Tried To Recruit Her To ‘Save The Country’ By Undermining Trump

I have no doubt that this happened. What Kelly and Tillerson should have done is resign and make their concerns public. As for Haley, if she gave a damn about America, she would have reported this at the time. Now she’s just trying to sell her book and position herself as a Trumpist Fuhrer in the Republican Reich.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): The Real Winner of the 2019 Elections with Robert Reich

The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is partially right. Anytime Democrats beat the Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich, that is a win for democracy. But it’s still a win for Democrats!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (A blast from the past): Fleetwood Mac – Dreams (Official Vinyl Video)

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

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Nov 102019
 

[EDITOR’S NOTE: My apologies for being late in getting this posted. I wasted an entire afternoon watching my Chiefs bungle their way to defeat by the Titans. There’s four-plus wasted hours I’ll never get back.  (Of course, I wouldn’t get them back even if I hadn’t watched the Chiefs.)  One bright spot is QB Mahomes looked good.]

Just a little over a month ago, the world’s cleanest waste-to-energy power plant opened in Copenhagen, Denmark. The plant, known as Copenhill (official name is Amager Bakke) can convert 440,000 tons of waste into clean energy annually – that’s enough to provide heating for 150,000 homes annually and low-carbon electricity for 550,000 people.

But what’s unique about the power plant is that it was designed to double as a public structure that will provide a 490-meter (1,600-foot) long hiking and running trails through lush gardens to the top of the 90-meter (295-foot) tall building. Additionally it boasts the world’s tallest man-made climbing wall at 85-meters. And it’s topped off by a year-round 400-meter (1,300-foot) long ski slope from the top to the bottom. The run will provide difficulties ranging from expert through intermediate to beginner level sections.

But you don’t have to be a fitness buff to enjoy the rooftop bar, restaurant or the 600-square-meter (6,450 square-feet) conference and education center.

The design for the building won an international design contest in 2011, but groundbreaking didn’t occur until two years later. The façade it made of large aluminum blocks stacked like alternating bricks. The openings between the bricks are glazed to allow light to cascade into the interior, minimizing the need for artificial lighting. And the aluminum bricks also serve as planters, so that eventually it will be a green wall.

 

The machinery used to convert the 440,000 tons of waste is arranged by height creating the sloped roof and 9,000 meter-squared (96,875 square-feet) ski terrain.  Access to the top with its spectacular vistas of the city and waterfront is provided by a glass elevator that looks to the interior.

 

Besides being the tallest and biggest structure in Copenhagen, the 41,000 square-meter (441,300 square-feet) plant was designed to help the city meet its goal of becoming the world’s first carbon-neutral city by 2025. Undoubtedly its award-winning design of converting waste to energy, harvesting rainwater and serving as one of the city’s main social centers by providing hiking trails, climbing walls and a year-round ski slope will help in that goal.

I believe the winning architectural firm of BIG succeeded in adding multiple-functionality to an industrial facility that one would not inherently think of as attractive.  But let’s see that ski slope in spectacular action courtesy of Olympic skier, Jesper Tjäder:

 

 

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