Open Thread – 8/16/2019

Posted by TomCat at 10:26 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 162019

I’m running late, as I overslept and had several chores to complete. Next week will be so busy that I will probably have only a Personal Update Monday though Wednesday. Monday is a WWWendy day, a day late, and we have lots to do. Tuesday I have an Oncologist appointment to interpret my Cat Scan. Wednesday I have a power chair repairman coming. I suspect a bad wheel bearing as my chair screeches whenever I’m on the move. TGIF Hugs!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:02 (average 4:40). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Donald Trump Nominates Advocate Of ‘Ethnonationalism’ For Judgeship

How did Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch know to hold all those judgeships open for Trump, when most thought Hillary would cream Trump. Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch must have already known Putin was stealing the government for the Republican Reich. Can anyone guess which ethnic group that Republican racist Menashi favors? RESIST!!

From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): HALLELUJAH FOR THE NRA!

Don retreaded this, but with Republican Ammosexual terrorists on a killing spree, he could not have picked a more appropriate time to bring it back. RESIST!!

From Daily Kos: Sen. Susan Collins took time out of her busy schedule of being extremely disappointedthat people expect her to do something about gun violence to attend a fundraiser on Friday. A fundraiser on her behalf. Held by Leonard Leo, Donald Trump’s “judge whisperer.”

Remember all that hand-wringing we saw from Collins last fall over her vote for Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court? It was kabuki. The fix had been in for a long time, with Collins reportedly giving Mitch McConnell the green light for her vote on this nomination before it happened. Now that she’s hobnobbing with Federalist Society executive vice president Leonard Leo—and he’s raising buckets of money for her—the quid pro quo is staring us in the face.

She’s already received the maximum contribution from Leo, $2,800. So now he’s opened the doors of his $4 million mansion for Collins and all his rich friends—who got a big tax break thanks to Collins’ vote on that Trump tax scam—to say thanks. Leo has become increasingly high-profile since Trump got installed in the Oval Office, even taking a leave from his job at the Federalist Society to specifically get Kavanaugh on the court. He has unprecedented sway and say over Trump in judicial nominations, ensuring that the courts get packed with young judges who have extreme anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ rights, and anti-voting rights records.

There are two kinds of Republicans in office: open goose-steppers and secret goose-steppers. RESIST!!

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No “Fun” Today – I’m Having OP Surgery

Posted by SoINeedAName at 7:13 am Politics

Aug 162019

There’ll be no “Fun” posted this week as I’m having Out-Patient Surgery this morning for a leg abscess.

On Saturday, July 27^th I leaned over while in my desk chair to get something that was clearly out of my reach because the chair tipped over and I landed on the handle of an antique iron.

Before electricity, they used solid iron irons that you had to heat on the stove – and those suckers are heavy.

I developed a giant goose-egg hematoma that became Red, Hot, Swollen & Tender (RHST), so I went to my PCP’s Walk-In clinic on Friday, August 2^nd. The Nurse Practitioner put me on Keflex, but since I didn’t see much progress, I went to the Wound Care Clinic this Wednesday.

The Nurse Practitioner (who I saw for my 36 days of antibiotics for my cat-bite cellulitis – and is excellent) confirmed my concern: abscess.

But I was shocked that the Wound Care Clinic does not drain abscesses.

So I had an Ultra-Sound done yesterday to be sure it’s walled off (it is), and will see the general surgeon this morning for a probable Incision & Drainage (I & D).

But I’ll share a cute cat Tweet:

Dot chasing #cats #CatsOfTwitter pic.twitter.com/A55cVKLeVc

— Ms. Laika the Husky 🐶 (@Huskyinfinity) August 16, 2019

Samantha Bee from 8/14

Posted by TomCat at 10:32 am Politics

Aug 152019

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

Full Frontal Investigates: The Case of Jerry Falwell, Jr., the Pool Boy,

Dang! Even Uranus Inspector Cruz would have been a better pick. Who F’d the pool boy? The Falwells, the Trumps, Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch, Larry Craig, Diaper Dave, and the entire Republican Reich.

Sticky Fingers, Sticky Conversations: BBQ and Reproductive Justice

Kudos to the ladies. They sound like a southern fried version of Planned Parenthood.

Betty Who Gives Us One Last Summer Bop

Woooo Hoooo Betty Who!

Thanks, Sam!

RESIST!!

Open Thread – 8/15/2109

Posted by TomCat at 10:31 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 152019

I’m pretty tired out, because WWWendy got caught in traffic and was 45 minutes. We had extra work to do, because she and her girlfriends are committing wanton debauchery in a German Village this weekend so my next shower day won’t be until Monday. Today is a grocery delivery day. BTW, I fixed the Mouse. I had to move the wireless receiver from the back of the computer to a USB port on my hub near the front.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:14 (average 5:22) to do it, click here. How did you do?

About Mewe:

Several of our Care2 Refugee friends recommended a site called Mewe. Some started a group there called Care2share. So far, it’s almost all petitions, but I asked the group owned if she would like us to add PP articles to the site. I recommend checking out both the site and the group.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Mitch McConnell At Nexus Of Increased Russian Leverage On U.S. (29 min.)

Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch is the best thing for Russian dominance and the worst thing for US national security since Resident Drumpfenfarten. Putin (R-RU) loves his Republican Reich. Every Republican in office is one Republican too many! RESIST!!

From Newsweek: A man, allegedly a correctional officer, drove a pickup truck into a group of Jewish peaceful demonstrators protesting outside the Wyatt Detention Center in Rhode Island on Wednesday night.

Hundreds of Jewish protesters, mostly members of Never Again Action, a group that advocates for the rights of migrants detained by ICE, gathered outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention facility in Central Falls on Wednesday evening. The protesters stood blocking the entrance of the facility, linking arms while chanting for the abolition of ICE and the end to America’s harsh immigration policies.

At around 10 p.m. local time, a dark-colored pickup truck drove slowly up to a group of roughly 40-50 protesters blocking the entrance to the location’s parking lot, before driving straight through the crowd, according to a video uploaded to Twitter.

Amy Anthony, one of the protest’s organizers, told Newsweek that the group has identified the man driving the truck as a correctional officer. “We have confirmed that the person driving the truck is a correctional officer who works for the detention facility,” she said. “The driver was in his uniform when he hit the protestors. His rank and name were embroidered on his shirt and he was wearing a badge at the time.”

Was he a lone Republican or was he under orders from the Republican Reich? RESIST!!

From Vanity Fair: John Hickenlooper’s presidential campaign has been on death’s doorstep for weeks. He’s been nonexistent in the polls; he was mistaken for a reporter upon arriving at the first presidential debate in June; and in July, his own staff staged an intervention, urging him to drop his bid to “pursue other opportunities.” Now, the former Colorado governor appears ready to heed their advice. The Associated Press reports that Hickenlooper will announce his withdrawal on Thursday, making him the latest 2020 Democrat to exit the crowded primary field. His announcement will come amid speculation that he is weighing a Senate run against vulnerable Colorado Republican Cory Gardner, but a Hickenlooper campaign source told Politico he will not address that possibility.

From what I’ve seen of him, I’m not favorably Impressed, but I trust he has some god qualities. If the choice is he or Trump-endorser Corey Gardner for a Senate seat, the worst Democrat is infinitely better than the best Republican. Vote Blue, no matter who! RESIST!!

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Republicans on Parade – 8/14/2019

Posted by TomCat at 10:17 am Politics

Aug 142019

Here is the one hundred sixty-fifth article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today’s winner is Trump’s Republican Acting Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ken Cuccinelli. He is so honored for rewriting Emma Lazarus’ poem about Lady Liberty, converting it to racist Republican propaganda.

It’s practically a parody of Trumpian ignorance and bigotry: Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, offering a rewrite of the famous Emma Lazarus poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.

Instead of reading “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” Cuccinelli suggested–in answer to a reporter’s question about whether he agreed with Lazarus’s poem–that maybe it should say, “Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge.”

This is in line with a new Trump administration regulation that could dramatically reduce the number of legal immigrants to the United States by allowing officials to reject green card and visa applicants if they are low-income, have little education or have ever relied on social assistance programs like Medicaid or food stamps. “This will help Citizenship and Immigration Services objectively determine whether the applicant is likely at any time in the future to receive public benefits,” Cuccinelli wrote in a CNN op-ed… [emphasis added]

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I strongly suspect that right-wing Caucasians from Europe would automatically pass the Republican tests.

Lawrence O’Donnell exposes his hate and hypocrisy.

He’s way lower than a sleaze bag. He’s a Republican!

RESIST!!

Open Thread – 8/14/2019

Posted by TomCat at 10:16 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 142019

My Windows 10 installation is still somewhat buggy, after the update from hell, but I just don’t have time to waste another day dealing with their horrid customer support. Today is a WWWendy day. From force of habit, I keep thinking it’s a grocery day too, but grocery day is Thursday in the shiny new CatBox. I slept poorly last night. I had to get up for an Alka-Seltzer. That hiatal hernia has been acting up, and I feel tired. Hump Day Hugs to all!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:56 (average 5:27)(mouse still flaky). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: Is America Becoming a Third World Country?

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. If the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, has their way, we will become a fourth world country. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Trae Crowder Channel): Do What Now – ICEcapades in the Mississippi Heat

Trae is spot-on, but it makes me sick to compare this racist Republican hatred to the gorgeous production on ice that thrilled me so, when I was a child. RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: One day after the White House took steps to weaken the Endangered Species Act, an irate polar bear has demanded a face-to-face meeting with Donald J. Trump.

The bear, who was described as “livid” by his spokesperson, has already begun his journey from the Arctic to Washington to express his deep dissatisfaction with Trump.

“He has been ravenously hungry because of the destruction of his habitat,” the bear’s spokesperson said. “The latest news about the Endangered Species Act has not improved his mood.”

Dang, Andy! How could the poor creature possibly bear such a vile encounter? RESIST!!

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Personal Update – 8/13/2019

Posted by TomCat at 11:58 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 132019

Last Night Windows Update installed a major revision to Windows 10. It trashed my computer. I have almost everything working again. but it took me all morning to do it. Therefore this is all I have today. I’ll be back in the saddle tomorrow. ARGH!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 5:28 (average 5:15) (mouse still flakey). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Pat B Still Has a BIG Mouth! ;-)

Posted by TomCat at 10:28 am Blog News, Politics

Aug 122019

109-PatB

Pat followed Politics Plus and commented for quite some time on Care2, where she has been active for years, before she started commenting here at the site. A few months later, she won her first Big Mouth Award for the 78,000th comment in May 2016. She became a daily regular and won her second award for the 85,000th comment in December 2016 and her third for the 93,000th comment in October 2017. She won her fourth for 97,000 in March, 2018. She won her fifth for 101,000 in August 2018 and her sixth in October This is her seventh award. She is a progressive activist, an authentic Christian, a proud veteran, and a Michael Moore Fan. If you tell her to go to hell, she’s likely to answer, “I already live there.” The poor girl is still a Texan. On the other hand, she loves her Houston Texans. Her comments are still bright, witty and above all, compassionate. She always greets WWWendy on shower day! I don’t know what else I can say, but please add praise with more compliments. She deserves it.

RESIST!!

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