Monologue
David Shor (there wasn’t CC when I posted it – hopefully there will be eventually)
Reframed Classics
New Rule
Mar 192021
Mar 192021
As a U of Illinois alum, I have to admit that (sadly) it’s not all that common for my Fighting Illini to get to the top tier of sporting events.
But this year they did!
Since they’re seeded #1 in their bracket, I’ve been glued to watching the NCAA March Madness Finals. You have to go back to 2005 before they even made it to the Championship game (they lost to North Carolina).
So I hope you’ll bear with my absence from “Friday Fun” posts for the next couple weeks until my Fighting Illini are crowned NCAA Champs!
Mar 192021
VoteVets – “Too Dangerous”
American Bridge – no surprise here.
The Damage Report – the jokes write themselves.
Justice Matters
Ring of Fire – Yup. (snicker) Well stated.
SO COOL!
Deb Haaland is sworn in as Interior Secretary. She is the first Native American cabinet secretary in U.S. history.
“History is being made yet again.” — VP Kamala Harris pic.twitter.com/iCoqqgxH8L
— The Recount (@therecount) March 18, 2021
Beau – Infrastructure – This is a few days old, so may already be obsolete.
Mar 192021
It’s a completely exhausted day here in the CatBox. A Hospice Social worker is coming between 8:30 and 9:00 this morning. When she’s done, I plan to disappear until WWWendy comes tomorrow morning. I hope I can get used to the time change and to methadone. TGIF!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:23 (average 5:00). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Take:
From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Doors – Riders On The Storm (HQ)
I dislike the words as much as I like the melody. Perhaps the the melody is Democratic and the words are Republican. RESIST the Republican Reich!!
Don’t Let Republicans Steal YOUR Future!!
Mar 182021
Missouri, Missouri, Missouri. Lucas Kunce is sunning for Missouri’s other Senate seat.
The summary pretty much says it all. He does name a name (but my Russian spelling is not good.)
Did I hear that right?
“A known Russian asset sent information to @DevinNunes at the Intelligence Committee, we literally have the package receipt.”
— Eric Garcia for Congress (@EricG1247) March 17, 2021
Now This News – How is there even any question about this? It is so obvious.
Really American
VoteVets
Puppet Regime – Women’s History Month
Mrs. Betty Bowers
My Cat’s Engine Won’t Start (Cat’s vocalization sounds like stalled engine – no words)
Beau: Rule 303: “If you have the means at hand, you have the responsibiity to act.” And Coca-Cola does (and is acting.) Hope it helps.
Mar 182021
Today is shower aide and store to door day. I have no time. Have a good day.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:58 (average 4:59). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Take:
From YouTube (a blast from the past): Cat’s in the Cradle
Ah… the memories! RESIST the Republican Reich!!
Don’t Let Republicans Steal YOUR Future!!
Mar 172021
Posted 6 days ago so not in last group
Posted 6 days ago (CC doesn’t work and there are lyrics available for a song by this name, but it’s not this sone.)
Posted 3 days ago
St. Patrick’s day
Women and Violence parts I and II (172 Republicans in the House alone voted against the VAWA. It will be interesting to see what happens in the Senate)
Mar 172021
The Lincoln Project – “Zero Sum Game”
[The Cloud Converter seems to get more popular every day… but the line moves fast enough.]
While you are sleeping Republicans across the country are attempting to turn Trump’s mega nastiness into the law. Bills that would dramatically impact access to your constitutional rights to a ballot, laws that would restrict vote by mail, even make giving water to those waiting in line to vote illegal. Why? Why would Republicans make this the spine of their party? They said it in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. The only way they can combat the Democrats’ Voting advantage is to play dirty. Politics is a zero sum game. Because that’s what this is to them – a game. While you work, while you pray, while you’re fighting for your families, the fight for democracy goes on.
Justice Matters – Democracy Matters – Can’t hurt.
Why Do We Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? | National Geographic – My theory is that “we” – now meaning people all overt he world, although it was in the U.S. that it really got big – celebrate it because it always falls in Lent, and, being a celebration, exempts one from fasting for that day. The same is true of Saint Joseph (March 19), though that didn’t take off as much, probably because he wasn’t associated with a group that shines at PR.)
This seems to me like going to ridiculous extremes to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Who knew walruses cared?
The ultimate telemarketer prank. Good thing the script is all on screen. The announcers are laughing so hard it’s a challenge to hear.
Beau on border conditions