It’s a warm muggy day here in the CatBox, and I had to button-up and start the AC at 11:30.  I’m hurrying,as I have a few chores to finish.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:32 (average 5:13).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Fantasy Football Report:

Here’s the latest from our own fantasy football league.

Scores:

Congrats to Pam, Patty Monster and me for winning this week.

Standings:

Kudos to Pam for leading the league.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Hillary Clinton: Lewinsky affair was not abuse of power

I’m a progressive Democrat, and I know that’s pure unadulterated bullshit! Any boss-employee affair, consenting or not, is an abuse of power, let alone when the boss is President of the US. If Hillary is going to stand-up for the Republican #HIMTOO movement, she needs to shut the fuck up and go away, before her gross hypocrisy hurts us in the midterms! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube (NY Times Channel): Is President Trump Fascist?

Here comes Godwin’s Law. Godwin’s Law is a common meme used by Republicans, other fascists, pseudo-intellectuals, and people with their heads in the sand or in smellier places, whenever anyone points out the verifiable commonalities between today’s Republican Party and Germany’s National Socialist Party, before Hitler became dictator. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Daily Kos: On Sunday night, President Donald Trump appeared on 60 Minutes for an interview with Lesley Stahl. The interview attempted to cover a gamut of important topics, from climate change (Trump still isn’t convinced), to the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, to Trump’s friendship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. As is the norm with the president’s interactions with the press, he shared few policy specifics but revealed much about his character.

Disturbingly, Trump doubled down on a speech he gave at a rally in Mississippi earlier this month, in which he ruthlessly mocked Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony. Dr. Blasey Ford participated in a public hearing during then Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process to testify about the sexual assault she alleges she suffered at the hands of Kavanaugh in the 1980s. 

Trump clarified that he believes this speech helped Kavanaugh become confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, literally saying, “Had I not made that speech, we would not have won.”

Now, I’m mocking Trump, because he deserves it. May we win in November. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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It’s a warm day here in that CatBox, and I’m enjoying my last few minutes of fresh air, before I have to button-up and fire up the AC.  I slept well last night, and I don’t know why, but I almost fell asleep at the keyboard, when I was researching this morning.  Oh God, it’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:38 (average 4:24).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Religious Agony:

They were playing against a superior team, but their own stupid decisions, not the Rams, beat them.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MoveOn Channel): The Biggest Midterm Election Program in MoveOn History

Thanks MoveOn. I’ve tried to help by embedding your materials, and kicking in a couple buck from time to time. I’d like to do more, if I could. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Bernie Sanders: Health care is a right, not a privilege

You have to love Bernie. As often as the CNN guy tried to move to peripheral matters, Bernie centered it on what is pertinent now. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Alternet: Iowa’s largest newspaper destroys the Republican Party in their endorsement of every Democrat running for the Congress in Iowa.

The Des Moines Register slams congressional Republicans on healthcare, tax cuts, deficits, tariffs, racism, misogyny, white nationalism and their fealty to Trump.

This editorial endorsement is a scathing rebuke of the Republican Party.

Go read it!

Kudos to the Des Moines Register. I bet a dollar that it isn’t the Fuhrer’s favorite paper. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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WWWendy is due in 45 min., so I’ll finish politicking this after she leaves.  Then I’ll meditate upon the Holy Ellipsoid Orb.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:43 (average 5:04).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (SNL Channel): Kanye West Donald Trump Cold Open

LOL! The sad thing is that this was more sane than the real meeting! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube: Klown Wit Da Nuclear Code

Love it! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From NY Times: As an edgy, divided nation heads into a crucial election, much of the attention is focused on the anti-Trump animus of suburban women, which seems to have gained a few degrees in intensity over the Supreme Court confirmation of Brett M. Kavanaugh.

Much less examined are their male counterparts. While recent polls show that white women with a college degree favor Democratic House candidates by a large margin, 20 points or more, white college-educated men — who focus more singularly on economic issues, according to surveys — are a potential bulwark for the president and his party. It is especially true in suburban battleground districts that are likely to help decide the next House majority.

Those women with Trump supporting husbands need to emulate Lysistrata. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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It’s a busy day here in the CatBox with lots of chores to finish.  Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  My 2-3 Broncos are hosting the undefeated Rams.  The game will not be televised here, because the damn Seachickens are playing at the same time.  May the Holy Orb shine its light on your team, unless they say baa-a-a-a-a-a-a.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:04 (average 5:50).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Seator [sic] Elizabeth Warren Hits Back At John F. Kelly Insult

Impolite and arrogant is the only feasible way for a woman (or man) to react to the Republican Reich. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Daily Kos: Republicans like Collins always accuse their opponents of their own crimes and misdeeds. So when Collins called the crowdraising fund dedicated to ousting her for voting “yes” on Kavanaugh an attempt to bribe her sorry ass, we can only suppose it’s because the amount was simply too small to take seriously. She’d apparently already accepted a bribe from some dark money group that was much more lucrative…

…Susan Collins Gets ‘Six Figure’ Payback From Dark Money Group After Voting ‘Yes’ On Kavanaugh

A “dark money” group that spent millions promoting Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation effort announced on Tuesday that it’s rewarding Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) with a new “six-figure TV and digital ad campaign” in support of her re-election after she voted for Kavanaugh’s confirmation.

The group, Judicial Crisis Network, issued a press release expressing its gratitude to Collins for her “yes” vote.

Now we know the rest of the story. Collins sold her vote for $100,000 or more. Vote her out in 2020. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From The New Yorker: One day after Melania Trump pronounced herself “the most bullied person in the world,” millions of American voters vowed to put an end to her suffering in 2020.

In interviews across the country, sympathetic voters promised to do everything in their power to insure that, as of November, 2020, Melania would no longer be the target of the vicious bullying that has made her the most persecuted human on the planet.

“I never realized just how much she was suffering as First Lady,” Carol Foyler, a voter in Lansing, Michigan, said. “It’s up to us as voters to rescue her.”

Dang Andy! When Trump loses in 2020, I’m sure he’ll give her a job producing urine and speaking with a Russian accent, since Putin [R-RU] will cut-off his entertainment benefits.  RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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