Open Thread – 1/5/2018

Posted by TomCat at 12:57 pm Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 052018

I’m still under the weather, but am gradually improving. This morning I spent some time collecting part of the data for December’s Monthly Report. I haven’t forgotten it, but am running behind. TGIF!!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:48 (average 4:53). To do it, click here. I’d like three. How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Late Show Channel): Jeff Sessions Says Legal Weed… Illegal?

Colbert does a great KKK Beauregard imitation. I hope that twelve year old hammers the gnome. RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: Furious over a very public breakup with his former adviser Steve Bannon, Donald Trump on Wednesday angrily threw a copy of “Mein Kampf” that Bannon had inscribed to him in the trash.

The book, which Bannon had given to Trump as a token of his love and friendship during the 2016 campaign, had been among Trump’s most prized possessions, aides said.

“Trump loved that book, but now he feels that having Bannon’s name on it ruins it,” an aide said.

Another aide, however, cautioned not to make too much of the fact that Trump discarded the Bannon-signed Hitler book. “He’s still got plenty of other copies,” the aide said.

Andy, I think the Fuhrer wants all those "Heil Fuhrer!" chants directed to him. RESIST!!

From NY Times: Israel is offering a stark choice to tens of thousands of African migrants in the country: Agree to leave voluntarily by the end of March, with a plane ticket and a grant of $3,500, or face possible incarceration.

“Every country must guard its borders,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, announcing the plan. “The infiltrators have a clear choice — cooperate with us and leave voluntarily, respectably, humanely and legally, or we will have to use other tools at our disposal, which are also according to the law.”

Later, on Facebook, Mr. Netanyahu wrote [Nazi delinked], “The government approved a plan today that will give every infiltrator two options: a flight ticket out or jail.”

Butcher Bibi is setting an example for Republicans on relations with what Bibi calls the schvartzes. RESIST!!

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Highway Robbery!

Posted by TomCat at 12:59 pm Politics

Jan 042018

I trust you don’t need any help from me to understand the injustice of deciding this Virginia House seat by a drawing.

A Virginia elections official reached into an artsy stoneware bowl, pulled out a name and declared Republican David Yancey the winner of a House of Delegates race that could determine which political party controls the chamber.

Virginia staged a dramatic, rare election lottery, livestreamed across the country, to settle a tie between Yancey, an incumbent from Newport News, and Democrat Shelly Simonds.

The spectacle drew national attention as an odd way to decide a highly consequential contest. But it might not be the last word in a saga that’s taken more turns than the clay that went into that wheel-thrown bowl, borrowed for the occasion from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts .

Simonds and a crowd of about 100 state officials, journalists and politicos crowded into the West Reading Room of the Patrick Henry Building for the event. Yancey was not present, although he sent a representative.

The Democrat sat in the first row, between her husband, Paul, and her 15-year-old daughter, Georgia, holding both of their hands.

As the loser of the drawing, Simonds is entitled by law to request a second recount, likely leaving the race in limbo when the General Assembly reconvenes Wednesday.

Moments after the drawing, she said, “This is a sad conclusion for me.” But she did not rule out a request for another recount. “All options are on the table,” she said…

Inserted from <Washington Post>

Shelly should declare a recount because, after the elections commission outlawed one ballot to call it a draw, she did not get to examine her opponent’s ballots for defects, the way Yancey had.

RESIST THE REPUBLICAN REICH!!

Open Thread – 1/4/2017

Posted by TomCat at 12:58 pm Open Thread, Personal, Plus, Politics

Jan 042018

I’m slightly better, but still feeling ill, so I shall be brief. I was tied up this morning scheduling future medical mayhem. I had to change to Firefox for Care2, because Care2 locks up Chrome every time a requester pops up.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:19 (average 5:11). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Late Show Channel): Don’t Let ‘Button Dysfunction’ Destroy Your World

We need a Russian hooker to distract Dickless Donnie from his Armageddon complex. RESIST!!

From YouTube: What to expect from the ‘bomb cyclone’ traveling up the East Coast

If you are in its path, bundle up, and please keep yourself safe. Survive first. Then RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was caught crouching under Donald J. Trump’s Oval Office desk on Wednesday, in an attempt to disconnect Trump’s newly installed nuclear button.

The button, reportedly measuring a massive eight inches in diameter, has been a subject of considerable alarm for Trump’s national-security team since he had it installed on his desk, earlier in the week.

According to White House sources, Tillerson, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, and the national-security adviser H. R. McMaster drew straws late Tuesday night to determine who would carry out the high-stakes disconnection mission.

After Tillerson drew the shortest straw, he decided to enter the Oval Office surreptitously [sic]Wednesday morning while Trump took a bathroom break.

Dang, Andy! I don’t think he disconnected it before Pseudo-pious Pence busted him. ARGH!! RESIST!!

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Open Thread – 1/3/2017

Posted by TomCat at 1:01 pm Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 032018

I’m waiting for Store to Door to arrive with my groceries. They are already late. After I put them away, I’ll gave lunch and go back to bed. This is my only one for today, and I won’t be sending links messages on Care2. I was up coughing most of the night. Wendy is coming this evening.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:03 (average 4:36). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Late Show Channel): New Footage From Disney World’s Hall Of Presidents

The Trump robot stopped working. A Hooker-bot peed on it and shorted it out. RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: Starting 2018 with a political bombshell, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Tuesday that he will retire once he is satisfied that he has completely wrecked the country.

“I came to Washington with the goal of destroying life in the United States as we know it,” Ryan said in an emotional press conference. “Once I look around me and see nothing but smoldering ruins, I’ll call it a day.”

Asked by a reporter whether, by passing the Republican tax bill, he had not in fact already wrecked the country, the House Speaker responded, “That was an important step in the right direction, but, make no mistake, there is much havoc left to wreak.”

Dang Andy!! That could be the most honest thing he says all year. RESIST!!

From NY Times: The Senate returns on Wednesday with its Republican majority down to one seat and buoyed Democrats issuing a full list of demands — such as funding children’s health care and protecting young undocumented immigrants — just weeks before another possible government shutdown.

Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate will meet on Wednesday with White House officials to try to come to terms on a deal to raise strict limits on military and domestic spending before Jan. 19, when the current stopgap spending bill expires.

If negotiations break down, the government could run out of money — just as President Trump marks his first year in office.

Stand firm! RESIST!!

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Will the Reich bring back Palin?

Poll Results – 1/2/2018

Posted by TomCat at 12:32 pm Blog News, Politics

Jan 022018

Here are the results of our “Naughty or Nice” poll. Politics Plus Polls are not scientific, because those who respond are not balanced according to demographic categories. Therefore, we do not accurately reflect the makeup of the US population. Nevertheless, our polls are usually factually accurate, and more often than not, they reflect thinking of the majority of those who actually do think.

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Since our polling site no longer enables us to copy and paste your poll comments, you may read them here.

I voted naughty, but TomCats are naughty by definition.

Resolve to vote in the new poll, please.

RESIST THE REPUBLICAN REICH!!

Jerry Critter has a BIG Mouth! ;-)

Posted by TomCat at 12:32 pm Blog News, Politics

Jan 022018

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Congrats to Jerry Critter for posting the 95,000th comment here at Politics Plus. This is his sixth award. The last was for 75,000th in February, 2016. He used to visit, because he was addicted to the Jig Zone Puzzles in our Open Thread, but I haven’t heard him mutter “My Precious”, in quite some time. When he visits, he is involved in all aspects of this site, and is one of the few people who has been here since before we converted to WordPress from Blogger, making him a friend of many years standing. He remains one of our most welcome commentators. When he does comment, he makes excellent points and has a good sense of humor. He used to write an excellent blog of his own. You could find him at Critter’s Crap, but it’s been over a year, since his last article there. Please join me in praising and thanking him. We’d like to see him far more often again.

Jerry does…

RESIST THE REPUBLICAN REICH!!

Open Thread – 1/2/2018

Posted by TomCat at 12:31 pm Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 022018

I’m still feeling a bit under the weather, so please forgive my brevity.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took m 4:52 (average 5:39). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Short Takes:

From Salon.com: President Donald Trump is staring down the barrel of a very, very unfavorable political climate in 2018.

The foremost problem is the prospect of a Democratic sweep in the upcoming midterm elections, according to Axios. One source told the site that when it comes to the possibility that Democratic victories in November could both thwart the GOP’s legislative agenda and make Trump vulnerable to impeachment, the president "gets it."

Meanwhile Reince Priebus, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee and Trump’s former chief of staff, has been telling Republican Party leaders that they need to have access to the entire data and ground operation for every single congressional district. He also encouraged them to not be thrifty, arguing that they must "spend whatever needs to be spent as if 2020 relies on it."

They will have lots to spend, as Banksters and Billionaires fear losing their Tax Scam welfare, and will contribute heavily. RESIST!!

From NY Times: Retail cannabis shops in California opened their doors on Monday for the first time, inaugurating what proponents say will become the world’s largest market for legalized recreational marijuana.

A transaction that remains illegal in many parts of the country seemed almost banal on Monday for the customers at a dispensary in Oakland who picked out their marijuana, showed their driver’s licenses and walked into the brisk morning air with their drugs in a paper bag.

“This is a whole new world opening up,” said Diana Gladden, 48, who bought marijuana for herself and her aging parents. “My mother, a very strict Southern Baptist, now thinks it’s O.K. because it’s legal.”

One customer left with more than $1,000 worth of cannabis in a large grocery bag.

Dang!! The Oregon Weather Bureau predicts that the cloud from the south will arrive this evening. Don’t RESIST!!

From TPM: Fired former FBI Director James Comey made another dig at President Donald Trump on Twitter over the weekend, writing on New Year’s Eve that he hopes 2018 brings “more ethical leadership focused on truth and lasting values.”

Amen James! RESIST!!

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Personal Update – 1/1/2018

Posted by TomCat at 1:13 pm Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 012018

It’s a dead day for news, and I appear to be coming down with head/upper respiratory infection, so this is my only article today. I hope I feel better tomorrow.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:50 (average 5:38). To do it, click here. How do you do?

Religious Agony:

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They were playing against the Chiefs’ reserves. That describes the season quite well. ARGH!

Fantasy Football Report:

Here’s the latest from our own Fantasy Football league, Lefty Blog Friends.

Playoffs:

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Champs:

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Congrats to Patty Monster (aka Patricia M Lasek)! We will be looking for two more players next season to replace the folks that dropped out. Leave me a message here or on Care2 if you’d like to play.

Short Take:

From Time: President Donald Trump slammed Pakistan for ‘lies & deceit’ in a New Year’s Day tweet that said Islamabad had played U.S. leaders for ‘fools.’

‘No more,’ Trump tweeted.

Trump in his tweet said the U.S. had given Pakistan $33 billion in the last 15 years, yet Afghanistan and the U.S. have long accused Pakistan of providing safe havens for militants.

It’s hard to disagree with Trump for saying something about Pakistan many times myself, but this is what the Republicans’ idiot Fuhrer just does not get. As duplicitous as they are, Pakistan is the only reasonable logistical route for our troops in Afghanistan. If Pakistan closes that route, supplying our troops by air is terribly costly and insecure, and if we withdraw them, as we should have years ago, we would have to leave all their heavy weapons and equipment for Al Qaeda and the Taliban. RESIST!!

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