Open Thread – 12/18/2019

 Posted by at 9:43 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Dec 182019
 

It’s a tired day here in the CatBox.  Yesterday was a gruesome day.  TriMet Lift got me to the hospital 75 minutes early.  No complaint.  Better that than late.  Then the Anesthesiologist was two hours late to my procedure.  She was planning a general, but I would likely have to have spent the night, if they did.  I ordered her to dope me up as little as possible with twilight drugs, gritted my teeth, and bore up under the pain, which was more severe than I anticipated.  The doctor did hit the target, and I should know next week.  WWWendy (God bless her!) got me home around five and fed me.  I could not be more pleased that day is over!  I’m pooped.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:29 (average 5:48).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Republicans would love to do this to all minorities!

Fantasy Football Report:

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

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Congrats to me and the Squatch for winning our games.  Kudos to me for a record high score.  This weekend WWWendy plays me, and Vivian plays the Squatch in the Semifinal games.  Patty Monster is bye this week and will win the 5th place game next week.  Good luck to all!

Short Takes:

From NY Times: The next Democratic presidential debate will go on as scheduled Thursday, after negotiators on Tuesday reached agreement in a labor dispute that had threatened to upend the event while highlighting organized labor’s influence with the leading Democratic presidential candidates.

The debate, which will be held at Loyola Marymount University, had been in question since last week after the seven participating Democrats each said that they would not cross a picket line, if there was one.

The dispute, between a cafeteria workers union and a food services company at Loyola Marymount, involved only about 150 workers and had drawn little notice over nine months. Yet in the heated political atmosphere surrounding the 2020 Democratic presidential contest, the impasse attracted outsized attention this month as the sixth primary debate approached.

Kudos to all the Democratic candidates for supporting the fight against the Republican War on labor!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): McConnell on impeachment trial: I’m not an impartial juror

 

Since Bought Mitch Moscow Mitch refuses to accede to his Constitutional mandate of impartiality, either he should recuse himself, or Injustice Roberts of SCROTUS (Republican anti-Constitutional VD) should order him to step down. Fat Chance!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): George Harrison-Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)

 

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread – 12/16/2019

 Posted by at 8:54 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Dec 162019
 

It’s another busy day here in the CatBox, as I prepare for tomorrow’s needle biopsy.  I will be leaving at 7:00, and I won’t be home until supper time, so I will be posting only a brief Personal Update, prepared the night before, except for my puzzle times.  If you play Fantasy Football in our league, I will be at least a day late in posting the results, so please visit the League to see who you will be playing this weekend and prepare your lineup.  Oh God, It’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:31 (average 5:05).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Religious Agony:

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The better team won in the Snow Bowl.

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Rep. Maxine Waters: Lindsey Graham Has Thumbed Nose At America

Trump met with the Russian Foreign Minister to give him instructions to pass on to Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch. Lindsey Poo needs on Russian middle man. He gets his instruction directly from Trump’s asshole.  RESIST!!

From Crooks and Liars: The reason Republicans are allowed to do things like obstruct Supreme Court justice appointments and ignore all of the evidence in an impeachment trial is pretty easy to see when you watch this interview on ABC’s This Week where George Stephanopoulis steps off the reality train into Obstruction Desert, where one side is solely responsible for the other side’s unconstitutional, unethical, fantasy-based, cult embrace of Dear Leader.

In this interview it is the job of the Democrats to teach pigs to dance bring Republicans to a place where they can set aside their decision to put their party over their country and instead weigh the evidence and convict Trump of the high crimes and misdemeanors for which he is charged.

As if there is some murky doubt about any of the evidence. As if confessions were not publicly uttered by Trump himself, defiant and just as criminal as if he had whispered them behind closed doors.

Far too many so-called journalists of note, goose-step with the Fuhrer and the Republican Reich! Thank God for the good ones!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread – 12/15/2019

 Posted by at 8:02 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Dec 152019
 

It’s a busy Sunday, here in the CatBox, and WWWendy will be here within two hours.  Ellipsoid Orb Hugs to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:00 (average 4:48).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From NY Times: Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, a moderate Democrat who is among his party’s staunchest opponents of impeaching President Trump, told aides on Saturday that he is planning to switch parties and declare himself a Republican as soon as next week, just as the House is casting its historic votes on articles of impeachment.

He is NOT a moderate Democrat. May this DINO, this damn Republican, traitor to the voters who elected him, take a long, flying f*ck off a short pier!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): GUESS WHAT HAPPENED – Parody of Deck the Halls

 

Thanks, Don. While I agree with you that we need a progressive Democrat, we need to remember that even an ‘elite’ Democrat is infinitely better than the Republican Reich.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (SNL Channel): American Households Cold Open

 

Dang! Is this satire, or is it real?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn!

 

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

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Open Thread – 12/14/2019

 Posted by at 9:50 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Dec 142019
 

It’s another tired day here at the CatBox.  My heartburn flared up last night, and I slept poorly.  Tomorrow a Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  My Broncos visit the Chiefs and I look forward to reading about how they do.  It’s not televised here, of course.  May the Divine Orb shine it’s blessed light on your team, unless you need a name. 😉 It’s also a WWWendy day, and it’d been so humid that I need extra de-stinking. Also, we have chores to do, so please expect no more than a personal update.  Have a fine weekend.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:01 (average 5:26).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Across the United Kingdom on Friday, Britons mourned their long-cherished right to claim that Americans were significantly dumber than they are.

Luxuriating in the superiority of their intellect over Americans’ has long been a favorite pastime in Britain, surpassing in popularity such games as cricket, darts, and snooker.

But, according to Alistair Dorrinson, a pub owner in North London, British voters have done irreparable damage to the “most enjoyable sport this nation has ever known: namely, treating Americans like idiots.”

“When our countrymen cast their votes yesterday, they didn’t realize they were destroying the most precious leisure activity this nation has ever known,” he said. “Wankers.”

Amen, Andy! Are they a bunch of Bridiots, or what?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Mitch McConnell On Impeachment: We’ll Be In ‘Total Coordination’ With White House

Bought Bitch Barf Bag Alert!!

 

I don’t think there is anything illegal about this, probably because nobody ever envisioned the total lack of ethics from Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch. Imagine a criminal trial in which the Chairman, of the jury, is “coordinating closely” with the defendant and his lawyers.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody

 

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread – 12/12/2019

 Posted by at 9:09 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Dec 122019
 

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.  I’m hurrying because Store to Door is delivering groceries this afternoon.  I feel better, but still very tired.  I’ll cover Sam’s show tomorrow.  IMPEACH!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:47 (average 7:51).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Trump Mocks Time’s Person Of The Year On Twitter

 

Greta is a world hero. Trump is a world villain! TIME should give Trump an Asshole of the Year Award! RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): GOP senators say McConnell will move to acquit Trump

 

Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch wants to create an appearance of probity, when none exists.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Animals Bring It On Home To Me

 

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread – 12/10/2019

 Posted by at 10:01 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Dec 102019
 

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.  I had to complete and send my week’s grocery order to Store to Door.  I had to schedule my ride to the Hospital next Tuesday with TriMet Lift.  I prepared the Fantasy Football Alert.  I made a BIG pot of chili to use against that Sdang sasquatch as revenge.  I’m kind of pooped!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:54 (average 5:51).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

 

Fantasy Football Report:

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

Scores:

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Congrats to the Sasquatch, Patty Monster and WWWendy for winning their games.  Kudos to Squatch for the week’s high score.

Standings:

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Kudos to WWWendy, our regular season Champion, to Vivian, our regular season scoring champion, and to Squatch for finishing two places ahead of me. Crying face

Playoffs Bracket:

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WWWendy and Vivian have a bye week this weekend.  See the left column for the other pairings.  Good luck to all!

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Trump Campaign Was Not Spied On: DOJ IG; Barr Reverts To Deceit

Barrf Bag Alert!!

 

Barrf has his head so far up his beloved Fuhrer’s ass that he can have meetings with Pence up there.  RESIST!!

From Vox: The United Kingdom will vote on December 12, and the country’s unfinalized divorce with the European Union looms over it all.

These are the Brexit elections. Even if many wish they weren’t.

Whoever wins the election will ultimately determine whether the United Kingdom leaves the European Union early next year — and, if it does, they’ll likely be determining what that future relationship might look like.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party have vowed that if they reclaim their majority in Parliament, they will “get Brexit done” by quickly passing the prime minister’s Brexit deal and moving to negotiate a free-trade agreement with the EU by the end of 2020.

Labour, the opposition party led by Jeremy Corbyn, is instead proposing to renegotiate the Brexit deal, and then put it back to the British people for a final vote on whether they want to leave the EU on those terms — or just remain in the EU after all…

From what I understand Corbyn and Labour have almost as good a chance as there is for Trump to last a day without lying. Nevertheless, I hope they win, so the UK no longer challenges the US world record for electoral idiocy. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air

 

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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