Open Thread–1/27/2019

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

Jan 272020

I’m not feeling too well this morning. I kept my breakfast and all yesterday’s meals down, but I’m suffering from a pretty severe case of Republicosis that has sent me to the throne nine times in the past twenty four hours, including twice in the middle of the night. My poor butt is so raw, it feels like Trump’s* must after a session with Putin [R-RU]. On the plus side, I put my foot down to Medical Mayhem this week. My next appointment is my cardiac stress test next Monday. Oh God! It’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 5:01 (average 7:00). To do it click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

SCROTUS = Republican anti-Constitutional VD

Short Takes:

From Nation of Change: Democracy 21, a non-profit organization that aims to
combat the influence of private money in politics, has filed a complaint against
Attorney General William Barr for failure to comply with the Department of
Justice norms, rules and standards of conduct…

…Democracy 21’s complaint gives a detailed list of actions Barr has
taken since last year:

Barr testified before Congress, without any
substantiation, that FBI and Justice Department officials engaged in
“spying” on the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential
election.

Barr sent a letter to Congress mischaracterizing the
Mueller report ahead of its release, leaving it as the only information
available to the public about the report for almost a month. Barr then
refused Special Counsel Mueller’s request to release the summaries included
in the report and held a press conference hours before the release of the
full report where he continued to mischaracterize it.

Barr failed to recuse himself from overseeing matters
being consideration by DOJ and related to the whistleblower complaint
about President Trump’s call with the Ukrainian President, in which Trump
mentioned Barr by name five times.

Kudos to Democracy 21. They picked a most worthy target in Barrf! I hope DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility and Departmental Ethics Office act on it. RESIST!!

From YouTube (538 Channel): ‘Sometimes going negative is a necessary evil’: Nate Silver

I tend to disagree. While it may be adventageous for a Democratic candidate to reveal facts about a Democratic rival, it must be done with dignity and respect, because we all need to unite behind our nominee. When attacking Republicans, no such restrictions apply, since for every decency and courtesy we have extended them in recent years, they have returned pure evil, and nothing but. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Stuck in the Middle with you – Stealers Wheel

Ah… Lona’s memories! Thanks, Lona! RESIST!!

Vote Blue!!

Open Thread – 12/10/2019

Posted by TomCat 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:

14Scores

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

Standings:

14Standings

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:

14Playoffs

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!!

Vote Blue!!

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