Samantha Bee from 10/28/2020

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 10:35 am Politics

Oct 292020

The Last Free and Fair Election? – Won’t be this election. If this one is stolen, it will have been the previous election which deserves that title.

Family Separation Vol. 279 – As Beau pointed out, some of those parents will only have an address that is a row and plot number. “Could you bear it?” Plus, people seek asylum because someone wants to kill them, Sending them back to that ….

Pennsylvania Voter Values – Well, this is scary. But then any deep dive into the minds (by courtesy) of Trump* supporters is scary.

Witches Zoom – Well. Now we know!

Open Thread – 9/21/2020

Posted by TomCat at 10:04 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Sep 212020

It’s another tired painful day here in the CatBox. I still have no news on getting my stent. I wanted to do more today, but I overslept, and I’m just not feeling up to it. I’m afraid you guys may be carrying the ball until I get my stent and recover more of my strength. Tonight is a WWWendy night. Oh God, it’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:53 (average 4:21). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0921TrumpVirusMap

Click for interactive maps

US Cases: 7,011,463
US Deaths: 204,167
Plus thousands of Trump’s* GOP plague murders Republicans are hiding from us

Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: MAGA Nutjobs Block Entrance To Voting Site In Fairfax, Virginia

These Trumpanzee idiots are protesting IN-PERSON voting, now. Blocking entry to polling places is a felony, by the way.

Am I the only one not surprised? Nevertheless, ‘Trumpanzee’ is an insult to the apes! RESIST!!

From Alternet:

Aprominent [sic] psychiatrist who spent years studying Nazi Germany has called for mental health professionals to speak out about President Trump’s “falsification of reality” ahead of the election, warning that his attacks on the truth echo those of the Nazis.

Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, distinguished professor emeritus at John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a leading psychohistorian who has written extensively about doctors who aided Nazi war crimes, has long called for mental health experts to defy warnings from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and speak out about Trump’s mental health. Lifton recently published a book entitled “Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry” and was one of the 27 mental health experts featured in “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump,” the bestseller edited by Yale psychiatrist Dr. Bandy X. Lee in which mental health professionals assessed the president.

Lifton told Salon that the book and a Yale conference on the topic began the movement of “psychologists and psychiatrists speaking out against Trump.”

“I spoke about what I called malignant normality that was being imposed on us, and the need to be witnessing professionals who told the truth and oppose the malignant normality,” he said in an interview last week.

Lifton said that Trump’s supporters and enablers exhibit the same “cult-like behavior” that he has studied, adding that the current administration has “Trumpified” every part of the federal government, in much the same way that the German government was “Nazified” under Adolf Hitler.

What other pattern would Republicans follow? I called GW Bush, aka Nincompoop Nazi, the Fuhrer of the 4th Reich. Republicans planned to make him permanent, but when their policies caused the economy to collapse, they abandoned Bush to let Obama inherit their damage and blame him for it. Now they have chosen Trump* as Fuhrer. That he’s a Nazi goes without saying. Being a Nazi a prerequisite to become Fuhrer of the Republican Reich! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of past protest): Crosby Stills Nash – Carry On / Questions

Love that guitar in Questions! Ah… the memories! Protest like the 60s! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread – 9/7/2020

Posted by TomCat at 11:04 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Sep 072020

It’s a relatively lazy holiday here in the CatBox. My esophageal tumor is making eating more painful and difficult. I’ll talk to Evelyn about that, when I go in Wednesday. My AC is acting up intermittently. When I woke up, this morning, it was pumping out heat and the inside temp was 89°. It wouldn’t power down, so I flipped the circuit breaker. Then I coaxed it into working again, for now. I’m babying it until Maintenance Dept. gets here. Of course this has to happen on a 3 day weekend. If you’re driving, please stay safe. Thank God it’s Monday.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:48 (average 4:24). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0907TrumpVirusMap

Click for interactive map

US Cases: 6,462,189
US Deaths: 193,259
Plus thousands of GOP plague murder victims Republicans are hiding from us.

Short Takes:

From Alternet: Warning of the very real chance of a “nightmare scenario” in which President Donald Trump misleads the American people over the results of the November election—or refuses to leave office voluntarily if voted out—Sen. Bernie Sanders is raising the alarm and mobilizing his army of supporters to be aware of just how dangerous a game the president is now playing.

In an interview with Politico and an email sent to his massive email list Friday, Sanders suggested that too many news organizations, social media companies, and lawmakers—in addition to the broader public—remain unaware of the manner in which Trump is laying the groundwork for a potentially devastating series of events.

“Trump is now using his lies and misinformation to sow confusion and chaos in the election process and undermine American democracy,” stated in the email, sent to millions of his supporters on Friday. “In other words, he does not intend to accept the results of the election if he loses and leave office voluntarily. This is not just a ‘constitutional crisis.’ This is a threat to everything this country stands for.”

Speaking with Politico earlier in the day, Sanders said one crucial thing to be done immediately is to educate people. “What we have got to do in the next two months is to alert the American people about what that nightmarish scenario might look like in order to prepare them for that possibility and talk about what we do if that happens,” he said… [emphasis added]

I fully agree with Bernie. The people of the US need to be fully informed about Trump’s* likely intent to overthrow the government of the US and how he is setting up an attempt to do so. RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Schiff: Barr flat-out misled with a ‘blatantly false statement’

Barrf Bag Alert!!

If Russia, Trump* and the Republican Reich were not working together, their propaganda lies would not be identical. As for Barrf, he’ll never catch up to Trump*, his Fuhrer, in number of lies told, but he sure as hell is trying! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of past protest): Phil Ochs Draft Dodger Rag

Ah… the memories! Protest like the 60s! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Two Months to Go!

Posted by TomCat at 11:19 am Politics

Sep 032020

There are two months left until election day, so here are some projection on the Presidency, Senate Races, House Races and Governor races. All maps are embedded from 270 to Win.

Click the map to create your own at 270toWin.com

As badly as Jo Biden is beating the asshole, whose vile name I prefer not to mention, it’s a lot closer in the Electoral College. There are enough “Leans” and “Tossup” states that another disaster could happen.

Click the map to create your own at 270toWin.com

The Senate is a tossup. However, even if we win all six tossup seats and all three leans Republican seats, Republicans can still control the Senate with a 44 vote minority, unless we nuke the Republican filibastards!

Click the map to create your own at 270toWin.com

The House looks good. The more the better! That’s where our advantage in population overpowers their advantage in geography.

Click the map to create your own at 270toWin.com

The Governors races show that we are still behind on the local level. One Republican in power at any level, from dawg catcher up, is one Republican too many.

In conclusion, we still have a lot of work to do.

RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Full Frontal from 8/19/20

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 1:31 pm Politics

Aug 202020

Here are 5 clips which probably constitute the entire show.

Expect the Worst I and II –

No, it’s not the time to get complacent. For sure.

Racism. The Southern Strategy. It worked while it was a dog whistle. We’ll see how long it works when it is a demented scream. Longer than I would like it to, certainly.

Broken News –

A very easy way to seek out black journalism is to go over to Daily Kos, click on Groups, and find the group “Black Kos.” Another good source is the Atlanta Black Star. That’s far from a complete ist but it’s a start.

We Will Always Love You, Dolly Parton –

A lot of flak was aimed at her by someone who no longer has a job and is weeping like a snowflake. I’d tell you who, but he’s so insignificant I can’t recall his name.

Sylvan Esso –

I love it that Sam is supporting groups trying to get established.

Open Thread – 8/13/2020

Posted by TomCat at 11:04 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 132020

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. Store to Door should come with my groceries between 11 and 12:30. WWWendy will be coming at around 5:00 to destink the gross TomCat, change my pain patch, goop, and help with chores. My first Pembrolizumab treatment is scheduled next Wednesday. Because of WWWendy’s work schedule, I have to take the TriMet Lift bus there, but I timed it to finish at 4:30 PM so WWWendy can pick me up. Thank you all for your prayers and support. Have a great day.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:41 (average 5:27). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0813TrumpVirusMap

US Cases: 5,361,269
US Deaths: 169,161
Plus the many dead Republicans are hiding from us

Short Takes:

From Politico (June): The House’s highest-ranking Republicans are racing to distance themselves from a leading GOP congressional candidate in Georgia after POLITICO uncovered hours of Facebook videos in which she expresses racist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic views.

The candidate, Marjorie Taylor Greene, suggested that Muslims do not belong in government; thinks black people “are held slaves to the Democratic Party”; called George Soros, a Jewish Democratic megadonor, a Nazi; and said she would feel “proud” to see a Confederate monument if she were black because it symbolizes progress made since the Civil War.

Greene finished first in a primary for a deep-red, northwest Georgia seat last week by a nearly 2-to-1 margin over the second-place candidate. She is entering an August runoff as the favorite to secure the Republican nomination for a district where that is tantamount to winning the general election in November. Her initial victory — which has sparked panic in GOP circles — comes as Republicans are grappling with a national reckoning over racial injustice and police brutality after George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last month.

Barf Bag Alert!!

Greene, who is also a member of the QAnon Republican conspiracy cult, just won the runoff, so I predict several Parades for this Republican ding bat after January. If I’m dead, someone else will have to take over Parade duty. RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Joe: There Is Nothing Radical, Left-Wing About Funding The USPS

Republicans have wanted to defund the post office long before they made Trump* their Fuhrer. UPS and FedEx have contributed BIG bucks for the oligopoly. But criminal Fuhrer Trump* has other reasons. He can’t win without stealing the election or staging a coup through the Gestapo we saw in Portland! Killing USPS serves both crimes. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): DEAR DONALD TRUMP Song

Amen! Kudos to left wing protestors! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread – 8/10/2020

Posted by TomCat at 11:02 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 102020

It’s a hot, busy day here in the CatBox. I’m waiting for Diana, my palliative care nurse, to come change my patch, hopefully at about 9:30 AM. I’m already running late, because I overslept. Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, but it will not affect my publishing as she won’t be back from Eastern Oregon until mid-afternoon tomorrow. I texted WWKristen, who is with her and promised they will both stay safe and naughty. Oh God, it’s Monday! Update: Diana came and changed my patch.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:12 (average 4:49). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0810TrumpVirusMap

Click for interactive map

US Cases: 5,201,873
US Deaths: 165,626

Short Takes:

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Georgia teen says school used students as guinea pigs

The school administrators were goose-stepping behind their beloved Nazi leader, criminal Fuhrer Trump*. Now that her suspension has been lifted, nine students have already tested positive for Trump* virus, and this GOP crime has been exposed, threats of physical violence are SOP for the Republican Reich! RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Biden Leads In 2020 Battleground Map

May God protect the truth of his projection from the Republican Reich collusion with Trump’s* boss, Putin [R-RU]. Help God with your vote! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): “Nasty Man” by Joan Baez

Joan is seven years older than I am. I’m so glad she’s still with is. Kudos to left-wing protestors! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread – 8/5/2020

Posted by TomCat at 10:57 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 052020

It’s a routine day here in the CatBox. I’m running a bit late, because I had to eat breakfast slowly, and I took a cat nap to rest my back. Happy Hump Day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:59 (average 5:06). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0805TrumpVirusMap

US Cases: 4,920,917
US Deaths: 160,372

Short Takes:

From AlterNet: The Daily Caller has taken tens of thousands of dollars to help Republican campaigns raise money while performing political fact-check services for Facebook.

Federal election filings from the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee show that the two organizations rented email lists from the publication this year, paying $40,213.75 and $18,171.40, respectively.

The Caller, a right-wing publication co-founded by Fox News personality Tucker Carlson, has also since 2016 sent dozens of emails “paid for by Trump Make America Great Again Committee,” a joint fundraising vehicle shared by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, according to Media Matters.

Media Matters also revealed that The Daily Caller has sent sponsored emails on behalf of a number of Republican candidates this year. Media Matters posted screenshots of the emails, from Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C; Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; the Senate Conservatives Fund; and the Bikers for the President PAC.

Their association with The Daily Caller, which is published excrement, hideously co-founded by Fucker Carlson, make this clear. With Fakebook, the only way to win is not to play! UNPLUG!! RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Ending The Census Early Could Have Huge Political Consequences

The poorer people are, the more difficult they are to count and the more likely they are to vote blue. This is nothing more than a criminal attempt by the Republican Reich to skew representation in favor of the Nazi Republican Party for the next ten tears. We must defeat this scam! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): Bruce Springsteen – The Rising (official video)

Kudos to the left-wing demonstrators! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

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