Open Thread–7/11/2020

Posted by TomCat at 7:50 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jul 112020

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. WWWendy is coming this morning, and we have lots to do. Have a great weekend.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:53 (average 4:26). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Barf Bag Alert!!

Trump* Virus Update:

0711TrumpVirusMap

US Cases: 3,293,532
US Deaths: 136,720

Short Takes:

From CNN: The top writer for Fox News host Tucker Carlson has for years been using a pseudonym to post bigoted remarks on an online forum that is a hotbed for racist, sexist, and other offensive content, CNN Business learned this week.

Just this week, the writer, Blake Neff, responded to a thread started by another user in 2018 with the subject line, “Would u let a JET BLACK congo n****er do lasik eye surgery on u for 50% off?” Neff wrote, “I wouldn’t get LASIK from an Asian for free, so no.” (The subject line was not censored on the forum.) On June 5, Neff wrote, “Black doods staying inside playing Call of Duty is probably one of the biggest factors keeping crime down.” On June 24, Neff commented, “Honestly given how tired black people always claim to be, maybe the real crisis is their lack of sleep.” On June 26, Neff wrote that the only people who care about changing the name of the NFL’s Washington Redskins are “white libs and their university-‘educated’ pets.”

And over the course of five years, Neff has maintained a lengthy thread in which he has derided a woman and posted information about her dating life that has invited other users to mock her and invade her privacy. There has at times also been overlap between some material he posted or saw on the forum and Carlson’s show.

The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda , Faux Noise, is so rabid that I’m surprised that Fucker Carlson didn’t use more of his Nazi Republican writer’s screeds on the air. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Trae Crowder Channel): Trae Crowder and Mark Agee discuss whether Joe Biden is too boring to win

Amen Trae! I’ll readily admit that criminal Fuhrer Trump* is more “exciting” that Joe Biden. However, given the heinous behavior of Trump* and the Republican Reich, haven’t we had enough of this so-called excitement for one lifetime? RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Goldman On Roger Stone: Trump Basically Commuted A Co-Conspirator

Stone to Trump*: “If I go to prison, so will you.” That’s the bottom line. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast played at Woodstock): the Who Woodstock (Director’s Cut)

Dedicated to all who were at Woodstock or wanted to be. Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Biden: Build Back Better!

Posted by TomCat at 11:10 am Politics

Jul 102020

We already know the economic plan offered by criminal Fuhrer Trump and the Republican Reich. First provide massive welfare payments to the 0.1% and corporate criminals by fleecing everyone else. Second, destroy the economy by causing a plague of Trump* virus. On a brighter note, Joe Biden also has an economic plan called Build Back Better.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, laid out a key plank of his economic agenda for the country — dubbed “Build Back Better” — in a half-hour speech Thursday, offering a competing vision of economic nationalism that President Trump has trumpeted in recent years.

“The truth is throughout this [coronavirus] crisis, Donald Trump has been almost singularly focused on the stock market — the Dow and Nasdaq — not you, not your families,” Biden said during his remarks Thursday afternoon in Dunmore, Pa., near his hometown of Scranton. “If I’m fortunate enough to be elected president, I’ll be laser-focused on working families, the middle-class families that I came from.”

Biden’s economic plans to date have focused on immediate relief for families, small businesses and communities struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the proposal he detailed Thursday centered around manufacturing and innovation.

He outlined an agenda to “Buy American,” which includes a $700 billion investment in procurement and research and development for new technologies such as biotech, clean energy and artificial intelligence.

“This will be a mobilization of R&D and procurement investments in ways not seen since World War II,” Biden said.

His campaign posits the new plan will help create 5 million new jobs… [emphasis added]

Inserted from <NPR>
Graphic credit: Newsbreak

For more detail, go to Joe Biden’s website.

Here is the complete half hour speech.

Biden unveils economic plan to spur American manufacturing

Although Biden couches his plan in progressive terms, it’s actually more center-left. Nevertheless, compared to the rabid, reactionary, racist Republican policies, including massive transfer of our wealth to billionaires, foisted on America by criminal Fuhrer Trump* and the Republican Reich, Biden’s plan is a welcome breath of fresh air!

RESIST!!

Open Thread–6/18/2020

Posted by TomCat at 10:49 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jun 182020

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. Store to Door will be delivering groceries, and I need to unpack and put them away. May your goop be better than mine.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:08 (average 4:45). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0618TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 2,235,678
Deaths: 119,955
Recovered: 918,796

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: White House staffers are seething with envy after Dr. Anthony Fauci revealed that he has not spoken to Donald J. Trump in two weeks, envious staffers have confirmed.

News of the break in communication between the two men sent shockwaves through the White House, with scores of staffers demanding to know whether Fauci had a secret trick that they could employ to similar effect.

“Two freaking weeks?” Jared Kushner was overheard muttering. “I’d settle for one hour.”

Fauci said that there was no secret to getting Trump to stop talking to him, but suggested, “Generally speaking, if you pepper your sentences with facts, that’s usually enough to do it.”

Dang Andy! I spout facts as often as Republicans spout lies, but it doesn’t mute criminal Fuhrer Trump* on my TV. I’m mad at Fauci! How does he rate? This just isn’t fair! RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Joe Biden blasts Trump’s Covid response

That is the thinking, heart, and voice of a President. Isn’t it time to flush our traitor Resident, criminal Fuhrer Trump*? RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby (From “Yellow Submarine”)

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Trump’s* Latest Antifa Bullshit

Posted by TomCat at 11:01 am Politics

Jun 102020

I don’t have to tell you how much Republicans love insane conspiracy theories. In fact they are so full of crap, they don’t even have a BS in Bullshitology. They have a PhD (piled higher and deeper)!

President Donald Trump ignited fresh controversy over his hard-line “law and order” push Tuesday by peddling yet another unfounded conspiracy theory, this time trying to raise suspicions about a 75-year-old protester who was hospitalized after being shoved by police and falling.

Trump tweeted without evidence that the confrontation in Buffalo, New York, may have been a “set up” as he once again sided with police officers over protesters and demonstrated anew his willingness to spread and amplify bogus charges cooked up by far-right outlets.

The move comes as Trump, who has labeled himself “your president of law and order,” has taken a tough line against the protesters who have been demonstrating across the nation following the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis after a white police officer pressed a knee into his neck…

Inserted from <AP News>
Photo credit: WCNC.com

The following videos tell the rest of the story.

Trump Tweets An Attack On A Protester As George Floyd Is Laid To Rest

Cuomo says it all. Criminal Fuhrer Trump* certainly is reprehensible! But the rest of the Republican Reich is just as bad.

Watch GOP senators dodge questions about Trump’s tweet

There can be no questions that these Republican bastards know how horrid their Fuhrer’s behavior has been. They are too cowardly to stand up to him, and their reasons for wanting protestors tortured by police are related to greed, power, and racism, not loony conspiracy theories. Now, here a clip for contrast.

Biden’s Response Is The Response Americans On Both Sides Are Used To: Joe

That is the kind of response America would have had from a real President. Isn’t if shameful that Putin [R-RU] and the Republican Reich stole the White House for a fake Resident. What more is there to say? Do this!

RESIST!!

Open Thread–6/3/2020

Posted by TomCat at 11:45 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jun 032020

It’s a very busy day, here in the CatBox. I got to bed late last night. I slept poorly, because it was muggy. WWWendy gooped me a cheese omelet. The new recipe worked. It tasted wonderful! It was the first time I could eat an egg in months. This morning I took another YUGE dump. How did the entire Republican Reich get up there? I took a double dose of pain med and am barely hanging on.That was four hours ago. I’m about to add another single. I can’t lay down to rest my back, because I expect a delivery of portable O₂ tanks anytime between now and 1:00 PM. WWWendy and I are changing our schedule for a bit. Instead of our normal Wed/Sun routine, we’re changing to Tues/Sat at least through 6/19, due to medical mayhem. Happy Hump Day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:07 (average 4:24). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0603TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 1,883,497
Deaths: 108,159
Recovered: 646,414

WWWendy’s Return:

I sure missed her!

Short Takes:

From Alternet: Rep. Steve King, widely known as the most overtly racist member of Congress, was defeated Tuesday in the Republican primary battle for Iowa’s 4th District.

Challenger Randy Feenstra, a state senator, officially beat King by a margin of 36,797 votes to 28,977 with 100% of precincts reporting, according to The New York Times. Feenstra, who won by a margin of just under 10 points, will go on to face Democrat J.D. Scholten in November.

King, who was stripped of his committee assignments after expressing sympathy for white nationalists and white supremacists, later denounced the ideologies. But King already had a long and established history of racist comments under his belt.

It could not have happened to a more Republican Republican. RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Joe Biden Hits Trump, Vows Not To ‘Fan The Flames’ Of Racial Division

Biden may not be the most astute Democrat available, but he is authentic, and he has empathy. Those two qualities make him infinitely superior to criminal Fuhrer Trump* and the entire Republican Reich. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Beatles – Hey Jude

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread–5/5/2020

Posted by TomCat at 10:30 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

May 052020

It’s a tired day, here in the CatBox, as yesterday completely wore me out. I’ve avoided tatoos all my life, but now I have five. They are small dots on my abdomen to serve as targeting guides. I almost asked them to roll me over and put two eyes above my butt hole. That would have given me a Trump* tattoo that acts just like the Fuhrer does!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:38 (average 5:08). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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Short Takes:

From Daily Kos: There is an op-ed in the Kansas City Star written by Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren (www.kansascity.com/…) promising to use the power of the government to punish the blatant corruption that is obvious everywhere:

The Biden administration will appoint an inspector general to review every coronavirus relief transaction currently evading serious scrutiny. Wasteful, corrupt deals and giveaways will be rooted out and undone. Suspicious transactions will be referred to the Justice Department for investigation and prosecution. Every Trump administration official and business executive contemplating such deals should hear us loud and clear. Trump may wink and nod at this corruption. We will not.

Imagine what this means for Jared Kushner? Or everyone involved in the open piracy of stealing medical supplies from a state that paid for them (and arranged transportation)? Or all the companies selling our national stockpile for high profits?

When this unfortunate virus has stabilized, we need a national truth and reconciliation committee. And with real jail time!!

Wow! If they really follow through this time, unlike far too many past instances, we’ll need to build more prisons to hold those Republican corporate criminals. RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): New Ad From Conservative Group Angers Trump

I think the Lincoln Project made a fantastic ad. On most things, I completely disagree with most conservatives. However, I am willing to respect them, coexist with them, and compromise with then, with one caveat. It must be mutual. That cannot happen with today’s Republican Reich. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Donovan – Catch the wind

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

If Biden, Warren for VP

Posted by TomCat at 10:57 am Politics

Mar 192020

As bad as the Republican Recession of 2008 was, the Republican Recession of 2016 is far worse. Isn’t it ironic that Crawford Caligula, Republican Fuhrer of the Fourth Reich, and Drumpfenfarten*, Republican Fuhrer of the Fifth Reich, will have both ended their regimes after killing thousands of Americans and tanking the economy. If Bernie were winning the Democratic nomination for President, I’d suggest balancing the ticket with Amy Klobuchar, a moderate woman from middle America, or Kamala Harris, a moderate Black woman from the West Coast. But since Joe is winning, I see only one good choice in a running mate for him. He needs a progressive woman to balance the ticket, and there is only one progressive woman, who is the best choice.

Elizabeth Warren just brilliantly showed why Biden should pick her as VP — immediately.

Tuesday night, as Joe Biden was waiting for the polls to close in Florida, Illinois, and Arizona—states he would win handily—Elizabeth Warren published this…

Inserted from <Alternet>

Instead of including the tweets, that you can see by clicking through, I’m including the video, in which she says the same thing.

Coronavirus: Elizabeth Warren presents $750 billion ‘grassroots’ plan to address crisis

I would still prefer Bernie to Joe, but If Joe wins and chooses Liz as his running mate, I think I could actually vote for him in the General without holding my nose.

RESIST!!

A Big Day for Biden

Posted by TomCat at 10:29 am Politics

Mar 182020

As a Bernie supporter, I hate to say it, but barring some completely unexpected miracle, Bernie has virtually no chance to win.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. easily defeated Senator Bernie Sanders in three major primaries on Tuesday, all but extinguishing Mr. Sanders’s chances for a comeback, as anxious Americans turned out to vote amid a series of cascading disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic.

Mr. Biden, the former vice president, won by wide margins in Florida and Illinois and also carried Arizona, sweeping the night and achieving a nearly insurmountable delegate lead. The emphatic outcome could greatly intensify pressure on Mr. Sanders to end his campaign and allow Democrats to unify behind Mr. Biden as their presumptive nominee.

The routs in Florida and Illinois, two of the biggest prizes on the national map, represented both a vote of confidence in Mr. Biden from most Democrats, and a blunt rejection of Mr. Sanders’s candidacy by the kind of large, diverse states he would have needed to capture to broaden his appeal beyond the ideological left…

Inserted from <NY Times>

Biden Sweeps Sanders In 3 States On One Of The Strangest Primary Days In Recent History

At this point, two things are self-evident. First, all primaries (and the general, if need be) must be vote by mail, like Oregon. Second, Bernie’s hope is virtually a pipe dream. Progressives like me need to commit to vote Blue, no matter who, top to bottom!

RESIST!!

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