Open Thread–5/30/2020

 Posted by at 10:43 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
May 302020
 

It’s a painful day here in the CatBox.  Sitting in my chair to write exacerbates my spinal cancer pain.  The pain seems to become severe about two hours before my Oxycodone dose.  I’ll talk to my palliative care team on the 16th.  Wendy is alive and well in Wyoming.  Have a great weekend.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:53 (average 4:19).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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Cases: 1,795,635
Deaths: 104,581
Recovered: 519,709

Short Takes:

From Daily Kos: In case there was any questions about Jo Rae Perkins’ devotion to the cultish QAnon conspiracy theory universe—raised, no doubt, by her campaign statement last week after she won the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate race in Oregon—she answered them fulsomely the next day in interviews.


Thank God this Fascist dingbat is running against Jeff Merkley. She doesn’t stand a chance!   RESIST!!

From YouTube (John Pavlovitz Channel): HOW TO PROTEST RACIAL INJUSTICE THE “RIGHT WAY”


John Pavlovitz epitomizes what it means to be a real authentic Christian, as opposed to a Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian. Republicans are not racist, the Pope is not Catholic, and bears never, ever shit in the woods!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Trey Crowder Channel): Liberal Redneck – Minnesota Burning

You have to hand it to Trey. How often is it that you get to heat such profound truth in that accent?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads (Live from The Wildlife Concert)

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Personal Update–5/23/2019

 Posted by at 9:50 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics, Religion
May 232020
 

Last Tuesday I was so sick that I could not stand up.  WWWendy called my oncologist and called 911 on her instructions.  They has to haul me out of here on a gurney.  My chemo knocked out my immune system and I picked up an infection.  The resulting Republicosis was so severe that I was pumping out fluids faster than I could rehydrate.  I became so dehydrated that I ended up in Intensive Care, where they pumped fluids into me through my port and two other IVs.  On Wednesday night, they released me from Intensive Care, but kept pumping we full of Ringers Lactate and Antibiotics.  They never did identify the bug, but after my white blood count returned to normal, they released me yesterday afternoon with three more antibiotics.  Obviously, we’ll need to make some changes in my chemo.  WWWendy is going in with me Tuesday.  JD, would you do Bill Maher?  Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, so please expect only a Personal Update.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:10 (average 4:45).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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Cases: 1,648,283
Deaths: 97,732
Recovered: 403,312

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Contact Tracings Show Risk Of Coronavirus Spread Through Churches

As a Christian, (authentic Christian, not Republican supply-side pseudo-Christian [anti-Christian]) I believe in freedom of religion, as defined in the First Amendment. That does not include murdering innocents by infecting them with Trump* virus. RESIST!!

From YouTube (TomCat Channel): WWW 0522 2

Now isn’t she as gorgeous as a Republican is ugly?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Peter Frampton- Baby I Love Your Way


Ah… the memories.  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–4/30/2020

 Posted by at 10:49 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics, Religion
Apr 302020
 

It’s a crappy day here in the CatBox.  I spent a lot of time on the throne this morning.  The problem with eating goop is like the problem with computer programming.  Goop in; goop out.  I talked to Megan (my PCP) and Evelyn’s (my Oncologist) nurse this morning.  We all agree that the best way to deal with Republicosis is Imodium AD.  Thursday is send Republicosis to criminal Fuhrer Trump* Day!!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:09 (average 5:00).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Vice-President Mike Pence has started wearing a mask after Anthony Fauci told him that it will protect him from women, Fauci has confirmed.

After seeing video of a maskless Pence touring the Mayo Clinic, on Tuesday, Fauci said, “I knew I had to come up with something fast” to get through to Pence.

Fauci immediately got on the phone with the Vice-President and informed him that “clinical research” had demonstrated that a mask is “an effective female-repellent.”

I believe you, Andy. That brown-nose sycophant, Pence, would love ensure that the use of his butt is reserved exclusively for his beloved criminal Fuhrer Trump*.  RESIST!!

From Alternet: Countless non-fundamentalist churches in the United States, from Catholic to Lutheran and Episcopalian, have embraced social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic and temporarily moved their activities online. But many Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals have been irresponsibly downplaying the dangers of COVID-19 and doing so with deadly results: journalist Alex Woodward, in the U.K.-based Independent, reports that the pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 30 pastors in the Bible Belt.

“Dozens of pastors across the Bible Belt have succumbed to coronavirus after churches and televangelists played down the pandemic and actively encouraged churchgoers to flout self-distancing guidelines,” Woodward reports.

What Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians (the polar opposite of authentic Christians) fail to realize is that their false god carries a pitchfork and has horns, cloven hooves, and a pointy tail.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): From Ukraine to Coronavirus: Trump’s Abuse of Power Continues, featuring Robert Reich

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. Criminal Fuhrer Trump* exactly reflects the values and policies of the Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich. Every Republican in office is one Republican too many.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast): If it be Your will – Leonard Cohen – Lyrics

I hadn’t heard this before, but given my current situation, it really hits home.  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–3/18/2020

 Posted by at 10:28 am  Open Thread, Politics
Mar 182020
 

It’s a hectic day here in the CatBox, as I try to get my head around the notion that my cancer is stage IV and metastatic, and that I’m very likely to die, before a year is up.  I see Evelyn (my Oncologist) again next Tuesday.  If my cancer tests amenable to immunotherapy, I’ll go that route.  Evelyn wonders whether I can handle chemo.  It causes severe Republicosis, and if it hits after I’m in bed, the time it takes to get my leg on and get to the throne is likely to be too long to hold it.  I’ll need to do a pain/problem/benefit analysis and decide if the time is worth the decreased quality of life.  I will be getting radiation for my spine.  She also gave me liquid Oxycodone.  Tonight is a WWWendy night.  She was very upset to learn of this.  Happy Hump Day.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:27 (average 4:59).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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Short Takes:

From Alternet: As nations around the world buckle down amid coronavirus outbreaks, approaches to isolation and social distancing are inconsistent, at best, in the United States. While some cities and states are implementing bans on restaurants and bars staying open and capping the number of people in a space, some groups are moving forward with, ahem, business as usual. One example from last Sunday morning? Pastor Guillermo Maldonado, of King Jesus International Ministry, a megachurch in Kendall, Florida, encouraged his congregation to keep coming to service, downplaying concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, as reported by the Miami Herald.

“Do you believe God would bring his people to his house to be contagious with the virus? Of course not,” Maldonado, a Trump supporter, said to his congregation, as reported by the outlet.

“This service is usually packed. So now they’re home in a cave afraid of the virus, that you want to transmit the virus,” Maldonado continued. The Herald noted the venue “appeared half empty…

…“If we die, we die for Christ,” Maldonado told parishioners. “If we live, we live for Christ, so what do you lose?”

The Jesus that I worship does not call us to be this stupid.  I hate to say it, but this is an appropriate strategy for Republicans only!   RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: Donald J. Trump has tested negative for empathy, the White House doctor confirmed on Monday.

In an official statement, Dr. Sean Conley said that Trump submitted to the empathy test even though, in the physician’s opinion, “it was not really necessary.”

“I expected him to test negative,” Conley said. “Empathy-wise, he has been entirely asymptomatic.”

The White House doctor attributed Trump’s empathy-free status to his established practice of social distancing from anyone showing even the faintest sign of compassion, kindness, or humanity.

Dang, Andy! I have zero trouble believing that! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Association – Windy (1967 Ravinia Festival – Highland Park IL )

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–3/4/2020

 Posted by at 10:29 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Mar 042020
 

It’s a queasy day here in the CatBox.  I’m keeping it down, but just barely.  By rotating food items to different meals, I’ve determined that I can eat items I thought I couldn’t eat at lunch, when I have no pills to take.  I’ll have my mortar and pestle today, my big jar of applesauce tomorrow, and box of 50 2 oz. plastic cups with lids to store powdered meds and applesauce on Sunday.  WWWendy is coming this evening to de-stink the Tomcat and help with chores.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s non-food item took me 4:02 (average 5:13).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Take damn his undeserved medal away too!

Short Takes:

From Alternet: A mother and son from Sarasota Military Academy in Florida are being quarantined for COVID-19, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. On the Academy’s Facebook page [Fakebook delinked], the school posted on Monday that the “mother’s contact with a patient at Sarasota Doctors Hospital in her professional role,” had led to both her and her son to be quarantined as a “precautionary measure.” The two reportedly showed no symptoms of the virus.

On Friday, Feb. 28, Trump’s top coronavirus point man and non-believer in science, Mike Pence, held a fundraiser in Sarasota at the home of Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan. At the event, Pence talked about “possible changes in travel status to the United States,” while shaking hands with dozens of supporters and 44 cadets from Sarasota Military Academy. Ruh-roh.

While I would not wish Trump* virus on anyone, spending some quarantine time might teach that hate-spewing pseudo-Christian sycophant a little compassion for his and his criminal Fuhrer’s other Trump* virus victims.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Mitch McConnell’s Do Nothing Republicans


Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the right, the evil Republican Reich, has two perfect (for them) shepherds: criminal Fuhrer Trump* and Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch. Flush both in November, and flush all their cronies. Every Republican in office is one Republican too many!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): THIS MAGIC MOMENT-JAY AND THE AMERICANS

Ah… the memories.  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–2/29/2020

 Posted by at 10:31 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Feb 292020
 

It’s become a busy day here in the CatBox, as two days missed has me way behind in research.  I was also sick most of the night, and today, and I have thrown up four times since breakfast.  I really think it’s pills blocking the passage.  Then food and saliva collect and fill the esophagus.  ARGH!  Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, and normally I would publish only a Personal Update, but I’ll try to add a piece on the SC primary.  Have a great weekend.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:57 (average 4:51).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

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That is the machine I was in yesterday.

Short Takes:

From Alternet: According to a report from the Star-Telegram, a senior member of the rightwing paramilitary group Oath Keepers who moved to Texas in 2015 is actively recruiting local law enforcement employees while telling them a “bloody civil war” against the U.S. government is on the horizon.

The report states that John D. Shirley, the national director of the Las Vegas-based Oath Keepers finagled himself a job as a county constable in Hood County which provided him with access to other police officers and now he is using his position to recruit.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Oath Keepers organization is “one of the largest radical antigovernment groups in the U.S. today” with, reportedly, thousands of members made up of former law enforcement officials and military veterans.

The Oath Keepers are Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian terrorists.  Because of the group’s treasonous activities, membership in Oath Keepers ought to be a court martial offence for military personnel and cause for termination for other government employees, especially those in law enforcement. RESIST!!

From NY Times: President Trump announced on Friday that he intended to nominate Representative John Ratcliffe, Republican of Texas, as his director of national intelligence, choosing someone he considered last summer before senior Republicans in Congress deemed him unqualified for the job.

When even Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch’s prime lackeys consider this bozo unqualified,it shows that he’s only sycophant that criminal Fuhrer Trump* can find to be his  Barrf in the DNI position.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Moody Blues – Tuesday Afternoon (1970)

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Trump* at the National Prayer Breakfast

 Posted by at 10:44 am  Politics, Religion
Feb 072020
 

A Dominionist cult, commonly known as ‘the family’ holds a supposedly non-partisan annual religious event called the National Prayer Breakfast.  Presidents (and Residents) of the United States routinely attend.  It’s normally pretty low key, as the family uses it to present themselves as mainstream and cover up who they really are and what they really do.  But someone forgot to tell that to the criminal Fuhrer Trump*.

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At the 68th, and perhaps last, National Prayer Breakfast, the main remarks were made by the former president of the American Enterprise Institute (and Post columnist) Arthur C. Brooks, who spoke on the themes of his wonderful 2019 book “Love Your Enemies.” President Trump then prefaced his speech by saying: “Arthur, I don’t know if I agree with you. But I don’t know if Arthur’s going to like what I’m going to say.”

It was a strange moment in U.S. religious history. The command to love your enemies, of course, came from Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. “Love your enemies, bless those that curse you, do good to them that hate you.” It might be expected for a president to express how difficult obeying such a mandate can be. Trump decided to dispute the command itself. And some in the crowd laughed.

The purpose of Trump’s sermon at the Hilton was, in fact, to put his enemies on notice. Those who pursued impeachment were “very dishonest and corrupt people.” “They know what they are doing is wrong,” he continued, “but they put themselves far ahead of our great country.” Congressional Republicans, in contrast, had the wisdom and strength “to do what everyone knows was right.”

Trump proceeded to make a thinly veiled attack against Mitt Romney of Utah, the only Republican senator to vote for the president’s removal: “I don’t like people who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong.” And then a shot at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.): “Nor do I like people who say, ‘I’ll pray for you,’ when I know that is not so.”… [emphasis added]

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Of course, every insult Trump* hurled at Democrats was a projection of what he and his Republicans Reich routinely do.

Trump waves ‘acquitted’ headline, takes shot at Mitt Romney in speech

Portman has his head up Trump’s* ass. The only message that Senate Republicans delivered is that there is nothing too evil for Senate Republicans to help Trump evade the consequences for doing it.

Joe Reads Bible To Critique Trump’s Prayer Breakfast Speech

Joe should not be surprised that the so-called believers there sided with Trump instead of Jesus. The NPV is sponsored by the Fellowship Foundation, aka ‘the family’. A Dominionist cult, they believe that they need to take over government to make the earth fit to receive Republican Supply-side Jesus on his return. Their vehicle they use to achieve this end is the Republican Reich. They are NOT Christians. Not all Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians are Dominionists, but all Dominionists are Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians.

Lawrence: Prayer Breakfast Rant Shows Trump Doesn’t Understand What Love Is

Very astute, Lawrence. The inability to experience love in relationships is a common symptom of Narcisistic Personality Disorder.

I’ve heard it said that Trump* has no soul. But he has what he is… an ass-soul!

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