Open Thread – 2/7/2021

 Posted by at 11:27 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Feb 072021
 

It’s another painful day here in the CatBox.  My recent gastrointestinal issues set off a severe bout of Republicitis, and I just had to spend over 90 minutes on the throne trying to… pardon my literal rendition… shit a brick.  It also my last Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  I stole my Portland Chiefs because they are too good to be Nazi Republican Josh Hawley’s team.  However, turn about is fair play.  Tom Brady is a notorious cheat, and is infamous for playing with his balls in the locker room.  In addition, he is an outspoken Trump** lover.  That seems a perfect match for Nazi Republican Josh Hawley, so we could give Josh the Bucs: the Kansas City Buccaneers.  Can you imagine anyone objecting to that? Winking smile  Have a great day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:22 (average 4:31).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From Daily Kos: For many Republican voters across the country, the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol inspired by Donald Trump and carried out by his rabid supporters was the last straw. Literally tens of thousands of Republican voters have changed their party registration since the November election, with defections noticeably spiking after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol complex.

Many of those conservative voters switched to “unaffiliated” while others either went third-party or chose to affiliate with the Democratic Party. Lyle Darrah, who lives north of Denver in Weld County, was one voter who made the leap from Republican to Democrat, according to NPR. Darrah, a 49-year-old Coloradan who voted Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020, said he was “completely shocked and ashamed” as he watched the events unfold on Jan. 6. “It’s something I felt I could no longer be in support of,” he added, and he hopes the switch sends “a signal” to the Republican Party.

And he’s clearly not alone. In the week from Jan. 6 through Jan. 12, Colorado Public Radio found that about 4,600 Republicans changed their party status in the state. “All told, the Colorado GOP lost about a half a percent of its registered voters in the week after the riot,” writes NPR. The same trend is occurring nationwide, according to a variety of news outlets that have documented the changes since the November election. Here’s a brief rundown:

I certainly disagree with conservative voters most of the time, but being conservative and supporting the Nazis that control the Republican Reich are two completely different things. I can respect a conservative, but not a Nazi Republican.  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (SNL Channel): Super Bowl Pre-game Show Cold Open

 

FOMCROTFPIMPLMAO!!  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon (Official Music VIdeo)

 

Ah… the memories!  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

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Open Thread – 1/25/2021

 Posted by at 11:19 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Jan 252021
 

It’s a tired/painful day here in the CatBox.  Due to Republicitis, I plugged the toilet so bad that it won’t plunge, and I had to call Maintenance to come snake it.  They should be here around lunch time.  Dang that’s embarrassing!  My Video Meeting yesterday turned out to be with volunteers only, but it was still a good time.  Yesterday, I was disappointed that Tampa Bay beat Green Bay.  I don’t like Tom Brady.  He deflates his balls and lives Trump**.  However, both my Chiefs and Nameless’ Chiefs won.  WWWendy is coming this evening.  Since Trump** is out, Oh Wow!  It’s Monday.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:06 (average 5:28).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From Crooks and Liars: It’s no shock that both the campaign and the officials on the permit are all trying to erase their connections. From AP:

In a statement, the president’s reelection campaign said it “did not organize, operate or finance the event.” No campaign staff members were involved in the organization or operation of the rally, according to the statement. It said that if any former employees or independent contractors for the campaign took part, “they did not do so at the direction of the Trump campaign.”

At least one was working for the Trump campaign this month. Megan Powers was listed as one of two operations managers for the Jan. 6 event, and her LinkedIn profile says she was the Trump campaign’s director of operations into January 2021. She did not respond to a message seeking comment.

The AP’s review found at least three of the Trump campaign aides named on the permit rushed to obscure their connections to the demonstration. They deactivated or locked down their social media profiles, removed tweets that referenced the rally and blocked a reporter who asked questions.

“Shell companies and ‘dark money’ may hide details of Trump ties to DC protests,” OpenSecrets.org reports. But not all. For example, Open Secrets found that Powers was paid about $290,000 by Trump’s campaign while on its payroll from February 2019 through at least November 2020, according to FEC records.

 

This shows the degree to which the RNP (Republican Nazi Party) orchestrated the insurrection. The included video (above) is the best analysis of this I’ve seen.  It also shows how vicious they are.  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From NY Times: Two days after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, Jackson Reffitt’s father, Guy W. Reffitt, returned to the family’s home in Texas. He told his son that he had stormed the Capitol, according to an F.B.I. affidavit.

Then his father leveled a threat: If Jackson, 18, reported him to the police, he would have no choice but to do his “duty” for his country and “do what he had to do.”

In interviews with investigators, Jackson Reffitt said his father told him: “If you turn me in, you’re a traitor. And you know what happens to traitors. Traitors get shot.”

But he had already reported his father to the F.B.I. weeks before the riot.

How can anyone wield enough hate to say what Gut Reffitt said to his son?  Jackson deserves an award for his patriotism and courage. This demonstrates the degree to which the RNP (Republican Nazi Party) are pure evil and must be eradicated as a political entity.  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): George Harrison – My Sweet Lord (Official Audio)

 

Ah… the memories! What a magnificent hymn!  And at last we have reason to rejoice!  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

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Open Thread – 1/23/2021

 Posted by at 10:57 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Jan 232021
 

It’s a tired day here in the CatBox, but my pain level is better than it was yesterday.  I think the Republicitis was exacerbating the pain.  Tomorrow is a High Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  I will spend the late afternoon booing Josh Hawley and watching my Portland Chiefs play the Buffalo Bills for the NFC title.  Tomorrow please expect no more than a Personal Update.  I have a video meeting with prison volunteer coworkers and former prisoners.  Have a fine weekend.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:06 (average 5:09).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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Short Takes:

From Daily Kos: Seven Senate Democrats are demanding that the Senate Committee on Ethics open an investigation in the actions of Republican Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz for their actions related to the Jan. 6 violent insurrection against Congress.

The two “amplified claims of election fraud that had resulted in threats of violence against state and local officials around the country,” the Democrats write. The group—Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tina Smith (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH)—notes that the Senate has the exclusive power to determine whether the members’ actions violated Senate ethics rules. They are asking the Ethics Committee to carry out a “thorough and fair investigation and consider any appropriate consequences based on the Committee’s findings.”

“When Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley announced they would object to the counting of state-certified electors on January 6, 2021, they amplified claims of election fraud that had resulted in threats of violence against state and local officials around the country,” the senators write. “While Congress was debating Senator Cruz’s objection, a violent mob stormed the Capitol. These insurrectionists ransacked the building, stole property, and openly threatened Members of Congress and the Vice President.” The two didn’t just help incite the riot, the Democrats wrote, but “[b]y proceeding with their objections to the electors after the violent attack, Senators Cruz and Hawley lent legitimacy to the mob’s cause and made future violence more likely.”

The senators write of their concern that members of Congress could have been involved in the coordination not just of the rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol, but the attack itself. They provide a detailed and well-researched account of the events of the day as well as the background to it, including the threats of violence that were leveled against officials prior to Jan. 6, threats incited by Trump’s fraud claims and reinforced by Hawley and Cruz, who “lent legitimacy to President Trump’s false statements about election fraud by announcing that they would object to the certification of electors on January 6.”

I fully support this move. If these RNP (Republican Nazi Party) traitors are allowed to get away with it, they and others will surely do it again.  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Complete bunk’: Erin Burnett calls out Sen. Hawley’s explanation

 

As long as Biden agrees to the delay, it works for me. It also gives more time to gather evidence sufficiently obvious that it forces Republicans to either proclaim their own treason, like Cruz and Hawley, or to vote to convict.  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (Bernie Sanders Channel): We Cannot Reach Out To Republicans Indefinitely.

 

I fully agree. Republicans are most adept at holding out a fair negotiated agreement as a promise to Democrats in order to gain an advantage, only to act like Lucy with a football. Give them a chance, but one only.  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Fleetwood Mac – Landslide (Official Music Video)

 

Ah… the memories. We needed a landslide. We got one!  RESIST the Republican Reich!!

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