Personal Update – 9/13/2020

 Posted by at 8:41 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Sep 132020
 

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.  This morning, I have a videoconference on Zoom with prison volunteer coworkers and former prisoners with whom I worked, and who are now living productive lives as members of the community.  I’m so proud of my guys!  You can tell I must love them, because I’m missing part of opening weekend, a high holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  It feels very strange, because this is the first season I haven’t played fantasy football in this century.  At any rate, this is my only article today.  I hope to have more tomorrow, depending on how much time I spend with Diana, my home palliative care nurse.  Have a fine day.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:22 (average 4:40).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

Fortunately, when it comes to infestation of Trump* virus, Oregon does NOT lead the way!

0913TrumpVirusMap

Fortunately, when it comes to infestation of Trump* virus, Oregon does NOT lead the way!

US Cases: 6,679,023
US Deaths: 198,150
Plus thousands of Trump’s* GOP murder victims Republicans are hiding from us

Short Take:

From YouTube (a blast of past protest): With God On Our Side {Live at Town Hall 1963} (23/25) – Elston Gunn

 

Elston Gunn was Bob Dylan’s early stage name.  Click through for the lyrics. Amazing tune! Protest like the 60s! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

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Video Thread 9/11/2020

 Posted by at 2:34 pm  Politics
Sep 112020
 

The Lincoln Project. Breaking a tradition of suspending political advertising on 9/11 out of respect for the dead … because this ad pays that respect.

Meidas Touch also includes paying respects in their ad.

VoteVets has made a lovely ad for Doug Jones

This is for everyone who is condemning Bob Woodward for not revealing the tapes at the time that he made them. Journalists do know a little something about people – at least the good ones do.

I often see remarks in comments and even in articles to the tue of “Democrats need to act more like Republicans,” and I invariably cringe. Republicans are so corrupt! But they use their corruption to run right over us, and that does need to stop. This is not a new problem (only the names “Democrat” and “Republican” are new, and, though this will come as a surprise to many if not most people, there is a textbook to teach nice people how to prevail against the corrupt while staying as nice as possible and with a minimum of corruption. That textbook is “The Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli. Yes, I know, you’ve been trained to think of him as pure evil and his advice as pure corruption. Two groups have a vested interest in keeping you believing that: purity freaks, and Republicans. I know when I first read it I was astonished at how free from malice it was. Here’s a better explanation than I can give.

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Video Thread 9/10/2020

 Posted by at 2:37 pm  Politics
Sep 102020
 

American Bridge has four ads, aimed at Senators in four states – Arizona, North Carolina, Iowa, and Georgia. Freya’s in Georgia, so I’m using that one.

Meidas Touch – More on “playing it down”

Really American – “Trump Doesn’t Care” – speaks for itself.

RVAT – This is long – over eleven minutes – but it’s also pretty comprehensive. Most of their videos feature one person each.

Sound and Fury for the Democratic Coalition – Of all Trump*’s issues, I wouldn’t have picked football as the hill to die on – but obviously, some people would.

Beau has a lot to say about Woodward and what he has exposed – four or five videos just on that -and I think this gem is in danger of not getting the attention it deserves.

“My boat sank in Lake Travis” – Brent is actually a satirist, making fun of MAGAts. He does it so well it can be tough to tell. (The boat was the “SS MAGAritaville,” which might be a clue.)

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Samantha Bee from 9/9/2020

 Posted by at 12:31 pm  Politics
Sep 102020
 

Vaccine I – And the reality is, even if there is a vaccine by, say, the end of the year – that doesn’t mean it will be available by the end of the year. After it it deemed successful and approved, then they have to make enough of it. Expecting anything else is like thinking that if you cook dinner for your family tonight, you can feed to whole town with it. Noises are being made about vaccinating those with pre-existing conditions first. No thank you! I have participated in product testing, but not for anything this critical, and I am not interested.

Vaccine II – This is a good (oversimplified but good) explanation of how vaccines, and any pharmaceutical for that matter, gets developed. (I’m glad she brought up Henrietta Lacks – probably the person in history who saved the most people’s lives without ever having given consent.) Also the importance of effectiveness at a higher level than 44%

Police in Schools – I said this on the open thread, but it bears repeating – in my school district, a teacher called the police on, and suspended, a black student for having a toy gun in his own home – yes, the class was on line. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHhhh !!!

Quarantine and School – Quarantine is tough with kids (and not just for the parents who wouldn’t have had them if they had known they would have to raise them themselves.) There’s a lot to think about here, (But there’s still no excuse for calling the cops on a black kid who has a toy gun in his own home@)

Just a little reminder …

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Open Thread – 9/10/2020

 Posted by at 11:07 am  Monthly Report, Open Thread, Politics
Sep 102020
 

It’s a busy, exhausted day here in the CatBox.  Yesterday’s test infusion went as exspected.  However, I did get some news that may be good.  I had thought that my difficulty eating was a sign that my esophageal cancer is getting worse.  That may be true.  However, if my immune system is attacking the tumor, which is how this drug is supposed to work, it could cause the tumor to swell, just as any wound swells when one’s immune system is healing it.  So my trouble eating could also be a sign that the drug is working.  Time will tell.  Either way, if if the tumor closes to the extent that I cannot eat, I’ll have to get a stent quickly.  Tomorrow Deborah is coming for my routine doctor visit.  What I do tomorrow will depend on how long that takes and how I feel.  This is my only article today.  Have a fine day.  JD, would you please cover Sam?

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:06 (average 6:31).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0910TrumpVirusMap

US Cases: 6,550,984
US Deaths: 195,259
Plus thousands of Trump’s* GOP murder victims Republicans are hiding from us

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Oregonian Channel): Oregon wildfire evacuees describe devastation from state’s largest wildfire

 

Last night on the way home from my cancer treatment my eyes stung, and the sky was orange-brown. I could look directly at the sun, and it was red. WWWendy was worried that she might have to evacuate. She had been notified that her house is in a Level 1 area. Thank God she didn’t have to go!  I can see from my window that we still have heavy smoke, but the wind has abated, so that will help the firefighters.  The extreme severity of the wildfires this year is a result of how the Republican Reich ignores climate change and opposes green energy.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Trump says he knew Covid-19 was deadly even though he downplayed it

 

All Trump* cared about was getting reelected. Because he was running on the economy, he gambled on keeping the stock market high. We lost. Every American that Trump* virus has killed is Donald Trump’s* personal murder victim. And what does criminal Fuhrer Trump* have to say about these statements recorded in his own words? “It’s a political hit job!” May that dirty lying bastard rot in hell, since we are all rotting in the hell he has made!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of past protest): Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers (with Lyric)

 

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

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

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Video Thread 9/9/2020

 Posted by at 1:45 pm  Politics
Sep 092020
 

Just to let everyone know, I am finding that if I put these threads up in the early to mid afternoon, I can catch more when they are newer. So that’s why.

American Bridge – Speaks for itself.

Don Winslow – He is really good at getting down to the bottom of things

Meidas Touch – Hang on to this one – in view of the report of a whistleblower in DHS claiming Wolf and Cuccinelli both ordered staff to lie about how much violence is coming from where.

The Lincoln Project has two – the first one still on Trump* and the military.

plus one on Lindsey Graham – Ouch!

Robert Reich – “Law and Order” – I figured TC would not have time to post and comment on this, Not sure what to say except that the Reich on the left is right – again.

This is longish (~5 minutes) but it is worth everyone’s time. A hanky or tissue may be needed – in case one gets a sense watching it of how critically important this is.

I love it when cartoonists tweet out their work so I can embed it. And I still love David Horsey, but when Luckovich nails it, he REALLY nails it.

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Personal Update – 9/9/2020

 Posted by at 7:37 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Sep 092020
 

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox, as my infusion is today.  I’ll publish as least a personal update tomorrow.  Happy Hump Day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:19 average 5:07.  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0909TrumpVirusMap

Click for interactive map

US Cases: 6,514,603
US Deaths: 194,064
Plus thousands of GOP plague murder victims Republicans are hiding from us.

Short Take:

From YouTube (a funny blast of protest):

 

I think God peed in their boats. Doesn’t she have good aim from way up there?  RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

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Video Thread 9/8/2020

 Posted by at 1:04 pm  Politics
Sep 082020
 

Obviously advertisers spent the weekend getting ready to release a s***storm today. So I added a couple of upbeat ones.

American Bridge – As he says, you don’t have to like him. But I wish every American could hear this.

Meidas Touch – Oh, I think he has it. I’m not convinced he “suffers” from it.

Really American is coming a bit late to the party, but that may help us not to forget.

Sound and Fury Messaging for The Democratic Coalition – This ad references Breonna Taylor. It’s a bit different from the ones which cover broad issues, but IMO that’s a good thing.

The Lincoln Project – “Radicalize” So glad they are addressing this!

Vote Vets – POW – This one from the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

OK, this is fun. So little is fun lately. (No CC – but then, no narration either. This is at the St. Louis Aquarium.)

The comment was made, “When members of your base jump up and down and cry because your running mate’s car drove by, it’s really time for people to stop asking “where’s the enthusiasm”?

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