Wendy is due in about an hour, and when she arrives, I shall stop writing and finish when she leaves. Tomorrow I’m meeting an old friend, with whom I do volunteer work, for lunch. Depending on how long I’m gone, I may have no more than a Personal Update. May the holy Ellipsoid Orb shine its blessed light on your team. My Broncos play the Chiefs in the Monday night game.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:08 (average 5:55). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (RWW Channel): RWW News: Matt Barber Cites Hoax News Story To Link LGBTQ Activists To Pedophilia
Barf Bag Alert!!
Contrary to the this Republican liar’s claims, there is no link, between homosexuality and pedophilia, but 93% of all pedophiles describe themselves as ‘religious’. RESIST!!
From Newsweek: Donald Trump’s motorcade departing from the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia had an extra add-on Saturday, after the president spent the 96th day of his presidency visiting one of his own properties. That addition came in the form of a female cyclist, who had one goal in mind: to flip off the president of the United States.
Pool reporters first noticed the cyclist trailing the motorcade before she managed to snake her way next to the president’s car just outside of the Trump National Golf Club. "A female bicyclist along the motorcade route, just outside the golf course, traveling in the right lane repeatedly extended her middle left finger towards POTUS," the pool stated.
Whoever she is, I’m sure glad that she had her cortisone shot, if she needed one! 
RESIST!!
From The New Yorker: A crowd estimated in the hundreds of thousands has gathered outside the office of Robert Mueller in eager anticipation of the special counsel’s first arrest in the Russia probe.
Minutes after news was leaked that charges had been filed, Americans from across the country descended on Mueller’s office to witness firsthand what many called the beginning of the end of the nightmare.
“I can’t believe this day has finally come,” Carol Foyler, who drove from North Carolina, said. “My husband is having surgery today, but I didn’t want to miss this.”
Andy, millions of us wait with high anticipation. RESIST!!
Cartoon:
9 Responses to “Open Thread – 10/29/2017”
Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.
5:13 Don’t get wet. Do tell your friend hello from any of us who may have been in touch during your long hospital stay.
I got an email from a friend who is retired military saying that the Department of Defense “will soon” grant online exchange shopping privileges to all veterans, not just retirees. I don’t know whether that’s true, and in any case, given the federal government we currently have, I would think twice about giving it any more information about me than it already has. But the link given was VetVerify dot org.
From “The PEN” –
♫ It’s beginning to look a lot like prison, for everyone Trump knows. ♪
♪ You’d better watch out, you’d better not lie, you’d better not tweet
I’m telling you why, Robert Mueller’s taking you down. ♫
RWW – I prefer the other Barber. Of course, I generally do prefer sane to nuts.
Neesweek – It couln’t have happened to a nicer guy.
TNY – For sure. I must remind all that it IS possible the warrants will remain sealed past Monday, awaiting – something.
Cartoon – Happy Anniversary to us.
BBA: Soup to NUTS!!
Newsweek: She Persisted!!!! So proud of her, and how awesome is this??? Pretty dam awesome!!
NYer: The song by the Pointer Sisters comes to mind: ‘I’m so Excited!!’ https://www.ask.com/youtube?o=0&l=dir&qo=serpSearchTopBox&q=im+so+excited+-+pointer+sister
Cartoon: Fantastic!!!
Hope you have a great and relaxing evening, and take care, have FUN tomorrow! Thanks, Tom.
*Joanne, Thanks for sharing your info. I read about that in one of the groups of Navy Waves groups I belong to, and a friend of mine sent me the same link. I too, am somewhat hesitant to give all my info. I do have ‘VETERAN’ on my DL though. On another note, LOVE your Halloween picture. 😉
oops! Wrong link, though it will take you there….here it is:
https://youtu.be/8iwBM_YB1sE
And here is the article, with a photo of the hero biker!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/29/hail-to-the-chief-cyclist-gives-trump-the-middle-finger#img-1
GO CHIEFS!
NW: A cyclist flipping the POTUS is both extremely funny and very sad. Within 9 months Drumpf has brought the presidential office to such a low that people are highly amused when an unknown, but apparently average urban cyclist gives the man who would make America great again the finger. Think about it.
TNY: You notice that silence out there, Andy? That’s the world holding its collective breath.
Don’t let us down, Mueller!
Cartoon: Happy anniversary, NOW
Have a wonderful lunch with your friend tomorrow, TomCat.
Thanks all. Busy Hugs!
Puzzle — 4:40 I’m not good with straight lines!
RWW — Liar, liar! Pants on fire! “Contrary to the this Republican liar’s claims, there is no link, between homosexuality and pedophilia …” Ain’t that the truth! Recently, a young Canadian pastor from the BC Bible Belt and his wife were outed as child sex abusers. They had nothing to do with the LGBTQ community other than denouncing it in the typical right wing evangelical way.
Newsweek — A woman after my own heart! On that note, what do you call flipping the baby pinky? Highlight the following with your mouse for the answer. Going metric!
The New Yorker — Straight news again! . . . but welcomed news!
Cartoon — Happy birthday! . . . but the work is not done as long as there are Republicans and right wing nut jobs abounding!
Hope the finger is in good form now, but if not quite there yet, see my comment under the Newsweek story. Enjoy lunch! I may be absent tomorrow as I have a full day of meetings at my mother’s care home. I advocate for seniors, particularly those in residential care, and they are having a quadrennial accreditation today and tomorrow. In fact, the rest of today I will be collating family comments and preparing a presentation.