I’m waiting for Store to Door to arrive with my groceries. They are already late. After I put them away, I’ll gave lunch and go back to bed. This is my only one for today, and I won’t be sending links messages on Care2. I was up coughing most of the night. Wendy is coming this evening.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:03 (average 4:36). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (Late Show Channel): New Footage From Disney World’s Hall Of Presidents
The Trump robot stopped working. A Hooker-bot peed on it and shorted it out. RESIST!!
From The New Yorker: Starting 2018 with a political bombshell, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Tuesday that he will retire once he is satisfied that he has completely wrecked the country.
“I came to Washington with the goal of destroying life in the United States as we know it,” Ryan said in an emotional press conference. “Once I look around me and see nothing but smoldering ruins, I’ll call it a day.”
Asked by a reporter whether, by passing the Republican tax bill, he had not in fact already wrecked the country, the House Speaker responded, “That was an important step in the right direction, but, make no mistake, there is much havoc left to wreak.”
Dang Andy!! That could be the most honest thing he says all year. RESIST!!
From NY Times: The Senate returns on Wednesday with its Republican majority down to one seat and buoyed Democrats issuing a full list of demands — such as funding children’s health care and protecting young undocumented immigrants — just weeks before another possible government shutdown.
Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate will meet on Wednesday with White House officials to try to come to terms on a deal to raise strict limits on military and domestic spending before Jan. 19, when the current stopgap spending bill expires.
If negotiations break down, the government could run out of money — just as President Trump marks his first year in office.
Stand firm! RESIST!!
Cartoon:
Will the Reich bring back Palin?
6 Responses to “Open Thread – 1/3/2017”
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ateShow: Gawd, this man needs to go!!! Begone already!! What an A- – !!!
NYer: This is exactly what he doing, and no one will ever miss the Lyin’ Ryan. Ever.
NYT: Hope this gets resolved before the cutoff time, this is not good! for delaying key services, and affecting the lives of millions of folks, and kids. Only 1 year for Mr. Dumpty?? Gawd, it seems like 10 already!!
Cartoon: Very ominous. Depressing to say the least. ugh!
Tell Wendy HI !!! , and the best to you, take care, and get some rest!!! Thanks, Tom.
4:44 Interesting.
Tell WWWendy I said to coddle you, hopefully back into health.
Does anyone know WHY this robot looks so much NOT like Trump? It looks more like Jon Voight than like Trump, but frankly, it doesn’t look that much like Voight either. I realize pretty well none of the likenesses is perfect, but they can do much better. All you need to do is look at still photos to see that. Sigh.
TNY – Alas for satire! This is straight news!
NYT – Republicans don’t do deals, and can’t be trusted if they claim to. I am happy about the Senate’s new composition – thoough far from perfect, it is a step in the right direction. Did everyone see that, after taking the oath, Jones was escorted to his office by Joe Biden and Smith by Walter Mondale? Not of earth-shaking importance, but, I thought, a nice touch. But – we need to remember (and push) this:
Cartoon – Perish the thought.
Stephen Colbert: That Disney robot looked soulless and demented enough to represent the dummy who had that new presidential challenge coin designed.
TNY: Watch out Andy, Paul Ryan will soon demand that you write his political speeches for him. You know him so well and the speeches you write sound just like him. Having you do all the thinking and work will suit Ryan no end.
NYT: No excuses from you this time, Democrats: you get blamed for whatever goes wrong so No Compromise.
Sorry to hear your still under the weather, TomCat. Get well soon.
YT: If we replaced the Orange Ogre with his animatronic double, how the country would benefit!
TNY: You cannot make that kind of s— up! I’ll trust Darth Vader before I’ll trust Paul Ryan.
NYT: Those two facts should make the GOP goofs get a clue, but I doubt many of them will. If we have another shutdown, I hope that inspires Progressives to not just register to vote, but support real Progressives for office. A political bloodbath in 2018 may be out last chance to save this country by legal and peaceful means.
Cartoon: And on 20 January 2017, tRump became U.S. Dictator. Wish I could say that was a joke.
Thanks all. Snuffely hugs!
Colbert: Of course, even the robot lies!
NYorker: This is just what the libertarians want…end democracy as we know it. they want to be at liberty to do as they please!
NYT: Now McConnell wants to work with the demo…DO NOT TRUST THE SOB!