I don’t have my test results, but they didn’t strike oil. It’s a warm day here in the CatBox. I have my window wide open and my door open for cross ventilation. I’m feeling quite tired after my busy week, and I had to do some paperwork and some computer maintenance this morning. Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, and I need to get rest, because we’ll be busy. Nevertheless, I’m back in the saddle.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:20 (average 4:36). To do it, click here. Hoe did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (MoveOn Channel): Illinois needs Marie Newman
I trust that the staff will agree that Politics Plus proudly endorses Marie Newman for Congress. RESIST!!
From LA Times: Pressed by President Trump, the Pentagon is proposing to stage a military parade in November with veterans in historic uniforms and warplanes, but no tanks — a scaled-down version of the grand display of military might the president envisioned, according to a memo released by the Pentagon on Friday.
Veterans in “period uniforms” from past wars would march from the White House to the Capitol on Nov. 11 — Veterans Day — joined by “wheeled vehicles only, no tanks,” to “minimize damage to local infrastructure,” the planning document says.
Trump asked the Defense Department to plan a parade of the U.S. armed forces to celebrate military strength…
If the parade consists of two recruits on KP, that’s far more parade than Trump deserves. RESIST!!
From NY Times: Only months ago, Mr. Bannon was forced out of the White House and Breitbart News, the alt-right news empire he helped make into a political force, for the sharp criticisms of President Trump’s children attributed to him in a book. “He’s lost his mind,” Mr. Trump said at the time.
But now Mr. Bannon, the architect of Mr. Trump’s populist campaign message and the president’s former chief strategist, has returned with an international mission.
On Saturday, he is set to headline the annual conference of France’s far-right National Front in the northern city of Lille, where he will be introduced by its leader, Marine Le Pen. People with knowledge of Mr. Bannon’s itinerary suggested that he might meet later in the weekend with the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, but Mr. Bannon declined to say whether or not he would, only saying that he admired Mr. Orban as a “hero” and “the most significant guy on the scene right now.”
In Zurich, Mr. Bannon says, he had a “fascinating” meeting on Tuesday with leaders of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party.
Watch out Europe! Bullshit Alert!! RESIST!!
From The New Yorker: Kim Jong Un has revealed to close associates that he has offered to meet Donald J. Trump only as a means of achieving his real goal: meeting the former adult-film star Stormy Daniels.
A confidant of the North Korean dictator said that Kim revealed his true intentions behind the Trump invitation at a high-level government meeting on Thursday night. “Kim said that he was a big fan of Stormy’s, and he decided that meeting with Trump would be a ‘necessary evil’ if he wanted a chance to meet her,” the confidant said.
According to the confidant, Kim first attempted to arrange a meeting with Daniels through his close friend, the former N.B.A. player Dennis Rodman, “but, when Dennis said that he didn’t know Stormy, Kim was, like, ‘Oh, well, I guess I’ll have to go through Trump, then.’ ”
Andy, I have no doubt that Stormy would hook-up with Kim. Since she did Trump, she’ll do anyone. RESIST!!
Cartoon:
Like other sheeple, this Republican is too stupid to realize the truck is approaching at high speed.
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4:27 Maybe Squatch can save him, or maybe the spines will put TC off.
Census petition
MoveOn – Oh, you bet. I’m not going to go into any soap opera details, as I don’t think there’s a need at this time.
LAT – I will spare you an “AWOL recruit” joke.
NYT – I am torn between wanting him to stay there forever and wanting him to come back and get thrown in prison.
TNY – Funny Andy should bring up Dennis Rodman. Maybe he watches Bill too.
Cartoon – Yup.
MOC: Absolutely!! and the Best to Ms. Newman for a WIN!!
LAT: This is the time for a ‘NO SHOW’, get no ‘demerits, and to be congratulated!!
NYT: Is?? Bannon and dt have both lost their minds. God forbid, Bannon taking the limelight away from DT?? Yes, he does deserve a striped pantsuit, for sure!!
NYer: omg, this is hilarious!!! Good one, Andy!!
Cartoon: Of course!!
It’s 83 here!! wth?? Glad things went well for you, enjoy your evening, and Thanks, Tom. I almost forgot, don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour tonight!! DST.
83?!!? ?
The New Yorker story is probably less absurd than the truth.
Reality is far more ludicrous than any farce or satire could ever be.
If the parade consists of two recruits on KP, that’s far more parade than Trump deserves.
If it consists of two army ants riding a dung beetle, that will be more of a military parade than he deserves.
The country can really celebrate when we see a parade of paddy wagons traveling down Pennsylvania Avenue, carrying Trump and his henchmen to court to face the numerous charges Mueller will have brought.
Having grown up in Illinois & gone to med school in Chicago, I would LOVE to see Newman beat Lipinski in the primary. And it’ll be close.
But the 3rd District is in the SW part of Chicago along w/ some blue collar suburbs.
Doable – but tough.
GO NEWMAN!
Keep us posted with local info!
Puzzle — 3:56 I could not save him but I did google edible fishes and he is not on the list. Add the spines to that and you’re definitely taking a big risk eating him Puddy Tat!
MoveOn — Staff would not be staff if they do not endorse a progressive woman like Marie Newman. While being a foreigner I can’t vote etc in the US, but I can comment.
LA Times — The only parade that Drumpf deserves is a ‘Republicans on Parade’ in this blog. There is enough dirt on this sorry excuse for a human being that there could be a parade every day!
NY Times — I was reading earlier that some see Drumpf as the ‘leader’ of international fascism. It appears that Bannon is helping to cement that rôle. It is time for prison cells for both of them, and no club fed!
Here is a different article but related. These idiots are dangerous to human life.
Cartoon — . . . and it is going straight to the slaughter house!!!
Squatch, “…if THEY would not endorse…”? What they? Staff is YOU!!
No, staff is you, Nameless, JD, Lona and me = THEY!
In other words, a prerequisite for being staff is to be a progressive. Anything else would mean not being asked to be staff.
I meant to say that staff includes you. You, Nameless, JD, Lona and I ≠ THEY. The operative pronoun is WE!
What can I say? I was speaking in the 3rd person plural. Heaven forbid that I should talk in the royal we and be confused with a “King” Drumpf by others.
But I do get your point.
It is only the imperial we, when we is used instead of I.
MO: This staff member certainly agree to proudly endorse progressive Marie Newman for Congress. Make that a win, Marie!
LAT: The Pentagon has plans for a little military parade in November; conveniently timed after the midterms, I hope. If Drumpf is still around by that time and wreaking havoc as usual, having veterans in historic uniforms parade will duly remind the rest of the world that the US hasn’t fought a war on it’s own soil since the Civil War.
NYT: So Bannon fails to get the Neo-Nazis in the US behind him, so now he’s going to try his luck in Europe. Good luck to you, Steve. Don’t forget to visit Austria on your way to the Kremlin.
TNY: Come to think of it, this is the only logical explanation for Kim’s enthusiasm for a meeting with Drumpf I’ve heard so far, Andy ?
Cartoon: This sheep looks far too bright, too awake and too cute to be a Republican voter, TomCat.
Thanks all. Very pooped hugs!