The heat wave is continuing, but more recent forecasts show that it might not be quite as severe. I’m staying hunkered down and moving as little as possible.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:28 (average 4:45). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (Trey Crowder Channel): Liberal Redneck – Space Forcing Families Apart
Trey nailed it. White unborn children are the only ones Republicans care about! They wish they had death rays that don’t work on white people. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From YouTube (Media Matters Channel): The right-wing reactions to separating families at the border are atrocious
Barf Bag Alert!!
Excuse me, while I go puke! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From NY Times: President Trump said on Monday that he would direct the Pentagon to establish a sixth branch of the armed forces dedicated to protecting American interests in outer space, an idea that has troubled lawmakers and even some members of his administration, who have cautioned that the action could create unnecessary bureaucratic responsibilities for a military already burdened by conflicts.
During a speech at a meeting of the National Space Council, Mr. Trump announced plans to protect American interests in space through monitoring commercial traffic and debris, initiatives he said would be “great not only in terms of jobs and everything else, it’s great for the psyche of our country.”
Minutes later, the president zeroed in on Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and tasked him with the undertaking of creating another branch of the military.
Bend over. The Republican Reich wants to claim Uranus. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
Cartoon:
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4:17 (4:45) Nothing to eat here.
Trae – Trae does nail it. It may be some small consolation to realize that the Trump regime is incapable of hiting any scientists who actually know enough to put something into space.
Media – OK, it’s time for the torches and pitchforks. We need to drive every Republican, starting with the Trump regime, to seek asylum in Canada. So Justin Trudeau can separate them from their kids. Put Ivanka in a cage (throwing away the key would be nice.)
NYT – You know, since 1775, we have never just “created another branch of the military.” The Air Force came into being and grew as the Army Air Corps (and even adopted their official song while it was still there – the original lyric was “No one can stop the Army Air Corps,” not “No one can stop the U. S. Air Force.” It took fifteen years for it to come to the point where it was feasible to split it off, and another thirteen before it had an academy. Oh, but his mind is made up, and here I am trying to confuse him with facts.
Cartoon – OK, LOL, at first glance I thought the gate pillars were outhouses.
P.S. You may have heard that cartoonist Rob Rogers was fired from his job of 25 years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, essentially for integrity. He has now been picked up by the Andrews McMeel syndicate. All are being encouraged to share his first cartoon for the syndicate. Not being familiar with Andrews McMeel’s policy, I’ll share THIS LINK which goes to Daily Kos. It shows the cartoon in the context of his tweet, and encourages sharing in support. Please check it out. He’s a good guy.
Thanks, Joanne. I shared the cartoons on Facebook, I will get more “unfriends” today.
Thanks. I doubt you’ll lose anyone worth knowing. I see with pleasure that Amy McGrath is doing pretty well.
Trey: BOOM !!
BBA: I. Can’t. For everyone of them, (commentators), THEY should go there, to see what’s going on! The only thing that is ‘Phony’ is them, and lying about this crisis. They make me ill.
NYT: I sure hope that he gets blasted off into Space to explore FIRST…..Uranus sounds good too!
Cartoon: ICK! Who would even consider going there?? ick!
Comfortable weather here, it’s been raining on and off, we need it though. Hope that you have a good, relaxing evening, take care, and Thanks, Tom.
MMC: Barf bag alert is spot on! How can anybody with an IQ above room temperature – in Celsius – possibly believe that unadulterated crap? Even if those kids are getting meals and schooling and video games, they are AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS. That is horribly traumatizing for any child. I heard from another source that some border patrol uruk-hai called the crying of the children a “symphony.”
Child actors? CHILD ACTORS? Two can play at that game. Next time the reich-wingers use kids to promulgate their propaganda, let’s all scream “Paid actors! Paid actors!”
Cartoon: Ain’t that the truth!
OMG here we go again, ‘CHILD ACTORS’ at the border, ‘manufactured crisis’… the loons are having a field day!!!
And i’m effing barfing!!!
Puzzle — 3:06 Pretty to look at but a little crunchy if you try to eat it Puddy Tat. But don’t worry, you won’t get the chance to eat it!
Trey Crowder — Oh yeah!!! A Republican SNAFU! Priorities people, priorities! Humanity first over space forces!
Media Matters —
NY Times — As I said on my post, with 40 million Americans living under the poverty line as noted by the UN Special Rapporteur and Drumpf, the US’s original “space cadet”, giving big tax concessions to the wealthiest Americans and corporations, where the hell does he think the money will come from for this folly? That’s right, after all those campaign promises for better health care etc, Drumpf will yet again cut programmes that are sorely needed. Is it any wonder that mental health professionals are saying Drumpf is NUTS??? (my word for brevity’s sake) Take care of the people before venturing out to screw space!
Cartoon — Truth be told . . . where are the streets lined with gold?
Had a lousy sleep last night because of the heat and then woke to a blood sugar low which usually craps the entire day out. Today was no exception. Now I have to go feed the babes and retreat to the basement to do the dreaded task. At least it is cooler down there, the only plus side to doing the laundry. Physio and teaching tomorrow. Sareena’s older brother graduates from high school on Saturday so I am hoping to go with them. He is a really good young man! With this heat, I’ll have to take it easy at physio because the heat really affects my blood sugars etc in a negative way. Puddy Tat, please do stay hunkered down with the AC blasting.
Reminds me of the joke about the rich man who, uncharacteristically, was SO good a person he was even allowed to bring one suitcase to heaven with him. Of course everyone was curious what would be in it. When he opened it, there was a simultaneous reaction – “You brought PAVEMENT?”
Trey Crowder: Combining his Southern drawl and language with his spot-on synopsis of what is happening and what people are saying about it, makes Trey one of my favourite political commentators these days.
MM: For me the only thing missing from the clips in this video is the German language. My god, America, do you have any idea of what you are only inches away from becoming?
NYT: It’s all part of the same fascist tactics: dehumanize anyone not fitting the ‘Blut und Boden’ category, then invade other countries who either endanger your national security or whose inhabitants are subhuman with your brand new, top-of-the-bill army to attain world domination, while making sure all scientists are working on the the most advanced weapons in the world. Remember that the Germans were only months away of developing their own nuclear bomb and their missiles had a far greater reach than anyone else’s.
The only real difference between now and the 1930-40s is that for Drumpf it is still a game in his own alter reality. But not so for his henchmen like Miller and Bannon (becoming more active by the day) who strongly influence him (still). But with Drumpf’s megalomania increasing – he’s gotten his military parade, he likes people to treat, i.e. revere, him like Norhth Koreans treat Kim – and his paranoia feeding his vengefulness, the question is when his madness will take over completely and with no Republicans to stop him it will no longer remain a game.
I hope our country survives having this immoral, illiterate, moron in office.
Hot Hump Day Hugs!
