I’m waiting for Store to Door to arrive with my groceries. They are due now. When they arrive, I’ll need to unpack and put them away. Then I’ll eat lunch. This evening WWWendy comes to destink the TomCat, and it’s been so humid here that I’m ready. Pray for the recipients of Republican bombs. Hump Day Hugs to all, but humping Republicans may be hazardous to your brain.
Jig Zone Puzzles:
Today’s took me 4:35 (average 5:47). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (Jeff Merkley Channel): We MUST Act
This is why we need Senators like Jeff, and not like Bought Bitch Mitch [R-KY] or any of his vile Republican ilk. Oregon leads the way! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From YouTube (Media Matters Channel): Right-wing media’s history of smearing coverage for pre-existing conditions as “a luxury,” “welfare”
Barf Bag Alert!!
This has been the Republican position on pre-existing conditions for as long as I can remember. Now, two weeks away from the midterms, Trump and the Republicans that are still fighting to take away that coverage that Democrats gave people, are claiming they will cover preexisting conditions and Democrats won’t. How do you spell B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T? RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From The New Yorker: The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, “totally freaked out” after Rudolph Giuliani offered to appear on television and explain “what really happened” inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Giuliani has confirmed.
Giuliani told reporters on Tuesday that he phoned the crown prince to make “an extremely attractive offer of my services.”
“I told him, ‘I can get this whole thing wrapped up in two weeks—three, tops,’ ” Giuliani said. “ ‘Just say the word and Rudy Giuliani can be your official TV spokesman.’ ”
Andy, do you think Rudy 911 would survive? RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
Cartoon:
It also replaces yesterday’s rat.
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5:38 A lot of bull … somewhat like Republicans.
Now here’s an attention-getting headline: “Hell Freezes Over As Fox Forced To Air Clip Of Hillary Clinton Without Attacking Her” (I’m sure you’ll cover the big story here, so I am not going into detail.)
Is there a way to embed a video from Vimeo?
Jeff – You bet. I’ll spare you the rant about people who WILL NOT see this. BTW I just learned today is his birthday. (He doesn’t want money, he wants you to GOTV.)
MM – Can’t tolerate needing a barf bag today. But Media Matters is always right on the money.
TNY – OMG, don’t you wish MbS would take him up on that?
Cartoon – Yeeeeccchh. But appropriate.
The Rethuglicanazis are getting sh***ier by the minute. Here in Georgia, GOP gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp was caught on tape expressing concern “especially if everybody uses and exercises their right to vote.” Does that admission say “Moral coward” or not? In the meantime, I’ve been working my buns off to get Ms. Abrams in the “brown house” on West Paces Ferry. That’s the Georgia Governor’s mansion, y’all.
(Jeff Merkley Channel): We MUST Act: Only 12 years away to 1 1/2 Celsius temperature rise creating climate chaos. 12 years away. We have to ACT NOW to save our beautiful blue-green planet.
MM: Pre-existing conditions as a “luxury”. I don’t think anyone who has a pre-existing health problem as a “luxury. Who do the GOP think they are kidding? sigh…
New Yorker: Rudy Giuliani can be your official TV spokesman to The Saudi crown prince,
Mohammed bin Salman. hahaha!
Cartoon: Horse manure makes great fertilizer but seriously doubt that the GOP could ever even do that other than just be dead.
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JMC: Very alarming (to me) to see what the effects w/be within a few years. Most folks don’t care to act or do anything about it. I’ve seen it firsthand, with the fires/droughts/and flooding just in my area. People need to wake up to this reality.
BBA: ick!
NYer: Gawd, he should take up Rudy for the job. He’d be an asset to him, and do a ‘fine’ job. lol. What a farce! LOL, Andy!
Cartoon: Every day. Yuck!
Hi, WWWendy!! Hope you’re doing well. Yes, hopefully no injuries on receiving these bombs…we live in a hostile world now. Rain, and more rain here, with cool temps. Enjoy your evening, take care, & Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “Ancestry DNA results came back! 0% Republican.” ~ Anon ~
Merkley: Nero fiddled while Rome burned? Dumpy fiddles while Earth burns! We amy have already passed the tipping point.
MMC: The GOPIGGIES are run by the insurance industry, and the NRA, as has been said before.
New Yorker: Rudi will whore out to any given criminal, on any given day.
‘Toon: The perfect metaphor!
Rethuglicans promise to “Save pre-existing condition coverage”?!?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Let me catch my breath …
It just boggles the mind how easy lying is for Rethuglicans. It must be in their DNA.
No doubt there!!!
JMC: I agree we need fighters like more senators like Jeff. He realizes that our Country’s Climate is in deep trouble. Why can’t the repugs? They act like old fogies with no cares whatsoever. They need to be voted out on Nov 6th.MMC: What a bunch of flipping liars saying they will cover people with pre-existing. Really gets me the way all of he repugs are picking up tRump’s traits, where he will say one thing and does and means the total opposite.Screw them all for their lies.TNY: Rudi is a joke. I honestly thought he disappeared….we’d be so lucky.I also pray for all of the people who have been targeted with these bombs. I’m wondering if tRump will watch his words or not? He’s the one who preaches hatred at each and every rally he goes to. His wife speaking this morning about it too, but she really should be lecturing tRump.
Jeff Merkley: We MUST, indeed. And of course we CAN. No more excuses.
MM:
TNY: That’s an offer MbS couldn’t possibly refuse, right? Truth isn’t truth in Saudi Arabia like everywhere else. When is Rudy starting?
Puzzle — 5:20 Don’t try busting your chops on that bull Puddy Tat! You’ll get nothing for your troubles except a really big dental bill, and that’s no bull!!!
Jeff Merkley — 91 scientists in 40 countries! That is not a left statistic! That is according to the UN report on climate change. Diaper Don and the Republicans with their myopic plan to roll back carbon emission regulations, clean water regulations, etc, etc ad nauseum in addition to dumping the Paris Climate Accords (the US is the only country to do so making it a global climate pariah!) are hastening catastrophic climate problems. FEMA won’t be able to keep up. Nobody will be able to keep up! And what these morons fail to recognise is that the effect is global. What a legacy to the children and grandchildren of the planet. And for what? . . . a few shekels of silver! Short term gain for longer term pain that will never disappear.
Media Matters — “How do you spell B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T?” — R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N-S!!! This smear campaign is nothing but false equivalencies and lies!!! How do you tell a new parent whose child was born with a congenital condition. “sorry, no health insurance for your child because the child has a pre-existing condition!”? The Republican answer — let the child die! A bunch of heartless, lying bastards!!!!
The New Yorker — There might be a public execution if Giuliani took over . . . the talking head might roll!
Cartoon — That’s not a replacement . . . that is the Republican mob!!!
I just learned that British Airways has stopped all flights to Iran because of the US sanctions. The parents of my Iranian family who have been visiting here for 4 months and are due to return home in 2 weeks now have no way home. We’re looking and may have found a way using Lufthansa. They are great people and I am sad that they will be returning to Iran, but that is where their lives and other family are centred. A pox on Diaper Don and Republicans for their bullshit sanctions!!!
Thanks all. Hurried Hugs!