It’s another busy day here in the CatBox. Anne from CCC and I are going to look at an apartment a week from Thursday. I had to update some paperwork for the application and get a HOP card (TriMet’s Replacement for bus passes) mailed to me. I’m not sure why, but I slept poorly last night, so I’m feeling quite tired. Only 6 suspected terrorists were stopped the Mexican border during the first half of 2018. 41 were stopped at the Canadian border. Build that northern wall! 😉
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 2:42 (average 4:35). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): 24 MONTHS OF TRUMP’S MESS – SEQUEL to 12 MONTHS of TRUMP’S MESS
Don, you’re still spot on in every way, but when are you going to sing about the LAST month of Trump’s mess? RESIST!!
From You Tube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: The Big Economic Switcheroo
The Reich on the left is right. Why not tax the Republican Reich’s 0.1% at 95% on such rip-off money. RESIST!!
From The New Yorker: In an unexpected breakthrough that could end the government shutdown, President Donald Trump has backed down from his demand for a wall and offered instead to post Vice-President Mike Pence at the border with big binoculars.
According to the White House, Pence’s mission at the border will alternate between keeping an eye out for potential intruders and glaring menacingly into the distance.
At a press conference announcing the development, Pence appeared to embrace his new role as the nation’s first line of defense against illegal immigration.
Dang Andy! If any Latinos try to get past Pence, he’ll preach at them that Republican Supply-side Jesus hates mud people! RESIST!!
Cartoon:
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4:32 I prefer my strawberry and kiwi in solution, and without orange or cantaloupe.
PP – TC, I’m sure Don wishes as much as you and I do that that day would come, and would be the first to tell us – if he only knew!
Reich – Funny how fast economically sound ideas become “radical” when, after they’ve been working well for years – decades – and we get seduced into thinking maybe we can do without them, isn’t it? (I could start a rant about how, when ordinary people get trapped in interest debt, they now can’t – or at least not without more difficulty than before, file bankruptcy, because Republicans made it harder. But corporations?)
TNY – Best idea yet for a job for Pence. Will Mother go with him?
Cartoon – Yuppers.
PP: Well done, and said!!!!
RR: Follow the $$$ !! The rich get richer, and screw the poor!!! Good video, Mr. Reich.
NYer: That will mean that Pence has to move. Staring aside, it’s a shame he can’t talk to dt about ending the shutdown.
Cartoon: Very, very scary!!
Good for you in looking for another pad. Hope that it goes through, if you like it. Hope you get your rest, a couple kitty naps may help..lol. We need to look no further than seeing a terrorist who occupies the WH, build a wall around him. Get your rest, take care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “My network will be carrying Trump’s Wall speech. So at 9 p.m. Tuesday, tune in to CBS to ‘See B.S’.” ~ Stephen Colbert ~
There’s a major problem with Andy naming Pence as our first-line of defense at the southern border. Like Joanne noted, there’s a concern whether “Mother” will approve the move.
But even worse, since newly sworn-in Rep. Tlaib was recorded telling supporters WRT Trump that, “We’re going to impeach the MOTHERF\/CKER!” – Pence’s security has been compromised.
This cracked me up. Thanks for bringing it here. Both style and substance combine to make it perfect.
1% of Americans own 40% of the nations wealth, nuts!!!
The Big Switcheroo, it can’t end well!!
Robert Reich breaks it down & makes it easy to understand!
And the poor get poorer!!!
If the rich paid their fair share in taxes, what would they be? Still rich.
The cartoon is sadly dead on.
As I write, Pres. B.S. Artiste is on tv, spewing still more B.S. Pelosi and Schumer have just, now, presented a decent rebuttal.
PPC: Lock him up!
Reich: Thank youSt. Reagan, G.W. Bushit, and,of course, Drumphy!
New Yorker: Yes, Pence really needs a job he can do all by himself, as he obviously can not deal with real politics, and the presence of a Pelosi in the room.
‘Toon: Now, those are Americans* Drumphy really likes, such good people.
TC, good luck with the next place.
Keeping my fingers crossed for a more suitable next apartment for you, TomCat.
2:42 (Average 4:35) Would you’ve been quicker had it been dog instead of fruit?
PP: Thanks, Don, for singing only about the last 12 months of Drumpf’s era.
Robert Reich: I think its’s beenlike this since the invention of money and taxes, but Robert Reich has the opportunity and the means to explain it in a way that makes everyone understand that we’re all being fleeced.
TNY: Will anybody be able to tell when Pence has stared on the new job?
PP: Perfectly said. Now lets get him out of there.Reich:: Right on as usual. I want to see the rich go poor and the middle low class get the money.
NT: Amazes me that pEnce can’t seem to sway tRump away from his stinking wall. What the heck does he even do?? Must be like all of the other staffers of tRump who do nothing.
Cartoon: Yeap. Agree it is scary.
Glad you’re going to be able to look at another place next week, TC. Prayers do work.I’m having my right hand operated on tomorrow morning. I pray it goes well and that I’m not limited on using it too much. It’s suppose to be a two hour ordeal. Can’t eat or drink liquid after midnight. Fun.
Donald says we need his wall to stop terrorists and drugs. What he needs to explain is how the Wall helps when the vast majority of suspected terrorists enter through airports and drugs come by car through legal ports of entry.
Thanks, totally pooped hugs, and Amen to all, and thanks for the good wishes.