It’s a very busy day here in the CatBox, and I’m one hour more tired than I should be. WWWendy is due shortly.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 2:28 (average 4:36). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From YouTube (SNL Channel): Weekend Update: Paul Manafort Sentenced to Prison
It’s pretty bad when it’s hard to differentiate SNL from actual news. RESIST!!
From The New Yorker: God has offered to give the people of Alabama brand new Bibles to replace the ones that Donald J. Trump signed during his visit to the state on Friday.
In a rare public statement from the famously mysterious deity, God said that He was furious at Trump “for defacing My book,” calling Trump’s signature “a wanton act of vandalism.”
“Where was Mike Pence in all of this?” God asked. “These people can’t do anything right.”
God added that He was “dumbfounded” that Trump had taken it upon himself to sign his name on a book to which he had “no relationship whatsoever.”
Amen, Andy! Amen, God! RESIST!!
From NY Times: The sharp left turn in the Democratic Party and the rise of progressive presidential candidates are unnerving moderate Democrats who increasingly fear that the party could fritter away its chances of beating President Trump in 2020 by careening over a liberal cliff.
Two months into the presidential campaign, the leading Democratic contenders have largely broken with consensus-driven politics and embraced leftist ideas on health care, taxes, the environment and Middle East policy that would fundamentally alter the economy, elements of foreign policy and ultimately remake American life.
Hillary demonstrated that a “moderate” (corporate centrist) nominee could allow Republicans to get close enough to steal the White House again. We need someone more progressive. RESIST!!
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Not a fire hydrant, but this will have to do, I guess:
PS: Chucky Todd tried to entrap Sen. Sherrod Brown with Democrats moving too far to the Left on “Meet the Right-Wing Shill Masquerading as the Press” this morning w/ that very meme:
And Sen. Brown gave the perfect answer:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/3/10/1841003/-Sen-Sherrod-Brown-schools-Chuck-Todd-on-Democratic-Leftward-move-narrative?utm_campaign=recent
Another one who, like Jeff, made the difficult decision that he will be more valuable in the Senate. I like him very much.
Love it!!!
5:40 If, as it says, those are spines, it might be a better toothpick than a meal.
SNL – The cold open was also hard to distinguish from reality. But that isn’t really anything new. They do their job, and they do it well, so of course it looks real.
TNY – Sweet of God. But those people don’t want new Bibles. They are thrilled with the ones they had signed by the Antichrist. Which leads into my next point – that God knew this was coming and can’t really be “dumbfounded.”
NYT – Not just Hillary. Gore and Kerry proved the same thing. This is nothing new. If we’re going to be terrified, we should be terrified of going too far right, not too far left. That’s where the real danger lies.
Cartoon – Oh, heck, you don’t need a dawg. There are people reading this who would happily give him his golden shower.
SNL: Ditto, it sure seems like real news (as I know it), and legit too. lol
NYer: God is obviously p’oed about this happening. Has dt even READ the Bible? Very offensive, imho.
NYT: We need to be careful, stay resolute, and go in for the WIN !!
Cartoon: When I first saw this…well, let’s just say, I agree with Joanne’s comment, and leave it there. lol
Nameless, great photo!!
HI, WWWendy! Hope all is good with you. Hope that you have a good day, rest and relax, take good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “The bad news: One less hour of sleep (last) tonight. The good news: One less hour of Trump presiding.” ~ Mel S. ~
SNL: So nice to see them doing serious news.
TNY: What Joanne said!!
NY Times: We would do well to adhere to a more progressive candidate, imho, figuring that the Dem. base is not going to vote for Drumph, even if he can, truly, demonstrate walking on water; though in his case the water would demonstrate bubbling, bubbling, toil and troubling! Still, I am anticipating that a seriously progressive candidate would energize the younger Dems., who are going to inherit whatever we can salvage from the Drumph years.
‘Toon: See how nicely that empty head fits on there, and the colors rather compliment one another.
This just seen: First time Dem. voters support Bernie, would have voted for him in ’16:
https://www.businessinsider.com/first-time-2020-voters-bernie-sanders-age-not-an-issue-iowa-2019-3
AMEN!!!
So, Democrats are going back to the left? Not a moment too soon! Embracing a sellout centrist platform is what hamstrung them. I hope that the new blood forces the Donkeys back to the party’s progressive roots. However, we the voting public have the responsibility of sifting through the candidates and separating the truly progressive wheat from the centrist, corporate chaff.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if portraits of the Tangerine Traitor grace (so to speak!) quite a few fire hydrants – on routes popular with dog walkers.
SNL: Good one. I agree with you and others that it;s getting to be like we’re watching the real news.TNY: Why these people would even have him sign their religious item. ‘ll never understand? Agree with Joanne.NTT: It’s going to get wild with all of the players. Need to really watch for the one who’s showing the strength in all directions to keep and stay way ahead of tRump.Cartoon:Agree with Joanne’s comment.Hope you have a good day with Wendy’s visit.
Puzzle — 3:44 Watch those spines Puddy Tat if you are going to attempt to eat this fishie! Not to mention that is not even a decent snack in size for you.
SNL —
Not available in Canada!
The New Yorker — God: a gazillion; Trump: zip, nada, nothing, zero.
Good one Andy! I am surprised that Trump has not yet claimed to have created the earth! He likes to take credit for everything else that is good.
NY Times — “… Democratic contenders have largely broken with consensus-driven politics …” So how did consensus-driven politics do in 2016 despite the Russian “invasion” on behalf of Trump? “Consensus-driven politics” brought Clinton to the election who floundered because of excess baggage which Trump used to his advantage and which caused some Bernie supporters to bail. It is, IMO, time for bold action. Bernie showed what could have been had his supporters not bailed on Democrats.
Cartoon — There is a presumed unintentional error in the cartoon. It should read “Dawgs” as in the plural. Perhaps you could even add some cats too since their pee stinks like ammonia! The more, the merrier!
I can’t think of anything to say that hasn’t been said.
Thank you TomCat. Have a nice evening.
2:49 You can have it for dinner, TomCat.
SNL: I was so fed up with not being able to watch SNL and other videos from the US that I installed a VPN connection. Lo and behold, I now understood Pat’s update yesterday “*This just in: ‘New Commandment’: “Thou shall not sign the Bible as if you wrote it.” ~ God ~”
TNY: Thanks to SNL I’m more up to date, as I missed that Drumpf was signing bibles now. I wonder what he’ll do if someone hands him a Koran. Will he even notice and risk a fatwa? Other deities do not like their “word” vandalized by non-believers either. Andy hits the nail on the head; where was Mike Pence in all this?
NYT: Sharp left turn in the Democratic Party? I really like to think that there always have been progressives in the party, but that their voice was suppressed by the Democratic Party’s establishment. It took an independent Bernie to run for president under the Democrats’ flag to coax out the progressives and represent what always has been there at the roots.
Cartoon: Neapolitan-mastiff size, I hope.
I suspect you are going to happy for that VPN, and not just for SNL, either.
I thought Mike Pence was standing in the line to have his bible signed.
I’ve thought of getting a VPN because of hackers. Does it slow you down much?
VPN does slow me down a lot, so I just use it to watch videos with and for financial transactions.
Thanks Lona.
Video is unavailable in my country!
My contribution….
Thanks and hugs to all.
Thank you Tom Cat for the very interesting articles and fun jigsaws,Can’t believe Trump signing a Bible!! Take care..🙂🤔
YVW Gill. Yeah! That’s soul pollution.