It’s another busy day here in the shiny new CatBox. Later, Store to Door delivers groceries, which I get to put away. Cherry season is over. Now the cherries I get can be found in Garcia. This evening, WWWendy comes to destink the TomCat and do chores. Yesterday, the power chair tech diagnosed shot bearings in both front wheels. The rear wheels are the drive wheels. They had to order the parts and will return as soon as they come in. I thought the chair was about to fall apart, but it’s just so noisy that it even bothers neighbors on the way to the elevator. Squeaky Hugs!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:27 (average 8:58). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Takes:
From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): ACT NATURALLY – A Parody
Barf Bag Alert!!
Dang, Don! When you assault us with a grotesque image like that, don’t we deserve a Barf Bag Alert!!? RESIST!!
From YouTube (Full Frontal Channel): Full Frontal Rewind: Gun Control (36 min.)
Sam could not be more spot-on! RESIST!!
From Daily Kos: It’s unclear exactly how big the Log Cabin Republicans group is, but it’s now down by a couple following the resignation of two members over the gay conservative group’s pathetic endorsement of Trump 2020. “It saddens me greatly to say that today, I am ending my association with Log Cabin Republicans, an organization I’ve been heavily involved with for the last decade—including serving as president of the D.C. chapter for three years,” Robert Turner wrote in a Facebook post.
“But for me, there’s no more fight left,” he continued. “The national board’s endorsement of Trump, and their subsequent and hollow WaPo op-ed, is a step too far. And this leaves me sad.” There’s a lot about this that’s sad, but it’s all self-inflicted, because the group didn’t have to endorse Trump, or anyone for that matter. The group sat out 2016 and could have decided to do the same again in 2020, but jumped on the Trump Train even though the car plainly reads “no gays allowed” on the outside.
Turner wasn’t alone either, following the resignation of another member, Jennifer Horn, over the group’s endorsement. “There is no world where I can sit down at the dining room table and explain to my children that I just endorsed Donald Trump for president,” she told The Washington Post. “It is contrary to everything that I have ever taught them about what it means to be a good, decent, principled member of society.”
The leaders of the Log Cabin Republicans are as nuts as their Fuhrer. the members should move their cabin out of the Republican Party. RESIST!!
Vote Blue!!
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Squeaky hugs TomCat,lol.😀🤔
6:36 I wonder what hung so many people up.
Cartoon – They would serve Spanish or Mexicans, on plates, if they thought they could get away with it, I’ll bet.
Other PP – Ouch! So much truth, and it hurts so much!
Sam – I have been saying since the eighties that if the NRA keeps doubling down, they will create a backlash that will destroy them. The NRA is actually right on schedule. It’s Democrats in the Federal Government who aren’t.
Gabe Ortiz – Heck, there are people of color who think their best bet is being Republican – Clarence, Ben, Diamond, Silk, to name just a few. And the only thing standing between them and getting blown away in a traffic stop is blind dumb luck. I don’t get it either. But then, I don’t understand poor and middle class whites. Yes, I intellectually grasp the “give him somebody to look down on” theory, but I do’t understand it in the gut. I keep coming back to they must hate themselves.
Cartoon: Sad…sad,….sad!!!
PPC: Great song and sung!!
FFC: Excellent ! I agree, get rid of the guns! Informative, and Well done, Sam.
Hi, Wendy!! Sounds like you’ll have a busy day today! Hope that you get a chance to relax (nap). Take good care, and Thanks, Tom.
This just in: “Trump tells Veterans that he deserves a MOH. That’s a slap in the face to everyone who received. It’s an honor that is held in the highest esteem. Nothing to joke about.” ~ Dave A. ~
“A Bone Spur medal, for the coward, perhaps?” ~ Hugh P. ~
2. “I suppose dt could visit Norway…but I believe that Queen Sonja is washing her hair that week.” ~F. Braun~
FYI: MOH
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented to its recipient by the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress.
*CMOHS.org
“A Bone Spur medal, for the coward …”
Something along these lines, maybe:
Love it!!!
Nameless,
You’re so spot on with your picture!
Thank you!
AMEN!
Cartoon: Sad to see that the creep in office actually wants it to be so true. Shameful.
BBA: Truth does hurt.
FFC: Agree with Pat.
You have a great rest of your day, TC, and that you and Wendy gets your tasks taken care of.
Hope they get your chair parts in soon.
State prison systems staff have been visiting Norway to learn humane practices to implement herehttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/norway-american-prison-system-reform_n_5d5ab979e4b0eb875f270db1?fbclid=IwAR1eVUQuH21aVZ9XKdgOcY0QmkLwAkMAm4tp0ZY6DiuRZ-_3SKWtyMI0KPs
a NY GOP Rep has come out for gun violence action so start of bipartisan (assault ban perhaps)have read of at least two GOP groups running anti Trumpian ads in recent daysAnd they just reduced the jobs numbers as of March 2019 by 500,000…
3:57 Nice double take.
Cartoon: That picture was taken very recently somewhere near the border, I assume.
PP: Truth hurts, even when sung so well.
Sam 🐝: I haven’t got time for her 36 minutes on gun control right now, but I’ll make sure to come back to it later. Don’t want to miss it.
DK: Log cabins usually don’t crumble, they rot away. But it’s good to see that this Republican organization, like so many others of its kind, is crumbling to pieces right before our eyes.
Wanted to quickly share a little story at my peril. I’ll comment on the OT in the morning if I have time (I’ve read/watched everything).
I swear I must have eaten some of the Puddy Tat’s green chili that he so crows about. There was a giant gas explosion as I reached for a shirt on my dresser. My little Annie, half asleep in her basket, achieved lift off to about 4 feet before falling back to the floor. Her eyes were as wide as saucers and her face a rictus of fear. I don’t think I’ve been forgiven yet.
Afterwards, I kept thinking ‘Houston we have lift off!’
It wasn’t my Chili. If it had been, Annie would have slammed into the ceiling and bounced down.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-live-twitter-today-impeachment-disapproval-rating-justice-department-white-nationalism-a9075741.html
Puzzle — 5:50 Even I beat the average! JD is correct to wonder what hung so many people up.
Cartoon — The state of the union, Republican style?
Parody Project — So true!!! Maybe Don will do a parody of “I don’t get no satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones.
Full Frontal — A great piece! If Republicans and the NRA are so fond of guns, perhaps we could ram them up where the sun doesn’t shine . . . sideways! Or treat them like a tampon with the string hanging out attached to the trigger. Mind blowing!
Daily Kos — How many times will it take for Republicans to realise that hitching their horse . . . er elephant . . . to Trump is a guarantee anymore of irrelevance?
Thanks and pooped TGIF hugs to all.