It’s a very busy day here in the CatBox. Between preparing my grocery order, our Fantasy Football Report and changing the poll, I’m already running way behind. Muggy hugs to all!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:56 (average 5:23). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
I was in Yankee Stadium.
Fantasy Football Report:
Here’s the latest from our own Fantasy Football League.
Scores:
Congrats to Vivian, WWWendy and Squatch for winning their games. It’s hard to type with this paper bag over my head.
Standings:
Congrats to Vivian for her league-leading, undefeated season-to-date.
Short Takes:
From The New Yorker: Shortly after tweeting that his impeachment could result in a civil war, Donald J. Trump clarified that, in the event of such a war, he would seek a new note from his podiatrist.
Trump issued the clarification after military advisers cautioned him that, after starting a civil war, he might reasonably be expected to participate in it.
Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn, Trump said, “Much as I would like to fight in a civil war, my very serious foot condition would keep me from doing that.”
No satire there, Andy. That’s gospel! RESIST!!
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Trump Fixation On Exonerating Russia Entangles William Barr, Pompeo
Are there any in the Trump Reich that aren’t totally submerged in abetting Trump’s crimes and covering them up? RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): “Twelve Thirty” The Mamas & The Papas
Ah… the memories! RESIST!!
Vote Blue!!
17 Responses to “Open Thread – 10/1/2019”
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5:21 I really don’t need any more orange in my life at this point.
I suppose everyone knows about Putin’s public assertion of authority over Trump.
Cartoon – Really! How cool!
TNY – No kidding that’s gospel.
Rachel – “President Donald J. Trump” – Ruh Ro! When your Mom calls you by your full name …. Seriously, it’s interesting to me, in a warped way, how absolutely sickening it can be to get this much evidence of something that’s so obvious that it’s not even surprising. To address your question, certainly not anyone whose name we have ever heard. There are almost certainly numbers of career civil servants who are sticking it out, holding on by their fingernails possibly, trying to keep some country existent for when this regime is finally over. If there weren’t, there would likely be no whistleblowers.
Past – I had not heard this one (unlike many of their biggest hits). I had to look up the lyrics. Then I had to look up what the lyrics meant. Fascinating.
Update: RIP Jessye Norman (sniffle)
WRT your note that release of Trump-Putin phone calls requires Vlad’s OK:
I’m sure Trump and McConnell are on it as I type. 😉
Suuuure they are. BTW, here’s another take:
It shows who owns who!
It certainly does that.
Never a fan of opera nor Wagner, Jessye Norman’s magnificent and exceptional voice and stage presence will always be in my memory.
Cartoon: Oh! how cool !!! that you were there! How awesome is that??
Here it is!! YT: https://www.ask.com/youtube?q=roger+maris+hit+61&v=4hSNO_PhSnI
NYer: I found this amusing. Yep. Andy says it pretty much the way it is, and is with dt.
Rachel: Love this gal, and how she explains things…watched her this morning, and found this to be interesting on how ‘things’ intersect with the details that she tells us..and I didn’t know about. My…what a tangled web dt weaves to deceive…to all of us.
BFTP: Great vibes!!
Hope that you get a chance to catch up on your chores, I’m behind today, and feeling sluggish. (Humidity, ugh).
Have a great day, take care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “Trump wants to be like Vladimir Putin, having his critics jailed or eliminated at will, but he’s just Boris Johnson but with even worse hair and manners.” ~ Easong ~
2. “We have Veterans being deported, and a Draft Dodger in the WH”. ~John B. ~
New Yorker: A greater dread of physical risk hath no man ever shown. This is the Orange Coward!
MSNBC: Barr’s history showed him to be an obvious choice for the likes of Dumpy, and now he has been sucked into the vortex of disgust that people like Dumpy crate around themselves, along with Pompeo. One does not quickly, willingly, join the team of a sick bastard like Dumpy, unless one has a lack of ethics, character, and total disregard for the welfare of others. that said, they deserve any consequences their actions bring down upon them.
‘Toon: I was not, darn! And I missed the perfect World Series game, as well.
M&P: Not dark and dirty on Bronx Park East! What a sound!
To be there, I had to go three games in a row. I missed the Perfect Game too.
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3:24 It’s spring rapidly turning into too-hot summer here. Only brownish leaves about.
TNY: I’m sure Trump’s advisors have actually discussed this with him, and he already has three or four notes from his podiatrist for that in his drawer, together with a bunch of “highest scores ever” results on mental tests.
MSNBC: Rachel should get a prize for laying out timelines so comprehensively and connecting all the dots between the people involved in it. It looks like a terribly complicated web that has been woven over time, but when taking a step back with Rachel, it becomes all to clear there is one underlying factor that drives it all. Trump is beholden to Putin for reasons still unclear, but it pushes him to do everything possible, and impossible i.e. tretcherous, to help Putin get rid of the sanctions on Russia and increase Russia’s power in the region. In return Trump is supported to keep himself in power, but only while is still of use to the Kremlin. As soon as more is exposed, Russia will drop Trump, Pompeo, Barrf and McConnell to avoid being draged into impeachments which will expose what they have been doing. This could become very interesting, unles Trump gets so scared out of the little he has left for a mind he’ll start his war with Iran with a big bang.
YT: Not one that I remember vividly from the Mamas & the Papas, but a lovely relaxing note after all Rachel has instilled us with to think about.
Cartoon: How cool was that? Liked the link that Pat listed. Was fun watching, Thanks Pat
NY: Hilarious. Sound just like what he’d do.
MSNBC: Great explanation done by Rachel. tRump has gotten himself way deep into a huge mess/hole and nobody is going to get him out. That goes for all of his sidekicks too. Will be nice to see them all in stripped jumpers.
Blast: I was into the group and like many of their songs, but don’t recognize that one.
Hope you got to relax.
Had a hectic day here. Lots of appointments in October. So I will be running late like tonight.
Take care. Thanks TomCat
Fantasy Football — WOW!!! I am out of the basement for a change. No wonder that you are wearing a bag over your head, Puddy Tat! This usual cellar dweller passed you by!
The New Yorker — Come on Andy, that’s a replay! Dolt 45 has already done that. That said, he’s a coward and he will do it again, guaranteed!
MSNBC — Rachel surely knows how to explain things. There are 2 primary factors for Dolt 45: 1) line his own pockets; and 2) tear down anything done by Obama, damn the effects on anyone including the Ukrainians. Dolt 45 is a clear and present danger to the world and a certified USDA grade A asshole!
YouTube — I liked the Mamas and the Papas but this song I do not remember.
Cartoon — My grandfather loved baseball and would remember this event. I remember hearing about Maris but that’s it.
Oh! The shame!
OMG! Is the shit going to fly in all directions imaginable and unimaginable over this:
This son of a late Deutsche Bank exec offered a trove of documents to the FBI and House Democrats
How do you argue with a dead man?
I read this before going to bed and kept waking up to it playing out in my head. Oh the machinations of Trump, Giuliani and the Faux Noise morons just to start the list will be incredible. Having said that, this potential treasure trove still needs to be investigated. Keep Barrf away from this investigation.
Drip… Drip… Drip… has become Gush… Gush… Gush…
Thanks and Hump Day Hugs to all!