It’s a crazy day here in the CatBox. I posted my lead article early this morning, a live feed of the Impeachment Hearings for you. Shortly afterwards, my Imodium induced Republicitis, that made my medical visits possible. broke loose, so I popped on George, rushed to the throne, and went into a “hat” inserted in the throne. I spent the next half hour packing gooey poo into pill bottles to take to the lab (Lift scheduled for Friday). That was gross. I wish I had been able to send contents of my kitty box with the nice kitty crunchies that dawgs like so much. Then I did my research, and now, I’m way pooped. Tonight is a WWWendy night. Hump Day Hugs to all!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:01 (average 4:25). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoons:
Short Takes:
From Alternet: Advisers to President Donald Trump are reportedly working on a plan to slash the “middle class” tax rate to 15 percent, a pre-election effort that tax experts and progressive critics slammed as an admission that the first round of Republican tax cuts did nothing for most Americans while further enriching the wealthiest.
“Here we go again,” Americans for Tax Fairness executive director Frank Clemente said in a statement Tuesday, pointing out that the 2017 GOP tax law was also sold as a “middle class tax cut.”
In brief summary… Bullshit!! RESIST!!
From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): The Myth of Voter Fraud with Robert Reich
Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, are the fraudulent ones. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Beau Brummels – Laugh Laugh (Shindig)
Ah… the memories! RESIST!!
Vote Blue!!
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Birthday Cartoon: Best Wishes! & a Happy Birthday!!, Colleen, I hope that you have a terrific & great day!!
Cartoon 2: They (r’s) would love this.
AN: Exactly, BS !! ugh!
RR: Unreal, all lies, and ‘to know the truth’ re: our Democracy. Excellent video, passing on.
BFTP: Good song/tune, but not a follower of them.
Hi, Wendy, hope all is good with you. Gee, Tom, that doesn’t sound like it’s a fun thing to do, nor spending time doing so, medically speaking… of getting your ‘samples’. Glad that it’s a done job though. I’m freezing here, it’s a ‘balmy’ 40..feels like 30 to me. Hope that you get a nap in, take good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: re: dt and transcript of phone call(s) to Ukraine) – “I only did a little bit of extortion, – isn’t the best defense.” ~ David P. ~
2. re: dt – “Your hair is fabricated. Your impeachable offense is real.” ~C. N. ~
3. “Judging the future by the past, dt will try to out-do himself in diversions.” ~ Tom J. ~
4. “Frump is tucked.” ~ John M. ~
Yes, Colleen, Happy Birthday!
‘Toon: Too true!
Alternet: ANY Dumpy tax action is of little use, and this one is designed to play to the fools who might still harbor thoughts that he is not simply evil.
RR: Any accusations the GOPIGGIES make are made to mask their very own odious actions.
U-Tube: Nice!
Hey Pat, I especially like #4!.
Happy Birthday to Colleen!!🎂🎈🎊🎉
You do make some funny posts Tom Cat😂here’s hoping that your republicitis gets better for you soon!it’s all this rumpton stuff and that!
4:33 – “Mirrorlike” – if the mirror isn’t completely clean.
“Pooped.” I’ll bet you are. In every sense!
Cartoon 1 – Happy Birthyday Colleen! And many more!
Cartoon 2 – Nice Tarot card. Sadly, very accurate.
RR – Since all these things Republicans say Democrats do are things they absolutely would do (and, anywhere we manage to eliminate gerrymandering, WILL do), it’s possible that some Republicans actually believe it is being done by us.
Interesting day to pick a “revenge” song.
Blow out them candles – because you can since you don’t have RepubliCare.
This just in:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/12/1898922/-Supreme-Court-allows-Sandy-Hook-families-to-sue-gunmaker-tosses-case-back-to-lower-court
Woooo Hoooo!
There must be better ways to collect stool samples than the one you described, TomCat. Pretty nasty stuff, both the actual collecting and your description of it
3:11 Muddled a bit in the middle.
A joke, of course, Colleen. Enjoy your day nevertheless.
Alternet: And the scenario can be written now: The Republicans will embrace it with enthusiasm, pushing it through the Senate if they get a chance – they only thing they will have voted on – and sell it to their voters as another economical miracle. Of course, these voters, dimwitted like their poster boy, will buy into it and vote Republican. The only for it is tearing it out by the roots by making Congress and Administration deep blue.
RR: Robert Reich doesn’t mention that most of the extreme little voter fraud was down to Republicans, as we have often read in articles poster here on PP. It doesn’t really matter, as the large scale fraud perpetrated by Republicans to keep minorities and people of colour from voting and having foreign entities interfere in the elections, is far beyond the little personal dabbles in fraud by a few misguided citizens. Fraud by one party at a state or even federal level and then pointing at the opposition is a true crime and should be brought to trial as such.
BFTP: ?? Never heard it before. Must not have made it into the Dutch charts.
Cartoon 1: Thank you all so very much for the wonderful birthday wishes.
Cartoon 2: So true.
AN: tRump talks of doing such great things for the middle class taxes, but we know damn well he won;t. All talk no action liar.
RR: Good video. Annoys me the way these repugs speak of such lies accusing Democrats of doing. When they are the ones who do.
BFTP: When I first seen the name of the group it didn’t register until I listened to the song, then I remember it very well.
Sure hope you get to feeling better TomCat. Hope your were able to get samples taken care of. I know that it can be a bi*ch doing it.
Enjoy your evening with Wendy tonight. Tell her “Hi”.
Take care.
Thanks TomCat
“… my Imodium induced Republicitis, that made my medical visits possible. broke loose, so I popped on George, rushed to the throne, and went into a “hat” inserted in the throne. I spent the next half hour packing gooey poo into pill bottles to take to the lab (Lift scheduled for Friday). That was gross.”
WTH?!? Are you trying to get listed as the best example for TMI in Merriam-Webster Dictionary?
I mean, this is coming close to the egregious “2 Girls 1 Cup” video. (At least during court proceedings the producer admitted the contents of the cup was JUST chocolate ice cream.)
Nameless, I made it as sanitary as possible. I wore disposable rubber gloves and used my first-responder training to remove them with the fecal matter self contained. I used a butter knife, which I washed and boiled afterwards, and I discarded the gloves, the bowl, and the leftovers in the buildings biohazard receptacle. So I’m afraid nobody will be making any pornos from my ordeal.
Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. At our age, most of us have had some kind of hands-on encounter with this process.
Happy Birthday Colleen!
(No way was I going to use chocolate cake for this greeting!)
Thanks and hurry hugs to all!