In case you’re wondering why I’m not out getting skewered, you won’t believe this story. Last Friday I went to the Providence website to confirm my biopsy. While I was there I noticed an unknown surgery at the hospital scheduled for Wednesday. So I called the hospital. The scheduler figured out that my anesthesiologist was scheduled for Wednesday. I suggested scheduling the anesthesiologist on Tuesday with the biopsy, since I wouldn’t be there Wednesday. She told me that she has corrected the schedule, and that they would see me Tuesday. However, she had moved the biopsy to Wednesday by mistake. On Monday the hospital called for some last minute clarification for my Wednesday biopsy. I told them it was Tuesday. They realized the scheduler’s mistake, but could not change it back. I told them I have no ride home Wednesday, so I have to reschedule the whole thing. I called to cancel my TriMet Lift bus and learned that they had scheduled me to go to the wrong place. Is Republican Incompetence spreading or what?!!? ARGH! hugs to all.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:40 (6:02 average). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Fantasy Football Report:
Here’s the news from our own fantasy football league.
Scores:
Congrats to WWWendy, Patty Monster, and Squatch for winning their games. Had I only started Jackson and benched Mahomas, I would have won. Kudos to WWWendy for the week’s high score.
Standings:
Kudos to WWWendy for leading the league.
This coming weekend is the last in our regular season. After that, we have three weeks of playoffs. Stay tuned. I’ll post the brackets with next week’s report.
Short Takes:
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Schiff: Intel Cmte. To Release Impeachment Report To Public
The reason the Fuhrer’s lawyers have no defense is simple. They have no defense. The miserable thing, however, is that with Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch and the Republican Reich controlling the Senate, the Fuhrer needs no defense. RESIST!!
From Washington Post: Attorney General William P. Barr has told associates he disagrees with the Justice Department’s inspector general on one of the key findings in an upcoming report — that the FBI had enough information in July 2016 to justify launching an investigation into members of the Trump campaign, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, is due to release his long-awaited findings in a week, but behind the scenes at the Justice Department, disagreement has surfaced about one of Horowitz’s central conclusions on the origins of the Russia investigation. The discord could be the prelude to a major fissure within federal law enforcement on the controversial question of investigating a presidential campaign.
Barr has not been swayed by Horowitz’s rationale for concluding that the FBI had sufficient basis to open an investigation on July 31, 2016, these people said.
This is exactly what we expect from Barrf! RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): somebody to love-jefferson airplane
Ah… the memories! RESIST!!
Vote Blue!!
10 Responses to “Open Thread – 12/3/2019”
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7:42 I can identify with the Emperor in “Amadeus.”
Sadly, I don’t have any trouble believing your story, outrageous as it is. I pray that God will decide you have used up your allotted supply of incompetence for the next year, and spare you from it for at least that long. Of course at least some of that incompetence comes from the fact that people need to work multiple jobs just to make ends meet, and humans weren’t designed to do that. But that doesn’t make it any easier to live with.
Cartoon – And over half a million injured, including almost 4,000 partially disabled. But – as the elephant says – they made a profit.
MSNBC – Not only has he no defense, but he has no mitigation. This step means not just that they have nothing, but that anything they might say could only make it worse for him. And yet – as you say – he needs no defense, with Russia controlling the Senate. And Talibangelical “Christians” quoting Isaiah 53:7. I hope that posting that doesn’t give them any ideas.
WaPo – If you start with the idea that the time that you have enough adverse information to investigate anything to do with Trump is “never,” then you will never investigate. That’s totally illogical, but that’s Barrf.
Past – Ah yes, I remember this one.
Cartoon: How sad..It is considered to be the world’s worst industrial disaster.[1][2] Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas. Don’t care about the people, just the $$. Greedy basturds. *wiki
Kudos & Congrats to the winners of the FFL this week.
MSNBC: smdh! If he (dt) talks like he’s innocent, so why does he act like he’s guilty?? I’m getting more popcorn, this is gonna be good.
WPo: Barr is just a clone of what dt wants him to say, and how to act. ugh!!
BFTP: Awesome….awesome song!!
WOW! Personally, I would find that frustrating, but I’m glad that you got everything figured out, and that you’re now re-scheduled. Hope that you get a chance to rest & relax today. Take good, good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “The Hong Kong protestors must be very glad to know that America has their backs, just like America had the Kurds backs. ~ Dan H. ~
2. “Rep. Duncan Hunter just changed his plea from ‘not guilty’ to ‘guilty’ on one count of misuse of campaign funds. Claims he’s doing this for his kids.” ~ Vido M. ~
3. “dt stole (defrauded) money from a children’s cancer center for his own enrichment.” St. Jude’s Research Hospital. ~ Anon ~
4. “Tom Steyer’s campaign found out that the dt campaign never bought the slogan ‘Keep America Great’. So he bought it, and is using it.” ~ Jennifer W. ~
https://www.keepamericagreat.com/?fbclid=IwAR1dpWPoyTri97QDEwIBKf9Xr6i2QtuRUt2O1_UAl0cDDM0rpvjYmOkUti4
What a story, such a strange combination of bad luck (the stupidly repeated schedule mistakes) and good luck (finding out you would have ended up in the wrong hospital had you gone). We’d used to say that stories like this would never make in it into s film script because they’re just too unbelievable. But it does drain your energy, doesn’t it!
4:12 Pretty, but unripe?
Cartoon: Apparently several generations are now suffering from being poisoned.
MSNBC: The impeachment investigation is not a hoax, there is more than enough evidence, there is no defence and yet Trump will not be impeached. It only goes to show that democracy is impotent against a tyrant if his minions close rank.
WP: No matter what this report says, if it damages Trump, Barrf will do everything possible to negate it and have it disappear. His next move will be having it put on his desk and then redact it himself.
BFTP: Great song, here to stay.
I’m confident he will be impeached. We have the votes for that. Conviction is a different matter.
My mistake, I meant he’ll not be thrown out, which makes the impeachment no more than an exercise.
I guess the only saving grace to your scheduling travails is that we’re all human.
But I always – and I mean ALWAYS – document in my notes WHEN & WHOM I talked to & WHAT was said.
I know – it’s part of my OCD. But it has saved me a number of headaches over the years.
I’d love to see an Attorney General Kamala Harris prosecute Barr in 2021!
(I’d be fine w/ her as a VP choice also – but she’d make a HELLUVA an AG!)
SWEET!!
Cartoon: Sad. Awful the way greed plays over people’s lives.
Congratulations to the Fantasy Football winners. Especially Wendy.
MSNBC: It’s really despicable to see how tRump has done so much deceitful evil doings and yet like Lona mentioned, he won’t be impeached. Something sure is wrong with our democracy. Wish his buddy pUtin would turn on tRump and not back him anymore, so we could get his butt knocked out and place in prison where he belongs.
WP: Barf bArr needs to be taken out of his post too, He’s done nothing except kiss tRump’s as*.
BFTP: Great song. I have always been a big fan of the Jefferson Airplane.
Sorry to hear about the huge mix up. You’ve had your share of dealing with so many incompetent people lately.
I hope you will be able to get another appointment soon. In my opinion, since they are the ones who screwed up they owe it to you to get you in ASAP.
Plus I agree that you need to call and let the patient liaison know what you had been put through. So the person who caused this issue will be given some training on how not to do it again.
I do document the date and the name of the person that I have to deal with when calling any company, including doctor offices too.
So take care. Thanks TomCat
What a mess up Tom Cat!! Hugs to you.💌
Thanks and pooped Hump Day Hugs to all! 🐪