It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. I got to bed late last night. My new O2 compressor arrived, and while installing it, WWWendy and I rearranged the entire wall it was on to make it more accessible than the old one, and to put the microwave closer to the sink and range. Store to Door is delivering groceries today, and I’d like to finish on time to get a partial nap in before they arrive. I also have a mild case of Republicosis. Flush your Republicans!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:24 (average 4:49). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Republican polluters think that poor non-white neighborhoods should be contaminated.
Short Takes:
From YouTube (RWW Channel): Johnny Enlow: God Is Using Trump as a ‘Hinge of the Ages’
And I looked, and behold a pale motorcycle: and his name that sat on him was Trump, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians, the opposite of real authentic Christians, are seriously deranged! RESIST!!
From YouTube (Elizabeth Warren Channel): White Supremacy Threatens Our Democracy
I could not agree more! Fear is the opposite of love. Hate is just a symptom of fear. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
Ah… the memories! RESIST!!
Vote Blue!!
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5:15 No telling how big it is with no species given.
We all know that “The Sound of Music” was anti-Nazi. But – at least in the stage version – they also nailed collaborators – their combination of self-centeredness and self-protection by any means. (It’s even more pointed in context, but I couldn’t find one in context with captions.) Too bad this was cut from the movie. (I had no idea how well it would go with Elizabeth’s clip.)
Cartoon – I can’t think of an alliteration for Oxygen Jesus. Maybe someone else is cleverer.
RWW – Of course God can use anyone. Everyone serves him, willing or not. Makes no difference to God. It does, however, make a difference to you whether you serve him like John – or like Judas. I saw a barf bag implicit in that vid, so didn’t watch.
Elizabeth – More of this, please. Not just from Elizabeth, but from all candidates – and all Democrats.
Past – I only became aware of this one when it was used with the eponymous movie. I’m sure there are some people who can make a sweet home in Alabama, but it can’t be easy.
Cartoon: Of course they do. Sad.
RWW: So saith the Lord, do not worship false gods. btw…I pray every night for dt to be gone. Still working on it, till he IS gone.
EWC: What Joanne said. I agree.
BFTP: Turn UP the volume!!! love this one.
You and Wendy (HI there) sounded pretty busy there. Hope that your Republicosis goes away quickly. Hope that you get a chance to rest, and relax too. Take good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron sign a bilateral agreement to only gossip about trump in French.” ~ Anita C. ~
2. “Nothing says ‘Merry Christmas’ from the R’s like your children going hungry. This party is not happy unless millions of people are hurting.” ~ Lori J. ~
3. “You know things are bad when you cut a business trip short to run back to the safety and security of a country that is trying to impeach you.” ~ James Corden ~
4. “dt refuses to join impeachment hearings after demanding the right to participate.” ~ AiC~
Two more things I forgot to add:
Jimmy Kimmel: PROOF: The World is Laughing at Donald Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_zdHfLeaZo
Laughed At | Joe Biden for President
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUSdf-_xmJg
Cartoon: Really a shame that because of the idiot in office and his cronies, makes it seem so true.
RWW: I like Pat pray each evening that tRump and his cronies will be long gone.
EWC: I too agree with Joanne’s comment.
BFTP: Great tune. Love listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Happy to hear that your O2 compressor got delivered and you and Wendy got it properly installed.
Hope you got your rest today after your stressful day yesterday.
Take care. Thanks TomCat
‘Toon: And you, you excuse for a human; you odious, sniveling verbal masturbator? with each breath out, you pollute the world!
RWW: “If you cannot tell the difference between divine intervention and random stupidity, then there is for all intents and purposes no divine intervention.” Michael Rivero AKA: God did not put Dumpster in office to bless the U.S.A.!
Regarding “Wonder”- The end of wonder is replaced “…by the purposeful narrowness of curiosity: philosophy devolves to science; the sublime devolves to analysis; spirituality devolves to religious creeds.” (pg.191, Understanding Ignorance- The Surprising Impact of What We Don’t Know,” by Daniel R. DeNicola) “The public culture of ignorance and contemporary conflicts that arise from religious beliefs, conspiracy theories, pseudo-science, image manipulation, and disinformation campaigns show us that distinguishing genuine knowledge from belief is of high priority.” (pg. 196).
The Evangelicals teach us how important it is to hone what Carl Sagan used to refer to as his “Bullshit detector.”
White Supremacy is about that pseudo-science.
EWC: Liz puts it all together very well. Plain spoken and brilliant!
Y/T: I hear that with some frequency when my wife has the control of the car radio, which is always, as I have stopped listening to it, on my own. We will be heading back to Alabama, to see the grandchild.
This just in: Did my idiot cousins hear about Dumpy’s quick retreat from Europe? Where mocking him may become the new national pastime? I doubt it, they live in their own version of the misinformed, disinformed, universe!
TC: I hope things worked out, today.
I hope the Republicosis doesn’t last too long, TomCat.
3:01 Someone abused colour saturation in PhotoShop for this picture, but that made it easier to do.
Cartoon: Oh, they’re allowed to breathe alright, just not for long as everything they inhale is toxic or contaminated.
EW: Excellent execution of Elizabeth Warren’s plan to get black voters behind her while holding on to white votes that matter by acknowledging the threat of white supremacy.
BFTP: One of the best pop songs ever written. And thanks for putting me straight on this one, TomCat, I always thought it was a Buffalo Springfield number until today
HOUSEKEEPING NOTE
I need to recheck all my work to finalize my 2020 Medicare & Medigap selections. Since the deadline is Saturday I’m going to have to go w/ a “Sunday Smile”.
RWW: An excellent parody of Revelation 6:8 . . . a parody without humour unless you consider Trump’s fat ass on a motorcycle as humour!
“And I looked, and behold a pale motorcycle: and his name that sat on him was Trump, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
Elizabeth Warren — AMEN!!! Republicans and Trump use the cudgel of fear to get and try to keep power!
Enlow is such a dope, I can’t tell if he is being sincere or farcical.
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. – Matthew 7:15
Thanks and TGIF Hugs to all!