The Russians Are Coming!

 Posted by at 9:54 am  Politics
Feb 212020
 

When I was a child, I often hid under my desk, when told to duck and cover.  Adults knew they could frighten us into behaving ourselves with the following threat: “The Russians are coming!”  After awhile, it no longer worked, because we stopped believing the threat.  Why?  The Russians never came… until now.

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Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, five people familiar with the matter said, a disclosure to Congress that angered Mr. Trump, who complained that Democrats would use it against him.

The day after the Feb. 13 briefing to lawmakers, the president berated Joseph Maguire, the outgoing acting director of national intelligence, for allowing it to take place, people familiar with the exchange said. Mr. Trump was particularly irritated that Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California and the leader of the impeachment proceedings, was at the briefing.

During the briefing to the House Intelligence Committee, Mr. Trump’s allies challenged the conclusions, arguing that he had been tough on Russia and that he had strengthened European security…  [emphasis added]

Inserted from <NY Times>

Criminal Fuhrer Trump* does not want you that his boss is at it again!

Russia is looking to help Trump win in 2020, election security official told lawmakers

I understand that horrid little twerp, Devin Nunes, slithered to his Fuhrer to tattle, and probably, to give him a BJ. Fuhrer Trump* reacted exactly as I would expect from the Republican Reich. Trump* will be looking for a new DNI who will be to Intelligence what AG Barrf is to Justice.

Warren On Reports That Russia Is Interfering To Help Trump In 2020 Race

Liz is right. What we do now is keep Trump*, Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch, and all their co-criminals on Front Street, dump the entire Republican Reich in November, and clean up the mess afterwards to ensure free , fair elections in which corporations are NOT people and money is NOT speech.

The Russians are coming!  The Russians are coming!!  The Russians are coming!!!  Are you scared?  You should be!  Are you going to behave?  Then get off your ass and do your part to pull the plug on Putin and send the Republican Reich out of existence.  Every Republican in office is one Republican too many!

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Open Thread–2/21/2020

 Posted by at 9:53 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Feb 212020
 

It’s a yucky day here at the CatBox.  My stomach has heartburn has been screaming all morning.  I have to stay up, because Providence Home Medical Equipment is swapping-out a six pack of the portable O2 tanks I use, when I’m out and about.  TGIF to all!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:57 (average 5:49).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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Republicans alternate between blaming Obama, Hillary, Nancy and Bernie.

Short Takes:

Froom YouTube (Washington Post Channel): Resurfaced video shows Bloomberg referring to transgender people as ‘some guy wearing a dress’

We knew Bloomberg [R-NY] was racist and misogynist. Add homophobic to his unsuitable list.  RESIST!!

From Washington Post: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) mounted a new defense Wednesday for the toxicity emanating from pockets of his presidential campaign’s supporters, implying it was possible Russian actors were again manipulating social media to incite Democratic divisions.

Sanders’s language was indirect, offered on the debate stage here as his opponents faulted him for the behavior of his most strident fans. It drew criticism from experts in disinformation, who said they had no direct evidence the Kremlin had masqueraded as Sanders voters to interfere in the 2020 race much as Russian trolls had done four years earlier.

“All of us remember 2016, and what we remember is efforts by Russians and others to try to interfere in our elections and divide us up,” said the senator from Vermont. “I’m not saying that’s happening, but it would not shock me.”

I tend to doubt that, because I remember the toxicity of many ‘Bernie Bros’ toward me in 2016, because, as a Bernie supporter, I committed to voting for Hillary, after Bernie asked his supporters to do so. ‘Bernie Bros’ were a factor in my switch to Liz Warren this year. I understand that some of the hate-mavens, threatening Democrats who disagree, are employees on Bernie’s paid staff. If so, he needs to identify and fire them immediately. That said, I would not put such skullduggery past Putin [R-RU] and his Puppet Pervert Trump* either.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Bloomberg Flounders, Warren Rebounds, and Bernie Brings the Heat


Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. Liz and Bernie were head and shoulders above the rest. And he’s right that the debate should have focused more on the evil Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich, and their criminal Fuhrer Trump*. I particularly liked how Robert used FDR as an example of democratic socialism. If Bloomberg [R-NY] wins the nomination in a brokered convention, it will destroy the Democratic Party and probably, the USA with it.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival (HQ – 5.1 Studio )


Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Nevada Debate: Big Win for Warren

 Posted by at 8:53 am  Politics
Feb 202020
 

The Nevada debate was far more interesting than any of the earlier ones.  In my opinion, my two favorites finished first and second.  I was most pleased to see Elizabeth Warren so dominant that NBC couldn’t okie-doke her the way ABC did in New Hampshire.  I was also pleased to see Mike Bloomberg [R-NY]  learn that having to buy his place on the debate stage showed that he never deserved his place there.

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The top six contenders for the Democratic nomination gathered Wednesday night for (what feels like) the 7,000th primary debate of the 2020 cycle. But the latest episode of the politics-themed reality show that we’ve all come to know and dread was markedly livelier than its predecessors. And it isn’t hard to see why. Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, and Joe Biden all came to Las Vegas desperate to improve their campaigns’ flagging fortunes with a big gamble or two. Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, is dispositionally incapable of allowing his newfound front-runner status to soften the edges of pugilistic populism. And Michael Bloomberg couldn’t help but bring out his co-partisans’ inner Robespierres.

So, who won the rumble in Nevada? Here’s a definitive ranking of the candidates’ nights from best to worst (as measured by the subjective impressions of an exceptionally unrepresentative white man in New York City):

1) Elizabeth Warren

The Massachusetts senator’s campaign is probably beyond saving. Warren entered Wednesday night’s debate polling in fourth place nationally, some 15.5 points behind the front-running Bernie Sanders. Current surveys suggest she is poised to win no more than a negligible number of delegates in the Nevada caucuses, none in South Carolina, and, per FiveThirtyEight’s model, just 8 percent of 1,357 pledged delegates up for grab on Super Tuesday.

But if there was anything Warren could do to revive her candidacy in Nevada on Wednesday night, she did it many times over. In recent weeks, the senator has tried to smooth out the rougher edges of her populist persona, in a bid to cast herself as the “unity” candidate (and/or to mitigate any potential gendered double-standard the electorate might apply toward female candidates who code as aggressive). But pugnacity is just another word for nothing left to lose. And with her campaign on the ropes, Warren reprised the role that had made her name: merciless inquisitor of the superrich and powerful.

Within minutes of the debate’s opening, Warren stopped the show, threw the nearest billionaire up against a wall, frisked him — and revealed that beneath the would-be emperor’s gilded façade lay little more than an empty suit…

Inserted from <NY Mag>

Please click through for the rest of the article. After Warren, the authors list, in order of finish, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar , and Mike Bloomberg. I agree, except that I would put Pete in third and Joe in fourth.

If you want to watch the entire debate: Watch The Full NBC News/MSNBC Democratic Debate In Las Vegas

For a debate summary…

Watch Highlights Of The Democratic Debate In 5 Minutes


Kudos to Liz for coming to Amy’s aid in the face of Pete’s unfair attack.  Here are two about Liz alone.

Fat broads” and “horse-faced lesbians Warren rips Bloomberg


Elizabeth Warren Targets Mike Bloomberg For His Company’s Non-Disclosure Agreements


Woooo Hoooo! Did Liz tear that misogynist Republican a new asshole or what?

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Open Thread–2/20/2020

 Posted by at 8:53 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Feb 202020
 

It’s a tired day here in the CatBox, and I’d like to get an early head start on my nap as Store to Door is delivering groceries some tome this afternoon.  Have a Republican flush day.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:45 (average 5:34).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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TC from the Inside:

Here are the endoscope photos I promised you.

Barf Bag Alert!!

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Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Shortly after the Democratic Presidential debate on Wednesday night, aides to Michael Bloomberg announced that he would spend ten billion dollars to buy an entirely new personality.

Acknowledging that some attributes of the former New York mayor’s new personality have yet to be ironed out, campaign advisers indicated that the eleven-figure outlay would be used to purchase warmth, empathy, and humanity.

Additionally, billions of Bloomberg’s war chest will be used to remove several unappetizing qualities from his current personality, including arrogance, touchiness, and a glaring inability to hide his contempt for others.

Amen, Andy. Straight news!  RESIST!!

From NY Times: President Trump on Wednesday named Richard Grenell, the ambassador to Germany who quickly antagonized the establishment after arriving in Berlin in 2018, to be the acting director of national intelligence overseeing the nation’s 17 spy agencies.

By choosing Mr. Grenell, who has little experience in intelligence or in running a large bureaucracy, the president signaled that he wants a trusted, aggressive leader atop an intelligence community that he has long viewed with suspicion and at times gone to war against.

As ambassador, Mr. Grenell made public statements that some German officials took as expressing opposition to the government there, an extraordinary intervention into domestic affairs that diplomats typically avoid. He attacked what he called “failed” open-border policies in Germany, which has resettled hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees, and criticized Berlin’s stances on Iran, military spending and Chinese investment in global telephone networks. He also expressed an eagerness to empower conservatives throughout Eur

What we have here is an appointment that exemplifies Fuhrer Trump* and the Republican Reich: a Director of National Intelligence, who is completely devoid of intelligence.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Zombies – Time Of The Season HD

Ah… the memories.  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–2/19/2019

 Posted by at 8:43 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Feb 192020
 

It’s an exhausted day here at the CatBox, so this is my only article today.  Yesterday, they started my test an hour early.  The nurse inserted my IV in a very small vein, and the pain I felt when the anesthesiologist shot the Jungle Juice was extreme and intense for the minute or two it took to knock me out.  I was done and ready to go home at 12:30.  WWWendy’s school had told her she could leave an hour early at 2:30.  But both of her co-workers called in sick, so they let her go an hour late at 4:30,  and she hit rush hour traffic.  She did not get to the hospital until after 5:30, and it was after 6:30, before she got me home.  None of this was her fault, and I am blessed to have her.  I have a very sore throat and raging heartburn.  I have a tumor growing where the esophagus meets the stomach, partially blocking the passage.  Food gets hung up there, and when it can’t go down, it comes up.  The doctor said it looks malignant, but we won’t know for sure until the lab results from the biopsies come back.  The pictures he took are sitting on WWWendy’s dashboard.  I’ll scan and post them for you tomorrow, as tonight is a WWWendy night.  Those are not the results I wanted to get.  ARGH!  I just can’t catch a break these days.  Happy Hump Day to all!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:07 (average 6:13).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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Short Takes:

From The Borowitz Report: In an apparently successful attempt to get under the skin of Donald Trump, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has purchased Greenland from Denmark.

In an official statement released on Tuesday, the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, would not disclose the price that Bloomberg paid for Greenland but indicated that it was an “all-cash offer.”

“Mr. Bloomberg has a lot of money,” Frederiksen added.

News of Bloomberg’s purchase of Greenland reportedly infuriated Trump, who immediately ordered his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to make an offer to buy the Faroe Islands from Denmark.

Andy, is it true that Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten* was so pissed that he went to Nambia for a Hamburder?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Lawrence & Rachel Question Reports That Barr May Leave DOJ Over Trump Tweets

I so wish Barrf would quit that I can taste it, but if you believe it, we really do need to talk about that bridge I’m selling.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): How Democrats Clean Up the Messes Left by Republicans with Robert Reich


Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right, and the Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich, is shitting all over America with their welfare for billionaires. This is NOT Trump. The Republican Reich had done this for years, and I have been calling them on it for years too. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Ricky Nelson – Travelin’ Man 1961


I danced the cha cha to this, when I was 13. Ah… the memories!   RESIST!!

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Personal Update–2/18/2020

 Posted by at 6:34 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Feb 182020
 

Standing corrected by one, who shall remain Nameless, I’m going to the hospital where the endoscopist will carefully record and examine every cm. on the way down and the way up, when he shoves the camera down my throat.  Winking smile  Wish me luck!  I hope I’m back in the saddle tomorrow.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:21 (average 5:06).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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Resign Barrf!

 Posted by at 8:46 am  Politics
Feb 172020
 

Never in the history of the Unites States has there ever been a party so criminal as today’s Republican Reich, under mayhem’s mad maniac, Fuhrer Donald Trump.  And never gas there been an Attorney General more corrupt than William Barr, aka Barrf!  He truly deserves to be disbarred, or in his case, disBarrfed!

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More than 1,100 former federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials called on Attorney General William P. Barr on Sunday to step down after he intervened last week to lower the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation for President Trump’s longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr.

They also urged current government employees to report any signs of unethical behavior at the Justice Department to the agency’s inspector general and to Congress.

“Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr’s interference in the fair administration of justice,” the former Justice Department lawyers, who came from across the political spectrum, wrote in an open letter on Sunday. Those actions, they said, “require Mr. Barr to resign.”… [emphasis added]

Inserted from <NY Times>

I recommend following the link to read the letter.

1,100+ former prosecutors and other DOJ officials call on Attorney General Barr to resign

I’ve never seen anything like this before. However, I think the best we can hope for is to indict, try, convict and jail this vile Republican criminal, after we defeat his Fuhrer and take the White House. Thanks in advance to those prosecutors who blow the whistle on Barrf and/or resign in the face of this Republican perversion of justice.

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