It’s a muggy day here in the CatBox with a projected temp in the high 80°s. Tomorrow WWWendy will be coming to help de-stink the thoroughly foul TomCat and to help do chores and prepare goop. Therefore please expect no more than a Personal Update or Open Thread from me. JD, would you please cover Bill? TGIF!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:05 (average 5:27). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Trump* Virus Update:
Cases: 2,264,307
Deaths: 120,691
Recovered: 931,150
Short Takes:
From Washington Post: The city of Tulsa announced a last-minute curfew that began Thursday night and will continue Friday and Saturday, restricting people from a large area surrounding the arena where President Trump will hold his first campaign rally in months.
An executive order signed by Mayor G.T. Bynum (R) says the curfew, which begins at 10 p.m. and lifts at 6 a.m. all three nights, is intended to quell potential overnight violence as thousands intend to pour into the city to protest the president’s visit.
It’s unclear whether the Trump supporters who have camped out for days to secure a prime spot to see the president on Saturday will be cleared out as well, but some videos posted on social media appeared to show people leaving the area carrying tents and lawn chairs .
Bynum declared a “civil emergency” after law enforcement informed the mayor that “individuals from organized groups who have been involved in destructive and violent behavior in other states are planning to travel to the City of Tulsa for purposes of causing unrest in and around the rally,” the order reads.
We need to watch this very carefully. I would be very surprised, if there is no continuation of violent Republican racist false flag terrorist attacks designed to appear as the work of Blank Lives Matter and/or the non-existent Antifa. RESIST!!
From YouTube (Washington Post Channel): For DACA recipients, a sense of relief after the Supreme Court’s decision
Roberts’ decision was not pro-DACA. It was very technical and narrow, almost inviting the Republican Reich to try again without the sloppy contradictions in motive that prompted this decision. Furthermore, he did not even mention the racist intent that should have protected DACA recipients from criminal Fuhrer Trump’s* order. Let us hope that trying to steal the 2020 election will keep criminal Fuhrer Trump* too busy to try again. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): Steppenwolf – Magic Carpet Ride (Version 1969)
Ah… the memories! RESIST!!
Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!
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Sounds like life is at least going smoothly. Sure I’ll pick up Bill. I don’t know exactly when, as there’s an opera tonight I don’t want to miss, but it will get done.
Not every one of Beau’s T-shirts has special meaning relative to his message, but this one does.
Cartoon – Yup. I was just getting ready to read an article about a racist telling a black teen she “didn’t belong” in the gated community – right in front of HER HOUSE. Grrrrr.
Map – Glad New York is finally going down.
WaPo – Oh, you bet. Of course we will have to depend on sane people in OK to watch for us. At least we know which journalists are sane – that may help.
WaPo Vid – You’re right. It took Sonia Sotomayor to bring Trump’s racism up. Kudos to her.
Past – PSYCHEDELIC, baby.
Note that COVID-19 cases are rising sharply in the south, pretty much sea to shining sea, but dropping in the Northeast. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
I cannot listen to “Magic Carpet Ride” without thinking of “Star Trek: First Contact.”
Ah yes! Zephram Cochrane was a Steppenwolf fan.
Cartoon: Good grief, how sick.
TVU: Yesterday..here in my little town…3 high school student athletes tested positive for covid 19, days after the local high school began summer workouts…. It’s been suspended until further notice. The district said they have no way of knowing whether or not the students contracted the coronavirus while attending the strength and conditioning camps beginning June 8. Oh, AND the district (UIL) reports 330 student athletes participated in these workouts.
WaPo: Gawd…..The heat, the crowded areas, the lines, which can turn into volatile conditions for other folks. Why do people pay to go to these rallies, and end up getting violent like they do??
WPC: Wonderful news!
BFTP: Uh-huh!! Excellent and good memories w/this one!! lol
Tell WWWendy HI! Hope all is good with her and family. Hope that you have a great/relaxing afternoon and evening. Take good, good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: dt twitter feed: “Do you get the impression that the SCOTUS doesn’t like me?”
“No, I get the impression you’re an idiot.” ~ Morgan Freeman ~
“Do these SCOTUS decisions make my butt look big?” ~ Laura Bassett ~
“Middle School romances are really tough!” ~ Davy J. ~
“What’s to like?” ~ Terry McMillan ~
2. “Congress wants to know why Trump’s picture comes up when you google ‘Idiot’. ~ R.Eric.T. ~
3. “Eight years ago this week, we protected young people who were raised as part of our American family from deportation. Today, I’m happy for them, their families and all of us. We may look different and come from everywhere, but what makes us Americans are our shared ideals. ~ Mr. Barack Obama ~
4. “The 5-4 DACA decision was an important victory, though not a permanent one, for the DREAMERS, whose long-term status becomes a campaign issue.” ~ Lawrence Tribe ~
Joanne: Spot on! Beau. thx!
‘Toon: Of course!
TVU: Of course!
WaPo: Not going to be pretty! It may even be a foretaste of Dumpy’s behavior after he looses the election, and still has 10 weeks in office; bleech!
U-Tube: Hopefully he’ll be too distracted by the book issues, and the negative polling, or finding new nicknames for Biden. Sotomayor: Just a Kid From the Bronx!
BFTP: I love Steppenwolf!
Cartoon: Screw these sick minded Repug neighbors.
TVU: We finally are over 10,000 we’re at 10,350 with 332 deaths. Not making me happy to see it continuing to climb upward.
WP: It’s insane that tRump is going to still have his stinking rally, even though they are warning about people spreading/getting infected with Covid-19. I agree with you and others that it’s probably going to have some terrorist/violence happening there.
UT/WPC: Great news.
BFTP: Enjoyed hearing Steppenwolf. Love the song.
Hope you had a restful day. We’ve been having the June gloom for the past week. It finally burns off by 2 PM.
Tell Wendy “Hello” for me tomorrow. I know that I don’t get to my computer till after she is probably gone. Hope she’s doing well too.
Take care. Thanks TomCat
TJI #2 – I’m pretty sure Congress knows exactly why. But I’ll bet the White House wants to know!
I hope you’ll have a good de-stinking and gooping day, TomCat.
4:17 Mediterranean would be my guess.
Update: There are some states with marked decreases in cases, but how long will it last?
WP: ‘law enforcement informed the mayor that “individuals from organized groups who have been involved in destructive and violent behaviour in other states…”‘ Of course, law enforcement has, their intelligence was first hand. Because they were the perpetrators. And your remark is spot on, TomCat. Everything points to Trumpian terrorists trying to set up non-violent anti-Trump protesters.
WP2: Again a ruling of SCOTUS in which they had little choice other than to do their job. Both the order and the case made by Trump’s representative lawyers were based on heer incompetence; if either had had any sense, they would have come up with a better-drafted order and defence and Roberts and his little Republican helpers wouldn’t have had to spell it out for them.
But to all the Dreamers out there: enjoy this victory!
BFTP: I know/like Born To Be Wild a little better, but then I never was much of a magic-carpet rider, something the band seems to have done only just before getting on stage. 😁
Is it hard for anyone else to work up much – or any – sympathy for the Trumpkins who will surely become infected w/ COVID-19 during their soiree in Tulsa?
For others they infect down the line – yes. But for idiots putting themselves in this position? Not so much.
I could not agree more!
Thanks and busy weekend Hugs to all!