It’s a steamy day here in the CatBox with 90° forecast and high humidity. Yesterday’s doctor visit never happened. The office called right when she was supposed to arrive and told me she could not come because she was ill. We rescheduled for Friday morning. I’m still doing very well on the Fentanyl. Have you flushed a Republican today?
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Cartoon:
Trump* Virus Update:
Cases: 2,389,785
Deaths: 122,659
Recovered: 1,003,320
Short Takes:
From The New Yorker: Donald J. Trump on Monday called his successful drinking of a glass of water at his Tulsa rally his proudest achievement as President.
“I brought that glass of water up to my mouth and drank from it without spilling a drop on my tie,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “You can look at the tape. There was not a single drop of spillage.”
Trump added that, while drinking a glass of water was an impressive achievement in itself, executing it so well in front of such a large crowd made it even more extraordinary.
Dang, Andy! What large crowd? Do you think the idiot* added Clorox? RESIST!!
From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): COVID-19 Crisis Has Arizona Reeling; Trump, Heedless, Plans Visit
Criminal Fuhrer Trump* does not care about how many people he murders by spreading his virus to Sheeple, stupid enough to attend his events and to all the people they infect with Trump* virus. Criminal Fuhrer Trump* cares only about hos greed and extending rule of the Fifth Reich. I bet that those pseudo-Christian pastors will soon be selling those bogus ionization units. Any takers? RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival (HQ – 5.1 Studio )
Ah… the memories! RESIST!!
Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!
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Oh, too bad. Did they happen to mention what she is ill with? Asking for a friend.
Lincoln Project
You know, when I said last week that not all of Beau’s T-shirts were chosen to support his topic – I was wrong. I hadn’t been paying attention. Now I have. And they all are.
Cartoon – On this, and your question, my lips are sealed.
Map – It’s not clear what is being measured here, so I can’t comment.
THY – Andy doesn’t mention it was accomplished with only one hand, which is the truly amazing part.
Rachel – Ionization can help with a few things, but not all that much, and viruses are not among them. “Unsustainable” is throwing roses at their hospitalization situation – but more accurate adjectives woiuld likely be NSFW. (That could have been New Mexico too, had they not gotten rid of Susana “drunk dialing” Martinez as Governor.)
Past. That’s for sure.
Thanks for embedding the Lincoln Project’s and Beau’s video, Joanne. It takes the LP exactly 41 seconds to completely destroy any image Trump thought he was projecting. Beau’s is admirably thoughtful, he really speaks to me.
41 seconds – and not even one word. It really is an amazing accomplishment.
His Orangeness would probably crow about the 1,000,000+ recoveries while ignoring the deaths. We need to harp on his botched response to the pandemic in order to get people to vote him the hell out of the Oval Office.
“Bad Moon Rising” has seldom been so apropos. Time to start building Knowledge Arks.
Glad the Fentanyl is working; hoping thongs go well on Friday.
TVU: Not a pretty picture. florida continues to soar, while some counties have reinstated mask requirements. My county has seen a major % rise in cases, although we had a fairly small base line: 457 to 750, as of yesterday, or the day before. Gov. DeSantis is sooo useless!
New Yorker: So, Trump will go down in history as the new incarnation of “Water Boy!”
Here he comes, Phoenix, ready or not, as the old “Hide and Seek” game goes. And Trump will hide the numbers, as he hides from them, and his apologists try to hide it all, from the public. Even 2 Secret Service folks, in Tulsa, came down with the hoax. I have read comments, at another site, referring to how he engenders such vast stores of hatred, for his being, that some people are surprised that they can hate at all, while others are surprised that they can do so, so vehemently!
BFTP: I love me some Creedence; saw Fogarty in concert with Willie Nelson, a bunch of years ago…great show. May the Bad Moon swallow the Orange Pustule!
Cartoon: Get ’em, Kitty Cat!!
TVU: Lots of red there, dt must love this. UGH!
NYer: Shows what a big boy he is, I watched snippets, and watched that segment. I’m impressed. LOL, Andy!
MSNBC: How horribly sad, all the way around.
CCR: Awesome music, & band!!
Hope that your ‘germ free’ meeting goes well for Friday. Sounds like you’re feeling better w/the Fentanyl, glad it’s working for you, with less pain involved. Hope you have a great rest of your day, take good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: re: Texas – “During an undercover op over the past weekend, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission issued 30 day permit suspension for 17 bars across the state for violations against the state’s covid-19 protocols.” ~ Billy G. ~
2. “If you were a corporate event planner, would you ever want to be known as the person who scheduled an event at a Trump property? The value of his name is ‘GONE FOREVER’. Permanent brand name damage.” Bill K. ~
3. “If dt loses the election, I hope we hear a massive sucking sound on January 20th, 2021 coming out of SDNY, as AG Leticia James ‘claws back’ hundreds of millions in dt’s assets. She’ll need to get them before China and Putin call in their hefty loans. ~ Joe F. ~
4. Trump’s campaigns owing in the opinion of 14 municipal government more than $1.8 MILLION in unpaid and public safety cost stemming from his MAGA rallies. ~ B.L. ~
5. “6200. That could have been a Zoom meeting. Same energy minus the coronavirus risk. ~ Nancy Pelosi ~
6. “The Blue Seats drew my attention too. (at the BOK center) ~ anon ~
Joanne, LP – Walk of shame. What’s a guy to do? with makeup on his collar?
Beau: Excellent video and conversation. Good shirt too. Thank you.
Love the Lincoln Project video….can’t stop watching and re-watching
Cartoon: You catch all he evil ones.
TVU: Scary. Still hitting over 300 new cases here More states are climbing too, but our ignorant leader worries more about his flipping wall in Arizona today.
TNY: Wow…why didn’t he do as he said and had bleach instead??
MSNBC: More states are climbing too, but our ignorant leader worries more about his flipping wall in Arizona today.
BFTP: Great tune. CCR has always been on top with their music.
Sorry to hear that your meeting didn’t take place yesterday. Hopefully the doctor will be healthier and safe to come over on Friday.
Glad to hear that the Fentanyl patches are working so well for you. So much happier that you’re not depending on the OxyContin type that are harmful to you.
Hope you have a pleasant day.
Take care. Thanks TomCat
Good to hear the patches are working for you. Should you need more oxycontin in the future, feel free to discuss increasing the dosage of the patch with your palliative care team, TomCat. It’s all about keeping you as comfortable as possible and having the best quality of life possible now.
3:16 Love my White Brugmantia in Holland hundreds of huge flowers all through summer and their scent was heavenly after dusk.
Cartoon: Let’s hope that cat represents the voters of November 2020.
TNY: Didn’t Trump actually do something very close to this at that underpopulated rally? If not, that continuous repeating going down the ramp, throwing in every excuse for his infirmness at his thin audience in the hope one would stick, must have had me fill in any blanks left myself.
MSNBC: This crisis must end soon for humankind to survive with any human kindness left intact, if my own kindness towards humanity, especially towards the Republican part of it, is any indication. After seeing this video with the distraught ICU nurse followed by the very unChristian snake-oil salesmen selling their oil to ensure Trump has a big enough audience, I just couldn’t help hoping that these snakes, excuse me, snake-oil salesmen, get a very virulent dose COVID-19 but end (up) in another ICU then that nurse’s after they have infected Trump with it with their ionized 99.9% corona-free air.
BFTP: So many of CCR’s songs are not only great music to hear but also more pertinent to these times than some of our current popular music.
Thanks and Big Rush Hump Day Hugs to all!