It’s a very tired day, here in the CatBox. This building can be very difficult to find, and yesterday, the Providence Elder at Home doctor was 90 minutes late for our appointment. First, her GPS system kept sending her in circles that missed the turn to get to the building. When she finally found it and got to the street parking area on the other side of the building, she called me, and I came down to the lobby to let her into the building. However, the city’s street parking pay system was out of order. She had to download the mobile street parking app, register, and use it to pay for parking. I had to wait in the lobby for over half an hour, before she finally got to the door. Things went uphill from there. I gave her the records i keep on medications, pain management and blood sugar. I familiarized her with my condition. She checked me out, and we agreed that I’m doing pretty well for a guy with one foot in the grave. She will return monthly to check on my condition and help with any immediate needs. If I have a need sooner, I can call for an appointment. She told me that she will need to come more often as my condition progresses to help me with pain management. I’m feeling very worn out. Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update. It’s a WWWendy day, and we have lots to do. Have a fine weekend!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:11 (average 4:53). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Considering his replacement, his resignation was tragic.
Trump Virus* Update:
Except for CA, you can see where Republicans are strongest.
Cases: 2,554,470
Deaths: 127,673
Short Takes:
From The New Yorker: Donald J. Trump on Friday threatened to ban a coronavirus vaccine if it turns out that it was invented by former President Barack Obama.
Trump’s threat took members of the White House press corps aback, since there are no reports to date of Obama attempting to invent a vaccine or any other pharmaceutical.
Trump acknowledged that he was not aware of any such activities on Obama’s part, but warned that, if the former President succeeded in inventing a coronavirus vaccine, “I’m not going to let that happen.”
“If Obama came up with a vaccine, it would only be to make me look bad,” he said. “Well, guess what? I’m not going to let him get away with something cute like that. We’re going to move quite powerfully on anything Obama does in terms of a vaccine.”…
Consider this, Andy. Criminal Fuhrer Trump* is just using Obama as a smoke screen. The Republican Reich wants to block any vaccine. Since the Trump* virus death rate for minorities is disproportionately high, and since most minority voters vote for Democrats, Republicans want to kill as many as they can before the 2020 election. RESIST!!
From NY Times: American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops — amid the peace talks to end the long-running war there, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The United States concluded months ago that the Russian unit, which has been linked to assassination attempts and other covert operations in Europe intended to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats, had covertly offered rewards for successful attacks last year.
Islamist militants, or armed criminal elements closely associated with them, are believed to have collected some bounty money, the officials said. Twenty Americans were killed in combat in Afghanistan in 2019, but it was not clear which killings were under suspicion.
The intelligence finding was briefed to President Trump, and the White House’s National Security Council discussed the problem at an interagency meeting in late March, the officials said. Officials developed a menu of potential options — starting with making a diplomatic complaint to Moscow and a demand that it stop, along with an escalating series of sanctions and other possible responses, but the White House has yet to authorize any step, the officials said…
Actually, the Times is incorrect on one point. Trump* did respond to Russia paying for the murder of US troops. According to the BBC, he postponed the G7 Summit from June to September, because other nations rejected his plan to allow Russia to join the G7 (G8, if they did) and Putin [R-RU] to attend the summit. That’s how much the Republican Reich cares about the murder of US troops! RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Audio)
Ah… the memories! RESIST!!
Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!
8 Responses to “Open Thread–6/27/2020”
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Thanks for the update, TC! Glad to hear you’re still a long way from the CAT cemetery! How frustrating for the poor doctor AND for you–glad she’s on your side, though! Hang in…get clean…”see you” soon.
Hopefully this visit has taken care of the problem of not being able to find the place. She sound like a good doc, and particularly a good doc for you. Best to WWWendy tomorrow.
Cartoon – He couldn’t have picked a worse time. If only he could have held on till 1993. Sigh.
Map – Yes, this map really shows deep red Republicans. Except fpr Caifornia/ Which has other problems.
TNY – That certainly is exactly how Trump thinks. But there won’t be a vaccine befor the election, sadly. So it’s kind of moot.
NYT – Oh, yes. Everyone’s talking about this.
(The T-shirt is apparently his own design, called “Deep Goat.)
Past – I do wish they had changed more, and faster, and stayed changed.
Cartoon: Sad.
TVU: Not good. Up, up and up!
NYer: Couldn’t have said it any better. True, in what you so aptly wrote, Tom.
NYT: How perverted and SICK is this??! This act (to me) is an act of Treason, and he should be brought to justice for this. He doesn’t care about anything or anyone, except for himself. ugh!! and of course…bows down to Pukin’ Putin.
BFTP: WOW! Aptly named for today’s song. Great melody, love Bob!
Glad that she got her car parked, and found you. Glad that you had a positive meeting with her too. Early HI ! to WWWendy too! Hope that you have a good rest of your day, take good, good care, and Thanks for all you do, Tom. Sincerely!
This just in: “Did you hear that Trump does all the talking at his Daily Briefings and whenever anybody brings up actual information, he gets up and walks out? Apparently dt is just fine getting the news upon which he bases his decisions on… Fox (Faux) Entertainment !” ~ John P. ~
2. “Just remember – as bad as you think he is now…, he’s only to get worse.” ~ George Conway ~
3. “Watching Trump interview with Hannity, at first it seemed to me that it should be an in-kind contribution to the Trump campaign. The more Trump talks, I realize it should be an in-kind contribution to the Biden campaign.” ~ Susan Glasser ~
4. Trump protecting statues instead of people.” ~ Stephen King ~
Sounds like a doctor that is a good match for you for this part of your health needs.
Noticed Michigan has joined the better states despite armed folks at their capital.
In addition to churches, beaches in CA have too many showing up, too few wearing masks and staying to close together–even ones that are supposedly closed have gotten too many people for law enforcement assigned to chase away forcing unwanted (based on the science and data) reopenings in places.
Whatever hold Putin has must be awfully strong…wonder how far he’ll push it between now and Nov.?
I admire your Elder at Home doctor’s tenacity! Sounds a lot like you! (Now if she could maybe gain your tech skills …) Should be a good match.
I really like the Vox map. I’ve not seen this format before, and it really provides a much more informative & useful detail of how states are doing!
Trump knew of the Russian Bounty on American soldiers since at least late March and did NOTHING?!? Well, other than try to get his pal Putin back in the G7, along with pulling some of our troops out of Germany (I’m sure at Vlad’s behest).
There’s no doubt *Rump is a treasonous traitor!
Yesterday is the only time I’ve ever seen that Vox map. I hope they update it, so I can use it again!
Well, the doctor and you had to take some hurdles first but when it finally came to be the talk you had with her was worth it, I gather. I hope she’ll find your door quicker next time.
2:39 I rather have the bananas.
Cartoon: No such hopes for the other Republican members of SCOTUS.
Update: Actually, the number of states with an increase in daily new cases is also increasing (26 now).
TNY: This sounds a bit too hysterical even for Trump, Andy, though we all know he’s waiting for a perceived opportunity to blame Obama. But accusing Obama of making a virus would place Obama in genius above himself, something Trump would never do.
NYT: So if I get the time-line right, Trump knows about this since March, hasn’t taken any of the steps suggested by his advisors but instead wanted to invite Russia back into the G7 after he had heard this? It probably is just as well I’m not in the military because this sounds like treason to me. Meanwhile, Trump has set the same military in against peacefully demonstrating Americans. Can it get any worse?
BFTP: One of the classic protest songs. So many memories.
Thanks and busy Hugs to all!
Lona, every time I opine that it can’t get worse, it always does.