It’s another tired day here in the CatBox. I overslept again. Yesterday I had a rough afternoon. My pulled pork BBQ goop still had chucks that were too big, and it plugged my tumor. That kept me awake all afternoon. WWWendy regooped it when she made a pit stop to change my pain patch. At least its cooler. We have three days in the 70°s before a week in the 90°s. Have a fine weekend.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:59 (average 5:45). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Remember Larry?
Trump* Virus Update:
US Cases: 6,103,398
US Deaths: 186,167
Plus the thousands of GOP plague victims Republicans are hiding from us.
Short Takes:
From NY Times: It started with an unexpected call last week from Lynne Patton, a longtime Trump associate who oversees federal housing programs in New York.
Ms. Patton told a leader of a tenants’ group at the New York City Housing Authority, the nation’s largest, that she was interested in speaking with residents about conditions in the authority’s buildings, which have long been in poor repair.
Four tenants soon assembled in front of a video camera and were interviewed for more than four hours by Ms. Patton herself. Three of the tenants were never told that their interviews would be edited into a two-minute video clip that would air prominently on Thursday night at the Republican National Convention and be used to bash Mayor Bill de Blasio, the three tenants said in interviews on Friday.
“I am not a Trump supporter,” said one of the tenants, Claudia Perez. “I am not a supporter of his racist policies on immigration. I am a first-generation Honduran. It was my people he was sending back.”
The episode represents another stark example of how President Trump has deployed government resources to further his political ambitions.
My response can be condensed into one word: typical! RESIST!!
From YouTube (Trae Crowder Channel): Liberal Redneck – This Week in Hell
Dang, Trae! That’s the best RNC analysis I’ve heard! RESIST!!
From YouTube (a long blast of protest!): Live From the Left Coast
28 fantastic minutes against the Republican Reich! Kudos to left wing protestors! RESIST!!
Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!
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It seems a trifle cooler here, but then, it always is in the morning. Sorry about your barbecued goop – glad WWWendy could fix it.
This is from SoundCloud, and it’s just a song, no video, no CC. I have no idea how to embed it. But it takes Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler” and remakes it to be about Joe.
Meidas Touch – two – they’re short –
and
Really American
The Lincoln Project (I think a remix, but hey -)
Beau on – um – a new internet domain – and ways it might be utilized …
Cartoon – Oh, yes, I remember Larry.
Map – No green anywhere in sight.
NYT – Typical indeed. Also telling that it required four hours of recording to get two minutes that could be used.
Trae – Always accurate and always amusing.
Roy – I will have to come back to that after the opera!
Great Vids as usual!
Cartoon: You mean Mr. ICK? Yeah, I remember this man/incident.
TVU: Thinking still the same as yesterday…
NYT: Underhanded actions for interviewing folks for 4 hours, and then finding out that you’re on video to bash the mayor of NYC, and not getting compensation either. Typical dt move though. ugh!
YT: Enjoyed listening to him, you’re Spot On, Trae!!
BOP: Such talent, w/watch the rest later on. I can’t carry a tune in a bucket, so it’s nice to listen to him.
Sorry to read about your chunky BBQ blocking your tumor. Glad that you’re all right! PTL for Wendy! to help you. We’re at 95 right now, going up to 100 @3 p.m. A norm here. Sprinklers are fun to run through here, though, even if one’s old. lol Hope that you have a good rest of your day, relax, and get a nap in. Take good, good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “At this week’s convention Trump talked about Law and Order. That’s laughable. Virtually everyone who worked for his campaign has been convicted of a crime or is under indictment. Myself included. He thinks Americans are all gullible fools.” ~ Michael Cohen ~
2. “The NBA is doing more for justice and for Voting Rights than BBMM’s Senate.” ! Brian S. ~
3. “We vote in just 6 Scaramucci’s!” ~ Theresa D. (Scaramucci unit of measurement – 11 days).~Deborah P.~
4. re – dt = “Nobody cares. #8645110320.” ~ Janice W. ~
5. “The GOP wants to keep it easier for a 17 year old white supremacist to have access to a weapon of war, than it is for a law abiding citizen of color to vote.” ~ Bradley Whitford ~
TJI #1 – I see it as a sign of good faith that he keeps emphasizing the fact that he also is not innocent. Not, I suppose, that it matters – but he certainly is the onlt one I have the least smidgen of sympathy for.
So sorry your pleasure of pork choice led to a mishap–glad Wendy was able to fix it soon enough. Quality caregivers do make a difference.
I don’t believe some of the risk levels shown–here too much is attributable to only testing those with symptoms. With the Abbott 15 min. to results test using a reactive card instead of complicated equipment, and only $5 per test, I anticipate some states taking science seriously will get sufficient testing, contact tracing and be able to let schools open safely with sufficient information to make that determination finally. Today my county may hit 1000 nonetheless.
I’ve been thankful to be down to the 90’s, with overnight lows into the 60’s–makes wearing my particulate N95 for smoke bearable for early morning watering with the levels still at least into the unhealthy for sensitive groups levels as no longer enough wind to reduce some of it overnight for better early morning air quality readings.
The renters may have legal options since “A non-permissive recording of another person’s image for voyeuristic, profitable, defamatory or exploitative purposes constitutes a Class D felony, punishable by two to seven years in jail.”
https://legalbeagle.com/6835639-new-york-state-laws-videotaping.htmlLove the videos, and how prolific that approach has become!
Take good care TC
Hi, Tom! Whatever would we do without WONDER WOMAN WENDY? Glad it’s a little cooler for you! WE are taking that damnable heat down here! (It’s horrible, of course but…hmmm…Southern California, almost September….what do we expect?) Stay cool and don’t eat clumpy goop, please!
Cartoon: What a sickie.
TVU: Still just under another 300 new cases. We’re over 38,000 cases.
NYT: They have a lot of nerve taking that much time from these people and then editing it down to under 2 minutes. Stinking crap by tRump’s associates.
Trae: Great one. Always spot on.
BOP: Just watch a portion of it, will get back to it later.
Happy to hear that it’s cooler today and will continue for a couple off days. It’s been cooler here in San Diego too. Plus the humidity is finally down. It had been like he*l all week long.
Nice of Wendy to be there to help you with your pork goop. She proves to be real gem in more ways than one.
Hope you have a good rest of your day/evening. Take care. Thanks TomCat
Sorry about your pulled-pork goop mishap, TomCat. I hope it was better the second time around.
3:12 I don’t think his beak would have fitted in your gooper.
Cartoon: Split personality? (Joke, I know who Larry is)
Update: What a strange map; no green left at all, but just a little red. Who defines this “risk” scale?
NYT: It speaks volumes that Lynne Patton had to interview four tenants for four hours to get two minutes of anything that resembled Trump praise and that she had to conceal her true intentions to get people for an interview at all. Desperate and yes, typical.
TC: Between “What about all the shit that did happen before!” and “Also, there was a f****ing hurricane.” not one word that wasn’t on target. Thanks, Trae.
BOP: Great, isn’t it.
You can see all colors in the map that distributes the color by county. Click on the interactive one and you’ll see them.
NYT: Shades of when the Center for Medical Progress tried to prove that Planned Parenthood was dealing in fetus parts, and their heavily (and painfully obviously) edited video was proven to be pure fraud.
Thanks for all your concern. Sunday Hugs!
Nobody lies or cheats like Trump……we can help him return to his greatest joy, tweeting and golfing, by voting for Biden-Harris and Blue all down ballot, too, on November 3 or earlier.