It’s still a tired day here in the CatBox, even though I feel much better after some much needed rest. I had an egg burrito for breakfast with apple juice and yogurt. Today is also a Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb. I’ll be on light-meditation, as my Broncos have a bye week. Tomorrow please expect no more than a Personal Update. It’s a morning WWWendy Day, complete with TomCat de-stinking and semi-gooping. Have a fine Sunday.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:26 (average 5:51). To do click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Republicans suck Koch, dead or alive!
Trump* Virus Update:
Click for several interactive maps and charts
US Cases: 7,947,549
US Deaths: 219,296
Plus all the Trump*/GOP murders Republicans are hiding from us
Short Takes:
From Alternet: On Friday night, Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham debated his Democratic challenger Jamie Harrison virtually because Graham refused to submit to a COVID-19 test.
As a result, both Graham and Harrison were separately asked debate questions. And on a question about whether he’d met with leaders of the Black Lives Matter Movement, Graham said in part, “I care about everybody. If you’re a young African-American, an immigrant, you can go anywhere in this state, you just need to be conservative, not liberal.”
The context of Graham’s horrid sound bite was that anyone can have a safe and secure political career in the state regardless of skin color as long as they’re conservative. “You can be an African-American and go to the Senate, you just have to share the values of our state,” he said earlier in his response, but his aforementioned closing line seemed to make the Black female moderator stammer as she moved onto the next question.
Like his Fuhrer, Lindsey Poo just loves those darkies, as long as they hold their porch lamps and call him, “Massa!” RESIST!!
From YouTube (SNL Channel): VP Fly Debate Cold Open
I afraid they lost all credibility when Vise Resident pseudo-sphincter said, “I yield the balance of my time.” Hell! Pence wouldn’t even yield the balance of Kamala’s time to Kamala! RESIST!!
From From YouTube (just a blast): The Hunts – Start Again
I just heard this and liked it. Protest like the 60s! RESIST!!
Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!
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Do I understand you to mean you were able to eat solid food? If so, wow! Kudos to your surgeon!
I got my ballot yesterday, and the candidates are easy, but there are some propositions and amendments I need to be sure about. I’ll get it in in a couple of days.
Cartoon – Very accurate, since he has now kicked David out and stands alone. Brotherly love – NOT!
TVU – 8 million in 3,,, 2,,, 1,,,
This is an analogy posted at Democratic Underground, based on personal experience, which I have permission to share in full. I think you’ll find it illuminating.
I believe that what happened to a large old dead tree on our homestead years ago is a good analogy for what happened to the GOP.
It was a huge old oak that had been dead when we moved here. During a thunderstorm that rattled our windows, it was struck by lightning and was still smoking the next morning. We were busy and thought that surely the tree would eventually stop smoldering and we basically went about our lives and ignored it.
Three days later we heard a crash and found that the internal smoldering had so weakened the old giant that it had broken apart. And, now, with all the oxygen it needed, the smoke exploded into a raging fire! Even when we connected all the hoses we owned, they fell short of the fire. For an HOUR we lugged buckets of water to the flames and threw the contents onto the burning fallen oak. We finally extinguished the flames and collapsed exhausted. For the rest of that day, we checked hourly to be sure there was no new fire and we placed every bucket we had next to the charred trunk filled with water—just in case!
The GOP has been hollow for decades, but it was large enough to shelter a heart of smoldering racism and hate. Trump broke it apart and gave its core the permission—oxygen—to burn down the party and the nation in which it had lain dormant.
We are now lugging buckets of passionate concern and, hopefully, enough votes to knock down the flames.
We must succeed.
AlterNet – The problematic word in his babbling is “values.” Over the past four years Lindsey has definitively proved what his values are NOT.
SNL – I doubt they were going for credibility.
Blast – It has some applicability, though. I want to start again too.
David is so “out” he is dead.
The analogy is excellent! though it might have been better if they’d have included the Reagan Tree Boring Bug, that initially weakened the tree, causing it to die.
Yeah, did remember he’s dead. But everyone diies. Not everyone gets kicked out of the family business by a greedy brother. So I thought that was the more shocking thing.
I’d call it soft food that is not crunchy or chewy, rather than solid food, per se, but it’s a HUGE improvement!
Very apropos story.
Cartoon: Oh! Amen. But of course! ugh!
TVU: We’ve gone up, sadly. Confirmed: 1900. Recoveries: 1752. Active: 118. Deaths: 30.
AN: Gawd, Ms. Lindsey needs to go, and not out to the back porch either. Mr. Harrison was the better man in that conversation, and I sure hope he wins by a landslide. Graham can go back under the rock he came from, and just go away.
SNL: Maya played Ms. Harris to a tee. She could be a fill in for her too! lol
BFTP: Good choice! I like it.
We’re ahead 23 to 14- Jax Jags so far 4th qtr. We’ll see how they do today. Fingers crossed.
Hi, WWWendy!! Hope that you and family are doing well. Your breakfast sounds delicious, and hope that you continue to get your rest/naps in no matter the time or hour. Take good, good care, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “Voter intimidation is voter suppression. Trump doesn’t want you to vote because he’s losing. When we respond to threats, with massive voter turnout, when we get our friends and families, and neighbors to vote with us – that’s how we rise above him. We will not allow his threats to stop the American people.
~ Jeff Merkley ~
2. “ABC News has confirmed that attendees to the Trump White House Rally were paid.” “Paid to catch Covid, now that’s a rally! Sad!” ~ Janet P. ~
3. “Trump’s attack on Kamala Harris is another indication of his fear and resentment of smart, competent and capable women of color. Get over it!! ~ Maxine Waters ~
4. “I hate when I wake up in the morning, and trump is still president.” ~ Angel F. ~
5. Bush: “I killed Saddam Hussein.” Obama: “I killed Osama bin Laden.” Trump: “I’ve killed 214,397 Americans, so far..” ~Nearby R. ~
6. “God…Putin got his money’s worth with trump!” ~ Gene C. ~
Paid is just what I expected. Hopefully, their distance saved them.
Merkley rocks! Waters rocks!
Boy, did Putin ever!!
TJI #1 Jeff is an Oregonian Senator, and a National treasure.
TJI #5 – see the tweet in the Video Thread.
Very glad you are felling better today.
‘Toon:The Koch boys, in synch with Rupert Murdoch, not meaning that they worked together, have destroyed what might have become a “Great” country!
TVU: It is good to think that Trump, and his enablers, have become, to some extent, just statistics in the count.
Alternet: Graham probably has no idea how venal he sounds; right out of the Good Ole Jim Crow Days!”
SNL rocks!
Egg burrito?! Sounds like some improvement!….Stay strong, stay vigilant, and vote blue no matter who…..
Cartoon: He sure did.
TVU: We’re over 50,000 cases here in San Diego as of yesterday. It was 50,143 with 825 deaths.
AN: I honestly hope that gRaham gets voted out of office. Can’t stand the creep. I’d like to know what tRump did or has on him that he kisses tRumps as* so much?
SNL: Great performance. I enjoy watching it.
BFTP: Good one. Not familiar with it, but enjoyed.
Glad to read that you were able to eat some solid food. Your body need the protein besides all of the other nutrients.
Hope you get to feeling better.
Tell Wendy “Hello” tomorrow. Hope all goes well that you both can take care of what you need done.
Take care. Thanks TomCat
Glad resting helped, TomCat. And the stent is clearly giving you the opportunity to eat a bit more and tasteful.
4:09 Crunch time.
Cartoon: That’s what is keeping those zombies going.
TVU: Nearly 8 million cases of which nearly 220,000 dead. Hold a few more rallies, why don’t ya? Keep those numbers up.
Alternet: Graham is showing his true colours: a deadly shade of white.
SNL: They must have had great fun putting this sketch together; it was far more fun to watch it than the debate too.
JAB: I like it too.
Thanks and OGIM Hurry Hugs to all!