It’s a tired/busy day here in the CatBox. First, although I feel queasy, I have not Republicated in over 24 hours. Yesterday, Deborah confirmed what I had suspected is the reason for my Republicosis. When the Oncologist increased my pain medication that made me more prone to Republicitis. I found a stool softener that I can take with my stent. That made me more prone to Republicosis. I kept taking it and a laxative at max dose, so when the shit hit the fan, the shit really hit the fan. It took four days of Imodium to finally have a better day. Now it’s a matter of getting my condition stabilized on the right balance of medications. It will stake some time. Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, but she won’t come until the evening, so I should be in the saddle tomorrow. Tuesday is a flush your Republicans day. I sure hope I have no more to flush.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:22 (average 6:36). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Takes:
From The New Yorker: Driven over the edge by his expulsion from Twitter, a deranged Donald J. Trump ordered his two adult sons to hand out flyers with his tweets on them.
The incident occurred at three o’clock Sunday morning, when Trump, wide awake and in a state of extreme agitation, had an idea for a tweet but no platform on which to broadcast it.
Wearing his bathrobe, he summoned his adult sons to the Oval Office and scrawled his tweet on a piece of paper with one of the Sharpies that had served him well in the past.
Reportedly, Trump then commanded Eric and Don, Jr., to go to the nearest copy shop and order ten thousand flyers containing his tweet to hand out on street corners.
According to Trump’s plan, supporters desiring to retweet his tweet would also go to copy shops and hand out flyers, a system he claimed was “better than Twitter.”
Dang Andy! I suspect that the twit* will get writers’ cramp so fast that he’ll stop abusing tweets and go back to abusing twats! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!
From Crooks and Liars: If only Rep. Devin Nunes had somewhere like a television station to run to so he could communicate with other conservatives. After the news that Amazon is booting the far right social media site Parler off of its web hosting service, Nunes ran to Fox “news” to gripe to host Maria Bartiromo about how terrible it is that they will no longer have the platform to spread their lies and hatred unabated.
Barf Bag Alert!!
Let’s call this what it is. Treason is not included as a right included in the First Amendment. Can you count Nunes’ lies? RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!
From OPB (Hat-Tip Daily Kos Elections Digest): U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, considered the most moderate Democrat in Oregon’s Congressional delegation, reportedly told House Democratic colleagues on Friday that he was against impeaching President Donald Trump for inciting the mob that broke into the U.S. Capitol.
Then Schrader likened the attempt to remove Trump to a “lynching,” according to reports from ABC News.
The comment on a caucus call drew immediate criticism from some of Schrader’s allies.
Mark Wiener, a powerful Portland political consultant who has worked for Schrader for years dating back to when the congressman served in the Oregon Legislature, quickly tweeted out that his company, Winning Mark, would be severing ties with the legislator.
“Comparing the impeachment of a treasonous President who encouraged white supremacists to violently storm the Capitol to a “lynching” is shameful and indefensible,” Wiener tweeted.
I supported Schrader, even though he’s a “moderate democrat”, but this goes way too far. He needs to be primary challenged in 2022. RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!
From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Without Accountability, the Next Coup Will Succeed
Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, is guilty. All must be punished. As long as the Republican Reich exists, America will not be safe! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): JOAN BAEZ ~ Joe Hill ~
Ah… the memories! Wherever people are trying to defend human rights, Republicans will be trying to murder them! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!
7 Days (1 Week) Until the Big FLUSH!!
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Ouch. Yes, getting stabilized is a delicate balance, and it takes not only time but energy to get there, and energy is one pf the things you are already low on. I realize you’re a cat, but do try to be patient.
Cartoon – Was that the first time? I’m betting it wasn’t the last.
TNY – Oh, Andy! Please don’t give him any ideas! (BTW, I suspect the reason he uses a Sharpie in the first place it that it doesn’t require a lot of pressure, therefore preventing or at least delaying writer’s cramp.)
C&L – I don’t have the stomach for it, but I’ll bet he framed it as a First Amendment issue – which it is’t, any more that their refusal to wear masks is a First Amendment issue. Google, Apple, and Amazon are private entities, just like supermarkets, convenience stores, and any other businesses, and private entities are allowed (and encouraged) to make the rules for their own turf, whether the “turf” is literal or digital.
OPB – I’ll bet Merkley, Wyden, DeFazio, and others had some choice words too. But hearing them from a former ally is better. Where is his district? Perhaps Wiener could be persuaded to support his promary opponent. Even better, perhaps Schrader could be tied to the insurrection and expelled. And replaced. Hopefully someone selected by Kate.
RR – How did I miss that! Thank you! I think people are starting to get the message – I hope.
Blast – Such a beautiful and touching song. Yes – as long as people are still fighting for justice, Joe holl – John Lewis – Elijah Cummings – Martin Luther King Jr. – and all the other heroes – will not die.
Cartoon: Holy Cannoli !
NYer: Giggle..
C&L: Oh, please. Go sit down.
OPB: Oh, no! Vote him out!! ugh!
RRC: Frightening behavior and words…from these people. Mr. Reich’s warnings and words are so true.
BFTP: Excellent song!
Glad that you got your Republicitis figured out, and that you can take care of it. Early HI’s to WWWendy too.
Hope that you have a good rest of your day, and Thanks, Tom.
*This just in: “Please move the inauguration to inside WH. It’s just the smart thing to do.” ~ Don Winslow ~
2. “People resigning from the WH at the eleventh hour after being complicit in everything that led to this moment.” ~ Maya H. ~
3. “The Far Right blames the Far Left for the Far Right violence.” ~ Jake Tapper ~
4. “Looks like trump is getting banned all over the place. PGA banned him for life.” ~ Janice D. ~
5. “Those R’s that aided in insurrection should be kicked out of Congress and not replaced. The R party is the Nazi Party.” ~ Robert S. ~
6. (Good News!) “Sir David Attenborough received the Covid-19 vaccine.” ~ BBC ~
TJI#1 makes special sense to me, please.
TJI #2 – Yeah – “Profiles in Courage” – NOT.
TJI #3 – I hope that being opposed to fascism is not all that far left. I should be just common decency.
TJI #6 – Good indeed.
Now here’s a TJI – Sheldon Adelson died yesterday (Monday). The New Yorker newsletter mentions it.
That’s what I call Justice!
TJI#1 – Can they de-stink the White House in time?
TJI#3 – That’s projection.
TJI#5 – Amen!
Thanks Pat!
Sorry that you have been having a rough time of it.
‘Toon: Now that’s what the GOP means when they say they want to back go to the good old days!
New Yorker: Poor baby.
C&L: Just another enabling jackass!
OPB: What a shame. I wonder what would trigger him to go for impeachment.
RRC: Consequences wanted…apply here!
BFP: I still can not hear that song without tearing up. “Must be raining, ’cause a man ain’t supposed to cry.”
As usual, Robert Reich is spot on. We must hold all who aided and abetted tRump’s coup attempt accountable. Those Rethuglicans who sucked up to him should be forced to resign, or at least be kicked down a few notches. Everybody who identifies as a Republican should be profoundly ashamed!
Cartoon: Hate to tell them we didn’t take it then and still won’t take it NOW.NY: He’ll try anything to get his tweets out, won’t he. C&L: Oh Poor me. Sorry no sympathy here for you.OPB: Oh, come on….you guys can do it….impeach him. RRC: Wise words indeed. I agree with Freya’s comment too. Take care of all of them. from the top all the way down.BFTP: Excellent song by Joan. Agree with Joanne’s comment here.
Glad you and Dr. Deborah figured out what has been causing your Republicosis. Hopefully now that you know, you’ll be able to address the issue without suffering too much more. I know that it drains you in more ways than one.
Tell Wendy “Hello” tomorrow.
Please take care. Thanks TomCat
Republicosis remedied with laxatives, followed at some point in time by Republicitis remedied by Imodium, then back to Republicosis after a while, has been a longterm cycle for you, TomCat, the balance of which has now been disturbed by new medication. I hope you can find a new balance very soon, restoring your energy a little and making you feel so much better.
3:46 Colourful ware.
Cartoon: O, those good old day. Republicans still regret the day they lost the vote on that one.
TNY: Andy, you forgot one important thing. Trump lives by the adoration he gets from the sheer number of his followers and their likes. So he sent out Eric and Junior out again to ask anyone they handed a tweet pamphlet if they liked it and the reported tripple that number back to Trump, who the quadrupled it. And then maintained that his sons were robbed from likes on their weay home.
C&L: Nunes and friends will continue this long after Biden has been inaugurated. What does it take to shut them up?
This just in: “I do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with our Constitution,” Pence
“I urge you and every member of Congress to avoid actions that would further divide and inflame the passions of the moment. Work with us to lower the temperature and unite our country as we prepare to inaugurate president-elect Joe Biden as the next President of the United States. I pledge to you that I will continue to do my part to work in good faith with the incoming administration to ensure an orderly transition of power. So help me God.” Pence
To this Robert Reich would now say:
ACCOUNTABILITY FIRST
BFTP: Still rings true.
Thanks and Dump Trump** Hump Day Hugs to all!