I’m waiting for Store to Door to call to take my grocery order. I put George on for the first time this week to force Stumpy back into shape in time for Physical Terrorism with Courtney on Thursday. The sun came out and has been hitting the brick facade for about an hour, so the room is getting hot, even though the temperature outside is 36° and the window is cracked about three inches.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:34 (average 5:48). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Fantasy Football Report:
Here’s the latest from our own Fantasy Football league, Lefty Blog Friends.
Scores:
Prepare for the demise of the universe. I won twice in a row.
Standings:
Congrats to Rob for winning the Regular Season Championship. At least I wasn’t dead last. If Vivian had beaten Dusty, I would have moved up to 8th place and made the playoffs. This the first time in many many years that I have ever failed to do so, but my season is now over. Rest assured, I will continue to maintain the league and report the results of the next three weeks of playoffs for the rest of you. I have already notified the site that we will continue next year, if Trump doesn’t destroy us first.
Short Takes:
From YouTube (GQ Channel): Is There a Russian Coup Underway in America? | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann
I agree with everything he said. It’s exactly what I have been saying. RESIST!
From The New Yorker: Donald Trump stirred controversy on Monday by revealing that he intends to spend only half his time as President at the Kremlin—and the remainder at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
His decision to limit his time at the Kremlin reportedly stemmed from his wife Melania’s desire not to uproot the Trump family by relocating full-time to Moscow.
“It was part of the deal when he ran for President that he would go to the Kremlin and she would stay behind in New York,” a source close to the Trumps said.
Appearing on Russian television, Trump surrogate Kellyanne Conway said that Trump’s decision to split his time between Moscow and New York would have “no impact whatsoever” on his ability to function as an integral part of the Kremlin team.
Dang Andy!! I think the Fuhrer thinks the Russian Protest group, Pussy Riot, is something Putin put there for the Fuhrer to grab.
From Daily Kos: This is what doing the right thing looks like:
Saying that cyberattacks by foreign governments pose "grave threats" to U.S. national security, the senators’ statement said: "This cannot become a partisan issue. The stakes are too high for our country."
Two Democratic senators — Chuck Schumer of New York and Jack Reed of Rhode Island joined two Republican senators — John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina — in issuing the statement.
"We are committed to working in this bipartisan manner, and we will seek to unify our colleagues around the goal of investigating and stopping the grave threats that cyberattacks conducted by foreign governments pose to our national security,” the statement said.
Is it real, or is it what Republicans normally mean by bipartisanship?
Cartoon:
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5:13 Pretty pinks.
FF – Well, at least you made it up to #9. Could have been worse.
YT/GQ – Of course he is right. I assume everyone is being bombarded with petitins so I won't add those links here. If no one else, the electoral college should be briefed YESTERDAY. 320,000,000 lives depend upon it.
TNY – Nothing is too extreme to be satire any more.
DKos – I am not too confident, but with those two, it has a chance of being real. At least temporarily. But we will see. Incidentally, even if it's 100% real, it will likely take too long to have any effect.
Cartoon – Yup.
YT/GQ: I'm all for what you're saying, Keith. Let's do it! KO rocks! Resist!
NYer: Sad, but I'm sure DT has plans to do this..why the 'H' not? He does everything/says anything he wants to anyways. And then yells/twitters if someone doesn't agree with him. Crybaby. ugh!
DK: Well, okay, the sooner they get to this investigation, the better. C'mon now.
Cartoon: Absolutely. No doubt about it.
Hope you and George survive your PT, I'll be thinking of you. Enjoy your evening, take care, and Thanks, Tom.
Puzzle — 3:35 I'm all tied up at the moment, but at least the colours are correct!
FF — I am amazed that I recovered a bit in the latter half of the season. Sheer dumb luck has me in fourth place and playing 'end the gop' in the first post season round, which is also the team I beat last week. Good luck everyone!
Youtube — Will the tenor of Keith's voice be enough to get people thinking? One has to wonder why the Republican and Democratic politicians are doing nothing. Could it be that they are afraid to be seen as wrong when it comes to Russia? Are they embarassed that they did not heed the warnings, preferring instead to bury their heads in the sand? Do they have too much money in this game? Or is it that they can't be bi-partisan? With Republicans, I think it is more that they refuse to be bi-partisan except in their own very warped definition of bi-partisanship! When do politicians start thinking of the country instead of their own ideologies? I have more questions than answers. IMO, there is going to be a very yuuggge can of whoop ass opened up and nobody will be happy. How long will the coup remain bloodless?
The New Yorker — This might be satire, but Andy might as well be doing straight reporting. "I think the Fuhrer thinks the Russian Protest group, Pussy Riot, is something Putin put there for the Fuhrer to grab." Sounds like Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten. Perhaps we should change his name to Dummkopfarten.
Daily Kos — I think I said everything I need to in response to Keith Olbermann. Go Keith!!!
Cartoon — A picture worth a thousand words, but why use a thousand when three will do!
We have sunshine today too but the temperature never went above -2 C (28 F). Tomorrow is supposed to be more of the same with overnight plunging to -10 C (14 F). Get your longjohns out!
New Yorker: Presient-elect Trumptin will love the nw arrangements.
DK: "The right thing, is not what the GOPigs invest in!
'Toons: Both are GOPig wet dreams!
YouTube, Keith Olberman: I agree with him, too, why aren't our so called leaders speaking out?
The New Yorker: This may be fact instead of satire.
Daily Kos: I hope it is really a bipartisan attack and they accomplish something meaningful.
Cartoon: Yep.
Poor George. By only wearing him just before or during Physical Terrorism you may be creating a strong association between discomfort and George, TomCat. That's no way to treat your friend, is it. 😉
YT(GQC): Kudos to Keith. Join the resistance!
TNY: I wondered when this would finally come up. I mean Drumpf planning to be in the White House during the week on his own, with Melania, the first lady, staying in Manhattan with their son, because – from what I've heard over here – the little fella is autistic and can't cope with the stress of the WH. Never mind how that upsets the lives of the people in Manhattan or how much it's going to cost New York to safeguard them, and Drumpf and his entourage during the weekends. Leave it to Andy to "update" this and have Drumpf skip the White House altogether to live in the Kremlin.
DK: If McCain is only one tenth as vindictive as Drumpf is, he might just want to be bipartisan long enough to thoroughly upset Drumpf to get revenge for the way Der Führer has treated him. That may also be the case for Graham. The question is: are they vindictive enough to go against the other honchos in the GOP who are also about to get toppled when this pans out the way it should? It sounds a bit like a coup attempt within the GOP and neither McCain nor Graham may have enough backbone to see it through.
Love the official GOP seal!
Cartoon: Absolutely
Thoroughly disgusted with Trump and all those who know what he is and yet suck up to him…at least McCain, Schumer and Graham have made a tiny effort to stand up to the Big Cheeto.
Lots of groups with "Resist" stickers and buttons…I'm thinking it would be fun to get a bunch and put them here, there and everywhere….
Thanks all. Pooped hugs!!