While out to the doctor, the left rear tire on my power chair spilt, leaving me at risk. I was able to limp it home. I have a set of replacement rear wheels coming tomorrow by FedEx Overnight, and WWWendy will install them Sunday. Pray that this thing holds out until them. Megan, my PCP, puts patients on two lists, naughty and nice, based on how they take care of themselves. She said I’m near the top of her nice list. I had to explain that TomCats are naughty by definition. This is today’s only article.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:41 (average 5:10). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Take:
From The New Yorker: Calling the result “close but no cigar,” Vladimir Putin has conceded defeat in Tuesday night’s special congressional election in Pennsylvania.
Speaking to reporters at the Kremlin, Putin thanked the many Russian campaign workers who tried but failed to propel the Republican candidate, Rick Saccone, into the winner’s circle.
“Our social-media trolls did some of their finest work to put Rick over the top, but, in the final analysis, we were a day late and a ruble short,” the Russian President said.
Putin had high praise for the Democratic candidate, Conor Lamb, who, he said, “managed to win in a district that I easily delivered to Donald Trump in 2016.”
Dang Andy! Will Putin give up on the GOPee? RESIST!!
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Awwww, poor Vlad. Doncha just bleed for him?
LBJ had his war on poverty. The Rethuglicans have their war on the poor.
NYer: Hilarious, but truthful in defeat. lol.
Cartoon: He grew up poor, and it was intended to assist the underprivileged. The legacy of the War on Poverty policy initiative remains in the continued existence of such federal programs as Head Start, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), TRiO, and Job Corps. *wiki
Oh! WOW! Glad you made it back home okay! Great report too! Enjoy your evening, take care, Thanks, Tom.
4:51 Maybe Squatch can save him.
Naughty? Nice? Why not both? But that’s terrible about the chair. Mine is manual and the tire is not inflated, but I’ve had the right rear com off, and let me tell you, you need special equipment to get one of those back on. Youtake care of yourself! Be self-protectively naughty!
TNY – I’ll bet that’s what he’s thinking all right. What he’s saying is “The Jews did it.” Which makes me so angry that you’d think I had a more personal interest than I can claim.
Cartoon – And this is one of the reasons why I can’t be as upset with Johnson as so many are who lived through Vietnam. He was definitely mixed. And I believe always had good intentions.
As the Buddha said: “Treat ONESELF and others with loving kindness.” Sorry to hear of the chair episode, must have been a real bummer.
New Yorker: Always the wonderfully magnanimous one, Putin is!
‘Toon: Yes, LBJ had his good side, but then….
WOW! Did you run over something? Did it ‘pop” – or a slow leak?
At least I’m glad Wendy will be able to fix it over the weekend – just use it as little as possible.
I have no idea. I felt it rolling unevenly, so I asked the nurse to look.
TNY: Back to satire at last, Andy. Because I really don’t think Putin would ever admit defeat or praise an adversary. He just underestimated the voters in Lamb’s district, still believing that his trolling tactics would work. Lamb can count himself lucky. Look what Putin does in Britain to people who are in his way.
Cartoon: Sadly, a war that wasn’t won, and Republicans have now turned the tables on the poor.
So good to hear Megan puts you high on her ‘nice’ list. Now if only your living environment would stop playing up…
Puzzle — 4:27 No fishie fricassée tonight Puddy Tat! Saved by the Squatch!!!
The New Yorker — It would be funny if it weren’t so bloody true! . . . the “…district that I easily delivered to Donald Trump in 2016.” part. Putin never concedes defeat . . . he just kills off his enemies and opponents! Be careful Drumpf lest your shenanigans make you expendable to your Russian puppet master!
Cartoon — A war that will never be won as long as there are Republicans and others who don’t give a damn!
So you blew a tire did you Puddy Tat! You’re lucky that your chair did not flip! Glad to hear you’re on the “nice list”. I hope I am too next week.
If you’re not, plan for a spanking.
Thanks all. Busy Hugs!