It’s a relatively cool day, here at the CatBox, but the sun is on the wall, so I’ll have to break soon to button-up and turn on the A/C. This morning I was busy doing my normal research, preparing football reports, and finalizing my shopping list, so tomorrow I’ll prepare the graphics and collect the data for September’s Monthly Report. Then I’ll post it on Thursday.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:07 (average 4:24). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Religious Agony:
My guys played a superior game against a superior team, and they should have won. In KC’s game winning drive, they were 3rd and 7 on the 46, when the play clock expired a full second before the snap. Denver’s defense relaxed, expecting the delay of game call, and Mahomes passed to Harris moving the ball to the eleven. The official, who was supposed to be watching admitted that he muffed the call, but there’s no replay for a missed penalty. That mistake probably cost Denver the game. That damn stinking Orb really F’d up!
Fantasy Football Report:
Here’s the latest for our own fantasy football league.
Scores:
Congrats to Wendy, Patty Monster and me for winning.
Standings:
Kudos to Pam, me, and Patty Monster for leading the league.
Short Takes:
From Huffington Post: Harvard Law School dean John F. Manning informed students last week that, although he couldn’t say whether Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh would still be teaching his January class, called The Supreme Court Since 2005, the school was still taking its students’ concerns seriously. But now the school has told students that Kavanaugh’s course, which he’s been teaching since 2009, would not be offered in 2019.
He’s too dishonest to teach at Harvard, but he’s good enough for Republicans. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From Daily Kos: In the Rose Garden outside the White House, Donald Trump announced a renewed North American Free Trade Agreement, which he is trying to rebrand with the new name: U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Toooooooootally different, see?
He turned to questions from the gathered White House reporters and Donald Trump being Donald Trump, he just couldn’t help but insult Cecilia Vega of ABC News, who was trying to ask a question. And of course his gathered bros, including Jared Kushner and Steve Mnuchin, laughed it up. WATCH:
Barf Bag Alert!!
Did I hear this right?
President: She’s shocked that I picked her. She’s in a state a shock.
Reporter: I’m not, thank you Mr. President.
Trump: That’s OK, I know you’re not thinking, you never do.
Reporter. I’m sorry?
Trump: No, go ahead. Go ahead. pic.twitter.com/Ss280FA7mK
— Talal Ansari (@TalalNAnsari) October 1, 2018
Talk about misogyny! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
From The New Yorker: As the F.B.I. hurries to complete its supplemental background check of the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, twenty million witnesses have come forward claiming that they saw Kavanaugh lie under oath.
According to the witnesses, they can remember the place where they saw Kavanaugh lie, a hearing room in the United States Senate, and the exact date and time, this past Thursday afternoon.
Despite the striking similarity of their stories, the twenty million witnesses to Kavanaugh’s mendacity said that they were having trouble getting in touch with the F.B.I., even though lying to the Senate is a federal crime and thus within the Bureau’s jurisdiction.
“I called my local F.B.I. office and was told to call the Bureau’s toll-free tip line,” Harland Dorrinson, a resident of Toledo, Ohio, said. “I did that, but the mailbox for Kavanaugh tips was full.”
Dang, Andy! You underestimated the total big time! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!
Cartoon:
16 Responses to “Open Thread – 10/2/2018”
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Huff: I am glad that Harvard has rejected Kavanaugh in teaching at its school. Good riddance!
Could believe that Drumpf insulted Cecilia Vega during the news brief. Drumpf is such a misogynist asshole.
New Yorker: twenty million witnesses! Yep, that should get Kavanaugh fro the Supreme Court.
Class war by the GOP is real. Sad…
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4:33 The problem with naming a new bridge “New Bridge” is that before you know it, it’s an old bridge.
HuffPo – He’s too dishonest to teach, period.
DKos – I read it. Not going to watch it and barf even more.
TNY – Awful close to reality there.
Cartoon – Just finding out isn’t enough. They have to get mad too.
New Yorker cartoons, are, of course, copyrighted, but they send emails showing a PART of one cartoon in each issue. Usually what’s missing is the caption, and it probably is here, though some of the image may also be missing. I figutr if they send a piece in an email to God and everybody, that makes that piece – just that piece – fair use. If you don’t agree, TC, delete it from here and from the library.
RESIST AND PERSIST !!!
Go for it as long as there id no identifying mark.
Thanks. I thought the fragment had enough message (and no mark as you can see) to be worth sharing. (But then, having worked 8+ years in an art gallery, I probably think the term”limited edition” is funny, more so than most people.
HP: Kudos to Harvard for stepping up to get this a$$ out from teaching his class. He certainly doesn’t deserve being on staff, or near students.
BBA: I watched this, and my mouth fell to the floor watching his comments to Ms. Vega. Imho, this diatribe will escalate as time goes by, as all of his onlookers laughed, giggled, snickered to his enjoyment. Not ONE from his cronies group said anything about it, to defend this reporter. Gawd, he’s one rude dude, to say the least.
NYer: Right on, Andy, right on.
Cartoon: Sad.
Sorry about your guys, but at least your TB Bombers came in 1st this week alongside Patty M. & Wendy. YAY! Beautiful day here. Got mine & hubby’s for Early Voting Official Ballot in the mail today, I’m excited, and mailing back tomorrow. Don’t forget to VOTE VOTE VOTE friends!!
*This just in: “I never get hired at the job interviews where I cry and tell them how much I love drinking beer.” ~ SM Sandoe ~
When the rich screw the poor, it’s free enterprise.
When the poor fight back, it’s class warfare.
Amen!
Copyrighted cartoon, so posting link, not drawing.
H/T Nameless for helping by finding a decent link
“When the rich screw the poor, it’s free enterprise.
When the poor fight back, it’s class warfare.”
Love Freya’s comment, so true!!!
HP: Let’s hope Kavanaugh will soon regret that he didn’t withdrew his SCOTUS candidacy because he’s now kicked out of all the lucrative sideline jobs.
DK: ???
TNY: Twenty million people saw Kavanaugh lie on camera, but the old white male Republicans in the room didn’t see it. Perhaps decrepit old men with failing eyesight and failing hearing shouldn’t be on a committee hearing the likes of Kavanaugh in the Senate.
Cartoon: So they’ve been found out. So what, nothing changes unless there’s a blue tsunami in November!
HP: I wonder if he’ll go on another crying binge.
DK: Pure Putz, with putzniks!
New Yorker: And the mailbox called Kavanaugh is full, also…of sh*t!
‘Toon: Freya nailed it!
November 6th can NOT come soon enough!
Puzzle — 4:17 The Seine is polluted so don’t eat any fish from it!
Huff Post — Cannot have young impressionable minds exposed to a liar and non judicious judge. As two of Kavanope’s classmates said when withdrawing support for his confirmation: ““In our view that testimony was partisan, and not judicious, and inconsistent with what we expect from a Justice of the Supreme Court, particularly dealing with a co-equal branch of government,”” as reported by The Hill. I certainly hope that this course as presented by Kavanope is dropped completely!
Daily Kos — Misogyny and then some! Diaper Don is an asshole! My apologies to all the sphincters out there that are just doing their jobs properly.
The New Yorker — Sometimes reality is so hard to take!
Cartoon — Freya has it right!
You can tell by the hour that I am having difficulty sleeping . . . again. My Winnie spent the day at the vet’s for a follow-up diabetes assessment. He is doing great! His blood sugars were 5 all day which is really good. There is a good chance that he will be off insulin in a few months. Apparently, cats are different from humans — they can become non diabetic while humans cannot. He has also lost .2 kilos which is good for him. The trick— no kibble, not even measured, only measured wet food. So I am a very happy mum.
Kudos to Winnie!
Thanks all. Hugs!