TomCat

Personal Update – 1/10/2021

Posted by TomCat at 11:49 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 102021

It was a gruesome Republicosis Day, here in the CatBox. I made six rush trips to the throne between 5:00 PM and 2:00 AM. WWWendy is here and I’m about to lay down. Tomorrow Dr. Deborah is coming for a routine home care visit. What I do tomorrow depends on that. Have a fine day.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:24 (average 4:13). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: “Patriots?” Don’t make me laugh. These people are traitors, cowards, white supremacists, and dumbf*cks. Consider this your dose of “You’re about to f*ck around and find out” satisfaction for the day. (Big props to The Hoarse Whisperer on Twitter for starting the hashtag, #TraitorsGettingFired!)

Click through for a pants load of Republicans getting fared because of theit participation in treason. As a former employer, I’d fire any of these insurrectionists in a hot minute for fear of the harm their violence could do my business. RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Jefferson Airplane -White Rabbit-

Ah… the memories! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

9 Days Until the Big FLUSH!!

Open Thread – 1/9/2021

Posted by TomCat at 11:27 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 092021

It’s another tired painful day here in the CatBox. I slept poorly again due to a midnight throne run. Tomorrow please expect no more than a Personal Update, as it’s a WWWendy Day. Pardon my pit-stop, have a fine weekend, and pray Trump’s next crime isn’t more violent than this last.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:26 (average 6:57). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: Presidential Medal of Honor recipient Rush Limbaugh (just wanted to start you off with vomit in your mouth) isn’t satisfied with yesterday’s violence on Capitol Hill – he wants MORE! Indeed, he mocked the notion that we might be horrified by the MAGA crowd’s insurrection, and tried to compare these vile seditionists to colonists Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams, saying how happy he was that THOSE dudes didn’t hold back.

I named this Republican Limbarf and identified him as a leader in the Republican Reich long before the Republicans had ever heard of Trump*. The Republican Reich has not changed. RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From NY Times: In Washington, Republicans were dealing with a burgeoning crisis in their ranks, with high-profile resignations and bitter infighting over how to deal with an erratic and isolated president. But at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting on Friday, most party members were operating in a parallel universe.

In a chandelier-adorned ballroom at the seaside Ritz-Carlton here, there was no mention of President Trump’s disruption of the coronavirus relief package or his phone call to the Georgia secretary of state demanding that he help steal the election, both of which contributed to Republicans’ losing control of the Senate.

And while the R.N.C. chair, Ronna McDaniel, condemned the attack on the Capitol, neither she nor any other speaker so much as publicly hinted at Mr. Trump’s role in inciting a mob assault on America’s seat of government.

Even as the president faces a possible second impeachment proceeding, this collective exercise in gaze aversion was not the most striking part of the meeting. More revealing was the reason for the silence from the stage: Party members, one after another, said in interviews that the president did not bear any blame for the violence at the Capitol and indicated that they wanted him to continue to play a leading role in the party.

“I surely embrace President Trump,” said Michele Fiore, the committeewoman from Nevada, where Republicans have lost two Senate races and the governorship since 2016. Ms. Fiore, who was sporting a Trump-emblazoned vest, said the president was “absolutely” a positive force in the party.

The RNC could not have made it more clear that they chose Trump* as Fuhrer, because he represents the values and policies of the Republican Party. This was true before and during Trump’s* Residency and will continue indefinitely. RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube ( blast from the past): Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers (with Lyric)

Ah… the memories! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

10 Days Until the Big FLUSH!!

Open Thread -1/8/2021

Posted by TomCat at 11:28 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 082021

It’s a very tired day here in the CatBox. Unpacking and putting away groceries took over 90 minutes yesterday. Also, I slept poorly last night, as I wondered how our nation can survive another week and a half. I expect to be in the saddle tomorrow. Tomorrow and Sunday are High Holy Days in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, but my Portland gave a bye in the Wild Card Week of the playoffs! TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:45 (average 5:05). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) has been a Congresswoman for approximately 9 minutes, and saw fit to make herself famous by quoting Adolf Hitler in her speech supporting Trump’s attempted coup to overturn Biden’s win in the 2020 election.

It America survives, Trump* will be out office on or before the 20th, but He would never have become Fuhrer, if he did not represent the beliefs of the Republican Party, the Nazi Party of America. RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Two Days After Riots, Trump Reverses His Stance On Election Loss

The Republican Reich will parrot Trump’s* teleprompter speech and act like everything else never happened. It’s time for Trump* to become Trump** and for him and the rest of the crew to inmates. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Barry McGuire – Eve Of Destruction

Ah… the memories! Again? RESIST!!

11 Days Until the Big FLUSH!!

Open Rage – 1/7/2021

Posted by TomCat at 10:57 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 072021

It’s an outrageous day here in the CatBox. Yesterday when the Republican Reich attacked the US, I was so upset that I swallowed an unprocessed mouthful of food and rushed to the computer without thinking. Needless to say, that plugged my stent and I was sick all afternoon. A couple days ago I opined that this was the wrong time to impeach Trump* and throw him the attention he craves. I take that back. Now a state of war exists between the Republican Reich and the US. We must fight back with every legal weapon at our disposal. These dates shall live in infamy, as long as there is a USA to remember: Dec. 7, 1941, Sep. 11, 2001, and Jan. 6, 2021. I am waiting for Store to Door to bring my grocery order, and WWWendy is coming late this afternoon. I hope to be in the saddle tomorrow.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:23 (average 4:35). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

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Short Takes:

From Daily Kos (Hat-Tip Mitch [ours]): This is too, too much. The schadenfreude! The sheer, sheer joy!

CNN:

President-elect Joe Biden has decided to nominate Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general, people familiar with the matter tell CNN, a long-awaited decision that was moved toward completion Wednesday as it became apparent that Democrats were on the brink of winning control of the Senate.

The announcement of the attorney general, along with other senior leaders of the Justice Department, is expected to be made as soon as Thursday as Biden moves closer to filling the remaining seats in his Cabinet before assuming power on January 20.

While Garland has been a top contender for weeks, concerns about the vacancy his selection would create on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia raised alarm bells among Biden and many advisers who believed Senate Republicans would block any nomination to that seat. But with Democrats poised to control the Senate after two Georgia runoff races, those concerns were allayed.

I have to love this! And Beat Bitch Baby Bawling Mitch can’t stop it! RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): U.S. Capitol Ransacked After Massive Security Failure

These are some of the same questions I have. It appeared to me that some of the police were in cahoots with Trump’s* terrorists who tried to repeat the Reichstag Fire. I agree with Mika that they would have slaughtered BLM demonstrators. I hear people saying this is the time to stay cool. My answer? BULLSHIT! RESIST!!

From YouTube: Live: NBC News NOW – Jan. 7 | Special Coverage On The Riot At The U.S. Capitol

I put this here to give you a chance to keep up with any freaking developments, should they occur. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from yesterday): The Beatles-Revolution Protest Music Video

Given the Republican attack on America, this is all too appropriate! RESIST!!

12 Days Until the Big FLUSH!!

Personal Update – 1/6/2021

Posted by TomCat at 11:32 am Monthly Report, Personal, Politics

Jan 062021

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. I am watching the bogus, treasonous attempt by Trump*, Hawley and the Republican Reich to overthrow the government of the US. They are trying to discard valid electoral votes for Biden, chosen based on the popular vote in those states, and replace them with bogus electoral votes for Trump*, chosen based on their obedience to their Nazi Fuhrer. I have also been watching the Georgia Senate runoffs. Warnock has officially won, and although Ossoff has not, he has a comfortable enough situation that I am certain that he has. At the beginning of Campaign 2020, I predicted that Democrats would hold the House of Representatives. Thank God I was right. I predicted that Democrats would win the White House. Thank God I was right. I predicted that Republicans would hold the Senate. Thank God I was wrong! Tomorrow I should be in the saddle, but busy. It’s a grocery delivery day, and I’ll have a big order, as Store to Door was off two weeks. It’s also a WWWendy day. She will be coming late in the afternoon. Happy Hump Day to all!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:52 (average 4:46). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Advancing a new conspiracy theory during a rally on Monday, Donald J. Trump claimed that the United States Constitution is invalid because it was signed by dead people.

“All we’re hearing is, the Constitution this and the Constitution that,” Trump said. “I’m telling you, as sure as you’re sitting there, that every person who signed that piece of paper is dead.”

Trump said that he had his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani investigate the signatories to the Constitution, “and he found a scandal bigger than Hunter Biden’s laptop.”

“Their signatures do not match the signatures of any living person,” he said. “Not only are these people dead, but they have been dead for a long, long time. This should never have been allowed to happen.”

Dang Andy! Is that satire? Trump’s* surprise that the founding fathers are dead is completely credible. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn!

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

13 Days Until the Big FLUSH!!

Open Thread – 1/5/2021

Posted by TomCat at 11:08 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 052021

It’s a tired day here in the CatBox. Yesterday, WWWendy and I had lots to do. We set refills for pain meds and scheduled my next infusion for Friday the 15th. WWWendy picked up Subway sandwiches. I’m enjoying them, but I trust Mitch (ours, not BBBMMM) will confirm that any NJ denizen knows what comes from Subway isn’t a sub. I’m listening to election day in GA. I look forward to good news. Tomorrow I may have no more than a Personal Update, depending on how much time I need to spend watching Hawley’s Hookers trying to steal the White House AGAIN. Tuesday is Flush Your Republicans Day. If they smell like shit, there’s a reason for that.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:24 (average 5:25). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From Daily Kos: The polling says the runoff races for the two Senate seats in Georgia are tied, and if the polls don’t say that, they’re likely wrong. We don’t need a poll to tell us what we just saw weeks ago in the November general election: Georgia is balanced on a razor’s edge, and the victor will be the party that best gets its voters to the polls. How’s that for a hot take?

But of course Georgia has been voting for weeks, and as such, we have some hints as to what’s coming when the votes are counted.

This article is superior analysis. Click through for much more. RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): ‘It’s Unconstitutional’: House Member On Challenges To Biden’s Win

I agree that it’s a bad time to impeach Trump*, as much as I would like to do so. Let’s make Biden the center of attention, not Trump! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Animals – House of the Rising Sun (1964) High Quality [HQ].flv

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

14 Days (2 Weeks) Until the Big FLUSH!!

Personal Update – 1/4/2021

Posted by TomCat at 6:53 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 042021

It’s a very busy day here at the CatBox. WWWendy is coming early, and we have lots to do. I’ll be back in the saddle tomorrow, barring unforeseen circumstances. Oh God, it’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:58 (average 4:53). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Religious Agony:

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Damn Orb blew it again! However, I trust it will do better for my new team, the Portland Chiefs. Oregon deserves them. They are too good for the state that elected Sen. Josh Hawley!

Short Take:

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Mamas & The Papas – Monday Monday

Oh God it’s Monday Monday! Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

15 Days Until the Big FLUSH!!

Open Thread – 1/3/2021

Posted by TomCat at 11:05 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 032021

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. I’ve had a ton of beginning-of-the-year file keeping to do. It the past, I’ve planned for and done most of it well in advance, but this year, I was not supposed to need it. I’m caught up on most of it. For the first time in my life, I won’t bitch about paperwork. Today is a Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb. My Broncos are playing the Raiders in their last game. Of course it’s not televised here. Tomorrow please expect no more than a brief Personal Update. It’s a WWWendy day, and she’s coming earlier in the morning than usual because of her schedule. May the Holy Orb shine its blessed light on your team, unless they raid lost wages.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:24 (average 5:11). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From Daily Kos: One of the criticisms of former President Barack Obama in his first term was a lack of focus on judicial nominations, letting many vacancies go unfilled even while Democrats held the Senate. President-elect Joe Biden learned the consequences of letting nominations languish and is already on it, contacting Democratic senators to get their recommendations for judicial candidates. And not for just any good candidates: for the kinds of judges that have been lacking in the federal judiciary.

“With respect to U.S. District Court positions, we are particularly focused on nominating individuals whose legal experiences have been historically underrepresented on the federal bench, including those who are public defenders, civil rights and legal aid attorneys, and those who represent Americans in every walk of life,” reads a Dec. 22 letter obtained by HuffPost from incoming White House counsel Dana Remus to Democratic senators. Remus continued that Biden doesn’t just want those names for a list for potential nominees, he wants recommendations—as soon as possible and with a final deadline of Jan. 19—for any existing district court vacancies. That sets him up to get those nominations rolling literally on Day One, Jan. 20. Additionally, Remus told senators that Biden will expect nomination recommendations from them “within 45 days of any new vacancy being announced, so that we can expeditiously consider your recommendations.”

I am pleased to see and do support the areas in which Joe wants to focus with respect to fixing the judiciary. However, without both GA Senate seat wins, it’s meaningless, given the smug smirk of Blatant Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch. RESIST!!

From NY Times: Vice President Mike Pence signaled support on Saturday for a futile Republican bid to overturn the election in Congress next week, after 11 Republican senators and senators-elect said that they would vote to reject President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory when the House and Senate meet to formally certify it.

The announcement by the senators — and Mr. Pence’s move to endorse it — reflected a groundswell among Republicans to defy the unambiguous results of the election and indulge President Trump’s attempts to remain in power with false claims of voting fraud.

Every state in the country has certified the election results after verifying their accuracy, many following postelection audits or hand counts. Judges across the country, and a Supreme Court with a conservative majority, have rejected nearly 60 attempts by Mr. Trump and his allies to challenge the results.

And neither Mr. Pence nor any of the senators who said they would vote to invalidate the election has made a specific allegation of fraud, instead offering vague suggestions that some wrongdoing might have occurred and asserting that many of their supporters believe that it has.

The senators’ opposition to certifying Mr. Biden’s election will not change the outcome. But it guarantees that what would normally be a perfunctory session on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to ratify the results of the presidential election will instead become a partisan brawl, in which Republicans amplify specious claims of widespread election rigging that have been debunked and dismissed for weeks even as Mr. Trump has stoked them.

I suppose the fly got away with whatever gray matter that evil Republican Vice Fuhrer Pence used to have. Stay tuned. Wednesday is going to be a zoo, and I’ll be following it closely. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Jefferson Airplane – Somebody to love

Ah… the memories. If they had ruined the beautiful music quality, if they had changed the weed in the clip to Clorox, and if they had changed “love” to “hate, this would have become the Republican theme song. RESIST!!

16 Days Until the Big FLUSH!!

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