Open Thread–7/15/2020

 Posted by at 11:05 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Jul 152020
 

It’s a muggy day here in the CatBox.  Kristin seemed quite nice, and she’ll do a fine job filling in for WWWendy.  She’ll be coming once, while WWWendy is away.  WWWendy returns your greetings and appreciates your good wishes.  Happy Hump Day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:52 (average 4:42).  To do it, click here.  How dis you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0715TrumpVirusMap

US Cases: 3,548,546
US Deaths: 139,189

Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: The Trump supporters who defaced a Black Lives Matter mural last week may not have to worry about rent for the next year, as they may gain jail accommodations courtesy of the county. The DA issued this press release:


Click through for more.  A year is not enough jail time for those racist Republican pigs!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Corporate Hypocrisy on Racism


Of Course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich, was racist long before criminal Fuhrer Trump* arrived, and will still be racist long after we drag him, kicking and screaming, from the house he stole. These corporate $billionaires actually own the Republican Reich and have kept it in power, so they must also be the authors of Republican racism.   Remember, even anti-Trump* Republicans are just as Republican.  Unlike Trump*, they hide their hate and greed.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from Labor): Joan Baez- Bread and roses


Support Labor! RESIST!!

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Open Thread–7/6/2020

 Posted by at 11:26 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Jul 062020
 

It’s a frustrating day, here in the CatBox.  On the plus side, I owed no money to Infernal Revenue oe Oregon Revenue.  Something got caught in my esophageal tumor, and I was unable to keep anything down for most of the morning, including my entire breakfast.  My palliative care nurse was supposed to visit and has not called.  I called, and they don’t have me on the schedule.  I’m waiting for a call from a supervisor, because this is the second time their palliative care nurse has stood me up.  Tomorrow please expect only a Personal Update from me.  I have my appointment at the hospital and will be gone all morning.  I will learn the results of the mutation analysis of my tumor.  Oh God, it’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:04 (average 4:44).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0706TrumpVirusMap

US Cases: 2,985,897
US Deaths: 132,610

Short Takes:

From NY Times (Hat-Tip Mitch for referral): After the bruising crises we’re now going through, it would be wonderful if we could somehow emerge a fairer nation. One possibility is to revive an old idea: sharing the profits.

The original idea for businesses to share profits with workers emerged from the tumultuous period when America shifted from farm to factory. In December 1916, the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued a report on profit-sharing, suggesting it as a way to reduce the “frequent and often violent disputes” between employers and workers, thereby “fostering the development of a larger spirit of harmony and cooperation, and resulting, incidentally, in greater efficiency and larger gains.”

I fully support this idea. Its egalitarian properties is the reason Republicans oppose it.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): STUPIDLY BIGLY – Parody of Eleanor Rigby

Good one, Don! 95% of the stupid people in the US have one thing in common. They are Republican!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (NBC News Channel): Trump Goes After Left, Blames China For Coronavirus in July 4th Speech

Barf Bag Alert!!

Note all the lies and the projection. Criminal Fuhrer Trump* compares the Democrats to the monsters that resemble him so well. He calls his rabid Republican Sheeple heroes, but makes no mention of true heroes, the service people Trump* refuses to protect from Russian bounties, because he’s in thrall to Putin [R-RU].  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from Woodstock): Crosby Stills Nash – A Long Time coming – Woodstock 1969

Dedicated to all the people who were at Woodstock, or wanted to be. Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–6/23/2020

 Posted by at 11:06 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Jun 232020
 

It’s a steamy day here in the CatBox with 90° forecast and high humidity.  Yesterday’s doctor visit never happened.  The office called right when she was supposed to arrive and told me she could not come because she was ill.  We rescheduled for Friday morning.  I’m still doing very well on the Fentanyl.  Have you flushed a Republican today?

Jig Zone Puzzle:  Today’s took me 3:02 (average 4:42).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0623TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 2,389,785
Deaths: 122,659
Recovered: 1,003,320

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Donald J. Trump on Monday called his successful drinking of a glass of water at his Tulsa rally his proudest achievement as President.

“I brought that glass of water up to my mouth and drank from it without spilling a drop on my tie,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “You can look at the tape. There was not a single drop of spillage.”

Trump added that, while drinking a glass of water was an impressive achievement in itself, executing it so well in front of such a large crowd made it even more extraordinary.

Dang, Andy! What large crowd? Do you think the idiot* added Clorox? RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): COVID-19 Crisis Has Arizona Reeling; Trump, Heedless, Plans Visit

Criminal Fuhrer Trump* does not care about how many people he murders by spreading his virus to Sheeple, stupid enough to attend his events and to all the people they infect with Trump* virus. Criminal Fuhrer Trump* cares only about hos greed and extending rule of the Fifth Reich. I bet that those pseudo-Christian pastors will soon be selling those bogus ionization units.  Any takers?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival (HQ – 5.1 Studio )

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread 5/7/2020

 Posted by at 10:46 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
May 072020
 

It’s a busy day, here in the CatBox.  Store to Door is delivering groceries this afternoon, and I have to put them away.  Tomorrow please expect no more than an Open Thread or Personal Update.  It’s my day to get zapped with Radiation.  WWWendy is taking me.  When I return, I plan to have some chili con goop, so the green cloud I send north to Squatch will be radioactive.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:11 (average 5:48).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0507TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 1,266,785
Deaths: 74,962
Recovered: 213,138

Short Takes:

From Alternet: A new report from Vanity Fair’s Diana Falzone published Wednesday recounts a series of stories in which the federal government has allegedly seized personal protective equipment — desperately needed during the coronavirus crisis — from private hands.

One businessman who owns a medical equipment supply firm said the FBI contacted him on the suspicion he was price-gouging, which he said his profit margins disproved. But his future shipments of N95 masks, which he planned to sell to “fire departments, nursing homes, and EMT departments,” were seized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, he said. Vanity fair reported that the document officials used to seize his orders cited President Donald Trump’s executive order claiming authority to determine the allocation of COVID-19 resources.

In the Republican Reich, every billionaire that wants PPE can get it. That’s why Republicans steal PPE supplies from heroes.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Parallels Between Gun Rights Debate And Virus Debate


The NRA and Republican billionaires have one thing in common. Both don’t give a damn how many Americans their policies murder, as long as their money and power increase!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Brian Hyland – Sealed with a Kiss with Lyrics


Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

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Open Thread–5/1/2020

 Posted by at 11:46 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
May 012020
 

It’s a tired day, here in the CatBox, and my back is in a lot of pain.  I’m ready for an Oxycodone, lunch and a nap, when I finish here.  TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:01 (average 4:39).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0501TrumpVirusMap

Coronavirus Cases: 1,099,275
Deaths: 63,972
Recovered: 156,089

Our Poll:

I owe you all an apology.  What with all the medical mayhem and personal mayhem surrounding my impending demise, I neglected our poll for months, without updating it.  If you would like to read the results and comments, click here.  I have put up a new poll.  Please vote now and in November.

Short Takes:

From Daily Kos: The concept of a living wage is apparently still unfathomable for South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who on Wednesday promised he would do everything in his power to fight an extension of federal coronavirus relief that would give those who are unemployed an extra $600 a week, according to The Post and Courier. “I promise you over our dead bodies will this get reauthorized,” Graham said of himself and Republican Sen. Tim Scott. “We’ve got to stop this.”… [emphasis added]

Hmmm… reauthorizing an extra $600 per worker in Trump* virus relief over the dead bodies of Lindsey Graham [R-SC] and Tim Scott [R-SC] is the best idea Lindsey Poo has had this year!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Vox Channel): How to vote during a pandemic

How to vote during a pandemic of Trump* virus? Vote no matter what! Vote by mail, if possible! If not, vote VERY carefully! Finally, vote Blue, no matter who, top to bottom! Every Republican in office is one Republican too many.  Flush them all!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind

Ah… the memories… RESIST!!

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Open Thread–4/24/2020

 Posted by at 10:19 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Apr 242020
 

It’s a crappy day, here in the CatBox… literally.  I woke up at 1:00 AM with severe Republicosis and almost didn’t make it.  I did nor get back to bed until 2:45.  I was back on the throne at 5:45.  I suspect the next trip will be soon.  Wish me luck, or better yet, does anyone have a spare cork?  TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:38 (average 4:04).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

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Trump* Virus Update:

0424TrumpVirusMap

Short Takes:

From Willamette Week: Forty-two percent of Oregon’s small business payrolls were covered by the federal Paycheck Protection Program last week.

The $350 billion program was designed by Congress to give companies with up to 500 employees the equivalent of two-and-half months of payroll in forgivable loans.

Oregon’s yield from the program—42 percent of eligible payrolls covered—was the third-lowest figure in the country, according to calculations by Ernie Tedeschi, an analyst at the New York investment banking firm Evercore ISI. Those findings were first published by Bloomberg News.

Tedeschi’s numbers show an imbalance: The top three states—Nebraska, North Dakota and Kansas—got an average of 79.4 percent of their small business payrolls covered. All are red states. The bottom three, Oregon, New York and California, which got an average of 40 percent, vote blue.

The picture in the article of a Portland business says it best.

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RESIST!!

From YouTube (Late Show Channel): Meet The Former Dog Breeder In Charge Of Coronavirus Response At HHS

Wouldn’t we all be better off, if criminal Fuhrer Trump* had appointed the dawg instead of the Republican asshole?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): George Harrison-My Sweet Lord (Studio Version) Original


Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–4/4/2020

 Posted by at 11:11 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Apr 042020
 

It’s very busy day here at the CatBox, but I am feeling better than yesterday.  Tomorrow and Monday please expect no more than Personal Updates or Open Threads.  Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, with all the normal chores plus it’s Infernal Revenue Day.  Monday, I go to the hospital to have an infusion port surgically installed in my chest.  WWWendy will bring me home.  Tuesday will depend on how I feel after that surgery.  Love to you all!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:34 (average 6:40).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0404TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 277,613
Deaths: 7,406
Recovered: 12,294

0404TrumpVirusData

Short Takes:

From Twitter:

Does that say it all, or what?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Real Time Channel): Sen. Bernie Sanders

Click through using the channel link for the rest of Bill’s show. I don’t have time to submit an article on it this week, but it’s there for you. As for Bernie, he could not be more spot on in his outlook for dealing with the effects of Trump* virus. Looking to the future, Trump and the Republican Reich have trashed the economy so completely that tying health care to employment is no longer feasible.  On Bill’s ‘Manhattan Project’, we need health care that bases profit on wellness. We have healthcare that bases profit on sickness.  That’s bass-ackward!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Maddow to Trump: You Had One Job. Virus Response Needs Competent Leadership

This is one of Rachel’s best ever!  Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon, just lent respirators to New York. Oregon leads the way! Kate is as competent and caring as criminal Fuhrer Trump* and all his Republican lackeys are incompetent and uncaring. Incompetence is a hallmark of the Republican Reich, such as Katrina and the Republican Recession of 2008. What do we say of the Trump* virus pandemic and the Republican Depression of 2020? It’s Trump’s* job, so we say “Heck of a job, Donnie*!”  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Nancy Sinatra – Friday’s Child


Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–4/1/2020

 Posted by at 10:12 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Apr 012020
 

It’s another tired day here in the CatBox.  I’ve been very busy researching my medical way forward.  I did order one thing from Amazon that should help with both Trump* and cancer:  100 barf bags.  I just learned I get my port in next Monday and have my first infusion the following Monday.  This is getting too real!  WWWendy comes this evening to de-stink the TomCat and help with chores.  I’m ready for a nap, and it’s only 8:30.  Happy Hump Day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:46 (average 5:33).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Jen Sorensen Cartoon:

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Embedded with permission from Jen Sorensen.

Trump* Virus Update:

0401TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 188,881
Deaths: 4,066
Recovered: 7,251

0401HospitalBeds

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Donald J. Trump should use this time when he is staying at home to repeat first grade, the nation’s teachers are urging.

Carol Foyler, the executive director of the National Alliance of Elementary Educators, said that the homebound Trump has a “golden opportunity” to use remote learning to repeat the first-grade curriculum.

“At a time when many of our nation’s children are being homeschooled, this seems like the perfect time for President Trump to learn the basics of reading, writing, and math,” she said. “By June, he could be reading ‘Hop on Pop’ and ‘Go, Dog, Go!’ ”

Sorry, Andy. I just can’t believe this one. All elementary educators are bright enough to be certain that criminal Fuhrer Trump* would flunk first grade.  RESIST!!

From Alternet: Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s financial disclosures from late February and early March are simply fascinating. We already knew that Loeffler sold off a lot of stock in early February, while buying stock in a company positioned to do well during coronavirus shutdowns because it provides online meetings. But the hugely wealthy senator’s money moves didn’t stop there.

Loeffler sold off $18.7 million in shares of Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange. Loeffler’s husband, Jeff Sprecher, is the CEO of the company and she used to be an executive there. Loeffler and Sprecher also sold shares of retail stores including Lululemon and T.J. Maxx, while making another really interesting investment. This time, they bought shares of a company that makes protective gear being used in hospitals fighting COVID-19.

She did not even warn her own constituents, let alone the rest of us, that she knew the Trump* virus pandemic was about to strike. How many thousands did she and Republicans like her murder by choosing to line their own pockets, instead of doing their job? RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): How to Prepare for the Trump Recession with Robert Reich

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich, cares only for grabbing power and providing welfare for billionaires. All of Robert’s proposals are spot-on, but only as a start. I will not survive the Republican Recession. I hope and pray you do! RESIST!!

From YouTube: Canned Heat – On The Road Again [HQ]

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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