Video Thread 4/1/2021

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 12:35 pm Open Thread, Politics

Apr 012021

Now This News … How petty… How Republican.

Now This News – Infrastructure Plan, Readers Digest version. No, it’s not enough, but it’s a heck of a good start.

Really American, now crediting Chip Franklin (makes sense to me)

OwlKitty vs. Godzilla. Short dialog at the beginning: “We need OwlKitty to stop what’s coming.” After that, just some sound effects and a little purring.

How could I post a video thread today with out a prank? And this one is epic – an epic fail, that is.

Beau on checking OFM’s science homework

Video Thread 3/24/2021

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 2:55 pm Open Thread, Politics

Mar 242021

Now This News – Too little, no doubt. But something. And something we haven’t seen before.

Now This News – We probably all know this. But I couldn’t resist featurig the 3 B’s – of the Senate. I love them all.+

This is what Vote Vets thinks of Lauren Boebert

Puppet Regime – one of their best IMO

A drone video going through a bowling alley recently went viral – now here’s one going into a volcano.

Beau on a hero of the Tennessee GOP

Open Thread – 3/10/2021

Posted by TomCat at 10:53 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Mar 102021

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. I had to take an Oxycodone this morning to supplement the methadone. I try to avoid that whenever I can.It’s been three days since the last time I Republicated, and I’m not happy with that. Happy Hump Day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:41 (average 4:31). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From Daily Kos: House Democratic legislators including the chair of the chamber’s Veterans’ Affairs committee have reintroduced legislation that would block the deportation of noncitizen U.S. military veterans, and allow eligible deported veterans to return home to the U.S. Because federal immigration officials don’t follow even their own policy, it’s unknown exactly how many veterans have been kicked out of the U.S. over the years. Advocates have estimated the number to be around 230.

“It’s a disgrace that veterans are falling through the cracks of our broken immigration system and being deported,” Veterans’ Affairs chair Mark Takano said, who reintroduced the bill with fellow Californian Juan Vargas and Arizona’s Raúl Grijalva. “Deported veterans are exiled from the country that they call home and that they fought to defend, and they face significant barriers to access the benefits they are entitled to and eligible for under the law. Congress must act and fix this injustice, and passing this comprehensive legislative package can help us achieve that.”

I fully agree with this legislation. To deport veterans who have put themselves in harm’s way to defend this nation is so criminal, it’s … Republican! RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From NY Times: It was a familiar play by Donald J. Trump: lashing out at his enemies and trying to raise money from it.

The former president this week escalated a standoff over the Republican Party’s financial future, blasting party leaders and urging his backers to send donations to his new political action committee — not to the institutional groups that traditionally control the G.O.P.’s coffers.

“No more money for RINOS,” he said in a statement released on Monday by his bare-bones post-presidential office, referring to Republicans In Name Only. He directed donors to his own website instead.

Trump** wasted no time in getting back to sheeple fleecing. Sheeple are so dumb that it’s BAAA-A-A-A-A-AAD!! RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Judy Collins – Send In The Clowns

Ah… the memories and the clown cars! RESIST the Republican Reich!!

Don’t Let Republicans Steal YOUR Future!!

Open Thread – 3/9/2021

Posted by TomCat at 10:08 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Mar 092021

It’s a very tired day here in the CatBox. WWWendy and I finished our chores last night, and it should be fairly calm until Thursday. With both a shower aide and grocery delivery day, I’ll be spending a lot of time in my chair that day. I’m not looking forward to it. Tuesday is a Flush you Republicans Day, but so far, I haven’t had any to flush. Have a great day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:58 (average 4:36). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From NY Times: One sunny day last spring, Bridgette Craighead was dancing the Electric Slide with three police officers in the grass next to the farmers’ market. It was the first Black Lives Matter protest this rural Virginia county had ever had, and Ms. Craighead, a 29-year-old hairdresser, had organized it.

She had not known what to expect. But when the officers arrived, they were friendly. They held her signs high, and stood next to her, smiling. Later an officer brought pizzas and McDonald’s Happy Meals. They even politely ignored her cousin’s expired license plate.

This, she thought, was the best of America. Police officers and Black Lives Matter activists laughing and dancing together. They were proving that, in some small way, their Southern county with its painful past was changing. They had gotten beyond the racist ways of older people. This made her feel proud. In a photograph from that day, Sgt. Thomas Robertson is smiling, and Ms. Craighead is standing behind him, her face tilted toward the sun and her fist held high.

She did not see the officers around Rocky Mount much after that. But in early January, someone sent her a photograph. It showed Officer Jacob Fracker and Sergeant Robertson posing inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the day the building was stormed by Donald J. Trump’s most fervent supporters.

At first, she did not believe it. Not her officers. But there they were, Officer Fracker giving the camera his middle finger. She confronted them on Facebook and they did not deny it. On the contrary, they were proud.

On a hate and hypocrisy scale of 1 to 10, Repuglicans rate a 50! RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): SCHNOZZOLA – A Parody of Lola | Don Caron

Don always has a knack for lambasting Republicans! RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Let the Good Times Roll – Harry Nilsson

Ah… the memories! RESIST the Republican Reich!!

Don’t Let Republicans Steal YOUR Future!!

Open Thread – 3/8/2021

Posted by TomCat at 10:12 am Open Thread, Politics

Mar 082021

It’s a tired day here in the CatBox. The methadone has ruined the way food tastes for me. I still haven’t caught up with my sleep. WWWendy is coming this evening. Oh God, it’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 5:16 (average 7:10). Ti do it, click here. How did you sdo?

Cartoons:

Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: Disgusting and hateful Senator Tommy Tuberville tried to get an Amendment passed that would have prevented schools from getting funding if they allow transgender students to compete in sports. Sen. Joe Manchin — a Democrat — voted in SUPPORT of the Amendment, while Sen. Lisa Murkowski — a Republican — voted AGAINST it.

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) blasted Tuberville for the measure that would have blocked funding for schools that allow transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports. Murray came out and called a spade a spade, saying that this stunt by Tuberville was “simply an attempt to discriminate against transgender students.”

She added, “For the love of god, can’t we just have a little bit of heart and compassion in this world for someone who doesn’t look or live exactly like you? All students, including transgender students, benefit from participating in sports to challenge themselves, to improve fitness, to be part of a team.”

That ANY Democrat could vote for such a vile amendment makes me want to puke. Unfortunately we can’t challenge DINO Joe in the primaries until the elections of 2024. Even more unfortunately, we need to be damn glad we have him until them, because he alone stands between us and Majority Leader Bought Bitch Mitch! RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From Alternet:

A Florida hospital diverted vaccines from the general public to an ultra-wealthy community where its CEO and Republican donors lived.

Gov. Ron DeSantis insists “the state was not involved” in helping to vaccinate 1,200 residents of the wealthy Ocean Reef community in January, but a spokeswoman for Baptist Health Systems, which administered the doses, told Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald that state officials did intervene.

“It is our understanding that the Medical Center at Ocean Reef asked the State of Florida for vaccine doses, and the State of Florida asked Baptist Health to take delivery of the doses to our ultra-cold freezer storage for delivery to the Medical Center at Ocean Reef,” said Baptist Health spokeswoman Dori Alvarez in a statement.

Some of the beneficiaries had donated to the governor’s political action committee, which has garnered almost $4 million, and Baptist Health Systems president and CEO Brian Keeley and his wife own a home in Ocean Reef.

The spokeswoman would not say whether the couple was involved in getting the vaccine doses delivered to their community.

If you believe that that DeSantis had nothing to do with this absurd lie, you should also believe the Pope is not Catholic, Trump** is not an asshole, and bears never ever shit in the woods! RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary

Ah… the memories! RESIST the Republican Reich!!

Don’t Let Republicans Steal YOUR Future!!

Video Thread 3/4/2021

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 1:22 pm Open Thread, Politics

Mar 042021

Really American

And with Glenn Kirschner

Meidas Touch (probably too subtle for Qidiots to grasp.)

Now This News – and this from Chris Wray. As more Democrats get confirmed the truth can only get louder.

Now This News (from Oz) – Something positive (no sound)

Cole and Marmalade – 7 Signs That Cats Are Scientists

Beau on What can be learned from Cuomo. (SO refreshing to hear this from a man!)

Video Thread 3/2/2021

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 3:46 pm Open Thread, Politics

Mar 022021

American Bridge

Meidas Touch – Yes, that’s Eric Swalwell. We’re not used to seeing him with facial hair.

Really American – Q Virus

Robert Reich on CoViD Relief

Corey (“The Buttercream Dream”) mocks CPAC

Beau on CPAC Part I (expect Part II tomorrow)

Video Thread 3/1/2021

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 1:50 pm Open Thread, Politics

Mar 012021

Yesterday El Condor Pass. Today, El Condor Non Pasa. El condor returns to visit man who saved it as a nestling (and apparently does so fairly frequently.)

Meidas Touch on CPAC – not the attendees, we know about them, but the hotel.

Justice Matters – Glenn Kirschner -a short one, under 5 minutes.

Meidas Touch – Confirmations

You can actually watch Kansas Republicans gerrymandering in this video.

Beau on the filibuster – as I said yesterday, gerrymandering is the only reason not to ditch it completely. I like his prediction for what would happen if they make it speaking only/must stay on topic.

Cole and Marmalade – Cat Logic 2

A 45 minute documentary on the HUAC, made at the time, CC added. I realize most won’t ba able to watch it. but if you do, it will likely bring back memories (and some echoes of now.)

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