Open Thread–7/23/2020

Posted by TomCat at 7:51 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jul 232020

It;s a busy day here in the CatBox. WWWendy is coming, and it’s a grocery delivery day. JD, would you please cover Samantha Bee? Tomorrow, I have a visit from the Providence home doctor, so how much I’ll do is still up in the air. Please have a great day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:02 (average 5:14). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0723TrumpVirusMap

US Cases: 4,102,002
US Deaths: 146,198
World Cases: 15,415,731
World Deaths: 631,164
Trump’s* share of World Deaths: 23.2%

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Trump Tries To Link COVID-19 Surge To Black Lives Matter Protest

Trump* is spreading bullshit, as usual. The BLM protestors wear mask. The reasons for the surge are Republican incompetence, neglect, lies, and super-spreader events. RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Comment): No, this reporter didn’t call Kayleigh McEnany a ‘lying b**ch’

The reporter clearly said, “you don’t want to engage”. However, by not calling Kayleigh Lie-a-lot a “lying bitch”, that reporter really screwed up! She should have! RESIST!!

From YouTube (Trae Crowder Channel): Liberal Redneck – Trump’s Secret Police

I agree, Trae. I live in Portland, and I’ve been calling these Republican stormtroopers Trump’s* Nazi Gestapo since they got here. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from labor): Billy Bragg – There is Power in a Union

Except for unmuzzled Republican Nazi police unions, support labor! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

The Fuhrer’s Briefing on his Plague

Posted by TomCat at 10:42 am Politics

Jul 222020

Yesterday criminal Fuhrer Trump* must have felt anxious over watching his chances to steal the 2020 election slip through the fingers on his tiny hands. In an attempt to circumvent that probability, he dusted off his PhD in Bullshitology. True to form, he piled it higher and deeper.

President Trump acknowledged on Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic was growing more severe in the United States and endorsed mask wearing in a shift after weeks of playing down the seriousness of the crisis that has killed more than 140,000 Americans.

Rather than just “embers” of the virus, as he has repeatedly characterized recent outbreaks afflicting much of the country, Mr. Trump conceded that there were now “big fires,” particularly in Florida and elsewhere across the South and West. He vowed to press a “relentless” campaign to curb the spread without offering any new specific plans for how to do so.

“It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better,” Mr. Trump told reporters as he resumed the televised coronavirus briefings that he had called off in late April. “Something I don’t like saying about things, but that’s the way it is. It’s what we have.”

The president’s shift had its limits, however, as he again congratulated himself on his handling of the pandemic, admitted no missteps and made a number of specious claims. He included none of his public health experts in the briefing and falsely asserted that he had never resisted wearing a mask. And he contradicted his own press secretary, who had told reporters just hours earlier that the president was sometimes tested for the virus multiple times a day; in fact, he said, he has never been tested more than once in a single day… [emphasis added]

Inserted from <NY Times>
Photo credit: Mother Jones

According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, he did not attend Trump’s* plague show, because he wasn’t invited.

President Trump Gave His First COVID-19 Briefing In Months. Here’s How It Went

Barf Bag Alert!!

The only way to make Trump’s* plague disappear is to make Trump* disappear.

Although Joe discussed more than just Trump* virus, he covered it far better than Trump* did.

Biden Delivers Remarks On 2020 Economic Plan

Now, wouldn’t you rather have a real President than a Fuhrer?

RESIST!!

Fuhrer Trump* Goes Bat Shit!

Posted by TomCat at 11:06 am Politics

Jul 152020

Do you remember Michelle Bachmann, aka Bat Shit Bachmann? Michelle is about to lose her title. Yesterday in an unethical campaign event, masquerading as a news conference, in the Rose Garden, criminal Fuhrer Trump* made Michelle green with envy by giving all present an unforgettable demonstration of Bat Shit!

President Donald Trump clearly misses holding rallies filled with thousands of his fawning supporters hanging on his every self-aggrandizing word. So on Tuesday, at a press event ostensibly staged to discuss his new executive order withdrawing recognition of Hong Kong as independent from China, he decided to indulge himself by launching into a meandering campaign-style monologue for the reporters in attendance.

He leaped from topic to topic, sometimes in a single run-on sentence, and often failed to complete thought. He took aim at his election opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, attacking a laundry list of the Democrat’s policies that he twisted and distorted. Recalling a campaign theme he has long ignored, Trump called out Biden’s son, saying: “Where’s Hunter?”

And he returned to many of his favorite topics, such as immigration. He boasted of his relationship with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and warned that a President Biden would tear down the wall he has started to build on parts of the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Probably never been a time when candidates are so different,” Trump said.

There was no consistent thread or argument to his ramblings, aside from his own supposed greatness. It was pure stream of consciousness, supplemented by factoids apparently printed on notes on his lectern. He claimed to be the defender of African Americans at one moment because he favors school choice, but then slipped into attacking low-income housing and saying he’d preserve the suburbs — an unsubtle code for protecting white neighborhoods… [emphasis added]

Inserted from <Alternet>

In the process of my research I came across a complete video of criminal Fuhrer Trump’s* diatribe. Consider yourselves blessed that I am far too kind and compassionate to inflict that on you. Instead, here is a description.

Trump Gives Subdued, Rambling Campaign-Style Speech In Rose Garden

He appears to be coming apart at the seams, and in the process, pulling the plug on both himself and the Republican Reich. Pray that I’m right.

RESIST!!

Open Thread–7/14/2020

Posted by TomCat at 8:02 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jul 142020

It’s a very busy day here in the CatBox. WWWendy and her friend Kristin are coming to destink the foul TomCat, gelp with chores, and prepare a ton of goop. This is my only article today.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:52 (average 4:59). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0714TrumpVirusMap

Map Reference: (click through for interactive map)

US Cases: 3,480,097
US Deaths: 138,273

Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: It’s really hard to muster much sympathy for people like these, people who stubbornly refuse to accept science and common sense and in the end work against the common good. Waldron voted in the majority against a countywide facemask mandate only last week.

I think that, when this Republican arrives in hell, he’s going to find a lot of stupid Republican Sheeple, who are furious at him! RESIST!!

From YouTube (RWW Channel): Scott Lively Says Giving Women the Right to Vote Was a ‘Product of the Soviet Bolshevik Revolution’

Barf Bag Alert!!

If women are not barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen, they are not fulfilling the role Republican Supply-side Jesus intends for them. Republican Supply-side Jesus is the false Jesus Republicans invented to justify their hate, greed and lies. He is the exact opposite of the real Jesus RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast played at Woodstock): Ten Years After – I’m Going Home(Woodstock 1969 Concert), Mono-Mix from 1969 Cotillion LP recording.

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

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread–7/10/2020

Posted by TomCat at 11:09 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jul 102020

It’s a busy day, here in the CatBox. We’ve arranged to have a palliative care nurse to come change my pain patch when WWWendy is away. We’re still searching for a shower aide. Wish me luck. Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update or Open Thread. It’s a WWWendy stink, patch, and shower day. TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:11 (average 5:30). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0710TrumpVirusMap

Map Reference (click through for interactive map).

US Cases: 3,221,938
US Deaths: 135,869

Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: Ohio state Rep. Nino Vitale (R) on Tuesday encouraged his constituents to “stop getting tested” for COVID-19.

In a Facebook post, Vitale suggested that the government is using COVID-19 tests to create a “dictatorship.”

“Are you tired of living in a dictatorship yet?” Vitale asked. “This is what happens when people go crazy and get tested. STOP GETTING TESTED!”

“It is giving the government an excuse to claim something is happening that is not happening at the magnitude they say it is happening,” he continued. “Have you noticed they never talk about deaths anymore, just cases? And they never talk about recoveries. They just keep adding to numbers they have been feeding us from over 3 months ago!”

Is that typically Republican or what? And the rabid Nazi Republican Sheeple said BAA-A-A-A-A-A!! RESIST!!

From YouTube (Adam Schiff Channel): Rep. Schiff on MSNBC: With Trump, Justice Delayed is National Security Denied

With criminal Fuhrer Trump* Justice is ALWAYS delayed, and national security is ALWAYS denied. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast played at Woodstock): Santana:SOUL SACRIFICE:Woodstock Music Festival, August, 1969

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

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

The Trump* Plan to Murder Children

Posted by TomCat at 11:05 am Politics

Jul 092020

Many nations are sending their children back to school this fall. They can do so, because they took the necessary steps (social distancing, wearing masks, extensive testing, and contact tracing tracing, etc.) to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control. Therefore, it’s safe for them to open their schools. Here in the US, Criminal Fuhrer Trump* claimed that the pandemic is a hoax fostered by Democrats. He took none of the necessity steps early and is discontinuing the few steps he took too late. As a result, we have a raging plague of Trump* virus running wild. It is not safe to open our schools. Nevertheless, Trump* is demanding that schools reopen to hide his own and Republican incompetence in controlling their plague. American school children will pay for this with their lives and those of their families.

Determined to reopen America’s schools despite coronavirus worries, President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to hold back federal money if school districts don’t bring their students back in the fall. He complained that his own public health officials’ safety guidelines are impractical and too expensive.

Shortly afterward, Vice President Mike Pence announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would be issuing new guidance next week “that will give all new tools to our schools.” The recommendations will keep students safe, he said, but “the president said today we just don’t want the guidance to be too tough. ”

Despite Trump’s increased pressure on state and local officials, New York City announced that most of its students would return to classrooms only two or three days a week and would learn online in between. “Most schools will not be able to have all their kids in school at the same time,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio.

For a nation that prides itself on its public school system, it’s an extraordinary situation in this pandemic year.

With millions of the nation’s parents anxious about their children’s safety in the fall — and their own work interruptions if they must stay home — Trump continued to inject politics into public health… [emphasis added]

Inserted from <US News>

Trump Admin. Pushes For Schools To Fully Reopen This Fall, But How?

Democrats know that reopening schools would good for us politically, but we don’t want the political benefit derived from the murder of hundreds, if not thousands, of school children and their families infected with Trump* virus.

Educator rips Trump’s push to reopen schools amid pandemic

This is what will happen if criminal Fuhrer Trump* gets to sacrifice the lives of children and their families on the altar of his reelection campaign.

RESIST!!

Open Thread–7/4/2020

Posted by TomCat at 10:54 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jul 042020

It’s a relatively lazy holiday here in the CatBox. I looked forward to today, because I would have been able to see Portland’s main fireworks display from my window. Of course, it has been cancelled. Maybe I’ll see it next year, if I live that long. Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update or an Open Thread. WWWendy is coming so destink the pungent TomCat, change my patch, goop and help with chores. Also, because we’re running out of time, tomorrow is Infernal Revenue day in the CatBox. Have a fine weekend!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:15 (average 6:28). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0704TrumpVirusMap

US Cases: 2,891,380
US Deaths: 132,112

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Lincoln Project Channel): Gettysburg

This could not be more appropriate for today! We must remember those murdered by criminal Fuhrer Trump’s* racist Republican Reich! God bless those very few Republicans that understand this. The smart ones have left or will soon leave the party. RESIST!!

From Raw Story: Yet another senior Donald Trump advisor has tested positive for COVID-19.

“Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of President Trump’s eldest son and a top fund-raising official for the Trump re-election campaign, tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday before a Fourth of July event at Mount Rushmore, a person familiar with her condition said,” The New York Times reported shortly before Trump’s speech began.

“Ms. Guilfoyle traveled to South Dakota with Mr. Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr., in anticipation of attending a huge fireworks display where the president was set to speak. They did not travel aboard Air Force One, according to the person familiar with her condition, and she was the only person in the group who tested positive,” the newspaper reported. “Still, that another person who was expected to be near Mr. Trump tested positive — and someone who most staff aides consider a member of the Trump family — is likely to renew attention around potential risks to the president.”

How rabid! She attended criminal Fuhrer Trump’s white supremacy super-spreader campaign show, while infected with Trump* virus and no mask or distancing. How many will die, because she spread her Fuhrer’s plague? She needs to do one more thing: give her boyfriend’s father* a BIG, sloppy kiss! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from Woodstock): BERT SOMMER – AMERICA – WOODSTOCK 69

The next few songs are dedicated to all who were at Woodstock or wanted to be. Most of us gave Bert a standing ovation for this song. Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread–6/26/2020

Posted by TomCat at 9:35 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jun 262020

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. This is today’s only article, because a Providence doctor will be visiting soon. I don’t know whether or not I’ll have tome to finish and publish this, before she arrives, but I’ll do so ASAP. TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:01 (average 4:34). To do it, click here. Hoe did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0626TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 2,505,909
Deaths: 126,823

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: In an unexpected turn of events for the former New York mayor, a poll of legal experts has determined that Rudolph Giuliani is no longer the worst lawyer in America.

According to the law professor who supervised the poll, Davis Logsdon, of the University of Minnesota Law School, Giuliani’s dethronement from the worst-lawyer championship was all the more shocking because his claim to that title had remained unchallenged for so long.

“Giuliani had faced worthy competition from the likes of Michael D. Cohen and Michael Avenatti and dispatched them with ease,” Logsdon said. “But this new challenger left Rudy in the dust.”

Thanks, Andy! It doesn’t take a picture to know that the worst Lawyer in the country is Barrf! RESIST!!

From YouTube (John Pavlovitz Channel): YES, PEOPLE WHO WEAR MASKS ARE AFRAID. (We Wish You Were Afraid, Too.)

Amen! All John’s arguments are valid, but will Republicans listen? I doubt it! As JD at out site said, I wear it, because I’m exercising my right to wear what I want. Republican Sheeple have no answer for that one. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Santana – Black Magic Woman 1971

Love that guitar! Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

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