Open Thread – 10/30/2020

Posted by TomCat at 10:43 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Oct 302020

It’s a tired day here in the CatBox. My Republicosis last night was severe enough that I had to get up, pop on George, and make the mad dash three times. Sadly, ice cream before bed was a bad idea. I’m waiting for Diana to come. She is due momentarily. Tomorrow I hope to post a series of election maps. TGIF! (Diana just came.)

Jug Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 5:29 (average 9:21). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

Click for more maps

US Cases: 9,220,428
US Deaths: 234,262
Plus all Trump*/GOP plague murders Republicans are hiding

Short Takes:

From Daily Kos: According to a just-released study, the risk of interference in the coming election by far-right “Patriot” militiamen heavily aligned with Donald Trump is not only real, it’s growing intense in over half the states in the nation, with five states in particular likely to see disruptive behavior and perhaps violence: Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Oregon.

Compiled by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the study gathered and examined “the latest data on right-wing militia organizations across the country, identifying the most active groups and mapping the locations most likely to experience heightened militia activity before, during, and after the election.” What it found should send up warning flares to officials at all levels concerned about election security, as well as among law enforcement officers who seem to be currently preoccupied with election-related civic violence coming from the left.

Pennsylvania is the tipping-point battleground state that should give Joe Biden his 270th electoral vote, and Republicans are doing all they can to suppress the vote. No matter where you live, click here to volunteer for a virtual get-out-the-vote activity in Pennsylvania.

As strongly as I support GOTV activity, I urge lefties to avoid confrontations with Republican Nazis. Every time one unarmed left winger defends herself or himself against 50 heavily armed Republican Nazi Gestapo, it will be reported as a left-wing assault. RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Jocelyn: Voters Have Right To Cast Ballot ‘Free From Intimidation And Harassment’

The notion that Republican Ammosexuals are allowed to display their guns at a polling place boggles my mind. The best weapons for self defense are ballots, not bullets! RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): They say they are married to ‘deplorables’. So they formed a support group

God! Those poor women! Can you imagine the horror of being married to a deplorable Ammosexual idiot who measures penis size in caliber? RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun (2019 Mix)

Ah… the memories! Protest like the 60s! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread – 9/27/2020

Posted by TomCat at 10:29 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Sep 272020

It’s a very busy WWWendy day here in the CatBox. This is my only article today. Tomorrow I have my Trump* virus test, and Diana should be here slightly after I get home, so please expect no more than a Personal Update tomorrow. This Sunday, may the Lord keep Resident Donald Trump*… from destroying the country before we can put him in a cell.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:10 (average 4:35). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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Click for interactive maps and charts

US Cases: 7,290,347
US Deaths: 209,208
Plus all the Trump* virus murders Republicans are hiding from us

Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: A hair-raising article in Bellingcat details what has been learned from chat logs of the Patriot Coalition of Oregon, thanks to an Antifa infiltrator. Journalists Robert Evans and Jason Wilson describe the group as part of a growing network “increasingly organizing around direct physical confrontations with leftist protesters in Portland and other American cities.”

The leaked chat logs appear to reveal that some members of the Patriot Coalition have taken part in multiple violent rallies throughout the summer, and that they claim to have operated a series of vigilante patrols and checkpoints during the Oregon wildfires. While the chats appear to show they work and fight alongside members of extremist groups like the Proud Boys, American Wolf and 1776 2.0, the Patriot Coalition seems to have no coherent ideology beyond a desire to violently confront leftists in the name of the police and President Trump. A user identified as Paige summed up the general feelings of the group in a post made ahead of a what turned out to be a bloody ‘Back the Blue’ rally on August 22nd in Portland when she wrote: “I’m waiting for the presidential go to start open firing.”

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Patriot Coalition members regularly declare Democratic politicians to be “Antifa” and thus fair targets for violence.

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Discussions of violence in the Patriot Coalition group chat are not hypothetical. While some individuals are likely grandstanding, the chat logs show members gearing up for a number of events where very real violence occurred.

On August 22nd more than 300 heavily armed right-wing demonstrators rallied in downtown Portland for what was, nominally, a rally supporting the police. Yet the situation quickly degenerated into a mass brawl, with numerous injuries (including to one of the authors of this article).

Those events reflected the plans that Patriot Coalition had made. In the lead up, members discussed acquiring paintball guns and freezing their ammunition for maximum damage.

One of the many, many horrifying comments obtained from the group reads, “The only real way to end it is start shooting everyone of them. Fists and pepper spray are fun but don’t get the job done. I think sooner or later it’s coming. Our governor and the coward mayor of Portland will let it go on till November. If we don’t take care of it ourselves. Then there’s the whole prison thing I don’t quite like. So your damned if do damned if you don’t.”

Click through. The rest is too important to miss. What these Republican terrorists are doing in my town today, they shall do in your town tomorrow. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Elizabeth Warren Channel): Elizabeth Warren Responds to Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

Liz could not be more spot-on. Every Republican in power is one Republican too many! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama

Ah… the memories! Protest like the 60s! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread – 9/8/2020

Posted by TomCat at 11:51 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Sep 082020

It’s a hectic day here in the CatBox. I have the AC working, but I have to babysit it. I lost the washer in my portable O₂ unit, and Providence Medical Equipment will deliver one this moaning. I’ll be scarce for the next few days. Please expect no more than a daily Personal Update before Monday. Tomorrow I have to take the TriMet Lift Bus to to the hospital for my second infusion in 90°+ weather. Because of WWWendy’s work schedule, I had to schedule the appointment for 3:20 PM. I’ll nap during the morning. WWWendy will pick me up at 5:30. When we get home at around 6:00 PM, we still have a whole normal WWWendy day to do. I’ll be exhausted and will get to bed way late. I may be too worn out to do more Thursday. Friday Deborah, the Providence Home Health doctor is coming for a routine visit. Saturday is a morning WWWendy day. Sunday I’m meeting with several prison volunteer coworkers and former prisoners on Zoom. If I can do more, I will, but I’ll be busier than a long-tail TomCat in a rocking chair showroom. Tuesday is flush your Republicans day. Flush fast. They’re sneaky as hell. Oh God, it’s Tuesday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:12 (average 5:17). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoons:

Trump* Virus Update:

Click for interactive map

US Cases: 6,486,426
US Deaths: 193,587
Plus thousands of GOP plague murder victims Republicans are hiding from us

Short Takes:

From NY Times: Just before hundreds of far-right activists recently tried to storm the German Parliament, one of their leaders revved up the crowd by conjuring President Trump.

“Trump is in Berlin!” the woman shouted from a small stage, as if to dedicate the imminent charge to him.

She was so convincing that several groups of far-right activists later showed up at the American Embassy and demanded an audience with Mr. Trump. “We know he’s in there!” they insisted.

Mr. Trump was neither in the embassy nor in Germany that day — and yet there he was. His face was emblazoned on banners, T-shirts and even on Germany’s pre-1918 imperial flag, popular with neo-Nazis in the crowd of 50,000 who had come to protest Germany’s pandemic restrictions. His name was invoked by many with messianic zeal.

It was only the latest evidence that Mr. Trump is emerging as a kind of cult figure in Germany’s increasingly varied far-right scene.

As much as the Republican Reich tries to claim that Trump* is not a Nazi, even foreign Nazis know who their Fuhrer is! RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Study: 93% Of Protests In The U.S. This Summer Were Peaceful

Left wing protests are generally more peaceful than those of Republican Ammosexuals. Nevertheless, I agree that there are violent wing nuts on both sides. The difference is that that the lefties reject our wing nuts and condemn their violence. The Republican Reich love and accept their wing nuts and applaud, encourage, and cultivate their violence. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): I Approve This Message

“Change comes from here.” Amen! I am a dying activist, and I approve this message. Protest like the 60s! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread – 9/5/2020

Posted by TomCat at 12:10 pm Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Sep 052020

It’s a hectic Saturday here in the CatBox. I got up a half an hour early this morning, so I could get a head start and a longer morning map. So much for the best laid plans of mice and men…, and far too often, of Puddy Tats. A hacker must have broken into the Bluehost server and hacked the email PW of the PP admin email account. I know it could not have come from my computer, because I have never sent email from admin. Incoming admin email auto-forwards to my tomcat PP email account. The hacker then set up a SPAM bot to to send Republican propaganda from PP. It quickly started failing due to our 250/hour sent-email limit, so for each failed piece of SPAM, admin forwarded a mailer-daemon notice to my tomcat account. I woke up to find over 4,500 notices in my inbox. I fixed the problem by changing the admin PW, but between figuring that out and cleaning up the mess, it took me over two hours. Instead of a long nap, I got a very short nap, and I’m still quite a bit late. If you sent me email that got lost in the mess, please resend it. Tomorrow is a WWWendy in the morning day, so please expect no more than a Personal Update from me. Please stay safe in holiday traffic. Have a great weekend.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:35 (average 5:41). To so it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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US Cases: 6,392,303
US Deaths: 192,168
Plus thousands of GOP plague murder victims Republicans are hiding from us

Short Takes:

From TPM: White supremacists pose the most serious terror threat to the United States, according to a draft report from the Department of Homeland Security.

Three different drafts of the report obtained by Politico characterize the threat from white supremacists as the deadliest domestic terror threat in the United States.

All three documents also report that 2019 was the deadliest year for domestic violent extremists since the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995.

The documents indicate that “lone offenders” and “small cells of individuals” are increasingly joining up with people who share their ideologies and “will pose the primary terrorist threat to the United States.”

“Among these groups, we assess that white supremacist extremists – who increasingly are networking with likeminded persons abroad – will pose the most persistent and lethal threat,” the report indicates.

Here, we already know that, but far to many don’t. TELL THEM! RESIST!!

From YouTube (Liberal Redneck Channel): Liberal Redneck – QAnonsense

I have to disagree with Trae. Calling Republican QAnon conspiracy believers “dumb shits” is far too insulting to dumb shits. RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son

Ah… the memories. Protest like the 60s! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread – 9/1/2020

Posted by TomCat at 10:49 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Sep 012020

It’s a tired busy day here in the CatBox. Yesterday Diana determined that sores in my butt crack and under my left butt cheek are a fungus infection. I have decided to forego posting pics. I have the Lotrimin I need to treat it. She’s coming back Thursday to recheck it. I think my esophageal tumor is getting worse, as I have to eat even more slowly, and I can drink water only two swallows at once instead of my usual five. WWWendy came. In addition to her routine tasks, she borrowed a plunger at the front desk and unplugged the throne. I bought a plunger on Amazon, and it arrives this week. She also cleared a bad paper jam in my color laser printer. I ate late, got to bed late, overslept this morning, and am trying not to doze off now. Tuesday is flush your Republicans day, even if you need a plunger, when they misbehave.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:20 (average 5:47). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

US Cases: 6,214,690
US Deaths: 187,839
Plus thousands of GOP plague murder victims Republicans are hiding from us

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Sharpton: Trump’s Defense Of Wisconsin Shooter “The Epitome Of An Insult” To Americans

That is sickening. Even though the mayor asked him to stay away, criminal Fuhrer Trump* is going to Kenosha today. Will his “visit” spread more Trump* virus, more GOP violence, or both? RESIST!!

From YouTube (TYT Channel): Police Stop BLM Medic From Helping Shooting Victim

Isn’t it ironic that the people the Republican Reich accuse of committing this murder were the ones trying to help him? Sadly, as a Portland resident, I know this is all to typical of Portland Police. There are some very fine officers here, but far to many “serve and protect” only criminal Fuhrer Trump* and the Republican Reich, including Republican terrorists. I have now seen video of the shooting. The victim, or someone near him, popped a can of mace and the shots came from within the cloud. Could it be that a Republican Ammosexual thought left-wing protestors were macing him and opened fire? RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): The Beatles – Revolution

This could not be more appropriate for today! Kudos to peaceful left-wing protesters! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

He Did the Right Thing!

Posted by TomCat at 11:31 am Politics

Aug 312020

To those of us used to Trump’s* tactics, his rhetoric on the violence in our streets merely reflects his PhD (piled higher and deeper) in Bullshitology. However, many of those who are politically naive, like far too many American voters, his message appears to be effective. Therefore Democrats need to be more effective at countering that message. Otherwise this happens.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden maintains his polling lead over President Donald Trump, though the commander in chief gained ground on the former vice president after the party conventions, according to a Morning Consult poll released Saturday.

According to the poll, Biden leads Trump by six points, polling 50% to Trump’s 44% among likely voters, compared to 52% to 42% before the Republican National Convention, but after the Democratic National Convention.

The poll was conducted Friday, the day after the RNC concluded. The poll showing Biden with a 10-point lead was conducted August 23, after the DNC… [emphasis added]

Inserted from <USA Today>

During and since the RNC, Trump* has focused on the violence in the streets that he has caused by inciting deplorable Republican Sheeple to riot violently.

In Germany in the 1930’s Hitler and the Nazis created the problem of rioting and social unrest. Then they blamed the problem on Jews and leftists. Then they blamed their own extreme violent response against Jews and leftists on the victims. Finally they convinced the public that they and they alone could solve the problem. How is this different from what Trump* and the Republican Reich are trying to do today? It’s isn’t, and I’m not the only one that thinks so.

Expert compares Trump’s politics to fascism

Before today, the Biden campaign has stayed aloof from this, and has let Trump* and the Republican Reich get away with it. That’s why Trump* is gaining ground in the polls. Biden needs to sound more like Portland’s Democratic Mayor, Ted Wheeler, and condemn the violence, condemn all who are committing acts of violence, including left-wing extremists, and condemn the Republican Reich that instigate the violence.

Portland mayor excoriates Trump: ‘It’s you who have created the hate’

While putting the finishing touches on this article, I am listening to Joe Biden speak. Thank God he must have read my mind, because he’s saying the things I wanted him to say!

RESIST!!

Open Thread – 8/27/2020

Posted by TomCat at 11:48 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 272020

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. Store to Door will be delivering groceries in the next three hours, and I have to unpack and put them away. WWWendy is coming late this evening to destink the stinky TomCat, goop, and help with chores. Tomorrow is her regular day, but tomorrow she has to go straight from school to her night job bartending at the Elks Lodge. Then tomorrow she’ll come by in a lunch-hour pit stop to change my pain patch. The down side is that I’ll be extra stinky when she returns Monday. If you’re anywhere near Republicane Laura, please take care.

Jog Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:57 (average 4:53). To do it, click here. How did you do>

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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Click for several other maps

US Cases: 6,002,176
US Deaths: 183,687
Plus all the many GOP plague murder victims Republicans are hiding from us.

RNC Deplorables Take:

Day three was more of the same show featuring the worship of criminal Fuhrer Trump*. They created a complete alternate reality, based on 100% lies.

It was a super-spreader event with virtually no masks and no social distancing.

I happened to notice an old Parade recipient, Joni Pig Nuts [R-IA]. She said that Biden would ban fossil fuels and ban farm animals. Both statements and all her other statements were lies.

The following is a complete analysis of the effect Trump* and the Republican Reich have had on America:

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: An outbreak hit the 2020 Republican National Convention this week as hundreds of attendees tested positive for delusion.

While public-health experts have yet to determine the extent of the outbreak, the episodes of attendees exhibiting magical thinking bordering on the hallucinatory appear to be widespread.

Davis Logsdon, who studies delusional epidemics at the University of Minnesota’s School of Medicine, said that multiple R.N.C. participants professed to see things “that are not actually there,” such as a strong economy, a successful coronavirus response, and an immigration policy brimming with kindness.

In another worrying symptom, Logsdon said that attendees who tested positive were unable to see things that were clearly in their line of vision. “One participant on Monday was shouting for more than six minutes despite the presence of a microphone inches away from her,” he said.

Dang, Andy! There’s no satire here. All the stupid, rabid GOP Sheeple who attended the Nazi Republican super-spreader event are deluded by definition! RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Kenosha Protest Shooting Suspect Attended A Trump Rally In January

Should we be surprised? Trump rallies and other Republican events are the easiest places for Ammosexual Republican terrorists to learn hate, racism and violence! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): A SPOONFUL OF CLOROX – A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

Hilarious! I think JD has shared this one before, but it’s worth another go. Randy really nailed the sponsor of the RNC. Support left wing protesters! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

Open Thread – 8/18/2020

Posted by TomCat at 11:22 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 182020

It’s a hot day (high 80°s), here at the CatBox. Yesterday my visit with Diana was routine. She’s a very nice lady, who pulls no punches and tells it like it is, but does so with compassion. Tomorrow is my first Pembrolizumab infusion at the hospital. I’ll leave after lunch on a TriMet Lift van, and WWWendy will pick me up between 4:30 and 5:00 PM. When we get home, it will be a regular WWWendy day with TomCat destinking, patch changing, food gooping, and chores. So I’ll be taking a morning nap to rest as much as I can first. Therefore, please expect no more than a Personal Update from me. Assuming that I have no adverse reactions, I’ll be back in the saddle on Thursday. Tuesday is flush Republicans day. Lower the lid so none get away.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:16 (average 5:05). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0818TrumpVirusMap

US Cases: 5,613,357
US Deaths: 173,778
Plus the many GOP murder victims Republicans are hiding from us

Short Takes:

From Willamette Week: A right-wing “flag wave” event in downtown Portland on Saturday ended with a far-right protester firing two gunshots into a crowd of Black Lives Matter demonstrators.

Seaside, Ore., resident and conservative activist Haley Adams advertised her Aug. 15 “Rally Against Domestic Terrorism” as a “flag wave” and stressed the group’s intent to remain peaceful. About 25 people attended the rally in front of the Multnomah County Justice Center.

This reporter saw several members of the protest arrive with weaponry—they open-carried a Scorpion 9 mm carbine and an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle. Others held Mace, paintball guns and a 9 mm handgun.

The flag wave rally exchanged chants and taunts for approximately an hour with a group of Black Lives Matter protesters before Adams’ group embarked on a march through downtown Portland. Counterprotesters [sic] followed closely, and there was a small exchange of violence between the two groups: Flag wave protesters were seen Macing BLM protesters and shooting them with paintball rounds and hard plastic pellets. Counterprotesters [sic] returned fire with Mace and Silly String.

At approximately 1:35 pm, about 15 conservative protesters retreated into the SmartPark garage at Southwest 4th Avenue and Yamhill Street. Ten minutes later, three cars sped out of the garage and down 4th Avenue. The driver of one car—a blue Dodge Dart—fired two shots at a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters as he left but didn’t hit anyone. Some of the BLM protesters recovered a 9 mm casing at the scene of the shooting.

When Republican Ammosexuals say “peaceful”, this is what they mean. RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Bernie Sanders on How Democrats Can Win the Working Class

The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right! Combined with Bernie, he’s twice as right. The Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, are wrong and need permanent vacations behind bars! RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast of protest): Vote Him Away (The Liar Tweets Tonight)

Amen! Amen!! Amen!!! Kudos to left-wing protestors! RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

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