Robert Reich on the Cabinet – “Let’s make sure Biden’s appointees never forget who they work for.”
Beau – Water as a commodity
Feeling a bit down? Dancing deer should help.
These squirrels aren’t dancing, but the Borat clip the other day reminded me of them.
A four-part Henri “On Cat Food Boredom” I don’t want to split it up – I can plan ahead some, but not four days in a row.
GEORGIA
#VoteYourOssoff pic.twitter.com/hDTRLtuoS8
— Natasha💙Flip the Senate💙 (@natashavote2020) December 6, 2020
GEORGIA – Tweet with photo from Senate “debate” for Georgia runoff. (And video)
— Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) December 7, 2020
GEORGIA – Now This News – Ossoff on Climate
Meidas Touch – Parody of Queen “Somebody to Love”
Kaavan is flapping his ears! That’s a sign of a happy elephant. Also his tail. Wonderful. (short version, then long version with more detail)
Beau – “I’m looking at you, Georgia.”
Now This News – Bickering Trees
Old – very old – Irish Christmas carol. “The Wexford Carol”
It’s a busy day here in the CatBox. I had a fine breakfast of steak in scrambled eggs, yogurt, rye bread and butter. I took a morning nap. I did my research. Today is a holy day in the Church if the Ellipsoid Orb. My Broncos are playing on Sunday Night Football this evening, so it will be televised here. May the Holy Ellipsoid Orb shine its blessed light on your team, unless they play in an arrow head. Have a fine Sunday!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:15 (average 5:07). To do it, click here. How did you do?
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An annual day of mourning for the Republican Reich!
Short Takes:
From Daily Kos: Lately, it seems that right-wing heroes and heroines du jour turn out to be slimeballs and reprobates. Well, add another to the list—Melissa Carone, the star witness in the Trump campaign’s attempt to overturn Biden’s win there due to baseless claims of voter fraud.
By now, you’ve seen Carone’s bonkers testimony before a Michigan state house panel, in which she claimed to have seen all manner of fraud while votes were being counted at the TCF Center. Her claims were so off the rails that even Rudy Giuliani had to try to rein her in. Earlier, she’d claimed to have seen ballots smuggled inside vans. A judge had previously ruled Carone’s claims were “not credible.”
For most of the week, people have wondered whether Carone had been too well served during her testimony. But it turns out there’s another reason to question her credibility. Two years ago, she was busted for sending obscene messages to her boyfriend’s ex-wife.
As I see it, sexual content is not what made this sleazy. What made it so is that her boyfriend’s ex-wife apparently did not consent to be the recipient of Carone’s GOPORN. That she did this should not surprise anyone. The gospel in a Republican Reich is that women should be obscene and not heard. RESIST!!
From NPR (Hat-Tip Mitch [ours, nor BBMM]): Under the order filed Friday, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn instructed the Department of Homeland Security to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as soon as Monday.
In his ruling, Garaufis said the terms of the federal program must be immediately restored to what they were “prior to the attempted rescission of September 2017” when the White House began a series of maneuvers to dismantle the program.
The judge also instructed officials to reinstate two-year permits for qualifying applicants. Over the summer, the administration had begun issuing one-year permits.
Kudos to Judge Garaufis, who was appointed by Bill Clinton. There are few judges left that do not bear the 666 of Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch etched into their foreheads. Win the Senate! RESIST!!
From YouTube (SNL Channel): Michigan Hearings Cold Open
As talented as she is, Kate just cannot convey the sense of evil with which Rudy 9/11 reflects the Republican Reich. Nevertheless, SNL was hilarious as usual. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast of Christmas): Nat King Cole – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
May God grant that our nation and the whole world might overcome the pseudo-Christian hatred that the Republican Reich has inflicted on us! RESIST!!
Only one video (21 + minutes) has been posted more than 12 hours after the show. Here it is:
GEORGIA – Jon Ossoff
GEORGIA – anti-Perdue truth
Now This News – Should be comforting. (And you can cut it off just before the 3 minute mark.)
The Lincoln project – GEORGIA !! Good perspective.
Seven plus minutes (good CC though) – if you skip it I’ll understand, but I always want to hear anything that Bryan Stevenson has to say.
Hamilton parody
Henri on Christmas
It’s a hectic say here in the CatBox. Diana will be here momentarily to change my pain patch. (Now, she left over an hour ago.) A couple of you mentioned a Tenz unit, and that is something I discussed with Molly, my PA. Here’s the problem. Someone needs to attach and dethatch the pads several times daily, and since the target location is mid-back, where I cannot reach, I could only use it with a live in caregiver. So that’s out for me. Tomorrow morning WWWendy is coming to destink the TomCat and help with food. It’s also a Store to Door grocery delivery day. Therefore please expect no more than a Personal Update from me. Happy Hump Day!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:28 (average 6:02). To do it, click here. How did you do?
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From Crooks and Liars: Appearing on Howie Carr’s show on Newsmax TV, Trump lawyer Joe DiGenova called for the public execution of Chris Krebs for his interview on CBS News’ 60 Minutes Sunday night after explaining in detail what the strategy is for disenfranchising millions of voters who elected Joe Biden.
The plan is pretty simple and utterly ridiculous. Republican governors will just declare the election process corrupt and either decline to send electors or else send a slate of electors for Donald Trump, regardless of the certified outcome of the actual election.
Barf Bag Alert!!
This is typical tactics for the 5th Reich. Many Republicans appear to be rejecting Trump*, but don’t believe them. The crimes he committed were implementing the policies they wanted from him. Now they’re feigning innocence. RESIST!!
From NY Times: Neither Jon Ossoff nor the Rev. Raphael Warnock has endorsed the Green New Deal. But that hasn’t stopped the Sunrise Movement, the activist climate group that champions the sweeping climate change plan, from mobilizing in force for the two Georgia Democrats in their high-stakes runoff races for Senate seats.
The group is aiming to help register 10,000 to 20,000 Georgians who will turn 18 by Jan. 5, the day of the elections. It has people on the ground canvassing and dropping off campaign literature. And while its appeals mention the threat from climate change, it does not present the issue as a litmus test.
“Right now, we’re focused on the bigger picture,” said Shanté Wolfe, who is leading the Sunrise Movement’s work in Georgia. “Our effort is in favor of the greater good.”
The furious efforts in Georgia by the Sunrise Movement and other progressive groups — on behalf of two candidates who do not share their most ambitious policy goals — reflect the urgency that is consuming the Democratic Party’s left flank. Two victories in Georgia would produce a 50-50 tie in the Senate, giving Democrats control of the chamber because Kamala Harris would cast tiebreaking votes as vice president.
I’m pleased to see the progressive left coming to the realization that the centrist-left is a far better choice than the 5th Reich. This is especially true, since wins in those races kick Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch out of the Majority Leader’s chair. RESIST!!
From YouTube (Colbert Late Show Channel): The Biden Family Cat Has Some Lofty Goals
How cool! CAT is where it’s AT. I especially like the part about nuking the dawgs! RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast for the planet): To My Old Brown Earth
May we restore the earth to a world that still supports life! RESIST!!
It’s a new month here in the CatBox. Debora’s visit yesterday was routine. The problem with health visits is that I cannot lie down to rest my back in the morning, and that’s why I have excessive pain on those days. For a brace to give me relief was a long shot, and since it’s not likely to work, the insurance company won’t pay for it, so I won’t be getting it. Tomorrow will be another rough day, because WWWendy has to work. Therefore Dianna is coming to change my pain patch, and I’ll miss my morning nap again. Tuesday is Flush your Republicans Day. You might consider sitting on the lid for an hour.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:24 (average 5:08). To do it, click here. How did you do?
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From Daily Kos: Gerardo Gutierrez, 70, died alone from COVID-19 in April. He contracted the virus at work in a Publix grocery story deli. Early in the pandemic, he asked his employer to allow him to wear a mask at work. According to Gutierrez’s family—who have filed a wrongful death suit—Publix refused his request. The chain eventually changed its stance to allow employees to wear masks, but it was too late for Gutierrez, whose adult children had to say goodbye to him on a video call. The lawsuit they brought last week includes numerous complaints made by Publix employees to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) about the refusal of the grocer to allow them to use masks and gloves because they didn’t want to cause shoppers to panic.
“This is a case that needs to be prosecuted and that we need to push forward in our court system and shed light on what Publix was doing and why they were doing it,” the family’s attorney, Michael Levine, told the Tampa Bay Times. “The fact the they would chose profits over employees is shameful and disappointing.” It is shameful and disappointing and it’s how corporate America—with a big assist from Senate Republicans—operate. One of the primary poison pills for COVID-19 stimulus Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to budge from is blanket liability protections for employers like Publix to prevent suits like the Gutierrez’s. Or the suit from the family of the late Isidro Fernandez, who was killed by the virus after contracting it in a Tyson pork processing plant in Iowa—the plant where supervisors and managers were allegedly placing bets on how many workers were going to get sick. McConnell would let them all entirely off the hook, but even worse, he has been using it to hold essential relief for millions and millions of Americans hostage for months.
This is not a case of Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch backing criminal Fuhrer Trump*. It’s a case of Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch representing the Republican Reich. RESIST!!
From The New Yorker: In an attempt to demonstrate that he is in better physical condition than President-elect Joe Biden, Donald J. Trump spent part of Monday morning playing fetch with Mike Pence on the White House lawn.
The press corps was invited to the event, at which Trump, seated on a golf cart, hurled tennis ball after tennis ball at his Vice-President, who obediently retrieved them.
At one point in the demonstration, Pence paused to praise his boss’s “amazing stamina.”
Well, Andy, I have to admit it was fair. After all, both Biden and Trump* were playing with a dawg. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast for the planet): After the Gold Rush
Indeed, mother nature is on the run from the Republican Reich. We must stand up on her side! RESIST!!
It’s a tired day here in the CatBox. I should be laying down to rest my back, but Deborah, my Providence Home Health Doctor is due in an hour for a routine checkup. My back is already hurting severely. WWWendy and I had a fine dinner yesterday (see below). Oh God it’s Monday!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:26 (average 5:31). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Thanksgiving Dinner:
Religious Agony:
They might have done better. if criminal Fuhrer Satan* had not attacked their QBs with his plague.
Short Takes:
From NY Times: President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. twisted his ankle playing with one of his dogs over the holiday weekend, an injury that his doctor said on Sunday resulted in hairline fractures in his foot that would most likely require him to wear a walking boot for several weeks.
Although initial X-rays showed no obvious fracture, a “follow-up CT scan confirmed hairline (small) fractures of President-elect Biden’s lateral and intermediate cuneiform bones, which are in the midfoot,” Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the director of executive medicine at GW Medical Faculty Associates, said in a statement distributed by Mr. Biden’s office.
This is, in my opinion, President-elect Biden’s first major political blunder. He should NOT have been playing with a dawg. A DemoCAT is where his play should be AT!! RESIST!!
From YouTube (CNN Channel): Biden announces all-female communications team, diverse economic team
I like these choices. More women and more women of color add diversity where it is badly needed. The only diversity in the Fifth Reich was spreading influence between Banksters, Nazis, KKK, Homophobes, Misogynists, Koch Suckers, and White Supremacists! RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast for the planet): Julian Lennon – Saltwater (1991)
Never since has this song been more appropriate. RESIST!!