Samantha Bee from 5/6

 Posted by at 10:47 am  Politics
May 072020
 

It’s that time of week again, and here are four fine video clips from Sam’s show last night.  Enjoy!!

The Things We Should Have Been Doing All Along! Brought to You By Coronavirus

Excellent points! The system that we use to redistribute recourses in the US was developed a couple centuries ago, are way out of date, and have been taken over by greedy billionaires and giant criminal corporations. We need to redesign the entire system to provide equitable treatment for the poor and middle classes.

How to Homeschool During a Pandemic


I don’t know how to best teach our children, but I can tell you who don’t know, and who do know. The Republican Reich don’t, and our wonderful teachers do!

Sam’s Coronavirus Time Capsule


Ditching the bras is fine, but PLEASE keep the contents!

Live From Sam’s Shed… It’s Vanessa Carlton!


I LIKE it!

Thanks Sam!

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Bill Maher from 5/1

 Posted by at 10:48 am  Politics
May 022020
 

It’s that time of week again, so here are six video clips, from Bill’s show last night. Enjoy!

Monologue: Different Sh*t, Same Day

The reason the Fuhrer invoked the war powers act is so he can have a hamberder with his Lysol!

24 Things You Don’t Know About Joe Biden


I wish he hadn’t alluded to sexual harassment. While Joe is handling the accusation poorly, getting it properly resolved and behind him is not a laughing matter.  Furthermore, Faux Noise is actually claiming he confessed to doing it.

Eric Holder on the 2020 Elections 


I would love to see criminal Fuhrer Trump* dragged kicking and screaming from the White House, but I have less confidence in law enforcement’s will to do so than Holder does.

Bret Stephens: Lives vs. Lives

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Trump*, and Pence followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth, and with Trump* virus.

Matt Taibbi: Return of the Vampire Squid

If the so-called middle class bailout wasn’t really welfare for billionaires, aka tinkle down economics, Republicans would have never approved it.

New Rule: Immunity Booster

What America needs is immunity from Trump*

Thanks Bill.  That was a big one!

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May 022020
 

It’s another painful day here in the CatBox.  Hopefully next week’s radiation therapy will reduce pain from my spinal cancer.  Tomorrow is a WWWendy Day, so please expect no more than an Open Thread or a Personal Update.  Monday is a Radiation Oncology Day.  Dr. Seung will be measuring me under Cat Scan for Friday’s irradiation.  I do have a special article planned for Monday, but I’ll write it in advance.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:48 (average 5:00).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan, is “arrogantly forcing the residents of her state to remain alive,” Attorney General William Barr charged on Friday.

In a blistering takedown of the Democratic governor, Barr said that Whitmer was “depriving Michiganders of their constitutionally enshrined right to die before their time.”

Hinting that the Justice Department could soon file a lawsuit against Whitmer, Barr alleged that her “unhinged obsession with keeping her state’s residents breathing” represented “government overreach at its worst.”

Dang, Andy! That Democrat sure is blatant in her audacity! How dare she keep people alive, against the wishes of criminal Fuhrer Trump* and his pet monkey (apologies to simians everywhere), Barrf?!!?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (CSPAN Channel): White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany: “I will never lie to you.

That was criminal Fuhrer Trump’s* new mouthpiece’s first lie as Press Secretary.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Beatles-She´s leaving home


Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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May 012020
 

Oscar-winner Emma Thompson stars in new Extinction Rebellion film

This As Seen from Afar will take the form of a ‘short take’ of an article published  on the euronews site by *

[Yesterday has seen] the release of a new short film starring Emma Thompson about Extinction Rebellion. The film depicts a fictionalised version of the protests held by the activist group last April, which culminated in the UK becoming the first country to formally declare a climate emergency. [Italics mine]

The double Academy Award winner took part in last year’s climate protests, which saw parts of the UK’s capital grind to a halt during a fortnight of continuous civil disobedience. It was during this time that the short film, entitled Extinction, was shot.

The 12-minute production tells the story of a group of climate activists meeting with the Environment Minister in the midst of an ongoing rebellion.

Emma Thompson explained the importance of both the piece and the movement more generally, saying, “Everything depends on what we do now. In a crisis, you have to convince people to take positive and immediate action. The suffragettes taught us that. You have to be active in your disobedience.

YouTube: Extinction – Starring Emma Thompson

“How we respond to the coronavirus crisis is a test run for how we need to respond to the climate crisis, and we see the same forces attempting to obscure and to undermine science in pursuit of perpetual growth and private profit. Whatever happens next, we can be sure that ‘business as usual’ is no longer tenable.” Film Co-writer Sam Haygarth

* https://www.euronews.com/living/2020/04/30/oscar-winner-emma-thompson-stars-in-new-extinction-rebellion-film  

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Samantha Bee from 4/29

 Posted by at 10:51 am  Politics
Apr 302020
 

It’s that time of week again, and here are three excellent video clips from Sam’s show last night.  Enjoy!!

Why We Need To Save The Postal Service

What do the USPS and the American middle class have in common? The Republican Reich are drooling to destroy both.

Live From Sam’s Shed… It’s MILCK!

Wouldn’t it be lovely, if she did?

Samantha Bee: Bird Expert

That’s something Sam and TomCat have in common. I love birds too! BURP!!

Thanks Sam!

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Apr 302020
 

It’s a crappy day here in the CatBox.  I spent a lot of time on the throne this morning.  The problem with eating goop is like the problem with computer programming.  Goop in; goop out.  I talked to Megan (my PCP) and Evelyn’s (my Oncologist) nurse this morning.  We all agree that the best way to deal with Republicosis is Imodium AD.  Thursday is send Republicosis to criminal Fuhrer Trump* Day!!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:09 (average 5:00).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0430TrumpVirusMap

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Vice-President Mike Pence has started wearing a mask after Anthony Fauci told him that it will protect him from women, Fauci has confirmed.

After seeing video of a maskless Pence touring the Mayo Clinic, on Tuesday, Fauci said, “I knew I had to come up with something fast” to get through to Pence.

Fauci immediately got on the phone with the Vice-President and informed him that “clinical research” had demonstrated that a mask is “an effective female-repellent.”

I believe you, Andy. That brown-nose sycophant, Pence, would love ensure that the use of his butt is reserved exclusively for his beloved criminal Fuhrer Trump*.  RESIST!!

From Alternet: Countless non-fundamentalist churches in the United States, from Catholic to Lutheran and Episcopalian, have embraced social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic and temporarily moved their activities online. But many Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals have been irresponsibly downplaying the dangers of COVID-19 and doing so with deadly results: journalist Alex Woodward, in the U.K.-based Independent, reports that the pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 30 pastors in the Bible Belt.

“Dozens of pastors across the Bible Belt have succumbed to coronavirus after churches and televangelists played down the pandemic and actively encouraged churchgoers to flout self-distancing guidelines,” Woodward reports.

What Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians (the polar opposite of authentic Christians) fail to realize is that their false god carries a pitchfork and has horns, cloven hooves, and a pointy tail.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): From Ukraine to Coronavirus: Trump’s Abuse of Power Continues, featuring Robert Reich

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. Criminal Fuhrer Trump* exactly reflects the values and policies of the Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich. Every Republican in office is one Republican too many.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast): If it be Your will – Leonard Cohen – Lyrics

I hadn’t heard this before, but given my current situation, it really hits home.  RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

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Apr 292020
 

I’m still very tired, here in the CatBox.  Tonight is a WWWendy night.  On my treatment, My Radiation Oncologist will measure me Monday and irradiate me Friday.  Then my chemo resumes the following Monday.  I’m proud to announce that I Republicated this morning. I looked into the throne, and there was Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch!  Happy Hump Day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:34 (average 5:34).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: CNN announced on Tuesday that it will show the phone number of a national poison-control hotline whenever Donald Trump appears on the air.

Speaking on behalf of the network, Wolf Blitzer, the veteran anchor, said that CNN was adopting the new policy out of concern for “the health and safety of our viewers.”

“At CNN, we strive to keep our viewers informed. But, in order to do that, we must first keep them alive,” he said.

In order to implement the new policy, Sanjay Gupta, the network’s chief medical correspondent, will monitor CNN’s programming on a twenty-four-hour basis for any signs of Trump.

Dang Andy! How about adding the Bovine Excrement Hotline?  RESIST!!

From Alternet: In the span of a couple of months, Senate Republicans have gone from bullish on their prospects in November to pretty desperate. Back in February, they were salivating over painting Democrats as the party of left-wing extremism, with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as its standard bearer. The GOP caucus had just giddily acquitted Donald Trump after a sham witness-free trial and senators were looking forward to touting the strength of the economy.

Then Trump spent the month on a lying spree about the soon-to-be global pandemic that would ultimately ravage American lives and livelihoods—on his watch. Democrats coalesced around the far more moderate former Vice President Joe Biden, and the economy started to plummet along with Trump’s approval numbers. Now Senate Republicans are staring down a presidential election that increasingly stands a real chance of sweeping away their slender three-seat majority.

In fact, Democrats aren’t just viable in the most talked-about Senate races in Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, and Maine. They are now also looking at opportunities in Montana and Georgia, along with a slim glimmer of maybe hanging on to Democratic Sen. Doug Jones’ seat in Alabama.

May I live to see it happen!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): THE GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER – THE BROTHERS FOUR

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!

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Samantha Bee from 4/22

 Posted by at 10:52 am  Politics
Apr 232020
 

It’s that time of week again, and here are three excellent video clips from Sam’s show last night.  Enjoy!!

Why We Need To Shut Down The Idea Of Reopening America

Amen Sam! On Hannity’s show, a Faux Noise medical “expert” suggested reopening schools first, because kids have a lower death rate from Trump* virus. They consider killing 2 – 3% of America’s children is a reasonable trade-off for starting the reopening process.

Our Hospital Workers Need PPE…STAT!

Criminal Fuhrer Trump* stole 3,000 masks and gowns from our health care workers for himself and his White House staff. He should wear a maxi-pad mask… right behind his epiglottis!

Live From Sam’s Shed… It’s Mt. Joy!

Way cool!

I hope our administrators keep bringing Sam to you, after I’m gone.

RESIST!!

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