Personal Update – 1/16/2020

Posted by TomCat at 12:03 pm Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 162021

Yesterday, my labs were excellent, and my Oncologist called my overall condition better than expected. They were running a bit slow, so by the time I got home I was exhausted. I did not sleep well. When I’m sitting up so long, it takes a couple days to get my pain level back to barely tolerable (3 – 4) from severe (6-7). WWWendy has de-stunk me and is doing chores. It’s a Holy Weekend in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb. My Portland Chiefs play the Browns tomorrow. How much I do tomorrow will depend on how I feel. Cheering Trump’s** last weekend!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:58 (average 4:49). To do it, click here. How did you do?

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Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: …On Wednesday afternoon, just hours after his 2nd impeachment (the first President to ever be impeached twice!) he released a 5-minute hostage video where he condemned the violent riot and insurrection (that he encouraged) and told his army of deranged MAGA supporters to please not do it again (wink wink).

The video was released on Twitter. Not Trump’s Twitter account…which is shut down. It was put out on the White House Twitter/YouTube account.

Trump still has not conceded the election that he clearly lost. Nor has he called President-elect Joe Biden to congratulate him. Not that Biden cares.

In addition to his second impeachment and the hostage video, Trump’s relationship with his bestie, Rudy Giuliani, is on thin ice. Why? Because Rudy didn’t deliver…so now Trump doesn’t want to pay him. Trump was “offended” by Giuliani’s request for $20,000/day. The Washington Post reports that Trump has told aides not to pay him AT ALL. Trump is also insisting on “personally approv[ing] any reimbursements for the expenses Giuliani incurred while traveling on the president’s behalf to challenge election results in key states.”

Trump** isn’t paying his bills? LMAO! Oh my! What a surprise! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Crosby Stills Nash – Carry On / Questions

Ah… the memories! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

Wednesday, Dump Trump** Hump Day,

Is the Big FLUSH!!

Personal Update – 1/15/2021

Posted by TomCat at 7:33 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 152021

It’s a tired and busy day, here in the CatBox. I could not get an afternoon nap yesterday, because Maintenance was doing major repairs on the vacant apartment next door. The noise was deafening. It was so bad that I could not even hear the TV three feet from my head. I did get some sleep last night, but not enough. I’ll try to touch base when I return from the hospital. TGIF!!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:32 (average 5:43). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Happy Birthday Martin!

Short Take:

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Lucky Man

Ah… the memories! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

Wednesday, Dump Trump** Hump Day,

Is the Big FLUSH!!

Personal Update – 1/14/2021

Posted by TomCat at 11:03 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 142021

It’s a hectic day here in the CatBox. I have no idea why, but I could not sleep last night, so I’m very tired. As soon as I dozed off during my morning nap, I woke up., because I had to make an emergency run to the throne to impeach a big load of Republicans. Fortunately it was neither -osis nor -itis. Today is grocery delivery day from Store to Door, and I have to unpack and put everything away when they arrive. Tomorrow WWWendy is taking me to the hospital for my infusion. I’ll post a brief Personal Update, before I leave, and and a “home safe” comment in the afternoon or evening. Saturday is a WWWendy day, so please expect no more than a personal update that day. This is a the last day with Trump** as Resident. Make it a good one.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:43 (average 8:29). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Keep this in mind as Beat Bawling Baby Moscow Mitch has promised to cooperate during Trump’s** Senate Trial. He’s up to something. What do you think it is?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): THE LAWLESS AND THE CAPITOL (The Walrus and the Carpenter)

Don is spot on as usual!! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past):

Ah… the memories! There is no greater threat to freedom than the Republican Reich! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

Wednesday, Dump Trump** Hump Day,

Is the Big FLUSH!!

Open Thread – 1/13/2021

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

Jan 132021

It’s a tired day here in the CatBox, and my back pain is acting up. WWWendy is coming late this afternoon. Tomorrow will be touch and go, as I want to get as much rest as I can. Friday is my hospital day all day. Saturday is a WWWendy day. It will tale some time to recover. Happy Dump Trump** Hump Day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:22 (average 5:28). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoons:

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Short Takes:

From NY Times (Hat-Tip Lona): The Trump administration early Wednesday morning executed Lisa M. Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, whose death marked the first federal execution of a woman in nearly 70 years.

Ms. Montgomery, 52, was sentenced to death for murdering a pregnant woman in 2004 and abducting the unborn child, whom she claimed as her own. In pleas to spare her life, Ms. Montgomery’s supporters argued that a history of trauma and sexual abuse that marred her life contributed to the circumstances that led to the crime. Her case, unusual in part because so few women are sentenced to death, ignited debate over the role of offenders’ past trauma in criminal sentencing.

Despite a series of court orders that briefly blocked her execution, she was pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., the Bureau of Prisons said in a statement. Her death, by lethal injection, is the 11th execution since the Trump administration resumed use of federal capital punishment in July after a 17-year hiatus.

If Montgomery had written a letter claiming that Trump** won the election, he would have given her a pardon. May Trump** receive mercy commensurate to the mercy he has shown. RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (Washington Post Channel): WATCH LIVE | House votes on articles of impeachment against Trump

You can watch Trump* become Trump** in real time. RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Maddow To Trump: “What Did You Think Was Going To Happen?”

Tell it like it is, Rachel! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the the past): DONOVAN – The Universal Soldier

Ah… the memories! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

6 Days Until the Big FLUSH!!

Open Thread – 1/12/2021

Posted by TomCat at 10:52 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 122021

It’s a tired/busy day here in the CatBox. First, although I feel queasy, I have not Republicated in over 24 hours. Yesterday, Deborah confirmed what I had suspected is the reason for my Republicosis. When the Oncologist increased my pain medication that made me more prone to Republicitis. I found a stool softener that I can take with my stent. That made me more prone to Republicosis. I kept taking it and a laxative at max dose, so when the shit hit the fan, the shit really hit the fan. It took four days of Imodium to finally have a better day. Now it’s a matter of getting my condition stabilized on the right balance of medications. It will stake some time. Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, but she won’t come until the evening, so I should be in the saddle tomorrow. Tuesday is a flush your Republicans day. I sure hope I have no more to flush.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:22 (average 6:36). To do it, click here. How did you do?

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Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Driven over the edge by his expulsion from Twitter, a deranged Donald J. Trump ordered his two adult sons to hand out flyers with his tweets on them.

The incident occurred at three o’clock Sunday morning, when Trump, wide awake and in a state of extreme agitation, had an idea for a tweet but no platform on which to broadcast it.

Wearing his bathrobe, he summoned his adult sons to the Oval Office and scrawled his tweet on a piece of paper with one of the Sharpies that had served him well in the past.

Reportedly, Trump then commanded Eric and Don, Jr., to go to the nearest copy shop and order ten thousand flyers containing his tweet to hand out on street corners.

According to Trump’s plan, supporters desiring to retweet his tweet would also go to copy shops and hand out flyers, a system he claimed was “better than Twitter.”

Dang Andy! I suspect that the twit* will get writers’ cramp so fast that he’ll stop abusing tweets and go back to abusing twats! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From Crooks and Liars: If only Rep. Devin Nunes had somewhere like a television station to run to so he could communicate with other conservatives. After the news that Amazon is booting the far right social media site Parler off of its web hosting service, Nunes ran to Fox “news” to gripe to host Maria Bartiromo about how terrible it is that they will no longer have the platform to spread their lies and hatred unabated.

Barf Bag Alert!!

Let’s call this what it is. Treason is not included as a right included in the First Amendment. Can you count Nunes’ lies? RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From OPB (Hat-Tip Daily Kos Elections Digest): U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, considered the most moderate Democrat in Oregon’s Congressional delegation, reportedly told House Democratic colleagues on Friday that he was against impeaching President Donald Trump for inciting the mob that broke into the U.S. Capitol.

Then Schrader likened the attempt to remove Trump to a “lynching,” according to reports from ABC News.

The comment on a caucus call drew immediate criticism from some of Schrader’s allies.

Mark Wiener, a powerful Portland political consultant who has worked for Schrader for years dating back to when the congressman served in the Oregon Legislature, quickly tweeted out that his company, Winning Mark, would be severing ties with the legislator.

“Comparing the impeachment of a treasonous President who encouraged white supremacists to violently storm the Capitol to a “lynching” is shameful and indefensible,” Wiener tweeted.

I supported Schrader, even though he’s a “moderate democrat”, but this goes way too far. He needs to be primary challenged in 2022. RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Without Accountability, the Next Coup Will Succeed

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, is guilty. All must be punished. As long as the Republican Reich exists, America will not be safe! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): JOAN BAEZ ~ Joe Hill ~

Ah… the memories! Wherever people are trying to defend human rights, Republicans will be trying to murder them! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

7 Days (1 Week) Until the Big FLUSH!!

Personal Update – 1/11/2021

Posted by TomCat at 6:44 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 112021

Please pardon my pit-stop. I’m still sick as a dawg with severe Republicosis. The doctor is coming. I hope to be back tomorrow. Oh God, it’s Monday.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

today’s took mar 4:07 (average 5:38). To do it, click here. How did you co?

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From YouTube (a blast from the past): JOAN BAEZ ~ What Have They Done To The Rain ~

Ah… the memories! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

8 Days Until the Big FLUSH!!

Personal Update – 1/10/2021

Posted by TomCat at 11:49 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 102021

It was a gruesome Republicosis Day, here in the CatBox. I made six rush trips to the throne between 5:00 PM and 2:00 AM. WWWendy is here and I’m about to lay down. Tomorrow Dr. Deborah is coming for a routine home care visit. What I do tomorrow depends on that. Have a fine day.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:24 (average 4:13). To do it, click here. How did you do?

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Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: “Patriots?” Don’t make me laugh. These people are traitors, cowards, white supremacists, and dumbf*cks. Consider this your dose of “You’re about to f*ck around and find out” satisfaction for the day. (Big props to The Hoarse Whisperer on Twitter for starting the hashtag, #TraitorsGettingFired!)

Click through for a pants load of Republicans getting fared because of theit participation in treason. As a former employer, I’d fire any of these insurrectionists in a hot minute for fear of the harm their violence could do my business. RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Jefferson Airplane -White Rabbit-

Ah… the memories! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

9 Days Until the Big FLUSH!!

Open Thread – 1/9/2021

Posted by TomCat at 11:27 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Jan 092021

It’s another tired painful day here in the CatBox. I slept poorly again due to a midnight throne run. Tomorrow please expect no more than a Personal Update, as it’s a WWWendy Day. Pardon my pit-stop, have a fine weekend, and pray Trump’s next crime isn’t more violent than this last.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:26 (average 6:57). To do it, click here. How did you do?

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Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: Presidential Medal of Honor recipient Rush Limbaugh (just wanted to start you off with vomit in your mouth) isn’t satisfied with yesterday’s violence on Capitol Hill – he wants MORE! Indeed, he mocked the notion that we might be horrified by the MAGA crowd’s insurrection, and tried to compare these vile seditionists to colonists Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams, saying how happy he was that THOSE dudes didn’t hold back.

I named this Republican Limbarf and identified him as a leader in the Republican Reich long before the Republicans had ever heard of Trump*. The Republican Reich has not changed. RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From NY Times: In Washington, Republicans were dealing with a burgeoning crisis in their ranks, with high-profile resignations and bitter infighting over how to deal with an erratic and isolated president. But at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting on Friday, most party members were operating in a parallel universe.

In a chandelier-adorned ballroom at the seaside Ritz-Carlton here, there was no mention of President Trump’s disruption of the coronavirus relief package or his phone call to the Georgia secretary of state demanding that he help steal the election, both of which contributed to Republicans’ losing control of the Senate.

And while the R.N.C. chair, Ronna McDaniel, condemned the attack on the Capitol, neither she nor any other speaker so much as publicly hinted at Mr. Trump’s role in inciting a mob assault on America’s seat of government.

Even as the president faces a possible second impeachment proceeding, this collective exercise in gaze aversion was not the most striking part of the meeting. More revealing was the reason for the silence from the stage: Party members, one after another, said in interviews that the president did not bear any blame for the violence at the Capitol and indicated that they wanted him to continue to play a leading role in the party.

“I surely embrace President Trump,” said Michele Fiore, the committeewoman from Nevada, where Republicans have lost two Senate races and the governorship since 2016. Ms. Fiore, who was sporting a Trump-emblazoned vest, said the president was “absolutely” a positive force in the party.

The RNC could not have made it more clear that they chose Trump* as Fuhrer, because he represents the values and policies of the Republican Party. This was true before and during Trump’s* Residency and will continue indefinitely. RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube ( blast from the past): Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers (with Lyric)

Ah… the memories! RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich!!

10 Days Until the Big FLUSH!!

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