Really American – “Final Four”
Meidas Touch – Rep. Grace Meng takes longer than Rep Lieu to excoriate ex-Guv Huckabee – and it”s golden
Robert Reich – How Corporations Crush the Working Class
New! Randy! Rainbow!
Dedicated to Karen (with so many memes I recommend going through twice – once forthe lyrics and once for the memes, maybe the second time slowed down with the sound off.)
Beau talked about “tomorrow” yesterday – so this concerns today – and is now already over – for today.
I didn’t feel I had room for the one of the bear in the hot tub. Maybe tomorrow.
Meidas Touch – Amen.
Also Meidas touch – Also Amen
Now This News – A little gun istory
Really American – yeah, you’ve heard the story. Here’s the receipts.
Robert Reich “They won’t treat you better on Mars.”
politicsrus on guns
Beau on DC Statehood
Keith from yesterday
Chase Iron Eyes vlog vid from 2/25 about what deb Haaland’s confirmation would mean. Now that she has been confirmed, it’s time to look at it.
American Bridge
Now This News – We haven’t discussed Gun legislation here for a while because other things.
Ring of Fire – Voting Rights
Robert Reich on the REAL deficits
Cole and Marmalade – 8 Signs Your Cat is an Alien
Beau answers a question from a fan of Tfucker Carlson
The Damage Report – Long-ish (under 6 minutes) but an important topic – and Ro Khanna.
Extremist military and veterans. I do apologize for no CC.
This is only a partial transcript.
Whoever coined the phrase “Once a Marine, always a Marine” did not have this in mind: A Marine Corps veteran using the Marine Corps flag to attack a Capitol police officer. Thomas Webster is one of more than 30 who have served in the military now charged with crimes at the Capitol.
“It doesn’t take an army to do what happened; it takes people with some skill set to lead those others,” said former FBI Agent Tom O’Connor, who spent two decades investigating extremists.
“Extremist elements in the United States have long tried to recruit former military and former law enforcement into their ranks for their skill set.”
And for the mindset of a culture trained to resort to violence when all else fails.
Army veteran Stewart Rhodes founded a group called Oath Keepers in 2009. “All you veterans out there, you’ve got to stand up,” he said in a video on the conspiracy theory-spreading website InfoWars. “Lead your local community in watching over their own backyards, over their own neighborhoods, and over their own towns.”
Now This News – The kids are all right.
Robert Reich on Guaranteed Income. (You know, the “work ethic” is really overrated. I have felt for decades that people who have wealth but choose to work just take jobs away from more needy – and often more competent – people.)
Trae on royalty. For a different take on the interview, check out this. Though neither seems to be aware that royals, particularly those in the direct line, do work, and do pay taxes.
The quote to be carved in stone on the exterior of the Obama Presidential Library has been chosen.
Today, we’re excited to unveil the words that will appear on the exterior of the Obama Presidential Center Museum—a place to learn from history that will also offer future leaders inspiration and tools to write chapters of their own.
Watch the video below to see for yourself: pic.twitter.com/gWCpCGIf31
— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) March 7, 2021
Is someone in the Biden administration watching Beau’s videos?
Meidas Touch
Really American – The one I posted yesterday had no CC when I posted it. I went back later in the evening to get a transcript, and then it did have CC. So my advice on this one is to wait 6 or so hours and then view it on YouTube.
Now This News – the GameStop affair – explained simply
Robert Reich – very short and very accurate.
Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian
A Philip Markle parody
Beau on how the impeachment trial “should” go. He makes excellent points. ACCOUNTABILITY
Keith from Tuesday
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?
Cartoon:
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!!
It’s another tired day here in the CatBox. It appears that the progression of my disease demands that I spend more time getting bed rest. Nevertheless I managed to put together a full article today and hope to do so into 2021 as well. Happy Hump Day!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:14 (average 5:59). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Cartoon:
Short Takes:
From Daily Kos: Although the pandemic rescue package finally signed by a pouting Donald Trump last night extends the federal moratorium on evicting renters who cannot make their payments, it’s only a temporary reprieve. The House and Senate-passed bill extends the eviction moratorium by only one month. We’re right back here in February, albeit with a new president not permanently sidelined by his own narcissistic delusions.
And the underlying problem is not going away. After the bungling incompetence of government responses from March onward, we are in a new pandemic surge. One in every thousand Americans has died from the virus. Without more lockdowns, the death toll will double in coming months; vaccines simply cannot be manufactured and distributed fast enough to prevent it. And all that means that those who have lost their jobs in a shattered pandemic economy cannot pay rent, and haven’t been able to pay rent, and will not be able to pay months of backlogged rent with a new $600 check, or a $2,000 one. $600 will go to food first, medicine second, rent third.
Here in OR, the legislature had already passed a three month extension on Oregon’s moratorium on evictions. In addition, they passed a financial aid package for landlords who need help staying afloat, because so many tenants have to live rent free. I have no doubt that we will continue to help those in need, because Oregon leads the way. RESIST!!
From Crooks and Liars: Why weren’t we told about this sooner? Details at justscream.baby.
I have a better idea. If you need to scream, call (202) 456-1111, the White house phone number, but only before 1/20. RESIST!!
From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Defeating McConnell: The Real Stakes of the Georgia Runoffs
Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. In this case I know, because I’ve been saying the same things ever since I learned that Senate control depends on the outcomes of those elections. Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch personifies the Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich. If they retain the Senate majority, BBMMM will do to Biden what he did to Obama. RESIST!!
From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin
Ah… the memories! RESIST!!
GEORGIA – Meidas Touch – The Real Ivanka
Robert Reich on the Postal Service
Christmas Record commercial parody
I wanted to wait until after Christmas for more Henri … because there aren’t that many more. Here’s “Reigning Cat, and Dog”
Beau on Trump* officials’ futures