Personal Update – 2/26/2021

Posted by TomCat at 7:53 am Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Feb 262021

I’m still exhausted, but things are moving ahead. I have my formal intake interview with Providence Home Hospice tomorrow. They will come here to meet with Wendy and I, evaluate my needs, and set up a plan to meet them. So I’ll know more soon, but in the meantime, I have a lot of records to collect.

Yesterday Nameless suggested that I should learn about deep breathing for stress management. Rather than leave that in comments, I want to move that up to front street. Not only am I familiar with deep breathing for stress management, I’ve been teaching it to my my guys as part of my prison volunteer work for over twenty years. I am especially thankful to Nameless for bringing it up, because the stress came on me so fast that I completely forgot to use the technique myself. Now I am using it and it is helping. Thank you, good friend!

Now, I need a nap. TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:07 (average 5:02). To do it, click here. How did you do?

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Parody Project Channel): THE SNAKE – A Parody

Dang, Don! You’re spot-on about Trump**, but isn’t that unfair to snakes? RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads (Audio)

Ah… the memories! RESIST the Republican Reich!!

Don’t Let Republicans Steal YOUR Future!!

Video Thread 2/25/21

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 1:28 pm Open Thread, Politics

Feb 252021

Meidas Touch – Hawley

Now This News – Interracial Marriage – hanky alert

Really American – on Tucker Carlson

ARPB End note 2:

Puppet Regime – Laugh? Or cry?

Cole and Marmalade – Cat Logic

Beau on Republican math

Samantha Bee from 2/24/2021

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 11:27 am Politics

Feb 252021

This is all there is today.

Rewind – Best of Kamala Harris

Open Thread – 2/23/2021

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

Feb 232021

It’s a tired day here in the CatBox. I did not sleep well last night, so please pardon my brevity. Tuesday is Flush your Republicans Day. I may have some to flush in a bit, but I may have flushed them all yesterday. Have a fine day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:08 (average 4:58). To do it, click here. How did you do? I blew Technicolor kitty-farts!

Cartoon:

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Donald J. Trump said on Monday that his “greatest regret” as President was his failure to name his three adult children to the United States Supreme Court.

Appearing on Fox News, Trump said that Ivanka, Eric, and Don, Jr., would be “way better judges” than “those three clowns” whom he did name.

“Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are the worst people who have ever worked for me,” he said. “And that includes Scaramucci.”

When the Supreme Court was deciding whether New York prosecutors could obtain his tax returns, Trump said, “none of those three boneheads even called to ask me what they should do. No gratitude whatsoever.”

Well, Andy, he hasn’t gotten the mileage he had expected from Whoresuch, Nazi Kavanookie, and Amy Coney Bullshit. But he was stupid to expect gratitude. What gratitude?!!? After all…, they ARE Republicans! On the other hand, wouldn’t it be funny as hell if he had gotten his rancid spawn confirmed to SCROTUS (Republican anti-Constitutional VD), and they had given prosecutors his tax records? RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (NBC News Channel): Merrick Garland Testifies At Attorney General Confirmation Hearing

This video is 6:41:55 in length, so I encourage you to move around to places you want to hear. He will be such a magnificent AG that my only regret is that Biden can’t clone him to nominate to the Supreme Court too! RESIST the Republican Reich!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Arlo Guthrie – City of New Orleans

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

Don’t Let Republicans Steal YOUR Future!!

Video Thread 2/20/2021

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 1:17 pm Open Thread, Politics

Feb 202021

Meidas Touch – podcast – Miles Taylor (no CC)

MSNBC – Well, we said we needed another FDR.

Not a video but a Tweet for the ages

How come @BetoORourke and @AOC work to raise money for struggling Texans, many of whom didn’t vote for Beto and think AOC is a she-witch, doesn’t count as a UNITY story?

How come the media isn’t spinning it that way? How come “unity” can only mean “giving the GOP what it wants”?

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) February 19, 2021

Orange Acres Episode 3

Founders Sing – they are ON IT.

Beau on Deb Haaland – He makes good points, but I think he’s missing the one that may be the most important – she’s Native American (and a woman). The QOP won’t tolerate that.

Video Thread 2/18/2021

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 2:04 pm Open Thread, Politics

Feb 182021

Meidas Touch – Ted Cruz

Also Meidas Touch

Lincoln Project – “Oath”

Now This News – Mayor of Austin, TX (Yours, Pat?)

Now This News – Cori Bush

John Pavlovitz on “Cancel Culture.” It’s a big story in the world of cable, so it’s likely worth being aware of.

The Alt-Right Playbook – How to Radicalize a Normie – This is about 3x as long as the others – for good reason just alerting you.

Well, alrighty, then. “Q-Anon Anonymous” – a meeting.

#YoMamasSoMAGA she thinks trickle down economics is a real thing.

(Seriously, watch this video)pic.twitter.com/gRPWqWThXK

— 🇺🇸TrashRat🇺🇸 (@trashytrashrat) February 18, 2021

Beau on Trump**’s “Love Letter” to McConnell – He can hardly keep a straight face. If you saw this yesterday, sorry. I bumped it (or tried to) to today in favor of one about staying alive in freezing weather with no power. But it was up for a while Again, sorry.

Video Thread 2/17/2021

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 2:51 pm Open Thread, Politics

Feb 172021

Meidas Touch – from its podcast

Robert Reich on “Bipartisanship”

Axios – You gotta love this:

Trae Crowder

Drew Morgan – “Ouch” satire

Beau on some climate news

I try not to do 2 by Beau on the same day – but this one is different – it’s on how to stay warm with no power with a minimum of danger (at least the first part is) and it needs to be shared.

Keith from yesterday

Video Thread 2/15/2021

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 11:03 am Open Thread, Politics

Feb 152021

Just so you know, in case you missed it, the Lincoln Project is having some issues (apparently one of their members turned out to be a little too Republican – Steve Schmidt has left them over it.) So nothing new from them today – and it may be a while, if ever.

Meidas Touch – What is really frustrating to me is the number of (very vocal) people on our side who have no idea what just happened.

Now This News – It’s probably more important to remember the ones who voted to acquit … but this list is so much shorter.

The Damage Report – Nikki Haley

The Alt-Right Playbook – There’s Always a Bigger Fish

Founders Sing – Not a song, but they’re not asking for money – and they’re looking at us.

John Pavlovitz is starting a new, free video course on life skills – this is the trailer, so to speak. For more info, click on the YouTube icon in the far right of the bottom controls line.

John Fugelsang does his impression of Jerry Falwell Jr.

The real story on why the dodo is extinct (spoiler: it’s still our fault)

Beau on “Cancel Culture”

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