May 032020
 

It’s a very busy day here in the CatBox with lots of chores for WWWendy and I to to.  Tomorrow is my measuring appointment with my radiation oncologist, but I have a special article to finish writing tonight.  Have a great Sunday.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:54 (average 5:51).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Godwin’s Law: a common meme used by Republicans, other fascists, pseudo-intellectuals, and people with their heads in the sand or in smellier places, whenever anyone points out the verifiable commonalities between today’s Republican Party and Germany’s National Socialist Party in the mid-1930s.  Germany could have stopped criminal Fuhrer Hitler.  Can we stop criminal Fuhrer Trump*?

Trump* Virus Update:

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Trump* virus Cases: 1,162,164
Deaths: 67,494
Recovered: 173,910

Short Take:

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Sound of Silence Original Version from 1964

Ah… the memories! RESIST!!

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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
 

It’s a tired day, here in the CatBox, and my back is in a lot of pain.  I’m ready for an Oxycodone, lunch and a nap, when I finish here.  TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:01 (average 4:39).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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Coronavirus Cases: 1,099,275
Deaths: 63,972
Recovered: 156,089

Our Poll:

I owe you all an apology.  What with all the medical mayhem and personal mayhem surrounding my impending demise, I neglected our poll for months, without updating it.  If you would like to read the results and comments, click here.  I have put up a new poll.  Please vote now and in November.

Short Takes:

From Daily Kos: The concept of a living wage is apparently still unfathomable for South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who on Wednesday promised he would do everything in his power to fight an extension of federal coronavirus relief that would give those who are unemployed an extra $600 a week, according to The Post and Courier. “I promise you over our dead bodies will this get reauthorized,” Graham said of himself and Republican Sen. Tim Scott. “We’ve got to stop this.”… [emphasis added]

Hmmm… reauthorizing an extra $600 per worker in Trump* virus relief over the dead bodies of Lindsey Graham [R-SC] and Tim Scott [R-SC] is the best idea Lindsey Poo has had this year!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Vox Channel): How to vote during a pandemic

How to vote during a pandemic of Trump* virus? Vote no matter what! Vote by mail, if possible! If not, vote VERY carefully! Finally, vote Blue, no matter who, top to bottom! Every Republican in office is one Republican too many.  Flush them all!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Gordon Lightfoot – If You Could Read My Mind

Ah… the memories… RESIST!!

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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:

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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!!

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Apr 292020
 

Deputy criminal Fuhrer, Vice Resident Mike Pence, insulted the eyes of the nation today by refusing to wear a mask in the Mayo Clinic, proving that the Republican Reich is the place where ugly and stupid meet.

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As Americans continue to seek answers about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Stephen Colbert offered some advice Tuesday night: Maybe it’s time to stop listening to Vice President Pence.

Just hours earlier, Pence, who leads the White House’s coronavirus task force, prompted a collective outcry when he was spotted speaking to staff and patients at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., without a face mask. Many, including Colbert, noticed Pence seemed to be the only person at the medical center who wasn’t wearing some sort of face covering — an apparent violation of the clinic’s policy and a move that appears at odds with federal guidelines dictating best practices for stemming the spread of the novel virus.

“Hold on, I’ve got a mask for you right here,” Colbert said on his CBS show, staring defiantly into the camera while appearing to make a crude gesture with his hand, which was wrapped loosely in a surgical mask.

Colbert wasn’t the only person who objected to seeing the lower half of Pence’s face Tuesday. The late-night host was joined by fellow TV comics and medical professionals, all of whom roundly criticized Pence for failing to set the right example amid the pandemic by knowingly disregarding the hospital’s masking policy.

By early Wednesday, Pence’s name and “Mayo Clinic” were trending on Twitter as critics slammed the vice president for promoting “completely irresponsible public health messaging.”…

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Pence Blasted For Defying Mayo Clinic Face Mask Rule During Visit

On the other hand, Pence could be doing us a favor.  First, having Pence serve jail time in a cremation urn than in a prison cell.  Second, if we’re really lucky, Pence might spread Trump* virus to criminal Fuhrer Trump*.  Of course, I’m employing satire, but it is a lovely thought!

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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!!

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