Open Thread–6/1/2020

 Posted by at 10:27 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
Jun 012020
 

It’s a busy, stinky day here in the CatBox.  By now WWWendy is on her way home, and I’m looking forward to her return, BIG Time.  Her cell must be out of range of a tower.  I took Nameless’ advice and shot a portal message to my palliative care team, as I’m hurting pretty bad.  Oh, God!  It’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:46 (average 3:47).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0601TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 1,839,119
Deaths: 106,241
Recovered: 599,875

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Police Join Protesters In Demonstrations Across U.S.

I often get down on police at demonstrations, as I have witnessed far too many instances of harm, up to including death, inflicted on peaceful demonstrators by fascist Republican police, through their vicious use of violence. Kudos to those cops, who did the right thing by joining the demonstrators, including some here in Portland.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Trump briefly taken to underground bunker amid protests


I don’t doubt for a second that criminal Fuhrer Trump* demanded that secret service take him to the bunker, because he suffered a severe attack of bone spurs.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): The Beatles – Don’t Let Me Down

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Personal Update–5/31/2020

 Posted by at 7:51 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
May 312020
 

It’s a very tired day here in the CatBox.  I don’t feel at all sick, but I’m going back to bed to keep it that way.  Have a great Sunday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:06 (average 5:09).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

Cases: 1,819,792
Deaths: 105,634
Recovered: 535,379

RESIST!!

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Open Thread–5/30/2020

 Posted by at 10:43 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
May 302020
 

It’s a painful day here in the CatBox.  Sitting in my chair to write exacerbates my spinal cancer pain.  The pain seems to become severe about two hours before my Oxycodone dose.  I’ll talk to my palliative care team on the 16th.  Wendy is alive and well in Wyoming.  Have a great weekend.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:53 (average 4:19).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0530TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 1,795,635
Deaths: 104,581
Recovered: 519,709

Short Takes:

From Daily Kos: In case there was any questions about Jo Rae Perkins’ devotion to the cultish QAnon conspiracy theory universe—raised, no doubt, by her campaign statement last week after she won the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate race in Oregon—she answered them fulsomely the next day in interviews.


Thank God this Fascist dingbat is running against Jeff Merkley. She doesn’t stand a chance!   RESIST!!

From YouTube (John Pavlovitz Channel): HOW TO PROTEST RACIAL INJUSTICE THE “RIGHT WAY”


John Pavlovitz epitomizes what it means to be a real authentic Christian, as opposed to a Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian. Republicans are not racist, the Pope is not Catholic, and bears never, ever shit in the woods!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Trey Crowder Channel): Liberal Redneck – Minnesota Burning

You have to hand it to Trey. How often is it that you get to heat such profound truth in that accent?  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads (Live from The Wildlife Concert)

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–5/29/2020

 Posted by at 10:41 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
May 292020
 

It’s a tired day, here in the CatBox.  It reached 92° here yesterday.  While the A/C kept it bearable, it was too muggy to facilitate sleeping well.  WWWendy, who thanks you all for your good wishes, left town this morning.  When I texted her, she had just passed Pendleton, so she probably is in Idaho by now.  Updating you on my medical mayhem, on Tuesday I have a video conference with Megan, my PCP.  My PET Scan is on Tuesday 6/9, and my follow up with Evelyn, my Oncologist, is Tuesday 6/16.  TGIF!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:30 (average 5:41).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0529TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 1,771,614
Deaths: 103,417
Recovered: 499,109

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: Servers belonging to the social-media platform Twitter burst into flames on Thursday, after the company attempted to fact-check all of Donald Trump’s tweets.

“We knew that fact-checking Trump’s tweets was going to put a strain on our system,” Jack Dorsey, the C.E.O. of Twitter, said. “We had no idea that it would result in columns of fire shooting forty feet into the air.”

Reportedly, an explosion in the server fact-checking Trump’s tweets about Joe Scarborough ignited a blaze that quickly spread to a server furiously vetting his tweets about Barack Obama.

Dang Andy! Aren’t the folks that run the Twitter shitter bright enough to store all Trump’s* tweets on asbestos servers, only?  RESIST!!

From NY Times: The Trump administration is preparing an executive order intended to curtail the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for what gets posted on their platforms, two senior administration officials said early Thursday.

Such an order, which officials said was still being drafted and was subject to change, would make it easier for federal regulators to argue that companies like Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter are suppressing free speech when they move to suspend users or delete posts, among other examples.

The move is almost certain to face a court challenge and is the latest salvo by President Trump in his repeated threats to crack down on online platforms. Twitter this week attached fact-checking notices to two of the president’s tweets after he made false claims about voter fraud, and Mr. Trump and his supporters have long accused social media companies of silencing conservative voices.

The concept of free speech to the Republican Reich means Republicans are free to muzzle Democrats and stifle everything we say . Also, Republicans are free to lie continually with impunity and without oversight.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): It’s Time to Send Trump and McConnell Packing

Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich in the right, the Republican Reich needs to be obliterated. From top to bottom, every Republican in power is one Republican too many!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing

I love the guitar playing! Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–5/28/2020

 Posted by at 8:47 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
May 282020
 

It’s a hot busy day, here in the CatBox, with 89° forecast.  WWWendy is coming, and we have lots to do to get me ready for her five day trip.  Have a great day!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:00 (average 5:10):  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0528TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 1,747,781
Deaths: 102,197
Recovered: 490,256

Short Takes:

From The New Yorker: In an escalation of his spat with Roy Cooper, the Democratic governor of North Carolina, Donald Trump is demanding that the 2020 Republican National Convention relocate from Charlotte to Moscow.

“North Carolina has been difficult every step of the way, and meanwhile Moscow has always been very helpful to me,” Trump wrote, in one of a series of early-morning tweets.

Additionally, Trump argued, moving the R.N.C. to Moscow would save the Republicans millions in airfare. “The most important people working on our 2020 campaign will already be there,” he tweeted.

Well, Andy, I see you’re doing straight news again. Is Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch dancing for glee?  RESIST!!

From Alternet: Trump and Republicans don’t want mail-in voting this November because it blows up a couple of their most effective voter suppression schemes.

In presidential elections dating back to 2000, there’s been noticeable media coverage of long lines in majority-black precincts; commentators sometimes wonder out loud why people would have to wait in line 8 hours to vote in, for example, inner city Ohio in 2004 or Milwaukee in the 2020 primaries.

Leading up to Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s contest with Stacey Abrams in 2018, the Atlanta Constitution-Journal documented how 8 percent of the state’s polling places had been recently closed, hitting rural black areas particularly hard. The Washington Post chronicled how broken voting machines—and the long lines they create—were largely confined to downtown Atlanta and black suburbs and rural areas.

The effect, of course, is to discourage voters from showing up or staying in line, particularly those people who are paid by the hour and have to take time off work to vote.

“The strongest tool Americans have to prevent Republican attempts at voter suppression is mail-in voting.”

In a Republican Reich, voting while Black or Latino is a felony.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): People Are Strange – The Doors [The Very Best Of The Doors]

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–5/27/2020

 Posted by at 10:18 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
May 272020
 

It’s a hot time, here in the CatBox, with the next three days forecast in the 80°s.  That’s not too bad in itself, but it’s a little strange for May.  Yesterday my Oncologist and I agreed that since my treatment had almost killed me from septic shock, we needed a new plan, and she had one ready.  First, I’m going to have another PET Scan to verify the progress of my disease, and see if there is a tumor in my liver that they can biopsy.  If there is, Evelyn will get me into a clinical trial, sponsored by the American Cancer Society.  They analyze the DNA of my cancer and design an individual drug that specifically targets my cancer, without targeting me.  I’ll keep you posted.  Tomorrow, I’ll probably have no more than an Open Thread or a Personal Update.  WWWendy will be gone this weekend.  She’s driving to Wyoming for a family reunion first thing Friday morning.  She will return Monday night.  Please pray for her safety. As a result, my next two WWWendy days are tomorrow and Tuesday.  Will I be stinky by Tuesday, or what?  Happy Hump day to all!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:04 (average 4:33).  To do it, click here.

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

0527TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 1,729,022
Deaths: 100,686
Recovered: 480,273

Short Takes:

From YouTube (CNN Channel): Trump threatens to shut down social media platform

This is much too little, much too late. Twitter is almost as bad as Fakebook. It’s time to put Twitter in the shitter!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): As U.S. Deaths Reach 100,000, Trump Praises His Handling Of Virus


Congratulations to criminal Fuhrer Trump for murdering 100,000 in the Republican war against America for greed and power.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Ghost Riders in the Sky – Johnny Cash – Full Song



Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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Open Thread–5/25/2020

 Posted by at 9:30 am  Open Thread, Personal, Politics
May 252020
 

It’s a busy day, here in the CatBox.  Tomorrow, please expect no more than a very brief Personal Update, because I have to leave home at 7:30.  WWWendy is taking me to the hospital for my next infusion and to discuss what we need to change to extend my life without killing me.  I’ll try to let you know when I’m home safe.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:27 (average 5:12).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Yes I know the chimp is an ape, not a monkey.

Trump* Virus Update:

0525TrumpVirusMap

Cases: 1,688,709
Deaths: 99,348
Recovered: 451,745

Short Takes:

From Crooks and Liars: Almost certain to be an enduring meme, that Trump decided that going golfing was appropriate and more important than honouring Americans that have died due to COVID-19. That he did so doing Memorial Day weekend makes it even worse.

Source: Rolling Stone

President Trump, who has faced mounting criticism for his administration’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis and his lack of empathy throughout, decided to leave the White House on Saturday to play golf.

According to several reports, today’s trip to the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, is likely his first outing to one of his private golf courses since early March. However, during the two “working weekends” the president spent at Camp David in May, it is unknown whether or not he played golf.

Trump going golfing is consistent with his reopen theme that he’s been pushing of late, but it still shows a tone-deafness and a lack of empathy. The U.S. pandemic death toll is approaching 100,000, and on top of that it’s Memorial Day weekend, a solemn occasion meant for tributes to Americans lost at war.

What Trump did today is much worse. He insulted fallen heroes by taking his ersatz bone spurs to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. RESIST!!

From The New Yorker: Sharply disagreeing with critics of Donald J. Trump’s weekend visit to the Trump National Golf Club, Dr. Anthony Fauci has urged Trump to remain on the golf course until the pandemic is over.

“The people who are giving you a hard time about your golf trip are just haters,” Fauci told Trump on Sunday. “It’s in the best interest of everyone in the country that you keep golfing, Mr. President.”

“Please,” he added.

Andy, I have to admit that Fauci’s point could not be more valid.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the Past): 500 miles – Peter, Paul and Mary [Original Audio]

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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