May 062020
 

It’s a super-tired day here in the CatBox.  I have no idea why, but, after sleeping just a couple hours last night, I woke up and could not fall asleep again.  Tonight is a WWWendy night.  After de-stinking the rancid TomCat, we’ll be gooping.  Happy Hump Day to all.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:16 (average 4:48).  To do it, click here.  Hoe did you do?

Cartoon:

I made this cartoon eight years ago.  Republicans are still at it, but worse.

Trump* Virus Update:

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Short Takes:

From YouTube (Raw Story Channel): Kamala Harris grills DNI nominee John Ratcliffe on Trump’s COVID-19 response [emphasis added]

That lying, goose-stepping, Republican Nazi Sycophant needs to change his name. As it stands, it’s an insult to Rats.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (Daily Kos Channel): Essential Workers Deserve a Bill of Rights

While I fully agree that essential workers are heroes that need and deserve a Bill of Rights, I would take it one step further and cover ALL workers with a Bill of Rights!  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Wooden ShipsCrosby Stills Nash and Young

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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May 052020
 

It’s a tired day, here in the CatBox, as yesterday completely wore me out.  I’ve avoided tatoos all my life, but now I have five.  They are small dots on my abdomen to serve as targeting guides.  I almost asked them to roll me over and put two eyes above my butt hole.  That would have given me a Trump* tattoo that acts just like the Fuhrer does!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:38 (average 5:08).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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Short Takes:

From Daily Kos: There is an op-ed in the Kansas City Star written by Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren (www.kansascity.com/…) promising to use the power of the government to punish the blatant corruption that is obvious everywhere:

The Biden administration will appoint an inspector general to review every coronavirus relief transaction currently evading serious scrutiny. Wasteful, corrupt deals and giveaways will be rooted out and undone. Suspicious transactions will be referred to the Justice Department for investigation and prosecution. Every Trump administration official and business executive contemplating such deals should hear us loud and clear. Trump may wink and nod at this corruption. We will not.

Imagine what this means for Jared Kushner? Or everyone involved in the open piracy of stealing medical supplies from a state that paid for them (and arranged transportation)? Or all the companies selling our national stockpile for high profits?

When this unfortunate virus has stabilized, we need a national truth and reconciliation committee. And with real jail time!!

Wow! If they really follow through this time, unlike far too many past instances, we’ll need to build more prisons to hold those Republican corporate criminals.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): New Ad From Conservative Group Angers Trump

I think the Lincoln Project made a fantastic ad. On most things, I completely disagree with most conservatives. However, I am willing to respect them, coexist with them, and compromise with then, with one caveat. It must be mutual. That cannot happen with today’s Republican Reich.  RESIST!!

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Donovan – Catch the wind

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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May 042020
 

I’m rushing to get to the lobby to wait for the TriMet Lift Bus to come take me to the hospital to be measured for my radiation treatment, Friday.  I’ll try to let you know, when I have returned safely.  Oh God!  It’s Monday!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:50 (average 4:37).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Cartoon:

Trump* Virus Update:

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Trump* virus Cases: 1,189,845
Deaths: 68,633
Recovered: 178,671

Short Take:

From YouTube (a blast from the past): Get Together – The Youngbloods – with lyrics

Ah… the memories!  RESIST!!

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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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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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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
 

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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