{"id":25243,"date":"2016-12-07T13:46:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T21:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=25243"},"modified":"2016-12-08T09:55:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T17:55:46","slug":"open-thread-1272014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/07\/open-thread-1272014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 12\/7\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">After doing my research this morning, I rested and had a later than normal lunch, because when Wendy comes on Wednesdays to give the stinky TomCat a flea bath, we have supper later than usual.&nbsp; After I finish my work, I&#39;ll lay down for a couple hours.&nbsp; It&#39;s a good day to support veterans.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#39;s took me 3:44 (average 5:07).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2016-12-07-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t-ciAMOoj5o\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Trump May Have Just Flushed US Economy Down the Toilet<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/t-ciAMOoj5o?rel=0\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I agree with Keith across the board with one exception. Calling the Fuhrer a shitty businessman is an insult to the millions of shitty businesspeople who are far more qualified than it is.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpopularvote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Popular Vote<\/a>: <\/font><strong>Take Action Now &ndash; Tell Your Legislators to Pass National Popular Vote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If you ate a US citizen, please click through to email your own state legislators. I did.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/why-is-the-trump-team-requesting-security-clearances-for-conspiracy-theorists-pence-wont-answer-622d0de989f#.f0hbt337z\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Why is the Trump team requesting security clearances for conspiracy theorists? Pence won&rsquo;t answer.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/arr833EE-oM?rel=0\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Although General Flynn was not personally involved in the Pizzagate scam, he, the Fuhrer&#39;s national Security Director, was the conspiracy theorist who originated the fake news that Bill and Hillary Clinton run a sex slavery ring.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1207Cartoon\" border=\"0\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1207Cartoon.jpg\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" title=\"1207Cartoon\" width=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">In 2016, the attack came on November 8 and was far more devastating.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After doing my research this morning, I rested and had a later than normal lunch, because when Wendy comes on Wednesdays to give the stinky TomCat a flea bath, we have supper later than usual.&nbsp; After I finish my work, I&#39;ll lay down for a couple hours.&nbsp; It&#39;s a good day to support veterans. 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