{"id":26091,"date":"2017-01-31T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T21:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=26091"},"modified":"2017-01-31T13:07:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T21:07:14","slug":"open-thread-1312017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/31\/open-thread-1312017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/31\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a new day, so thank God we&#8217;re still here in spite of the Nectarine Nuclear Nazi.&#160; I figured out how to bring summer on.&#160; Because it&#8217;s always cold at my desk, I just ordered a pair of fingerless gloves. I have a busy few days.&#160; Today I planned meals and composed my grocery list.&#160; Store to Door should call for my order shortly.&#160; Tomorrow is Grocery Delivery Day.&#160; It&#8217;s also collect the data and make the graphics for the Monthly Report Day.&#160; Finally, it&#8217;s a Wendy Day.&#160; The 2nd (Thursday) is normally Monthly Report Day, but I&#8217;ll have to put that off until Friday, because Thursday is Physical Terrorism with Courtney Day and Groundhog Day,&#160; God only knows what that poor rodent will do in a Republican Reich!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:42 (average 5:54).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-01-31-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; 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=OLgAB6NX3lw\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font>On Behalf of America, An Apology | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/OLgAB6NX3lw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Amen! So well said! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2017\/1\/27\/1626124\/-Women-are-sending-Texas-Gov-Greg-Abbott-used-tampons-pads-to-protest-extreme-law\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Republican Governor Greg Abbott\u2019s staff has had to deal with a few unusual pieces of mail over the past few weeks. After having an extreme anti-abortion law overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last summer, sore loser Gov. Abbott couldn\u2019t leave well enough alone. He <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/2016\/07\/06\/new-texas-rule-require-fetal-tissueto-cremated-buried\" target=\"_blank\">ordered the state health department<\/a> to change the rules governing how fetal tissue from abortions and miscarriages are discarded to require creation or burial. Before December 19, abortion providers were using sanitary landfills.<\/p>\n<p>Since Gov. Abbott used his political power to make one of the pettiest moves to punish Texas women after losing a SCOTUS case, one woman had an idea to protest the mandated mini-funerals:<\/p>\n<p>The call to protest went viral and some women followed through; soiled pads and tampons have been making appearances in Gov. Abbott\u2019s mailbox.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Instead, women could dispose of such product in specially designed porta-potties: ones where every unit comes with a Republican in the tank!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/01\/30\/world\/canada\/quebec-mosque-shooting.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>In a world often hostile to migration, Canada has stood out, welcoming thousands of refugees fleeing war and seeking a haven. It has been a feel-good time for Canada, proud of its national tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, that was upended when a man walked into a mosque and started shooting, killing six people and wounding eight. The man accused of being the gunman, Alexandre Bissonnette, was charged with six counts of murder on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The nation quickly rallied after the attack. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called it an act of terrorism, and there was a collective outpouring of remorse and empathy.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I do not believe this would have happened without the frequent examples of hate, bigotry and violence against Muslims abetted by the Fuhrer and the Republican Reich on our side of the 49th.&#160; Canada, on behalf of the Unites States, I apologize.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0131Cartoon\" 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\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0131Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/0131Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a new day, so thank God we&#8217;re still here in spite of the Nectarine Nuclear Nazi.&#160; I figured out how to bring summer on.&#160; Because it&#8217;s always cold at my desk, I just ordered a pair of fingerless gloves. 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