{"id":26116,"date":"2017-02-01T13:30:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T21:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=26116"},"modified":"2017-02-01T13:30:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T21:30:37","slug":"open-thread-212017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/01\/open-thread-212017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/1\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m waiting for Store to Door to deliver my groceries.&#160; Wendy is coming this evening.&#160; I&#8217;m swamped with tasks, so please pardon my brevity.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:26 (average 5:50).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-02-01-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=nqSKQNjQ8z4\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RWWBlog\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">RWW Channel<\/a>): <\/font>RWW News: Alex Jones Thinks Quebec City Attack Was A False Flag<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nqSKQNjQ8z4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is how Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians try to project their own terrorism onto others. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\" target=\"_blank\">The Rachel Maddow Show<\/a>: <\/font><strong>Democrats vow to block Trump SCOTUS pick Gorsuch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senator Jeff Merkley talks with Rachel Maddow about his intention to filibuster Donald Trump&#8217;s Supreme Court pick, Neil Gorsuch, after Republicans refused to give former President Obama&#8217;s nominee a hearing.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_maddow_merkley_170131\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to Jeff! Oregon leads the way! Just say <strong>NO<\/strong> to Neil Whoresuch! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/?p=3309209\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Donald Trump fired the acting Attorney General, Sally Q. Yates, after learning that she had downloaded a copy of the United States Constitution to her computer, Trump told reporters on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Trump Administration\u2019s code of ethics, established by Steve Bannon, a counsellor to the President, \u201cpossessing, reading, or referring to the United States Constitution\u201d is a violation that is punishable by termination.<\/p>\n<p>Suspecting that Yates was in breach of that rule, Bannon seized Yates\u2019s computer at the Justice Department and discovered that she had secretly downloaded a complete copy of the 1789 document.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">OK, Andy! It&#8217;s time to get back to satire. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0201Cartoon\" 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=\"0201Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/0201Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m waiting for Store to Door to deliver my groceries.&#160; Wendy is coming this evening.&#160; I&#8217;m swamped with tasks, so please pardon my brevity. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:26 (average 5:50).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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