{"id":26464,"date":"2017-02-23T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=26464"},"modified":"2017-02-23T13:00:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T21:00:11","slug":"open-thread-2232017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/23\/open-thread-2232017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/23\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another day, and I&#8217;m so busy, that I&#8217;m putting twos pounds of kitty crunches in a one pound box, as usual!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:23 (average 5:27).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-02-23-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=5evAZ5sAGxI\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font>The Intel Community and the Slow Death of Trump&#8217;s Presidency | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<strong><\/strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/5evAZ5sAGxI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If Keith is accurate, and it appears that he is, may the IC bring the Fuhrer down quickly, with more leaks than a Russian hooker.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/all\" target=\"_blank\">All In<\/a>: <\/font><strong>Michael Moore explains how to stop Donald Trump<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Activist and Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore joins Chris Hayes to talk about his ten point plan on how to stop Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_hayes_hmoorestoptrump_170222\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Moore makes a crucial point. No Republican should ever get the opportunity to run unopposed. We have never had a greater opportunity to sweep Republicans from power.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/americans-overwhelmingly-say-lives-have-improved-since-kellyanne-conway-went-away\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>An overwhelming majority of Americans say that their lives have improved since Kellyanne Conway went away, a new poll finds.<\/p>\n<p>According to the poll, Americans have been sleeping more, eating better, and enjoying a markedly greater sense of well-being following Conway\u2019s sudden departure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had lost my zest for life,\u201d Carol Foyler, a poll respondent, said. \u201cNow that Kellyanne Conway is gone, I greet every day with a smile, I feel my energy coming back, and I want to have sex again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Across the nation, medical professionals have reported striking improvements in patients\u2019 mental health since the White House counsellor vanished, a phenomenon some doctors are calling the Conway Effect.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It is less like <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, since was banned from doing press interviews, Andy. I suspect that the Fuhrer has Kellyanne Consensual performing \u2026um\u2026 other duties.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/0223Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0223Cartoon\" 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=\"0223Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/0223Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another day, and I&#8217;m so busy, that I&#8217;m putting twos pounds of kitty crunches in a one pound box, as usual! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:23 (average 5:27).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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