{"id":27027,"date":"2017-04-01T12:25:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T19:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=27027"},"modified":"2017-04-01T12:25:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T19:25:40","slug":"personal-update-412017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/01\/personal-update-412017\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Update &#8211; 4\/1\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Carrie should be here shortly.&#160; I will have no April Fools Day post today, because any notion of support for the Republican Reich is just too obscene for humor.&#160; I&#8217;m feeling tired and plan to get some rest, but I will harvest Bill Maher&#8217;s clips for tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:46 (average 4:30).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-04-01-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Take<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2017\/3\/30\/1648768\/-Former-FBI-Special-Agent-testifies-that-our-Commander-in-Chief-has-used-Russian-active-measures\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Former FBI Special Agent and current Fellow at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpri.org\/contributor\/clint-watts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign Policy Research Institute<\/a> Clinton Watts is testifying in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee since the House Republican one is being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2017\/3\/30\/1648656\/-There-s-a-problem-with-Devin-Nunes-invitation-to-FBI-Director-Comey-Nunes-never-sent-it\" target=\"_blank\">run by a fucking imbecile<\/a> who can\u2019t make a decision without the go-ahead from the guy being investigated. Here\u2019s an interesting interaction between Watts and the Intelligence Committee.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ZaIcOnUQ4pI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Collusion! <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\/04\/0401Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0401Cartoon\" 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=\"0401Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0401Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">April Fools!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carrie should be here shortly.&#160; I will have no April Fools Day post today, because any notion of support for the Republican Reich is just too obscene for humor.&#160; I&#8217;m feeling tired and plan to get some rest, but I will harvest Bill Maher&#8217;s clips for tomorrow. 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