{"id":27442,"date":"2017-05-05T14:02:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T21:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=27442"},"modified":"2017-05-05T14:02:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T21:02:03","slug":"open-thread-552017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/05\/open-thread-552017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 5\/5\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The heat wave is over, and it&#8217;s 60\u00b0, but the humidity is 97%, so it&#8217;s still sticky.&#160; I slept poorly last night, due to humidity and AC noise, but I did catch a two hour nap this morning<strong>.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:36 (average 4:37).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-05-05-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=gAChqYKslGs\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#333333\">The Shame and Cruelty of the GOP | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#333333\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gAChqYKslGs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Amen Keith! Be vengeful!&#160; Ruin their careers!&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Also from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1pS92ONVte8\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Is a Grand Jury Now Looking into Trump? | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1pS92ONVte8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">May the drip\u2026 drip\u2026 drip\u2026 give way to SPLAT! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/trump-supporters-celebrate-imminent-loss-of-their-health-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Moments after House Republicans voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, millions of Trump supporters celebrated the imminent loss of their health insurance.<\/p>\n<p>From coast to coast, Americans who cast their votes for Donald J. Trump expressed jubilation at finally being relieved of the burden of being insured in the event of catastrophic illness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEver since President Trump was inaugurated, I\u2019ve been counting the days for him to take away my health insurance,\u201d Carol Foyler, a Trump supporter in Houston, said. \u201cToday I just want to say thank you, Mr. President, for keeping your promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy, reporting the intellectual level of deplorables is not even news.&#160; After all, they voted for him.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0505Cartoon\" 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=\"0505Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/0505Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The heat wave is over, and it&#8217;s 60\u00b0, but the humidity is 97%, so it&#8217;s still sticky.&#160; I slept poorly last night, due to humidity and AC noise, but I did catch a two hour nap this morning. 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