{"id":27691,"date":"2017-05-22T13:12:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T20:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=27691"},"modified":"2017-05-22T13:12:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T20:12:39","slug":"open-thread-5222017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/22\/open-thread-5222017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 5\/22\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I figure I can get this started before leaving to my Oncologist and finish up when I return.&#160; This is today&#8217;s only article.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I was very pleased with my Oncologist.&#160; His preventive strategy is exactly what I wanted and expected.&#160; I&#8217;ll set up the cat scans and his office will call me the next day with the results. Here he is.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/i1Wll1KWYeU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><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 3:30 (average 4:46).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-05-22-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.nytimes.com\/2017\/05\/21\/us\/mike-pence-notre-dame-commencement-address.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>A large crowd of students walked out of the Notre Dame commencement ceremony on Sunday in protest of the speaker, Vice President Mike Pence, who delivered a speech that mixed platitudes about bright, dream-filled futures with a lengthy rebuke of political correctness on college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>As several dozen students in caps and gowns quietly exited the graduation ceremony, the vice president praised Notre Dame, one of the nation\u2019s most prominent Catholic universities, as \u201ca vanguard of freedom of expression and the free exchange of ideas\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026The protest began as Mr. Pence began his remarks at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Ind., where degrees were conferred on 2,081 students. Online video of the ceremony showed a large number of young people filing out of the stadium as the vice president began to congratulate the graduates and their families. Around them, the audience erupted into a mixture of boos and applause.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to the students. Follow their example. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2017\/5\/20\/1664420\/-26-Year-Old-H-S-Teacher-Wins-Primary-Against-Democratic-PA-Mayor-Who-Backed-Trump\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>26 Year Old H.S. Teacher Wins Primary Against Democratic PA. Mayor Who Backed Trump.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Click Through for details. Kudos! Wonderful!! This, not voting for Russia&#8217;s tools like Jill Stein, is how to <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/wp\/2017\/05\/21\/a-black-congressman-called-for-trumps-impeachment-lynching-threats-followed-he-said\/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>U.S. Rep. Al Green said the phone calls came in not long after he called for the impeachment of President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, Al Green, we got an impeachment for you. It\u2019s going to be yours,\u201d one caller said. \u201cWas actually gonna give you a short trial before we hang your n\u2014\u2013 ass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not going to impeach anybody, you f\u2014\u2014 n\u2014\u2013 \u2026 You\u2019ll be hanging from a tree,\u201d another one said. \u201cI didn\u2019t see anybody calling for the impeachment of your n\u2014\u2013 Obama when he was born in Kenya. He\u2019s not even an American. So f\u2014 you, n\u2014\u2013.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Aha! Reaching out to minorities, the way Republicans do it. I bet AG KKK Beauregard squealed with hooded glee! <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\/05\/0522Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0522Cartoon\" 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=\"0522Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/0522Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"654\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">2017 Pact of Shit between Trump and Putin.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I figure I can get this started before leaving to my Oncologist and finish up when I return.&#160; This is today&#8217;s only article. 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