{"id":27936,"date":"2017-06-08T22:38:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T05:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=27936"},"modified":"2017-06-09T15:03:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T22:03:50","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-08-june-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/08\/squatchs-open-thread-08-june-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch’s Open Thread 08 June 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well yesterday was a busy day for me and although I did get an OT started, I could not finish it for you.  We have had word from TC which you may have seen here on the site, but I will repeat just in case.  Tom had a successful surgery to remove his gallbladder but in the process, the doctor found a spot on his liver which they biopsied.  Those results will not be known for a few hours at least.  The prancreatitis has improved marginally but TC will know more later.  According to Wendy he has recovered enough to start bossing Wendy around rather than the nurses.  TC says Wendy is the BOMB!  So continued prayers or good healing thoughts or both are very much appreciated for TC.  We need our Puddy Tat back to help get us through this reign of terror lead by Drumpfenfarten and the Republicans. <\/span><\/p>\n

Update: TC posted at 1810 hours — the liver spots are benign!<\/span><\/p>\n

Jigsaw Puzzle<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 3:45 (average 5:14).  To do it, <\/font>click here<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.  How did you do? That's no neigh-gative experience!<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

CBC<\/font><\/strong><\/a> — Russian hackers attacked at least one U.S. voting software supplier days before last year's presidential election, according to a government intelligence report leaked Monday that suggests election-related hacking penetrated further into U.S. voting systems than previously known.<\/p>\n

The classified National Security Agency report, which was published online by The Intercept, does not say whether the hacking had any effect on election results. But it says Russian military intelligence attacked a U.S. voting software company and sent spear-phishing emails to more than 100 local election officials at the end of October or beginning of November.<\/p>\n

There is no doubt that the infaltration of the US by Russia has been going on longer than believed.  It did not just start with the DNC hack, and it would be myopic to think that there are no more hacks.  I find myself wondering what the next revelation will be.<\/span><\/p>\n

YouTube<\/strong><\/span> — Did Trump Himself Meet With the Russian Ambassador? | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann | GQ     <\/p>\n