{"id":28553,"date":"2017-07-12T13:46:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T20:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=28553"},"modified":"2017-07-12T13:46:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T20:46:58","slug":"open-thread-7122017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/12\/open-thread-7122017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 7\/12\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a very busy day.&#160; I&#8217;m still trying to get appointments squared away, I&#8217;m waiting for a big grocery delivery from Store to Door, and this evening Wendy will be here to make the TomCat fit to be upwind of people.&#160; Please expect no more than a Personal Update, or perhaps an Open Thread, tomorrow and Friday.&#160; Tomorrow, I visit my Prosthetist, Amanda to pick up new prosthetic shoes and evaluate what we will need for George for the coming year.&#160; On Friday, I see Megan for a release for surgery.&#160; It&#8217;s a very wasteful hoop through which I must jump.&#160; Happy hump day, but don&#8217;t hump Trump.&#160; The only people who do are Putin and Russian hookers.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:01 (average 4:26).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-07-12-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?&#160; (I won&#8217;t eat cousin Meer).<\/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=EMTEKNLAwzI\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Two Trumps Confess to Conspiracy | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/EMTEKNLAwzI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Incarcerate the Republican bastards! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5oEcPEe_qn0\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/karinmoveon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Wisconsinites Fight to Protect Health Care<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/5oEcPEe_qn0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Tell <strong>ALL<\/strong> Senators! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2017\/07\/11\/morning-joe-co-host-joe-scarborough-is-leaving-the-republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Joe Scarborough, the conservative co-host of MSNBC\u2019s political commentary show \u201cMorning Joe,\u201d is leaving the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>He made the announcement Tuesday night during an appearance on \u201cThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert\u201d alongside his co-host Mika Brzezinski. A two-minute clip of the segment was teased on the program\u2019s Twitter account earlier Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Scarborough tore into what he characterized as a complacent Republican Party unwilling to stand up to President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to ask yourself, what exactly is the Republican Party willing to do?\u201d Scarborough said to Colbert. \u201cHow far are they willing to go? How much of this country and our values are they willing to sell out?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAren\u2019t you a Republican?\u201d Colbert asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a Republican, but I\u2019m not going to be a Republican anymore,\u201d Scarborough said to loud applause from the audience. \u201cI\u2019ve got to become an independent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">You all know that I am NOT a fan of Joe Scarborough or his show. 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