{"id":28929,"date":"2017-08-10T13:31:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T20:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=28929"},"modified":"2017-08-10T13:31:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T20:31:22","slug":"open-thread-8102017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/10\/open-thread-8102017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/10\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another hot sticky day, and I&#8217;m so sick of needing a shower ten minutes after the water is off, I could scream.&#160; On the plus side, if the forecasts are correct, today is the last day in the 90\u00b0s for at least two weeks.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:44 (average 3:38).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-08-10-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Religious Message<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">After months of languishing in misery, deprived of the holy light from the Ellipsoid Orb, the blessed Orb is returning, so for me, today is a holy day.&#160; My Broncos are traveling to worship this evening with a team so indecent that they go around Bear.&#160; I shall be meditating this evening.&#160; May the holy Orb shine its light on my Broncos.<\/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=oNbqYWnPXnw\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RWWBlog\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">RWW Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Rick Joyner Is Not Worried About North Korea Because Trump &#8216;Is Really Open To Words From The Lord&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/oNbqYWnPXnw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The problem with Joyner&#8217;s notion that Trump is &quot;really open to words from the Lord&quot; is that Trump&#8217;s lord has cloven hooves and carries a pitchfork. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcreport.org\/2017\/08\/09\/it-looks-like-trump-is-throwing-over-manafort\/\" target=\"_blank\">DC Report<\/a>: <\/font>Donald Trump went to war Tuesday with his former campaign manager, the global influence peddler and Kremlin-friendly Paul Manafort. We know this because of the top article in today\u2019s National Enquirer, which often acts as an attack dog for Trump and hushes up stories he wants to be kept quiet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump Advisor Sex Scandal\u2014Paul Manafort\u2019s Sick Affair,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalenquirer.com\/photos\/paul-manafort-sex-scandal-mistress\/?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=ManafortSexScandal\">the tawdry tabloid\u2019s headline screamed<\/a>. \u201cTarget in FBI-Russia probe also cheated with a woman half his age!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Not only is Manafart under the bus, but also, for the first time in history, the National Enquirer is reporting straight news. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2017\/08\/it-was-his-idea-sean-spicer-is-asking-to-spoof-himself-on-saturday-night-live\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is itching to play himself on Saturday Night Live after quitting his Trump administration job. <\/p>\n<p>During his first months as press secretary, Spicer became a favorite target of the NBC live sketch show when Melissa McCarthy repeatedly lampooned the embattled White House staffer. <\/p>\n<p>This week, sources told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/sean-spicer-wants-to-do-saturday-night-live-w496966\">Us Weekly<\/a> that Spicer is now \u201cangling\u201d to take a crack at showing off his own comedic skills. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is asking people about getting on \u2014 it was his idea!\u201d one source told the publication.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Melissa McCarthy is a far better Shitty Spice than Shitty himself. Here&#8217;s proof.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/UWuc18xISwI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/ex-gop-senator-trump-sick-mind-congress-649004\" target=\"_blank\">Newsweek<\/a>: <\/font>A former Republican senator has suggested <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-threatens-fire-and-fury-justin-trudeau-quietly-sends-envoy-north-648430\">that Donald Trump<\/a> is \u201csick of mind\u201d and should be removed from office.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon Humphrey told New Hampshire lawmakers in a letter that has been widely shared that they should back his bid to dump Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter sent to Representative Annie Kuster, Humphrey urges her to back a bill that would set up an Oversight Commission on Presidential Capacity to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-twitter-president-trump-bots-fake-news-647354\">decide whether Trump <\/a>is fit for office.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Donald Trump is seriously sick. He is dangerous,&quot; read Humphrey\u2019s letter, which he shared with news station <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmur.com\/article\/nh-primary-source-humphrey-says-trump-seriously-sick-dangerous-should-be-removed-from-office\/11659863\" target=\"_blank\">WMUR<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang! It&#8217;s not very often that I find myself in complete agreement with a Republican!&#160; Unfortunately, the commission would be meaningless.&#160; Congress&#8217; only remedy is impeachment.&#160; To declare Trump unfit, getting Pence and the majority of Federal Department Heads to agree that he is unfit, as the 25th Amendment requires, is very improbable, and only removes him temporarily.&#160;&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0810Cartoon\" 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=\"0810Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/0810Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another hot sticky day, and I&#8217;m so sick of needing a shower ten minutes after the water is off, I could scream.&#160; On the plus side, if the forecasts are correct, today is the last day in the 90\u00b0s for at least two weeks. 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