{"id":29122,"date":"2017-08-21T08:08:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T15:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=29122"},"modified":"2017-08-21T13:29:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T20:29:24","slug":"open-thread-8212017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/21\/open-thread-8212017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/21\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m hurrying to get this posted to give God time to respond to the prayer in today&#8217;s cartoon.&#160; I&#8217;ll publish the lead article this afternoon.&#160; I&#8217;m so ready for my shower!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Later:&#160; God has made his intentions clear.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/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 4:31 (average 6:24).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-08-21-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=lIY8Z22r1xk\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/karinmoveon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Resistance Summer Cookout<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lIY8Z22r1xk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos! Not all of us can do the same things, but we must all do what we can to <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/stricken-us-destroyer-arrives-in-singapore-after-collision-10-sailors-missing\/2017\/08\/21\/8ad075b0-8646-11e7-a50f-e0d4e6ec070a_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>A frantic search continued Monday for 10 sailors missing after a collision between a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer and an oil tanker three times its size off Singapore. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, The U.S. Navy pushed ahead with investigations into the \u201cthe facts and circumstances\u201d of the collision involving the USS John S. McCain \u2014 the second such incident between a U.S. warship and commercial vessel in the Pacific region this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The John S. McCain arrived at the Changi Naval Base in Singapore, and photos showed a large hole in its side at the waterline. More than 14 hours after the collision, there had been no word of any progress with the hunt for the missing sailors.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Thoughts and prayers for the injured and families of the dead sailors. Could Republican incompetence be trickling down to Captains so fast? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2CN7KWr2q_4\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Trump defends neo-Nazis, as seen previously On Fox News<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2CN7KWr2q_4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Since all the hate Trump spewed Tuesday came directly from Religious Reichsministry of Propaganda, <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, it is clear that hate, Nazism, racism, and white supremacy are not just Trump problems. They are Republican problems. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0821Cartoon\" 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=\"0821Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/0821Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m hurrying to get this posted to give God time to respond to the prayer in today&#8217;s cartoon.&#160; I&#8217;ll publish the lead article this afternoon.&#160; I&#8217;m so ready for my shower! Later:&#160; God has made his intentions clear.&#160; RESIST!! 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