{"id":29135,"date":"2017-08-23T13:14:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T20:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=29135"},"modified":"2017-08-23T13:14:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T20:14:05","slug":"open-thread-8232017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/23\/open-thread-8232017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/23\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s been another busy day.&#160; I have my groceries put away.&#160; I exchanged my sharps container.&#160; The 2 gal. size lasted about 18 months and cost me only $18.50 to exchange, including delivery.&#160; Wendy is not coming until tomorrow, because we wanted to spread my showers out.&#160; It only an 85\u00b0 day today, but the humidity is 82%.&#160; I sure am a sticky kitty.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:48 (average 5:14).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-08-23-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; <\/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=VM6FGJ8foGg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">The Trump Resignation End-Game? | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/VM6FGJ8foGg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">OK, let&#8217;s assume Keith is right, Trump resigns, and Pence takes over. What will change? A Fuhrer that brags about Republican evil will be replaced by a Fuhrer that tries to hide Republican evil. All the reasons we have to hate the Trump Reich will still be there. Like Keith, I&#8217;ve also had a feeling that the end is approaching, which is why I&#8217;ve been stressing that it&#8217;s not a Trump problem. It&#8217;s a Republican problem. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=krpIlSie7kk\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Fox &amp; Friends: Depends On The Protest<\/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\/krpIlSie7kk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Like the Republicans they represent, the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, are lying hypocrites! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-joe-arpaio_us_5991ff89e4b0909642992a67\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>President Donald Trump suggested he will grant Joe Arpaio, the controversial former sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, a pardon for criminal contempt.<\/p>\n<p>During a campaign-style rally in Phoenix on Tuesday, Trump signaled a pardon could come soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll make a prediction: I think he\u2019s going to be just fine, OK?\u201d Trump said. \u201cBut I won\u2019t do it tonight because I don\u2019t want to cause any controversy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The message was clear. Get convicted for terrorizing Latinos in violation of their civil rights, and you&#8217;ll get protection from the Republican Reich. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0823Cartoon\" 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=\"0823Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/0823Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been another busy day.&#160; I have my groceries put away.&#160; I exchanged my sharps container.&#160; The 2 gal. size lasted about 18 months and cost me only $18.50 to exchange, including delivery.&#160; Wendy is not coming until tomorrow, because we wanted to spread my showers out.&#160; It only an 85\u00b0 day today, but the <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/23\/open-thread-8232017\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}