{"id":30635,"date":"2017-12-09T12:44:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T20:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=30635"},"modified":"2017-12-09T12:44:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T20:44:33","slug":"open-thread-12-9-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/12\/09\/open-thread-12-9-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 12\/9\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m tired.&#160; Portland is still under an Air Stagnation Warning, and it&#8217;s not severe, but it is irritating my COPD.&#160; Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; It&#8217;s the Jets turn to humiliate my Broncos.&#160; The game is not televised here, of course.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:17 (average 6:07).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-12-09-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=WMi_i1Gv_lA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RWWBlog\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">RWW Channel<\/a>): <\/font>RWW News: Dave Daubenmire Wonders If Vaccines Are Making People Gay<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/WMi_i1Gv_lA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What&#8217;s injected into Republican pseudo-Christian hypocrites to make them gay is semen. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/politics\/wp\/2017\/12\/09\/nearly-9-in-10-black-americans-think-trump-respects-people-of-color-less-than-whites\/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: \\<\/font>This week, Quinnipiac University <a href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/national\/release-detail?ReleaseID=2504\" target=\"_blank\">released<\/a> a new poll that included a question about Trump\u2019s attitudes toward people of color. Most respondents \u2014 57 percent \u2014 said that they did not believe that Trump respects people of color as much as he does white people. Among whites, 50 percent held that view. Among black Americans, the number was 86 percent.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">50% of white Americans and 14% of black Americans are wrong! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/trumps-slurred-speech-tied-to-low-battery-in-putins-remote\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Donald J.Trump slurred his speech during his announcement about Jerusalem on Wednesday because of \u201clow-battery issues\u201d with Vladimir Putin\u2019s remote, the White House said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the White House press corps, the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said that Trump\u2019s slurred speech was \u201ca case of what happens when President Putin doesn\u2019t change the batteries in his remote frequently enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump makes public appearances several times a day,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cIn the course of those appearances, President Putin\u2019s remote can drain its battery very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy, I think you figured it out! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1209Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1209Cartoon\" 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=\"1209Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1209Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m tired.&#160; Portland is still under an Air Stagnation Warning, and it&#8217;s not severe, but it is irritating my COPD.&#160; Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; It&#8217;s the Jets turn to humiliate my Broncos.&#160; The game is not televised here, of course. 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