{"id":30936,"date":"2018-01-01T13:13:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T21:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=30936"},"modified":"2018-01-01T13:13:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T21:13:59","slug":"personal-update-1-1-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/01\/personal-update-1-1-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Update – 1\/1\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s a dead day for news, and I appear to be coming down with head\/upper respiratory infection, so this is my only article today.  I hope I feel better tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 4:50 (average 5:38).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How do you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Religious Agony<\/strong>: <\/font><\/p>\n

\"1231Broncos24-Chiefs27\"<\/font><\/p>\n

They were playing against the Chiefs’ reserves.  That describes the season quite well.  ARGH!<\/font><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Here’s the latest from our own Fantasy Football league, Lefty Blog Friends<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Playoffs:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Champs:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"17Champs\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Congrats to Patty Monster (aka Patricia M Lasek)!  We will be looking for two more players next season to replace the folks that dropped out.  Leave me a message here or on Care2 if you’d like to play.<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Take<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Time<\/a>: <\/font>President Donald Trump slammed Pakistan for \u2018lies & deceit\u2019 in a New Year\u2019s Day tweet that said Islamabad had played U.S. leaders for \u2018fools.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018No more,\u2019 Trump tweeted.<\/p>\n

Trump in his tweet said the U.S. had given Pakistan $33 billion in the last 15 years, yet Afghanistan and the U.S. have long accused Pakistan of providing safe havens for militants.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to disagree with Trump for saying something about Pakistan many times myself, but this is what the Republicans’ idiot Fuhrer just does not get.  As duplicitous as they are, Pakistan is the only reasonable logistical route for our troops in Afghanistan.  If Pakistan closes that route, supplying our troops by air is terribly costly and insecure, and if we withdraw them, as we should have years ago, we would have to leave all their heavy weapons and equipment for Al Qaeda and the Taliban.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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