{"id":30992,"date":"2018-01-06T13:23:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T21:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=30992"},"modified":"2018-01-06T13:23:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T21:23:31","slug":"open-thread-1-6-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/06\/open-thread-1-6-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/6\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a muggy sticky day, so humid that I had to change my undershorts in the middle of the night, even though I didn&#8217;t feel hot.&#160; I hate sweating and feeling chilly at the same time.&#160; I hope you are enjoying your weekend.&#160; May the Holy Ellipsoid Orb bless your team, id they are still alive.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:00 (average 5:35).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-01-06-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=zJ0s2FKJVX0\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Late Show Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Trump Adjusts To Life Without Sloppy Steve<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/zJ0s2FKJVX0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Does Trump call Bannon Sloppy Steve, because Trump doesn&#8217;t get him until Putin is done? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/01\/06\/trump-wolff-mental-health-327116\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>: <\/font>Responding to several days of speculation about his mental well being and fitness for office, President Donald Trump defended himself on Twitter on Saturday morning as &quot;<strong>very smart<\/strong>&quot; and &quot;<strong>a stable genius<\/strong>&quot; in the wake of allegations contained in an incendiary book about the Trump administration released this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that Russian collusion, after one year of intense study, has proven to be a total hoax on the American public, the Democrats and their lapdogs, the Fake News Mainstream Media, are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence&#8230;..\u201d the president tweeted at 7:19 a.m., hours before he was scheduled to meet with congressional GOP leaders at Camp David.<\/p>\n<p>Several minutes later, Trump added: \u201c&#8230;Actually, throughout my life, <strong>my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart<\/strong>. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. <strong>I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star<\/strong>&#8230;.. [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Nobody will ever accuse that moron of modesty! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/white-house-staff-forced-to-act-out-michael-wolff-book-for-non-reading-president\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Donald J. Trump, legendary among U.S. Presidents for his aversion to reading, demanded on Thursday that members of his White House circle act out Michael Wolff\u2019s new book, \u201cFire and Fury,\u201d in a command performance in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>According to those who witnessed the dramatic presentation, Jared Kushner played the role of Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump played the role of Ivanka Trump, and Sarah Huckabee Sanders played Steve Bannon.<\/p>\n<p>Sources who sat through the private performance of \u201cFire and Fury\u201d said that Sanders\u2019s portrayal of Bannon was particularly impressive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSarah\u2019s a natural,\u201d one source said. \u201cAt the end of the day, acting is just lying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the performer who \u201cstole the show,\u201d according to one source, was Eric Trump, who was cast in the role of his father.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang, Andy!! 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