{"id":31054,"date":"2018-01-14T11:53:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T19:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=31054"},"modified":"2018-01-14T11:53:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T19:53:23","slug":"open-thread-1-14-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/14\/open-thread-1-14-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/14\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It was another sticky night.&#160; When I arose this morning at 4:30 AM, with no heat on and an open window, the inside temperature was 78\u00b0 because of heat rising in the building, so I slept fitfully.&#160; Wendy is due in fifteen minutes to destink the TomCat, who NEEDS that service big time.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have been destinked, and I hope it lasts the day.&#160; Wendy is filling in as a bartender for two weekends, so we finished over an hour early.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:18 (average 5:28).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-01-14-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=AiyZ92_JZxA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SaturdayNightLive\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">SNL Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Morning Joe Michael Wolff Cold Open<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/AiyZ92_JZxA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Picture Kate McKinnon doing her kinky Mika routine in her KKK Beauregard outfit. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eCkz4ZiVoHg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/karinmoveon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn Channel<\/a>): <\/font>How to Talk About the Muslim Ban<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/eCkz4ZiVoHg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">She makes valid points. Nobody should be banned for religious beliefs, not even the evil belief with the most terrorists of all: Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christianity (the exact opposite of real Christianity). <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/african-nations-demand-apology-a6fb714bb940\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Trump\u2019s description of large swaths of the globe, including the entire continent of Africa, as \u201cshithole nations\u201d whose citizens should be excluded from the United States has triggered <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/racist-and-alarming-responses-to-trump-0af1640543f9\/\" target=\"_blank\">international condemnation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The latest response comes in the form of an extraordinary statement issue by the African Union, a group of 55 African countries.<\/p>\n<p>The African Union called Trump\u2019s comments \u201coutrageous, racist and xenophobic\u201d and demanded a \u201cretraction and apology.\u201d The group also said it was \u201cconcerned at the continuing and growing trend from the US administration towards Africa and people of African descent to denigrate the continent and people of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I stand with them 100%. <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\/2018\/01\/0114Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0114Cartoon\" 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=\"0114Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0114Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was another sticky night.&#160; When I arose this morning at 4:30 AM, with no heat on and an open window, the inside temperature was 78\u00b0 because of heat rising in the building, so I slept fitfully.&#160; Wendy is due in fifteen minutes to destink the TomCat, who NEEDS that service big time. 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