{"id":31117,"date":"2018-01-19T13:29:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T21:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=31117"},"modified":"2018-01-19T13:29:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T21:29:25","slug":"open-thread-1-19-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/19\/open-thread-1-19-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/19\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another warm, super-muggy day.&#160; WWWendy sis a stellar job of destinking the TomCat yesterday evening.&#160; Unfortunately, The TomCat is already stinky again, and the next shower is Sunday.&#160; <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-sadsmile\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none\" alt=\"Sad smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/wlEmoticon-sadsmile.png\" \/> TGIF!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:54 (average 4:12).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-01-19-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=lyMBXDH4F5Q\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Late Show Channel<\/a>): <\/font>The Fake News Awards Were Worth The Wait<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lyMBXDH4F5Q?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Colbert lied. Trump is bad at being Resident 100% of the time, not 90%.&#160; Kudos to all who won a Fake News Award from the Pumpkin Pervert. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xciM8b3yKYg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/FunnyorDie\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Funny or Die Channel<\/a>): <\/font>White Noise Sleep Machine: How Racists Sleep At Night<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xciM8b3yKYg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans can get their own <a href=\"http:\/\/aryan2.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aryan 2<\/a> for only $19.99. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/wp\/2018\/01\/18\/i-just-dont-like-muslim-people-trump-appointee-resigns-after-racist-sexist-and-anti-gay-remarks\/?utm_term=.8644768755c0\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>An appointee of President Trump has resigned from the federal agency that runs AmeriCorps and other service programs after remarks he made disparaging blacks, Muslims, gays, women, veterans with PTSD and undocumented immigrants surfaced in the news media.<\/p>\n<p>Carl Higbie lasted less than six months as the chief of external affairs in the Corporation for National and Community Service.<\/p>\n<p>Higbie\u2019s Thursday afternoon resignation, which was prompted after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/01\/18\/politics\/kfile-carl-higbie-on-the-radio\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN unearthed<\/a> the comments he made, comes amid increased scrutiny of the president\u2019s appointees for racist or anti-Muslim statements made in the past.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Sadly, the Republican Party has a deep pool of bigots in which to find a replacement, who also hates blacks, Muslims, gays, women, vets with PTSD and undocumented immigrants. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0119Cartoon\" 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=\"0119Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0119Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another warm, super-muggy day.&#160; WWWendy sis a stellar job of destinking the TomCat yesterday evening.&#160; Unfortunately, The TomCat is already stinky again, and the next shower is Sunday.&#160; TGIF! 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