{"id":31341,"date":"2018-02-04T12:20:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T20:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=31341"},"modified":"2018-02-04T12:20:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T20:20:18","slug":"open-thread-2-4-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/04\/open-thread-2-4-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/4\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a high holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; The walking rectum likes the Patriots.&#160; Go Eagles!&#160; I&#8217;ll be spending the afternoon in meditation.&#160; WWWendy is due in about 45 minutes to destink the TomCat and help with chores, including making a big load of chili.&#160; That way I can cheer the Eagles from one end and Trump&#8217;s Patriots from the other.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">WWWendy just left and greets you all! The chili will produce a magnificent green cloud!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:20 (average 5:54).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-02-04-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=K45mFsyZxtU\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SaturdayNightLive\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">SNL Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Fox &amp; Friends Cold Open<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/K45mFsyZxtU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I wonder if the SNL crew really understands just how close to the truth they are. I think, yes. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2018\/02\/03\/pat-robertson-prominent-televangelist-is-recovering-from-a-stroke\/?utm_term=.6edb3b3e0826\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Longtime televangelist Pat Robertson is recovering after suffering an embolic stroke, according to the Christian Broadcasting Network [<em>hate channel delinked<\/em>], a Virginia-based television network Robertson founded.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson, 87, was rushed to the nearest stroke center Friday after a family member recognized \u201cthe onset of symptoms,\u201d the CBN report says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin minutes of receiving [clot-busting drugs], Dr. Robertson was awake and responsive and able to move all of his limbs,\u201d CBN states. He is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As much as I cannot stand this Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian and purveyor of Republican hatred, I would not wish a stroke upon him. However, if he makes a full recovery, but loses the use of his vocal chords, that would be a blessing for the world. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/03\/us\/politics\/state-elections-midterms.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>For Republicans in the states, the political warning signs keep mounting: In Virginia, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/07\/us\/politics\/virginia-election-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\">an electoral shellacking<\/a> that nearly snapped their 20-year grip on the State House. In Wisconsin, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/17\/us\/wisconsin-elections-state-senate.html\" target=\"_blank\">a midwinter rout<\/a> in a special election for the State Senate, fought in a conservative district.<\/p>\n<p>And in Pennsylvania, it has been an exodus of state legislators from the Philadelphia area, where more than half a dozen Republicans have opted for retirement over a strenuous campaign in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like it\u2019s going to be a war zone,\u201d said State Representative Gene DiGirolamo, a moderate Republican, of his native Bucks County, a spacious suburb on the New Jersey border.<\/p>\n<p>As national Republicans dig in to defend their majorities in Congress in the midterm elections, party leaders across the country have grown anxious about losses on a different front: state legislatures. Over the last decade, Republicans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/02\/11\/us\/state-republican-leaders-move-swiftly.html\" target=\"_blank\">dominated most state capitals<\/a>, enacting deep tax cuts, imposing new regulations on labor unions and abortion providers, and drawing favorable congressional maps to reinforce their power in Washington.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">November can&#8217;t come soon enough! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0204Cartoon\" 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=\"0204Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/0204Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a high holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; The walking rectum likes the Patriots.&#160; Go Eagles!&#160; I&#8217;ll be spending the afternoon in meditation.&#160; WWWendy is due in about 45 minutes to destink the TomCat and help with chores, including making a big load of chili.&#160; That way I can cheer the <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/04\/open-thread-2-4-2018\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}