{"id":31393,"date":"2018-02-10T13:04:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T21:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=31393"},"modified":"2018-02-10T13:04:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T21:04:49","slug":"open-thread-2-10-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/10\/open-thread-2-10-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/10\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">WWWendy is due in ten minutes, so I&#8217;ll have to do most of my writing after she leaves at around Noon.&#160; I watched the opening ceremony last night, and neither Nambia nor Normay sent teams to Korea.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:44 (average 5:43).&#160; To di it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-02-10-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=ekS0ZUyhNlo\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Donald Trump Closer To Ending Russia Probe As Rachel Brand Quits DOJ<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ekS0ZUyhNlo?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I think Rachel Brand was acting in her own self-interest. If it came down to either hamstringing the Mueller investigation for Trump, or refusing to do so, whatever she might do would be a career ending move for her. So when the Republican Reich got Wal-fart to offer her a plumb job, she ducked out of the line of fire and took the money. I know virtually nothing about Noel Francisco. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/trump-gives-wife-beater-praise-he-usually-reserves-for-child-molesters-and-nazis\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In comments to reporters at the White House on Friday, Donald J. Trump stirred controversy by lavishing an alleged wife beater with praise that he historically has reserved for child molesters and Nazis.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters who heard the President\u2019s comments were taken aback since, in the past, the President had given no indication that he held wife beaters in the same high esteem in which he holds supporters of child abuse and white supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew that President Trump considered child molesters and Nazis very fine people, but this was the first time he had put wife beaters up there, too,\u201d Tracy Klugian, a member of the White House press corps, said. \u201cWe wanted clarification as to whether he considered wife beaters as fine as those other two groups, or finer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, accused reporters of attempting to drive a wedge between three of the President\u2019s most cherished constituencies.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang Andy! Doesn&#8217;t the Fuhrer prefer all of the above? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HOtkeFEeKFs\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RWWBlog\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">RWW Channel<\/a>): <\/font>RWW News: Paul Begley Says Barack Obama Is Leading An Illuminati Plot To Assassinate Trump<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/HOtkeFEeKFs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is what Republican Sheeple get to see as a substitute for real News. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0210Cartoon\" 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=\"0210Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/0210Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWWendy is due in ten minutes, so I&#8217;ll have to do most of my writing after she leaves at around Noon.&#160; I watched the opening ceremony last night, and neither Nambia nor Normay sent teams to Korea. 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