{"id":31574,"date":"2018-02-25T13:05:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=31574"},"modified":"2018-02-25T13:05:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:05:53","slug":"open-thread-2-25-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/25\/open-thread-2-25-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/25\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">WWWendy w\/wings and I are back on schedule, and she is due to destink the needy TomCat and help with chores momentarily, so I&#8217;m rushing to get what I can done.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:43 (average 4:55).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-02-25-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=IGVD03bnKOI\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Democrats Release Response to GOP FISA Memo<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IGVD03bnKOI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">So far, it looks great for the good guys and rotten for the Republican Reich. I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll have more, once I have time to dig in depth. Or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2018\/2\/24\/17048764\/schiff-memo-nunes-read-full-text-pdf\" target=\"_blank\">read it yourself<\/a>.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/after-testy-call-with-trump-over-border-wall-mexicos-president-shelves-plan-to-visit-white-house\/2018\/02\/24\/c7ffe9e8-199e-11e8-8b08-027a6ccb38eb_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Tentative plans for Mexican President Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto to make his first visit to the White House to meet with President Trump were scuttled this week after a testy call between the two leaders ended in an impasse over Trump\u2019s promised border wall, according to U.S. and Mexican officials.<\/p>\n<p>Pe\u00f1a Nieto was eyeing an official trip to Washington this month or in March, but both countries agreed to call off the plan after Trump would not agree to publicly affirm Mexico\u2019s position that it would not fund construction of a border wall that the Mexican people widely consider offensive, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a confidential conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking by phone on Tuesday, Pe\u00f1a Nieto and Trump devoted a considerable portion of their roughly 50 minute conversation to the wall, and neither man would compromise his position.<\/p>\n<p>One Mexican official said Trump \u201clost his temper.\u201d But U.S. officials described him instead as being frustrated and exasperated, saying Trump believed it was unreasonable for Pe\u00f1a Nieto to expect him to back off his crowd-pleasing campaign promise of forcing Mexico to pay for the wall.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Fuhrer was willing to be muy simpatico with Nieto, but only if the Latino was willing to keep his proper place at the feet and in the service of el Residente Pervertido! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/essential\/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-california-democratic-party-endorses-xx-1519534142-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\">LA Times<\/a>: <\/font>The California Democratic Party decided not to endorse in the U.S. Senate contest on Saturday, an embarrassing rebuke of veteran Sen. Dianne Feinstein.<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein, who has represented California in the Senate for a quarter-century, is facing an insurgent bid by fellow Democrat, state Senate leader Kevin de Le\u00f3n. Though De Le\u00f3n did not get the endorsement, his success in blocking Feinstein from receiving it shows that his calls for generational change and a more aggressively liberal path have resonated with some of the party\u2019s most passionate activists.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I agree.&#160; Despite DiFi&#8217;s seniority and years of service, I would welcome a change to a more progressive Senator. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0225Cartoon\" 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=\"0225Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/0225Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The most recent was Vladimir Putin (R-RU) and his trained <font color=\"#f79646\">monkey-substitute<\/font>. 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