{"id":31770,"date":"2018-03-15T10:22:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T17:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=31770"},"modified":"2018-03-15T10:22:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T17:22:17","slug":"open-thread-3-15-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/15\/open-thread-3-15-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 3\/15\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a busy day, here at the CatBox, and I&#8217;m working earlier then usual, due to a mild case of Republicosis.&#160; Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update, or at most, an Open Thread.&#160; I have a routine follow-up appointment with Megan, my PCP.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:15 (average 5:38).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-03-15-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=Uo5oFN_sD-c\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheNewYorkTimes\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Students Walked Out. Here Are Their Videos<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Uo5oFN_sD-c?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to the kids and the fine teachers that enabled them. Jeers to the NRA\/Republican deplorable teachers that tried to prevent their protest. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b33PN2NB2Do\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/voxdotcom\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Vox Channel<\/a>): <\/font>The guide book that helped black Americans travel during segregation<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/b33PN2NB2Do?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It was a wonderful thing in its day, but we must fight the Republican plan to create the need for it again.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/rex-tillerson-i-hope-trump-finds-out-hes-impeached-on-twitter\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In a freewheeling conversation with reporters after his departure from the State Department on Tuesday, Rex Tillerson said that he \u201creally hopes\u201d that Donald Trump finds out that he is being impeached on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, the way I see it playing out, he\u2019s up at 3 a.m., starting a new feud with Oprah or someone, and that\u2019s when he finds out,\u201d Tillerson said. \u201cMy only regret is that I won\u2019t be there to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tillerson started laughing in what some witnesses described as a demonic manner as he imagined Trump learning of his impeachment on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, you have to picture him with his BlackBerry in his itty-bitty hands, and that\u2019s how he finds out,\u201d Tillerson cackled. \u201cIt would serve the bastard right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Oh Andy! From your pen to God&#8217;s plan! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0315Cartoon\" 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=\"0315Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0315Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0315Cartoon-2013\" 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=\"0315Cartoon-2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0315Cartoon-2013.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I made this cartoon in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LT3Px11xN-0\" target=\"_blank\">2013<\/a>.&#160; The more things change&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/LT3Px11xN-0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a busy day, here at the CatBox, and I&#8217;m working earlier then usual, due to a mild case of Republicosis.&#160; Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update, or at most, an Open Thread.&#160; I have a routine follow-up appointment with Megan, my PCP. 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