{"id":31941,"date":"2018-03-29T13:17:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T20:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=31941"},"modified":"2018-03-29T13:17:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T20:17:49","slug":"open-thread-3-29-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/29\/open-thread-3-29-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 3\/29\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another crazy day here at the CatBox.&#160; I&#8217;m hurrying to get done before I need to leave for a Fair Market Residents&#8217; meeting for the remodeling relocation.&#160; Because I have been proactive, I&#8217;d be willing to bet that I will learn absolutely nothing that I do not already know, but I need to put in an appearance to keep them focused on my needs.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:03 (average 4:18).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-03-29-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=U_qCbvBsdew\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>President Trump May Rue Selection Of Bolton For National Security Adviser<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/U_qCbvBsdew?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Based on what Rachel said, Bolton will soon be the subject of major national security and campaign finance criminal investigations, if he is not already.&#160; This will compromise his ability to keep his security clearance. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QTCmkIxve0c\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/voxdotcom\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Vox Channel<\/a>): <\/font>US voting machines are failing. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/QTCmkIxve0c?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">All voting machines must have a paper trail to minimize Republican election theft. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2018-03-28\/john-dowd-is-in-more-trouble-than-trump-with-pardon-report\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a>: <\/font>If John Dowd discussed the possibility of a presidential pardon with lawyers for Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort while Dowd was serving as Donald Trump\u2019s personal lawyer, it\u2019s a big deal &#8212; definitely for Dowd, and conceivably for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The president has the inherent power to pardon anyone he wants. But doing so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2017-08-23\/arpaio-pardon-would-show-contempt-for-constitution\" target=\"_blank\">with a corrupt reason<\/a> &#8212; such as saving the president\u2019s skin &#8212; would be obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Drip\u2026 Drip\u2026 Drip\u2026 <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/0329Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Injustice may be sizzling, but the Republican judicial procedure remains the same.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another crazy day here at the CatBox.&#160; I&#8217;m hurrying to get done before I need to leave for a Fair Market Residents&#8217; meeting for the remodeling relocation.&#160; Because I have been proactive, I&#8217;d be willing to bet that I will learn absolutely nothing that I do not already know, but I need to put <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/29\/open-thread-3-29-2018\/' 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-31941","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\/31941","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=31941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}