{"id":32034,"date":"2018-04-04T13:05:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T20:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32034"},"modified":"2018-04-04T13:05:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T20:05:23","slug":"open-thread-4-4-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/04\/open-thread-4-4-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 4\/4\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a sad, but busy day here at the CatBox.&#160; I overslept this morning, so I&#8217;m working straight through until lunch, instead of resting.&#160; I expect Store to door to deliver groceries in the next hour.&#160; WWWendy is coming this evening to de-stink the TomCat.<\/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 4:46).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-04-04-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=lDvbkZLXmzA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/FunnyorDie\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Funny or Die Channel<\/a>): <\/font>How To Spot Dangerous Skin Colors<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lDvbkZLXmzA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Comedy? Republicans normally rate skin color from White to Bad and react violently. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BFyyInrYpjQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Lawrence On President Donald Trump, Robert Mueller And &#8216;Subject&#8217; V. &#8216;Target&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BFyyInrYpjQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The fool is equating &quot;subject&quot; with not guilty. May he quickly graduate to &quot;target&quot; or ready to indict. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/sinclair-tv-anchor-suddenly-begins-reading-news-in-russian\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: \\<\/font>Viewers of the Sinclair station in Akron were startled on Monday when a longtime news anchor, Carol Foyler, inexplicably began reading the evening news report in Russian.<\/p>\n<p>Foyler, who is not of Russian heritage, greeted her audience with a hearty \u201cZdravstvuyte,\u201d and then read the evening\u2019s top stories entirely in her newly adopted language.<\/p>\n<p>After racing through the local coverage, Foyler abruptly segued to footage of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, admiring the launch of his nation\u2019s highly touted new Satan-2 missile.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers flooded the station with complaints, with many expressing alarm that, in the words of one audience member, \u201csomething was up with Carol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang Andy! Was she wearing her swastika and her MAGA hat? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/oklahoma-governor-compares-underpaid-teachers-to-teenage-kid-who-wants-a-better-car-6e63e3335b56\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) compared teachers who are walking out of schools to demand better pay and education funding to spoiled teenagers in an interview with CBS news on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeachers want more, but it\u2019s kind of like a teenage kid who wants a better car,\u201d Fallin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newson6.com\/story\/37876533\/gov-fallin-angers-teachers-over-teenager-comment-in-cbs-interview\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, Oklahoma teachers are the lowest paid in the country, <a href=\"http:\/\/kfor.com\/2018\/02\/27\/bureau-of-labor-statistics-oklahoma-had-lowest-average-teacher-salary-in-the-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">according to<\/a> 2016 Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Data gathered by the National Education Association, which only considers public school teachers, shows Oklahoma teachers only made <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.org\/assets\/docs\/2017_Rankings_and_Estimates_Report-FINAL-SECURED.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">slightly more<\/a> than Nebraska and Mississippi teachers, with an average salary of $45,245.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers are continuing to strike on Wednesday to demand more education funding.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to the brave teachers in Oklahoma, Kentucky and Arizona for resisting the Republican Reich!! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0404Cartoon\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0404Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0404Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" align=\"left\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a sad, but busy day here at the CatBox.&#160; I overslept this morning, so I&#8217;m working straight through until lunch, instead of resting.&#160; I expect Store to door to deliver groceries in the next hour.&#160; WWWendy is coming this evening to de-stink the TomCat. 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