{"id":32098,"date":"2018-04-12T13:49:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T20:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32098"},"modified":"2018-04-12T13:49:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T20:49:06","slug":"open-thread-4-12-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/12\/open-thread-4-12-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 4\/12\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Pardon my brevity, I dozed off this morning and woke up over an hour late for lunch.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:55 (average 6:48).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-04-12-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=Fh-0_mTmiEc\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Do Fox News hosts watch Fox News?: Mueller and Rosenstein edition<\/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\/Fh-0_mTmiEc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">They must watch Faux Noise, the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda. Where else could they get such stupid ideas? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sMRz6ofSRjo\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font>WaPo: Bannon aiming to cripple Mueller probe<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/sMRz6ofSRjo?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Trump gets no good advice anymore. That makes Bannon dangerous. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CnA-LRUQc8E\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RWWBlog\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">RWW Channel<\/a>): <\/font>RWW News: Mike Pompeo On Religious Pluralism And Marriage Equality<\/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\/CnA-LRUQc8E?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This racist bigot will probably be Secretary of State. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/trump-sends-national-guard-to-his-accountants-office\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In what some experts are calling an unprecedented use of military force, Donald J. Trump on Tuesday ordered four thousand National Guard troops to protect the midtown Manhattan offices of his accountant.<\/p>\n<p>According to those familiar with the National Guard\u2019s deployment, the troops will secure the corridors and elevator banks in the vicinity of the accounting firm that prepares Trump\u2019s taxes.<\/p>\n<p>The troops, whose mission is being called \u201cOperation Safe Returns,\u201d are expected to arrive on Wednesday, after making the two-thousand-mile journey from the Mexican border.<\/p>\n<p>At the White House, Trump defended his decision to use the nation\u2019s military to protect his accountant\u2019s offices. \u201cYesterday our country was attacked,\u201d he said. \u201cNever again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Will Andy ever return to satire? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0412Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pardon my brevity, I dozed off this morning and woke up over an hour late for lunch. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 4:55 (average 6:48).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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