{"id":32355,"date":"2018-05-06T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32355"},"modified":"2018-05-06T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T19:53:10","slug":"open-thread-5-6-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/06\/open-thread-5-6-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 5\/6\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have a busy day, because WWWendy should arrive in about an hour to destink the sticky TomCat, and help with chores, including the dreaded task.&#160; Last night I celebrated Cinco de Meow with a double portion of my infamous chili, and have sent green greetings to the Squatch.&#160; WWWendy says Hi to all.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:41 (average 5:08).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-05-06-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=K1K8s-tQGqY\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SaturdayNightLive\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">SNL Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Michael Cohen Wiretap Cold Open<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/K1K8s-tQGqY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s so close that it almost loses its humor. I agree with Stormy. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F1PBqq4OcN4\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwlHzGKZA-e2GeLMjIE51uw\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/font>DONNY BOY (Parody of Danny Boy)<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/F1PBqq4OcN4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">His second parody video, released 9\/15\/2017. He really had the Fuhrer pegged! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/05\/05\/politics\/john-mccain-joe-biden-trump-pence\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>: <\/font>Former Vice President Joe Biden recently took a trip to Arizona to visit Sen. John McCain, who is battling brain cancer, and says McCain is &quot;concerned about the state of the country,&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/05\/us\/politics\/john-mccain-arizona.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times reported Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden described the visit, which took place last Sunday, to the Times, saying, &quot;John knows he&#8217;s in a very, very, very precarious situation, and yet he&#8217;s still concerned about the state of the country.&quot; Biden told the newspaper that he and McCain &quot;talked about how our international reputation is being damaged and we talked about the need for people to stand up and speak out.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I agree with McCain, but to be fair, as McConJob, he opened the door for Trump when he chose Sarah Palin, aka Bloody Bullseye Barbie, aka Drill Baby Dingbat, as his running mate and brought the Republican extremist fringe into national prominence. Her sheeple became Trump&#8217;s deplorables. <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\/2016\/05\/0506Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">75 years when I made the cartoon, 81 years now.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a busy day, because WWWendy should arrive in about an hour to destink the sticky TomCat, and help with chores, including the dreaded task.&#160; Last night I celebrated Cinco de Meow with a double portion of my infamous chili, and have sent green greetings to the Squatch.&#160; WWWendy says Hi to all. 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