{"id":32419,"date":"2018-05-12T13:07:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T20:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32419"},"modified":"2018-05-12T13:07:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T20:07:55","slug":"open-thread-5-12-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/12\/open-thread-5-12-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 5\/12\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The outside temperature is only 62\u00b0, but the sun hit the wall an hour ago, and before long, I&#8217;ll be uncomfortable enough to button-up the CatBox, and fire-up the AC.&#160; Today&#8217;s high is only 80\u00b0 today, but 88\u00b0 is forecast tomorrow and Monday.&#160; That&#8217;s just too stinking hot this far North.&#160; ARGH! My barber moved out, and I had to get a new barber to replace her, so I get shorn of my winter mane tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:47 (average 5:54).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-05-12-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=tRbo9-rKwG4\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>People call out Fox News&#8217; lies and propaganda<\/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\/tRbo9-rKwG4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, should be taken off the air. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iaoRNXJbjRg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1Z1i5ClfrJhyu9z1hlmDkQ\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Ian Bassin of Protect Democracy on the slippery slope to autocracy<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/iaoRNXJbjRg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I could not have said it better! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2018\/05\/dem-airs-fck-nra-ad\" target=\"_blank\">Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>Whether Pat Davis wins or loses, he&#8217;s causing a bit of a stir in Nex [<em>sic<\/em>] Mexico with his rather blunt message for the NRA.<\/p>\n<p>And from a quirk of election law, stations are not allowed to censor political ads, so his 15-second spot airs as is, without any bleeps.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" src=\"\/\/embed.crooksandliars.com\/embed\/b5Lcbtko\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Woooo Hoooo Pat Davis!! I could not have said it better! <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\/0512Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Vintage 2012 and still valid!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The outside temperature is only 62\u00b0, but the sun hit the wall an hour ago, and before long, I&#8217;ll be uncomfortable enough to button-up the CatBox, and fire-up the AC.&#160; Today&#8217;s high is only 80\u00b0 today, but 88\u00b0 is forecast tomorrow and Monday.&#160; That&#8217;s just too stinking hot this far North.&#160; ARGH! 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