{"id":32472,"date":"2018-05-18T12:52:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T19:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32472"},"modified":"2018-05-18T12:52:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T19:52:09","slug":"open-thread-5-18-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/18\/open-thread-5-18-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 5\/18\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another comfortable day here in the CatBox, and I have a busy weekend coming up, so I plan on being as lazy as possible.&#160; Pray that Mueller does not imitate me.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:04 (average 5:20).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-05-18-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How do 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=eijQuEe7Ec0\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\" target=\"_blank\">Inequality Media Channel<\/a>): <\/font>How to End Partisan Gerrymandering<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/eijQuEe7Ec0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Reich on the Left is right. The Reich on the Right gerrymanders!&#160; Amen!! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dY7byG1YGwg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Bill Gates Dishes About President Donald Trump Meetings In Exclusive Video<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dY7byG1YGwg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have many bones to pick with Bill Gates, but for now, TomCat hears that Trump is an incompetent pervert. What&#8217;s the difference between HIV and GOP?&#160; The latter is far more deadly! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/drunk-genocide-how-nazis-celebrated-murdering-jews\" target=\"_blank\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>It was noon in early 1942 as Johann Gr\u00fcner approached the \u2018German House\u2019 in the Polish town of Nowy Targ for lunch. As a mid-level Nazi bureaucrat in occupied Poland, he enjoyed the privileges of power and the opportunity for career advancement that came with duty in the East. The German House, a mix of cultural centre, restaurant and pub, was one of the privileges enjoyed by the occupiers. As he entered the building, he could hear a boisterous celebration within. At the front door, a clearly inebriated Gestapo official passed by, a beer coaster with the number 1,000 written in red pinned to his blouse. Addressing Gr\u00fcner, the policeman drunkenly bragged: \u2018Man, today I am celebrating my 1,000th execution!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, the incident at the German House might appear to be a grotesque aberration involving a single depraved Nazi killer. However, such \u2018celebrations\u2019 were widespread in the occupied Eastern territories as members of the notorious Schutzstaffel (SS) and the German police routinely engaged in celebratory rituals after mass killings. In fact, among the perpetrators of genocide, heavy drinking was common at the killing sites, in pubs and on bases throughout Poland and the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans are planning a venue, where such celebrations may be held at taxpayer expense: Trump Towers.<\/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\/0518Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The morning it blew, I walked into the office from the jobsite, covered in wet ash.&#160; Our secretary asked if I was planning to join the NAACP.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another comfortable day here in the CatBox, and I have a busy weekend coming up, so I plan on being as lazy as possible.&#160; Pray that Mueller does not imitate me. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 4:04 (average 5:20).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How do you do? 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