{"id":32497,"date":"2018-05-20T13:04:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T20:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32497"},"modified":"2018-05-20T13:04:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T20:04:46","slug":"open-thread-5-20-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/20\/open-thread-5-20-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 5\/20\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I slept very poorly last night as people used 4th avenue as a drag strip, and later, other people entertained themselves by setting off car alarms.&#160; I also had a hard tome finding material, because the wedding and rehashing evidence against the Fuhrer dominated the news.&#160; Wendy is due in about fifteen minutes.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:43 (average 4:39).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-05-20-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=MW8M3tr1XXo\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SaturdayNightLive\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">SNL Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Donald Trump Robert Mueller Cold Open<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/MW8M3tr1XXo?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I still can&#8217;t believe how realistic they are! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Also from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jDHSskZ44XU\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SaturdayNightLive\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">SNL Channel<\/a>)(It&#8217;s the end of the season): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Sarah Palin Advice<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/jDHSskZ44XU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Before Palin became Bloody Bullseye Barbie for her role in the Gaby Giffords shooting, Tina Fey did a magnificent Drill Baby Dingbat! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2018\/5\/18\/1765295\/-Texas-thoughts-and-prayers-Republicans-cash-more-NRA-checks-than-anyone-else\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>With the tragic mass shooting at Sante Fe High School in Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2018\/5\/18\/1765277\/--Multiple-fatalities-reported-at-Texas-school-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">unfolding over the past few hours<\/a>, it\u2019s a good time to remember what is not being done about the gun violence threatening our children. It\u2019s also important to note that the NRA loves Texas Republicans. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/politics\/texas-nra-campaign-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\">According to Texas Monthly<\/a>, Texas Republicans have gotten the most yummy money from the NRA since 1998.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Nine members of the Texas delegation\u2014all Republicans\u2014received A+ ratings from the NRA. These include senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn. Another 18 members\u2014all Republicans except for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Laredo\u2014received an A grade. <strong>Seven Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Beto O\u2019Rourke\u2014who is hoping to unseat Cruz in the Senate this fall\u2014received an F rating. Only two Texas Democrats\u2014U.S. Rep. Gene Green, from Houston, and Cuellar\u2014accepted any money from the NRA<\/strong>.&#160; [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">See? Both parties are NOT the same. Lefties who say they are allow Republican propagandists make them useful fools. <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\/2014\/05\/0520Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I slept very poorly last night as people used 4th avenue as a drag strip, and later, other people entertained themselves by setting off car alarms.&#160; I also had a hard tome finding material, because the wedding and rehashing evidence against the Fuhrer dominated the news.&#160; Wendy is due in about fifteen minutes. 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