{"id":32540,"date":"2018-05-25T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32540"},"modified":"2018-05-25T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T20:00:28","slug":"open-thread-5-25-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/25\/open-thread-5-25-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 5\/25\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It was supposed to be cloudy today, but the sun is on the wall.&#160; 61\u00b0 outside.&#160; 78\u00b0 in my chair.&#160; ARGH!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:57 (average 5:58).&#160; To do it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-05-25-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=BSvnItN-TPk\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Things conservatives blame for mass school shootings instead of guns<\/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\/BSvnItN-TPk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s the guns, STUPID! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-northkorea-missiles-china-usa-analysi\/collapse-of-trump-kim-summit-threatens-to-deepen-u-s-china-rift-idUSKCN1IQ0Z4\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>: <\/font>U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s cancellation of a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatens further strain on U.S.-China ties amid a trade dispute that had been intertwined with Beijing\u2019s pressure on isolated Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and China are also increasingly at odds in the disputed South China Sea. The Pentagon this week withdrew an invitation for China to take part in a major naval exercise in Hawaii, and Beijing has ramped up pressure on self-ruled Taiwan, armed by Washington but claimed by Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Thursday released a letter to Kim announcing his withdrawal from the planned June 12 meeting in Singapore, which would have been the first between leaders of the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Although Chinese state media called for continued engagement between Washington and Pyongyang, Trump\u2019s move could mark a split between China and the United States over how to deal with North Korea and its nuclear weapons, experts said.<\/p>\n<p>It also risks adding fuel to simmering trade tensions, just days after China and the United States pulled back from the brink of a full-blown trade war.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Fuhrer never was never willing to negotiate and Kim knows it. Bolton&#8217;s Libya plan was clear. Trump mistakenly cancelled, because he thought Kim would, leaving Kim, another mad man, but smarter than Trump, the moral high ground. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/rohrabacher-gay-housing-discrimination-97551831b992\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) just tried to set gay rights back 20 years, lost a major endorsement as a result \u2014 and then made it clear he didn\u2019t care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery homeowner should be able to make a decision not to sell their home to someone [if] they don\u2019t agree with their lifestyle,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2018\/05\/24\/dana-rohrabacher-says-its-ok-to-not-sell-homes-to-gays-loses-support-of-realtors\/?clearUserState=true\" target=\"_blank\">Rohrabacher told members<\/a> of the Orange County Association of Realtors last week when asked about extending federal protections to the LGBTQ community. It was a blatant endorsement of anti-LGBTQ housing discrimination, which has been illegal in California for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n<p>The National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals expressed outrage over the remarks, prompting the 1.3 million-member National Association of Realtors (NAR) to rescind its endorsement of Rohrabacher. The NAR code of ethics prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to the NAR. Discrimination of all kinds is standard for the Republican Reich, especially the ones with a wide stance! <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\/2014\/05\/0525Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">When will the next Bankster be convicted?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was supposed to be cloudy today, but the sun is on the wall.&#160; 61\u00b0 outside.&#160; 78\u00b0 in my chair.&#160; ARGH! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 4:57 (average 5:58).&#160; To do it click here.&#160; How did you do? 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