{"id":32692,"date":"2018-06-12T13:17:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T20:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32692"},"modified":"2018-06-12T13:17:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T20:17:37","slug":"open-thread-6-12-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/12\/open-thread-6-12-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 6\/12\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The sun hit the wall early today, so the CatBox is already buttoned up for the A\/C.&#160; I&#8217;m busy and very tired.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:07 (average 4:51).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-06-12-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=NE-dkWUFhxo\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/WashingtonPost\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post Channel<\/a>): <\/font>How did the 1994 deal with North Korea fall apart?<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/NE-dkWUFhxo?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The point is this. Every time North Korea has received denuclearization benefits, they have cheated. Only one thing would be more stupid than trusting Kim: Trusting Trump. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/kim-jong-un-offers-to-host-peace-talks-between-united-states-and-canada\\\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>One day before his summit with Donald J. Trump, the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un, has offered to host peace talks between the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at his hotel in Singapore, Kim said that the rising tensions between the North American neighbors were posing an \u201cintolerable threat to world peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to offering to host U.S.-Canada talks in Pyongyang, Kim urged the immediate creation of a demilitarized zone along the border separating the two hostile nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn exchange for Canadian Mounties agreeing to stand down on their side of the border, the United States, in turn, would dismantle its nuclear weapons,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang, Andy! Is that why Trump grabbed his ankles in Singapore? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/11\/business\/larry-kudlow-heart-attack.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Larry Kudlow, President Trump\u2019s top economic adviser, suffered a heart attack on Monday evening and was at Walter Reed Medical Center, Mr. Trump said in a tweet [<em>sphincter delinked<\/em>].<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kudlow, 70, who has referred to himself as a \u201chappy warrior\u201d in counseling Mr. Trump on trade and economic policy, joined Mr. Trump\u2019s team in March as the director of the National Economic Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Great Larry Kudlow, who has been working so hard on trade and the economy, has just suffered a heart attack. He is now in Walter Reed Medical Center,\u201d Mr. Trump tweeted, just before a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/11\/world\/asia\/trump-kim-summitmeeting.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage\" target=\"_blank\">meeting in Singapore<\/a> with North Korea\u2019s leader, Kim Jong-un.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Considering that Kudlow announced that Trudeau belongs in hell, this is karma. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/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\/06\/0612Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sun hit the wall early today, so the CatBox is already buttoned up for the A\/C.&#160; I&#8217;m busy and very tired. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:07 (average 4:51).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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