{"id":32764,"date":"2018-06-19T12:32:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T19:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32764"},"modified":"2018-06-19T12:32:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T19:32:35","slug":"open-thread-6-19-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/19\/open-thread-6-19-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 6\/19\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The heat wave is continuing, but more recent forecasts show that it might not be quite as severe.&#160; I&#8217;m staying hunkered down and moving as little as possible.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:28 (average 4:45).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-06-19-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=3-SeM268sWU\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTHsQd-vRXK1bp4vpifl6yA\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Trey Crowder Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Liberal Redneck &#8211; Space Forcing Families Apart<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/3-SeM268sWU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Trey nailed it. White unborn children are the only ones Republicans care about! They wish they had death rays that don&#8217;t work on white people. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jnWPcCHjvWc\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>The right-wing reactions to separating families at the border are atrocious<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/jnWPcCHjvWc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Excuse me, while I go puke! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/18\/us\/politics\/trump-space-force-sixth-military-branch.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>President Trump said on Monday that he would direct the Pentagon to establish a sixth branch of the armed forces dedicated to protecting American interests in outer space, an idea that has troubled lawmakers and even some members of his administration, who have cautioned that the action could create unnecessary bureaucratic responsibilities for a military already burdened by conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>During a speech at a meeting of the National Space Council, Mr. Trump announced plans to protect American interests in space through monitoring commercial traffic and debris, initiatives he said would be \u201cgreat not only in terms of jobs and everything else, it\u2019s great for the psyche of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Minutes later, the president zeroed in on Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and tasked him with the undertaking of creating another branch of the military.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Bend over. The Republican Reich wants to claim Uranus. <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\/0619Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The heat wave is continuing, but more recent forecasts show that it might not be quite as severe.&#160; I&#8217;m staying hunkered down and moving as little as possible. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:28 (average 4:45).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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