{"id":32958,"date":"2018-07-04T12:08:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T19:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32958"},"modified":"2018-07-04T12:08:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T19:08:45","slug":"open-thread-7-4-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/04\/open-thread-7-4-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 7\/4\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m in a hurry today, because Wendy&#8217;s niece is coming an hour early.&#160; I&#8217;m tired, because Safeway.com delivered my food over four hours late yesterday.&#160; The heat wave is here.&#160; UGH!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:18 (average 6:11).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-07-04-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=9sAQNY4aY-w\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1Z1i5ClfrJhyu9z1hlmDkQ\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Prime Miniter [<em>sic<\/em>] Mark Rutte gives President Trump a lesson in being a world leader<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9sAQNY4aY-w?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">He demonstrated that he alone understood trade. Kudos to the Netherlands. However, Donald Duck could give Resident Trump a lesson in being a world leader. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pTA3SdXBJtA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>):<\/font><font color=\"#000000\"> Right-wing media repeatedly incite violence<\/font><\/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\/pTA3SdXBJtA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Criminal violence is the long term Republican way. Remember &quot;Kill a commie for Christ&quot;? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>THINK BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2018\/07\/australian-tv-anchor-asks-male-politcian\" target=\"_blank\">Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>Ever wonder what a real political interview sounds like? You&#8217;re not ever going to see anything this pointed, this direct on American cable news, so be prepared to get startled a little by what real journalism looks like.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" src=\"\/\/embed.crooksandliars.com\/embed\/bdhhJXJs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Animae, may we steal that interviewer? We&#8217;ll give you Jeanine Pirro in return. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none\" alt=\"Winking smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile.png\" \/>&#160; <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\/07\/0704Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m in a hurry today, because Wendy&#8217;s niece is coming an hour early.&#160; I&#8217;m tired, because Safeway.com delivered my food over four hours late yesterday.&#160; The heat wave is here.&#160; UGH! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 4:18 (average 6:11).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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