{"id":33053,"date":"2018-07-11T12:04:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T19:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33053"},"modified":"2018-07-11T12:04:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T19:04:58","slug":"open-thread-7-11-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/11\/open-thread-7-11-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 7\/11\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s been a busy sweltering day here in the CatBox.&#160; The heat wave appears to be long term with the coolest day in the next two weeks forecast at 87\u00b0.&#160; Store to Door delivered groceries, and I put them away.&#160; WWWendy is coming this evening.&#160; Happy Hump Days to all!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:46 (average 5:30).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-07-11-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Tales<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M94Rpa0OvOM\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Late Show Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">The Even More Disgraceful Trump Balloon<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/M94Rpa0OvOM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It looks like the Fuhrer. Every place he goes should make one! Are they also full of flatulence, like him? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P3ULXoBiHOI\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Nazi, White Nationalist Running As Republicans | All In | MSNBC<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/P3ULXoBiHOI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">These Republicans are the ones most like Fuehrer Drumpfenfarten! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/man-wins-why-trump-shouldnt-go-to-prison-essay-contest\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>A Washington, D.C., man has won a nationwide essay contest on the topic \u201cWhy Donald J. Trump Shouldn\u2019t Go to Prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The man, Brett Kavanaugh, received his award for the winning essay at a ceremony at the White House on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Kavanaugh\u2019s essay, which was distributed to the press shortly after he was announced as the winner, reads as follows: \u201cDonald J. Trump should never go to prison because he is the President of the United States and the President of the United States is a very important person in the country. It would look bad if visitors from foreign countries came to the United States and asked, \u2018Where is your President?\u2019 and we had to say, \u2018He is in prison,\u2019 which in my opinion is another reason Donald J. Trump should not go to prison. For these reasons, if I am ever in a position to keep Donald J. Trump from going to prison, I will do that (keep him from going to prison).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I see Andy is back to straight news again. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0711Cartoon\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0711Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/0711Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy sweltering day here in the CatBox.&#160; The heat wave appears to be long term with the coolest day in the next two weeks forecast at 87\u00b0.&#160; Store to Door delivered groceries, and I put them away.&#160; WWWendy is coming this evening.&#160; Happy Hump Days to all! 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