{"id":33060,"date":"2018-07-12T12:42:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T19:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33060"},"modified":"2018-07-12T12:42:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T19:42:13","slug":"open-thread-7-12-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/12\/open-thread-7-12-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 7\/12\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here at the CatBox the heat wave continues.&#160; Yesterday was bad.&#160; Today will be 8\u00b0-10\u00b0 worse.&#160; Before I go to the rest room, I take off my shirt, so I don&#8217;t have to change it, when I get back.&#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 3:28 (average 4:26).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-07-12-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=QuogfaLex4I\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1Z1i5ClfrJhyu9z1hlmDkQ\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Russian TV thrills over Trump&#8217;s NATO performance<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/QuogfaLex4I?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Putin is probably beaming over <em>quid pro quo<\/em>. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_aZXPAHpGC8\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Late Show Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">How German News Covered Trump&#8217;s NATO Visit<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_aZXPAHpGC8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I understand it&#8217;s really Austrian News. Trump has made the US both a laughing stock and a pariah! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/merkel-asks-mueller-if-theres-anything-she-can-do-to-help\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, took a break from the nato summit in Brussels on Wednesday to ask the independent counsel, Robert Mueller, if there is anything she can do to help.<\/p>\n<p>According to those familiar with the phone conversation, Merkel told Mueller that she would take a leave of absence as leader of the German government and move to Washington to work full-time for Mueller \u201cif that would be of assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Touting her credentials, Merkel told Mueller that she was fluent in Russian and could be helpful in translating the thousands of Russian-language documents that the special counsel has in his collection of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will work for free and pay my for my own food,\u201d Merkel said. \u201cI just want to make this stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang Andy! Merkel is more American than Republicans are. <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\/0712Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at the CatBox the heat wave continues.&#160; Yesterday was bad.&#160; Today will be 8\u00b0-10\u00b0 worse.&#160; Before I go to the rest room, I take off my shirt, so I don&#8217;t have to change it, when I get back.&#160; ARGH!! 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