{"id":33149,"date":"2018-07-19T12:48:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T19:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33149"},"modified":"2018-07-19T12:48:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T19:48:58","slug":"open-thread-7-19-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/19\/open-thread-7-19-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 7\/19\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a little cooler here today and tomorrow with highs around 80\u00b0.&#160; I actually got to turn off the AC for a while this morning.&#160; Then the sun hit the wall, and that ended that.&#160; It was very muggy last night, and I slept poorly.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:04 (average 4:19).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-07-19-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=2hDY-Y1Fwr0\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>NYT: Donald Trump Has Known Vladimir Putin Ordered Hacks Since January 2017<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2hDY-Y1Fwr0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Covering up for Putin for over eighteen months is giving aid and comfort to an enemy that continues to wage cyber war against the US. That is treason. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HVnPLY-RHFA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwlHzGKZA-e2GeLMjIE51uw\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/font>ARE YOU BETTER OFF TODAY? &#8211; Have You Ever Seen the Rain &#8211; Creedence Clearwater Revival<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/HVnPLY-RHFA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The US, if we survive, will not be as well off as we were before Trump stole the Oval Office for at least fifty years. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!! (Parody Project &quot;loved&quot; this comment on YouTube.)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TKxUgQ24nIY\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Is Donald Trump a Traitor?<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/TKxUgQ24nIY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Reich on the Left, Robert Reich, is right! The Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich, is a den of traitors! <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=\"0719Cartoon\" 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=\"0719Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/0719Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a little cooler here today and tomorrow with highs around 80\u00b0.&#160; I actually got to turn off the AC for a while this morning.&#160; Then the sun hit the wall, and that ended that.&#160; It was very muggy last night, and I slept poorly. 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