{"id":33263,"date":"2018-07-30T13:04:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T20:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33263"},"modified":"2018-07-30T13:19:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T20:19:49","slug":"open-thread-7-30-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/30\/open-thread-7-30-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 7\/30\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Here in the CatBox, the heat wave goes on and on and on.\u00a0 Today&#8217;s high is only mid 90\u00b0s, much cooler than yesterday.\u00a0 Oh God!!\u00a0 It&#8217;s Monday!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:55 (average 4:45).\u00a0 To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-07-30-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qg0pO9VG1J8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SaturdayNightLive\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SNL Channel<\/a>): <\/span>Voters For Trump Ad (from 5\/2016)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Qg0pO9VG1J8?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">They had that right. America should have listened. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n2sqZxIgPWo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/span>Trump threatening to shut down the government if he doesn&#8217;t get border wall<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/n2sqZxIgPWo?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">We need a 3,000 mile wall to protect the US from those evil Canucks. We&#8217;ll make Canada pay for it. Seriously, Democrats should call his bluff. Even Republican Congress-critters know that shutdown is the fast track to the unemployment line. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/07\/30\/ruth-bader-ginsburg-five-more-years-747722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>: <\/span>Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Sunday that she intends to serve \u201cat least five more years,\u201d a stretch that would extend her career beyond her 90th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m now 85,&#8221; Ginsburg said on Sunday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/07\/29\/politics\/ruth-bader-ginsburg-scalia-new-york\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>. &#8220;My senior colleague, Justice John Paul Stevens, he stepped down when he was 90, so think I have about at least five more years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ginsburg, nominated by former President Bill Clinton and confirmed to the Supreme Court in 1993, is already the court\u2019s oldest justice and is also among its most liberal. Her future on the bench has been the subject of significant speculation since her departure during President Donald Trump\u2019s term would afford him the opportunity to appoint a third Supreme Court justice, shifting the court\u2019s balance of power for years, and potentially decades, to come.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Woooo Hoooo Justice Ruth!! God bless her with a century!\u00a0 <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/0730Cartoon.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here in the CatBox, the heat wave goes on and on and on.\u00a0 Today&#8217;s high is only mid 90\u00b0s, much cooler than yesterday.\u00a0 Oh God!!\u00a0 It&#8217;s Monday! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 2:55 (average 4:45).\u00a0 To do it, click here.\u00a0 How did you do? 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