{"id":33434,"date":"2018-08-18T12:02:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T19:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33434"},"modified":"2018-08-18T12:02:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T19:02:29","slug":"open-thread-8-18-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/18\/open-thread-8-18-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/18\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The sun has not hit the window yet, so the CatBox is comfortable.&#160; I&#8217;ll have to button it up right after the Fantasy Football Draft.&#160; My Broncos play the unclothed ones this evening, but it&#8217;s not televised here.&#160; Have a great weekend.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Only Squatch and I attended the live draft, but she had her war paint on.&#160; When I chatted hello, was she ready, and how did she do, she wouldn&#8217;t even reply.&#160; I guess she wants a puddy tat toe jam. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-surprisedsmile\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none\" alt=\"Surprised smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wlEmoticon-surprisedsmile.png\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:36 (average 4:24).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-08-18-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=UV7-ZdDGijY\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos?disable_polymer=1\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>John O. Brennan: I Gave Trump A Year To Live Up To The Office. He Didn&#8217;t. (24 min.)<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/UV7-ZdDGijY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is far too brilliant a talent to lose! If Republicans had to steal the White House for a celebrity, why couldn&#8217;t they pick Alec Baldwin? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wMUArCl31rc\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RWWBlog\/videos?disable_polymer=1\" target=\"_blank\">RWW Channel<\/a>): <\/font>RWW News: John Guandolo Says Brennan, Comey, McCabe, &amp; Strzok Should Be Executed For Treason<\/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\/wMUArCl31rc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Thou shalt not commit TEAbuggery! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/pence-stages-one-man-parade-in-honor-of-trump\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Hours after the Pentagon announced that it would postpone a military parade that Donald J. Trump had requested, Vice-President Mike Pence staged a one-man parade in Trump\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining his decision to mount the solitary parade, Pence told reporters, \u201cIt is the least I can do to pay tribute to the greatness and majesty of Donald Trump, a true American hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pence acknowledged, however, that marching alone \u201cwas a neat way to keep the budget down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Straight news again, Andy. Pence loves to goose-step for his Fuhrer! <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\/08\/0818Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Vintage 2014<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sun has not hit the window yet, so the CatBox is comfortable.&#160; I&#8217;ll have to button it up right after the Fantasy Football Draft.&#160; My Broncos play the unclothed ones this evening, but it&#8217;s not televised here.&#160; Have a great weekend. 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