{"id":33452,"date":"2018-08-21T12:36:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T19:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33452"},"modified":"2018-08-21T12:36:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T19:36:23","slug":"open-thread-8-21-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/21\/open-thread-8-21-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/21\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here in the CatBox, I expect a high in the high 90\u00b0.&#160; The humidity is 48%.&#160; My COPD is acting up and my eyes are burning from the smoke.&#160; Trump overload has caused a case of Republicosis.&#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 4:21 (average 6:24).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-08-21-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=S0jBDASk0G4\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/oregoniannews\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Oregonian Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Portland&#8217;s hazy skies as seen from aerial tram<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/S0jBDASk0G4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That was yesterday when it was just beginning. Today, it&#8217;s much worse. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XKa4HuPA9Vo\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Donald Trump Claims &quot;I Could Run&quot; Robert Mueller Investigation &quot;If I Want&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XKa4HuPA9Vo?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Once again, the ogre, whose head is swelled as huge, as his hands, etc. are tiny, has demonstrated his PhD (piled higher and deeper) in Bullshitology! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/putin-reportedly-close-to-firing-giuliani\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Vladimir Putin is reportedly \u201cvery close\u201d to firing Rudolph Giuliani as Donald J. Trump\u2019s attorney, a source close to the Russian President confirmed on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, Putin allowed Trump to hire Giuliani in the first place because \u201cit\u2019s important to let Trump think that he has some autonomy from time to time,\u201d but now the Russian President has apparently determined that \u201cenough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few days, the source indicated, Putin is likely to replace Giuliani with a handpicked successor, Arkady Lubetkin, a criminal-defense attorney who has represented several prominent Russian Mob figures.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang Andy! After Meet the Press, Putin (R-RU] does have just cause for doing do. <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=\"0821Cartoon\" 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=\"0821Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/0821Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Vintage 2012<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here in the CatBox, I expect a high in the high 90\u00b0.&#160; The humidity is 48%.&#160; My COPD is acting up and my eyes are burning from the smoke.&#160; Trump overload has caused a case of Republicosis.&#160; ARGH!! 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