{"id":33494,"date":"2018-08-25T12:45:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T19:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33494"},"modified":"2018-08-25T12:45:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T19:45:12","slug":"open-thread-8-25-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/25\/open-thread-8-25-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/25\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a cool day here at the CatBox, and I&#8217;m loving it.&#160; I want to get as much rest as I can, because I&#8217;m burned out, and Monday is my semi-annual eye torture.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:45 (average 4:56).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-08-25-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Religious Ecstasy<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0824P-Broncos29-Redskins17\" 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=\"0824P-Broncos29-Redskins17\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/0824P-Broncos29-Redskins17.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"100\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Since this was the dress rehearsal for regular season, I was quite pleased with the way my Broncos dominated the game.&#160; Here is one of my favorite plays:<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Fl9QyEjVIFU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/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=f8TNz0XuOfg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Representative Duncan D. Hunter Throws His Wife Under The Bus<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/f8TNz0XuOfg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Given Fuhrer Drumphenfarten&#8217;s love of copying other misogynists, someone had better check Melania for tire tracks. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-9_Ib4od-K8\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Tucker Carlson&#8217;s Fox News show is a cesspool of white nationalist rhetoric<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/-9_Ib4od-K8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What else would you expect from the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/trump-boasts-that-his-impeachment-will-get-higher-tv-ratings-than-all-other-impeachments\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In an interview with NBC\u2019s Lester Holt, Donald Trump boasted that, if he is impeached, the television ratings will be higher than those of any other impeachment in history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverywhere I go, people tell me that if I am impeached, they\u2019re going to watch it,\u201d he said. \u201cThe ratings are going to be through the roof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that he expected his impeachment ratings to be \u201cmany, many times\u201d the size of the audience for Bill Clinton\u2019s impeachment, in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not even going to be close,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThe ratings for Bill Clinton\u2019s impeachment were a joke.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang Andy! If he&#8217;s right, that&#8217;s fine with me! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/0825Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Give them three ones.&#160; Sheeple are stupid.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a cool day here at the CatBox, and I&#8217;m loving it.&#160; I want to get as much rest as I can, because I&#8217;m burned out, and Monday is my semi-annual eye torture. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:45 (average 4:56).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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