{"id":33518,"date":"2018-08-29T13:14:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T20:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33518"},"modified":"2018-08-29T13:14:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T20:14:48","slug":"open-thread-8-29-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/29\/open-thread-8-29-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/29\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here in the CatBox today&#8217;s high will be in the mid-80\u00b0s with over 50% humidity.&#160; I slept very little sleep last night, because it was so muggy.&#160; Pardon my brevity.&#160; WWWendy comes this evening.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:34 (average 4:31).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-08-29-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=ps5HwFx7Hp8\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>President Donald Trump Intervened In Plan For FBI HQ Near His Hotel: IG Report<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ps5HwFx7Hp8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That&#8217;s a clear violation of the emoluments clause. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lrp0yi_1w8k\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RWWBlog\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">RWW Channel<\/a>): <\/font>RWW News: Ann Coulter Blames Opioid Epidemic On Lack Of Border Wall<\/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\/Lrp0yi_1w8k?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Pure InsaniTEA! I still think the Coultergeist has an Adam&#8217;s apple. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/stormy-daniels-says-trump-lasted-maybe-two-minutes-bed-im-being-generous-1093891\" target=\"_blank\">Newsweek<\/a>: <\/font>Adult film star Stormy Daniels has taken a dig at president Donald Trump\u2019s sexual performance\u2014suggesting the businessman \u201cmaybe\u201d lasted two minutes in bed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Vogue that was published on Tuesday, Daniels was asked for details about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many details can you really give about two minutes?\u201d Daniels responded. Pressed further by interviewer Amy Chozick, who responded \u201cTwo minutes?\u201d Daniels quipped, \u201cMaybe. I\u2019m being generous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Two minutes? I&#8217;m shocked. Who would have imagined such staying power! Stormy must be being infinitely generous! <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=\"0829Cartoon\" 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=\"0829Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/0829Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here in the CatBox today&#8217;s high will be in the mid-80\u00b0s with over 50% humidity.&#160; I slept very little sleep last night, because it was so muggy.&#160; Pardon my brevity.&#160; WWWendy comes this evening. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:34 (average 4:31).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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