{"id":33683,"date":"2018-09-12T12:51:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T19:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33683"},"modified":"2018-09-12T12:51:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T19:51:56","slug":"open-thread-9-12-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/12\/open-thread-9-12-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/12\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Store to Door is running late with my grocery delivery again.&#160; When they arrive, I&#8217;ll need to break to unpack them, put them away, and eat lunch.&#160; Unless the sun hits the wall within the next couple hours I&#8217;ll get my first A\/C free day.&#160; This evening WWWendy comes to de-grunge the sticky TomCat.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">They came, and all is stowed.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:21 (average 4:30).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-09-12-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=Ntb96PMvIHA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Breaking: President Trump Admin Took Millions From FEMA For ICE Detentions<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Ntb96PMvIHA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">In Trump&#8217;s racist Republican Reich locking up &quot;those filthy Latinos&quot; matters more than protecting families from natural disasters. Oregon and Jeff Merkley lead the way! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vADbjhodkwQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>The obvious irony of right-wing media complaining Obama is the &quot;narcissist-in-chief&quot;<\/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\/vADbjhodkwQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Those of us, who watched Obama in IL and CA know that he talked about almost everything BUT himself. The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, is betting that Republican Sheeple are too stupid to check it out for themselves. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/news-amp-politics\/top-trump-aide-was-astounded-presidents-lack-basic-understanding-economy-woodward?src=newsletter1096139\" target=\"_blank\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>In reporter Bob Woodward&#8217;s new book about the President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration, Fear, ex-economic adviser to the president Gary Cohn is reported to have been baffled by Trump&#8217;s failure to grasp the principles of government fiscal and budgetary policy.<\/p>\n<p>Woodward describes a conversation between Cohn, Trump, and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, based on anonymous sources \u2014 though many have suggested that Cohn himself appears to be a major source for the book.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We should just go borrow a lot of money right now, hold it, and then sell it and make a lot of money,&quot; Trump told Cohn, according to the book.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Cohn was astounded at Trump&#8217;s lack of basic understanding,&quot; Woodward writes. Cohn explained that Trump&#8217;s plan would balloon the federal deficit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d Trump asked in Woodward&#8217;s account. \u201cJust run the presses \u2014 print money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The more I learn the more convinced I become that trump is just the idiot fronting for the Republican Reich, the true and ultimate source of all political evil in the US. <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=\"0912Cartoon\" 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=\"0912Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/0912Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Store to Door is running late with my grocery delivery again.&#160; When they arrive, I&#8217;ll need to break to unpack them, put them away, and eat lunch.&#160; Unless the sun hits the wall within the next couple hours I&#8217;ll get my first A\/C free day.&#160; This evening WWWendy comes to de-grunge the sticky TomCat. 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