{"id":34017,"date":"2018-10-16T13:15:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T20:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34017"},"modified":"2018-10-16T13:15:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T20:15:40","slug":"open-thread-10-16-20189","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/16\/open-thread-10-16-20189\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/16\/20189"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a warm muggy day here in the CatBox, and I had to button-up and start the AC at 11:30.&#160; I&#8217;m hurrying,as I have a few chores to finish.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:32 (average 5:13).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-10-16-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here&#8217;s the latest from our own <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\" target=\"_blank\">fantasy football league<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"6Scores\" 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=\"6Scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/6Scores.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Congrats to Pam, Patty Monster and me for winning this week.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"6Standings\" 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=\"6Standings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/6Standings.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to Pam for leading the league.<\/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=fTb9We70WM8\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Hillary Clinton: Lewinsky affair was not abuse of power<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/fTb9We70WM8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m a progressive Democrat, and I know that&#8217;s pure unadulterated bullshit! Any boss-employee affair, consenting or not, is an abuse of power, let alone when the boss is President of the US. If Hillary is going to stand-up for the Republican #HIMTOO movement, she needs to shut the fuck up and go away, before her gross hypocrisy hurts us in the midterms! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-QK1IVi4REI\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheNewYorkTimes\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Is President Trump Fascist?<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/-QK1IVi4REI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here comes Godwin&#8217;s Law. Godwin&#8217;s Law is a common meme used by Republicans, other fascists, pseudo-intellectuals, and people with their heads in the sand or in smellier places, whenever anyone points out the verifiable commonalities between today&#8217;s Republican Party and Germany&#8217;s National Socialist Party, before Hitler became dictator. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2018\/10\/15\/1804468\/-Trump-dismisses-mocking-Christine-Blasey-Ford-at-rally-says-it-doesn-t-matter-because-we-won\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>On Sunday night, President Donald Trump appeared on 60 Minutes for an interview with Lesley Stahl. The interview attempted to cover a gamut of important topics, from climate change (Trump still isn\u2019t convinced), to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2018\/10\/14\/1804272\/-Saudi-Arabia-rejects-threats-after-Trump-promises-severe-punishments-in-Jamal-Khashoggi-case?detail=facebook\" target=\"_blank\">disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi<\/a>, to Trump\u2019s friendship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. As is the norm with the president\u2019s interactions with the press, he shared few policy specifics but revealed much about his character.<\/p>\n<p>Disturbingly, Trump doubled down on a speech he gave at a rally in Mississippi earlier this month, in which he ruthlessly mocked Dr. Christine Blasey Ford\u2019s testimony. Dr. Blasey Ford participated in a public hearing during then Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation process to testify about the sexual assault she alleges she suffered at the hands of Kavanaugh in the 1980s.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Trump clarified that he believes this speech helped Kavanaugh become confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, literally saying, \u201cHad I not made that speech, we would not have won.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Now, I&#8217;m mocking Trump, because he deserves it. May we win in November. <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\/10\/1016CartoonTCSelfEsteem.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a warm muggy day here in the CatBox, and I had to button-up and start the AC at 11:30.&#160; I&#8217;m hurrying,as I have a few chores to finish. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:32 (average 5:13).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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