{"id":34023,"date":"2018-10-17T12:45:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T19:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34023"},"modified":"2018-10-17T12:45:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T19:45:26","slug":"open-thread-10-17-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/17\/open-thread-10-17-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/17\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a very busy day here at the CatBox.&#160; I&#8217;ll have to button up and go to AC soon.&#160; I&#8217;m waiting for Store to Door to deliver groceries.&#160; They are due now.&#160; When they arrive, I&#8217;ll unpack and put them away.&#160; Then I&#8217;ll eat lunch and finish here.&#160; Later WWWendy is coming to destink the TomCat.&#160; We need to change my Roku device, because the old one is acting up.&#160; Hump Day hugs to all.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:18 (average 4:56).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-10-17-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=nPVBRuyNVUI\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Photos Of Suspect With Prince Defy Donald Trump\/Saudi Rogue Killer Story (17 min.)<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nPVBRuyNVUI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It would not surprise me, if the <em>quid pro quo<\/em> here is a trade of Drumpfenfarten bullshitting technique in exchange for Saudi torture and murder technique. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fURtVISgYuI\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Robert Reich: America&#8217;s Most Dangerous Export<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/fURtVISgYuI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right, but everything he is saying can be summarized in a single word about Trump and the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich: Nazis! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/dna-test-reveals-donald-trump-jr-is-fifty-per-cent-idiot\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Donald Trump, Jr., has taken a DNA test that reveals that he is \u201cfifty-per-cent idiot,\u201d Trump confirmed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Trump Tower, Trump said that he had undergone the DNA testing \u201cto silence all of the haters who have been saying I\u2019m a total idiot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crowing about the test results, Trump said, \u201cAccording to this test, I am fifty-per-cent idiot, which is way less than half.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Sorry Andy! There&#8217;s no way I&#8217;ll believe less than 90% <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! 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