{"id":34166,"date":"2018-10-31T12:40:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T19:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34166"},"modified":"2018-10-31T12:40:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T19:40:29","slug":"open-thread-10-31-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/31\/open-thread-10-31-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/31\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another muggy, sticky day, here at the CatBox.&#160; I slept well last night.&#160; Exhaustion finally overpowered everything else.&#160; Store to Door came a bit early, so I&#8217;m already done with groceries and lunch.&#160; WWWendy comes this evening to destink the TomCat and help with chores.&#160; For Halloween, her presence will be my treat.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 6:31 (average 9:21).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-10-31-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 are the latest results 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=\"8Scores\" 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=\"8Scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/8Scores.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Congrats to Patty Monster, Pam and Wendy for winning their games.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"8Standings\" 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=\"8Standings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/8Standings.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/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=Bz43bZUFXZo\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">2018 Election Could Yield Congress That Will Be A Check On President Trump<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Bz43bZUFXZo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Rachel is spot on, but whether or not we get a handle on the Fuhrer of the Republican Reich depends on YOU! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BYWEIufMjUM\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Robert Reich: The Truth About Trump&#8217;s Economy<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BYWEIufMjUM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, takes YOUR wealth, no matter how small, and gives it to billionaires. <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-strips-citizenship-from-children-of-immigrants-thus-disqualifying-himself-from-presidency\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Donald J. Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order stripping the children of immigrant mothers of their citizenship, thus disqualifying himself from being President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The constitutional crisis came to light moments after the signing ceremony, when a fourth grader visiting the Oval Office on a school tour pointed out the far-reaching legal ramifications of the order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, wait, wasn\u2019t your mother from Scotland?\u201d the student, Tracy Klugian, asked. \u201cThat means you\u2019re not a citizen and you can\u2019t be President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to Trump and the author of the executive order, quickly grabbed the document from the Oval Office desk, panic spreading across his face as he reread it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, my God,\u201d Miller gasped. \u201cWhat have I done?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump immediately called Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh for help in voiding the executive order, but Kavanaugh was unable to take the call because he was \u201csleeping off a rough night [with his latest victim],\u201d an aide to the Justice said.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang Andy! Since it would force him out of office, maybe we should pretend it&#8217;s Constitutional. <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\/2017\/10\/1031Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another muggy, sticky day, here at the CatBox.&#160; I slept well last night.&#160; Exhaustion finally overpowered everything else.&#160; Store to Door came a bit early, so I&#8217;m already done with groceries and lunch.&#160; WWWendy comes this evening to destink the TomCat and help with chores.&#160; For Halloween, her presence will be my treat. 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