{"id":34223,"date":"2018-11-04T12:40:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T20:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34223"},"modified":"2018-11-04T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T20:40:30","slug":"open-thread-11-4-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/04\/open-thread-11-4-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 11\/4\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; May the Orb bless my Broncos.&#160; I&#8217;m getting way too much religious agony this year.&#160; WWWendy is due to arrive in a little over an hour.&#160; I&#8217;m way ready for my shower.&#160; We have several chores to do, after she leaves.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:11 (average 6:02).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-11-04-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=kG7szS15O8Q\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SaturdayNightLive\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">SNL Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Caravan Cold Open<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/kG7szS15O8Q\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The absurd things is that the real Republican propaganda is worse than this great satire. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5xVAX2Bb3MU\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwlHzGKZA-e2GeLMjIE51uw\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">IF YOU&#8217;VE GIVEN UP ALREADY &#8211; Parody<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/5xVAX2Bb3MU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Great one, Don!! There is a legitimate time to give up. It&#8217;s three days after they nail on the lid. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2018\/11\/racist-robocalls-mocking-oprah-winfrey-target-democrat-stacey-abrams-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raw Story<\/a>: <font color=\"#000000\">[A]<\/font> <\/font>wave of robocalls using racist language went out in Georgia in recent days apparently targeted at undermining the campaign of former state lawmaker Stacey Abrams, who is running to become the first black female governor in the United States, according to her and her rival\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The calls impersonated media mogul Oprah Winfrey, who earlier this week campaigned with Abrams, and also featured anti-Semitic language, according to audio of the call heard by Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Although Kemp denounced them, I trust that he paid for and approved them first.&#160; It called playing the Republican Reich card.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!&#160; <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1104Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; May the Orb bless my Broncos.&#160; I&#8217;m getting way too much religious agony this year.&#160; WWWendy is due to arrive in a little over an hour.&#160; I&#8217;m way ready for my shower.&#160; We have several chores to do, after she leaves. 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