{"id":34458,"date":"2018-11-26T17:35:18","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T01:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34458"},"modified":"2018-11-27T12:13:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T20:13:42","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-26-november-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/26\/squatchs-open-thread-26-november-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch’s Open Thread 26 November 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well here we are . . . 26\/11\/18 and now less than one month until Christmas.\u00a0 Have I depressed anyone yet with that thought?\u00a0 How about this . . . just over 2 years left to put up with that idiot masquerading as POTUS!\u00a0 And his ill informed antics continue!\u00a0 On a more positive note, it is less than 2 months until the Democrats take the majority in the Congress.\u00a0 As a pastor of mine said to me a number of years ago as we conducted a Seder supper just before Easter for our congregation, “Next year in Jerusalem!”\u00a0 I will paraphrase to “Next year in Washington!”.\u00a0 For me it was a very tiring weekend . . . I minded my Sareena and her friend from 1900 hours Saturday until 0130 hours on Sunday while their parents went out to dinner and a concert.\u00a0 OMG, these girls had more energy than the Energiser Bunny! . . . on steroids!!!\u00a0 Hence, Sunday was a write off!!!\u00a0 And in the words of our beloved Puddy Tat, TomCat, “OGIM!!!”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

JigZone Puzzle<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Short Takes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

AlterNet<\/a><\/strong><\/span> —\u00a0Republican Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) on Sunday pushed back on Donald Trump\u2019s assertion that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) did not conclude that Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman\u00a0was involved in the murder of Washington Post<\/span><\/em>columnist Jamal Khashoggi.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI disagree with the president\u2019s assessment,\u201d Lee told \u201cMeet the Press\u201d host Chuck Todd. \u201cIt\u2019s inconsistent with what I\u2019ve seen.\u201d …<\/span><\/p>\n

Lee on Sunday agreed with the CIA\u2019s assessment. \u201cIntelligence I\u2019ve seen suggests this was ordered by the crown prince,\u201d the Republican senator said, later adding he doesn\u2019t \u201cknow why [Trump\u2019s] siding with the Saudis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are two tapes from Lawrence O’Donnell that, IMO, answers Lee’s question.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

CIA assessment: Saudi crown prince ordered Khashoggi hit<\/span><\/p>\n