{"id":34642,"date":"2018-12-03T12:10:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T20:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34642"},"modified":"2018-12-03T12:10:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T20:10:48","slug":"open-thread-12-3-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/03\/open-thread-12-3-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 12\/3\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another very busy day, here in the CatBox.&#160; I expect to be in the saddle tomorrow with the caveat that my life is too hectic at present to be sure. Oh God It&#8217;s Monday!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 5:31 (average 6:02).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-12-03-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Religious Ecstasy<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1202-Broncos24-Bengals10\" 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=\"1202-Broncos24-Bengals10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1202-Broncos24-Bengals10.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"80\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Way to go Ellipsoid Orb!<\/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=g_wWYOu7qX8\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Fraud allegations could cause new NC election<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/g_wWYOu7qX8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">To win, Republicans need and love to cheat. That&#8217;s why when voter fraud rarely happens, they are the guilty ones. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jOKqYtRDGak\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/BuzzFeedVideo\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">BuzzFeedVideo Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Climate Change Explained In 5 Minutes Featuring Al Gore<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/jOKqYtRDGak\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is a message we cannot repeat too often. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/house-minority-leader-nancy-pelosi-pledges-to-pass-dream-act-with-democratic-house-majority\/\" target=\"_blank\">CBS News<\/a>: <\/font>Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi vowed to pass legislation that would put so-called Dreamers \u2014 young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children \u2014 on a pathway to citizenship when her party retakes control of Congress&#8217; lower chamber in January.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;America draws strength from our long, proud heritage as a nation of immigrants. In the Majority, Democrats will work to reverse the Republicans&#8217; destructive anti-immigrant agenda,&quot; Pelosi said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democraticleader.gov\/newsroom\/113018-7\/\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> Saturday, responding to a <a href=\"https:\/\/correa.house.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/RepCorrea%20-%20Pelosi%20DACA%20TPS%20Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">letter sent Thursday by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus<\/a>. &quot;Our House Democratic Majority will once again pass the Dream Act to end the uncertainty and fear inflicted on patriotic young men and women across the country.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers in the Caucus urged Pelosi \u2014 who is vying to secure her second spell as speaker of the House during the upcoming congressional session \u2014 to schedule votes on legislation to codify protections for recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and for immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) within the first 100 days of the 116th Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We will protect TPS recipients and those fleeing unimaginable violence,&quot; Pelosi added in her statement.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is a move I fully support. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoons<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><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\/12\/1203Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hanukkah\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Hanukkah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hanukkah.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another very busy day, here in the CatBox.&#160; I expect to be in the saddle tomorrow with the caveat that my life is too hectic at present to be sure. Oh God It&#8217;s Monday! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 5:31 (average 6:02).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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