{"id":35307,"date":"2019-01-11T10:03:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T18:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35307"},"modified":"2019-01-11T10:03:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T18:03:30","slug":"open-thread-1-11-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/11\/open-thread-1-11-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/11\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another busy day here in the CatBox.&#160; I have a computer technician coming to resolve some connection and network issues.&#160; Therefore this is today&#8217;s only article.&#160; TGIF!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:14 (average 4:13).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-01-11-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=Y0ZXFf_D9aU\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Trump A.G. Pick Advocated Pardons By George H.W. Bush; Bashed Mueller Probe (17:28)<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Y0ZXFf_D9aU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Republican Reich has a long history of using sleazy tactics to evade responsibility for their crimes. There they go again! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yQkNWj0-wWA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Protesters speak out on the shutdown and why media should talk about its human impact<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/yQkNWj0-wWA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Furlough all the Secret Service agents that protect high ranking Republicans. That would end the Republican government shutdown today.<strong> RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/kavanaugh-offers-to-pay-for-wall-by-recycling-his-empties\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In a bid to end the government shutdown, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh said on Thursday that he would recycle his empties to pay for a wall with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters from his office at the Court, Kavanaugh said that the inspiration came to him while he was building a beer-can pyramid in his basement rec room on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in my man cave, building this rad beer pyramid, and I was, like, I bet if I recycled all the beer cans down here plus the ones out in the garage, I\u2019d have enough to pay for that freaking wall,\u201d the Supreme Court Justice said.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy, I have a better idea. Instead of a wall that won&#8217;t work, Injustice Pervert KavaNazi should use that money to buy himself a chastity belt. <strong>RESIST<\/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\/2018\/01\/0111Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another busy day here in the CatBox.&#160; I have a computer technician coming to resolve some connection and network issues.&#160; Therefore this is today&#8217;s only article.&#160; TGIF! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:14 (average 4:13).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? Short Takes: From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Trump A.G. 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