{"id":35420,"date":"2019-01-22T12:07:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35420"},"modified":"2019-01-22T12:07:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:07:37","slug":"open-thread-1-22-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/22\/open-thread-1-22-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/22\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a busy day here in the CatBox.&#160; Now I get to take care of the paperwork that got missed over apartment paperwork.&#160; I&#8217;ll get to rest three days after they nail the lid on.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:43 (average 4:16).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-01-22-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=Yzuyqkpn52s\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Late Show Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Pence&#8217;s Trump-MLK Comparison Doesn&#8217;t Add Up<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Yzuyqkpn52s\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The notion that pseudo-pious Pence would compare that Nazi pervert with MLK is so vile that it could only from a Republican. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vOKAdS9dh64\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Government worker who voted for Trump: I feel betrayed<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vOKAdS9dh64\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Damn Republican fool! There&#8217;s a reason you feel betrayed. Trump and the Republican Reich betrayed you. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PnrLIuW3gqs\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Robert Reich: Trump&#8217;s Assault on the Rule of Law<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PnrLIuW3gqs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, is a criminal conspiracy. <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\/0122Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a busy day here in the CatBox.&#160; Now I get to take care of the paperwork that got missed over apartment paperwork.&#160; I&#8217;ll get to rest three days after they nail the lid on. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:43 (average 4:16).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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