{"id":35483,"date":"2019-01-29T11:57:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T19:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35483"},"modified":"2019-01-29T11:57:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T19:57:58","slug":"open-thread-1-29-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/29\/open-thread-1-29-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/29\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another busy day in the CatBox, but at least I seem to be over the Republicosis.&#160; I put in my Store to Door order.&#160; As small as this room is, it&#8217;s frustrating that the heater side is so hot and the window (computer) side is so cold.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:53 (average 4:41).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-01-29-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=adngTOz55SA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwlHzGKZA-e2GeLMjIE51uw\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/font>SOMETHING NEW &#8211; Parody<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/adngTOz55SA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Amen Don! For more info about the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez&#8217; Green New Deal, <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gp.org\/green_new_deal\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iv9kyiDqMT8\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Robert Reich: 7 Suggestions for Surviving the Rest of Trump&#8217;s Presidency<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/iv9kyiDqMT8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">1: check. 2: check. 3: check. 4: check. 5: check. 6: check. 7: check. The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. However these apply equally to surviving the entire Reich on the right, the Republican Reich. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/in-ominous-development-for-trump-roger-stone-gets-mueller-tattoo\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In a potentially worrisome development for the White House, Donald Trump\u2019s longtime political adviser Roger Stone spent the weekend getting a tattoo of the special counsel, Robert Mueller, on his back.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes after being released on bail, Stone was reportedly driven to a tattoo-removal specialist in Jersey City, who spent nine hours removing his notorious back tattoo of Richard Nixon to make room for the newly minted Mueller tat.<\/p>\n<p>News of Stone\u2019s Mueller tattoo sent a wave of panic through the White House, where top aides attempted to predict what the tattoo portended for Stone\u2019s loyalty to Trump going forward.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From Andy&#8217;s pen to God&#8217;s eyes! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0129Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I made this in 2013.&#160; It&#8217;s truth has never wavered.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another busy day in the CatBox, but at least I seem to be over the Republicosis.&#160; I put in my Store to Door order.&#160; As small as this room is, it&#8217;s frustrating that the heater side is so hot and the window (computer) side is so cold. 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