{"id":35573,"date":"2019-02-04T11:28:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35573"},"modified":"2019-02-04T11:28:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T19:28:04","slug":"open-thread-2-4-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/04\/open-thread-2-4-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/4\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a slow day here in the CatBox.&#160; As the Ellipsoid Orb passed under the horizon until Fall, it left us a bitter taste in our mouths.&#160; The NE Trump-kissers won the game fairly.&#160; It&#8217;s a slow day for news as we hope Northam steps down, and his Republican-like behavior dominates the airwaves.&#160;&#160; But I did find material.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:56 (average 5:54).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-02-04-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=ZDjfg8YlKHc\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/WashingtonPost\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Washington Post Super Bowl message: Democracy Dies in Darkness<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ZDjfg8YlKHc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Super Bowl commercials like this are the reason to go pee when the game comes back on. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1r97h-5DCVM\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Trump and the red button | Drawn by Jake Tapper<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1r97h-5DCVM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Interesting! How about making the Fuhrer&#8217;s red button a permanent off switch for the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, <em>Faux Noise<\/em>. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationofchange.org\/2019\/01\/29\/it-cant-be-warren-and-it-cant-be-sanders-wall-street-executives-make-2020-preferences-known\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nation of Change<\/a>: <\/font>The first 2020 Democratic presidential primary is still over a year away, but Wall Street executives are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/01\/28\/wall-street-2020-economy-taxes-1118065\">reportedly already freaking out<\/a> about two likely progressive candidates: Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can\u2019t be Warren and it can\u2019t be Sanders,\u201d the CEO of a \u201cgiant bank\u201d anonymously told Politico, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/01\/28\/wall-street-2020-economy-taxes-1118065\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> on Monday that Wall Street executives are \u201cgetting panicked\u201d about the presidential prospects of the Senate\u2019s two fiercest financial sector critics.<\/p>\n<p>Warren <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/12\/31\/vowing-fight-corporate-power-behalf-working-families-elizabeth-warren-announces-2020\" target=\"_blank\">launched<\/a> an exploratory committee for president last month, vowing to take on the \u201ccorruption\u201d that is \u201cpoisoning our democracy.\u201d Sanders, for his part, has yet to publicly announce a bid for the White House \u2013 but Yahoo News <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/bernie-sanders-set-announce-2020-presidential-run-234647684.html\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> on Friday that the Vermont senator plans to launch his campaign \u201cimminently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both progressive senators have placed scrutiny of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/10\/03\/too-big-fail-too-big-exist-sanders-introduces-bill-break-nations-largest-wall-street\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street\u2019s size<\/a>, record of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2018\/03\/15\/elizabeth-warren-unveils-legislation-hold-wall-street-executives-criminally\" target=\"_blank\">large-scale fraud<\/a>, exorbitant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/03\/16\/you-should-be-fired-not-rewarded-warren-slams-scandal-ridden-wells-fargo-ceo-35\" target=\"_blank\">CEO pay packages<\/a>, enormous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/03\/06\/massive-handout-sails-through-senate-big-banks-send-democrats-and-gop-sweet-thank\" target=\"_blank\">political influence<\/a>, and lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/03\/14\/blasting-banklobbyistact-warren-unveils-ending-too-big-jail-act-fight-wall-street\" target=\"_blank\">stringent regulations<\/a> at the center of their political agendas for years, and deep-pocketed bankers who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2018\/04\/18\/workers-see-crumbs-biggest-wall-street-banks-have-already-pocketed-25-billion-trump\" target=\"_blank\">profited immensely<\/a> from President Donald Trump\u2019s tenure are worried that one of the two could ascend to the White House and threaten their pocketbooks.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I hope all Democratic frontrunners, and especially the eventual nominee, earn Banksters&#8217; fear, not just Liz and Bernie. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/0204Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">For the record, I&#8217;m on Oxygen.&#160; Being a member of the Republican base makes one a moron. not a disability.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a slow day here in the CatBox.&#160; As the Ellipsoid Orb passed under the horizon until Fall, it left us a bitter taste in our mouths.&#160; The NE Trump-kissers won the game fairly.&#160; It&#8217;s a slow day for news as we hope Northam steps down, and his Republican-like behavior dominates the airwaves.&#160;&#160; But I <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/04\/open-thread-2-4-2019\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}