{"id":35580,"date":"2019-02-05T11:35:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T19:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35580"},"modified":"2019-02-05T11:35:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T19:35:13","slug":"open-thread-2-5-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/05\/open-thread-2-5-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 2\/5\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a frigid day here in the CatBox.  The weather snuck up on me.  It’s 9:30 and it hasn’t even climbed to freezing yet.  It will get colder for the next ten days.  Now this is nothing compared to the polar weather a lot of you had last week, but if I’m getting this here, you’re in for a lot worse when this moves east.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s took me  2:44 (average 4:26).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>A leak of Donald J. Trump\u2019s official White House schedule has left millions of Americans deeply relieved that Trump spends approximately sixty per cent of each day not using his powers as President.<\/p>\n

In conversations across the country, Americans called the revelation that Trump devotes the majority of his day to \u201cexecutive time,\u201d a euphemism for watching TV and checking Twitter, the most reassuring news out of the White House in months.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike most of the people I know, the idea of Donald Trump sitting behind his desk doing things that affect the country has me in a state of mortal terror,\u201d Carol Foyler, a resident of Minneapolis, said. \u201cJust knowing that he\u2019s spending sixty per cent of his time doing basically nothing makes me feel somewhat better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amen Andy! RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Robert Reich: How Trump Plays the Press<\/p>\n