{"id":35591,"date":"2019-02-06T12:49:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T20:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35591"},"modified":"2019-02-06T16:55:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T00:55:51","slug":"open-thread-2-6-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/06\/open-thread-2-6-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/6\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">I watched the whole thing so you didn&#8217;t have to.\u00a0 Thank God it&#8217;s a shower day with WWWendy!\u00a0 After that, I feel like I&#8217;ve been living in an outhouse basement.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also a very busy day, as I have to unpack and stow my groceries, when they are delivered.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also a frigid day: currently 27\u00b0.\u00a0 Brrrr!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:31 (average 6:51).\u00a0 To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-02-06-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xxe2WhpgbJ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/span>Trump\u2019s 2019 State of the Union address and Hannity commentary mirror each other<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Barf Bag Alert!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xxe2WhpgbJ4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It looks like the Fuhrer stole half his SOTU lies from a Faux Noise sphincter. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/pence-begs-trump-not-to-make-him-sit-next-to-woman-at-state-of-the-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Borowitz Report<\/a>: <\/span>Vice-President Mike Pence has begged Donald J. Trump not to make him sit next to a woman during Tuesday night\u2019s State of the Union address, sources confirmed on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to those sources, an emotional Pence came close to breaking down in tears as he explained that being seated next to a woman other than his wife was a violation of his personal code of behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Pence offered Trump a variety of solutions to the problem, including introducing a third chair between him and the woman where his wife, Karen Pence, could be seated for the duration of the speech, \u201cto make sure that that woman doesn\u2019t try anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet Mother sit next to me, or let me sit on Mother\u2019s lap, but don\u2019t make me sit next to that woman alone,\u201d Pence reportedly sobbed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Oh, Andy! Trump made him do it! The poor, pseudo-Christian misogynist! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/2019\/02\/here-are-3-reasons-the-super-rich-should-embrace-a-70-tax-rate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/span>Senator Lindsey Graham once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/07\/10\/lindsey-graham-taxes-really-american-mitt-romney_n_1662939.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cIt\u2019s really American to avoid paying taxes\u2026It\u2019s a game we play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are many good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2016\/06\/20\/growing-case-massive-taxes-rich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reasons<\/a> why Americans should be paying those taxes, and why there should be even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/views\/2016\/02\/15\/5-reasons-top-tax-rate-should-be-80-percent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">higher taxes<\/a> on the richest individuals and corporations. Of course, these arguments have generally been ignored. But there are several good personal reasons for wealthy Americans to reconsider the tax issue, to start focusing on the importance of a more equal society, and to trust the democratic system to make that happen.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>They Should Be Scared to Death about Potential Threats to Their Personal Safety<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A new industry has developed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/photos-of-survival-condo-project-luxury-doomsday-shelter-2017-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doomsday shelters<\/a> for rich people awaiting Armageddon. But bunkers and security forces won\u2019t be much defense against viruses and microdrones. Or against all-out war or revolution.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Lindsey Poo is a turd. I shared part of the first of three included reasons. Click through for the other two.\u00a0 <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/0206Cartoon.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched the whole thing so you didn&#8217;t have to.\u00a0 Thank God it&#8217;s a shower day with WWWendy!\u00a0 After that, I feel like I&#8217;ve been living in an outhouse basement.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also a very busy day, as I have to unpack and stow my groceries, when they are delivered.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also a frigid day: currently <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/06\/open-thread-2-6-2019\/' 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":[35,3,5,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-religion","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","category-47-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35591","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=35591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}