{"id":35604,"date":"2019-02-08T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T20:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35604"},"modified":"2019-02-08T12:15:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T20:15:08","slug":"open-thread-2-8-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/08\/open-thread-2-8-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/8\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s not quite as frigid as it was yesterday as the temperature has risen to 29\u00b0 F.&#160; The winter storm warning begins this afternoon.&#160; I&#8217;m listening to the Whittaker hearing.&#160; He&#8217;s obstructing and evading. Do you care to guess what else the Republican is doing?&#160; TGIF!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:28 (average 4:31).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-02-08-CE2504A965A9\">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=juzCL2pv5sU\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer Owner Of Blackmail<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/juzCL2pv5sU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">AMI, a bunch of peckers, are the Republican Reichsministry of propaganda, <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, in print. However, after the coming lawsuit, I hope Bezos runs the company better than the Republican Reich has. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9wzhRJVpdVw\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>MSNBC and CNN figures shut down Fox News&#8217; and Trump&#8217;s caravan fearmongering<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9wzhRJVpdVw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">May the only ones to believe the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, on caravans (or anything else) be Republicans, whose love life is BAA-A-A-A-AAD! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/republicans-blast-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-sour-expression-during-state-of-the-union-address\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s facial expression during the State of the Union address came under continued attack from Republicans on Thursday, with the former House Speaker John Boehner joining the chorus of disapproval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I saw her with that pained expression on her face, I couldn\u2019t believe my eyes,\u201d Boehner said. \u201cIt was like nothing I had ever seen before in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Speaker said that Ocasio-Cortez broke his \u201cNo. 1 rule\u201d of reacting to a State of the Union speech: \u201cNo matter what the President is saying, be sure to look cheerful and upbeat at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0208BoehnerStateoftheUnion\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0208BoehnerStateoftheUnion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/0208BoehnerStateoftheUnion.jpg\" width=\"649\" height=\"492\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang Andy! A picture is worth a thousand words! <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\/2017\/02\/0208Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">A Republican Holy Day<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not quite as frigid as it was yesterday as the temperature has risen to 29\u00b0 F.&#160; The winter storm warning begins this afternoon.&#160; I&#8217;m listening to the Whittaker hearing.&#160; He&#8217;s obstructing and evading. Do you care to guess what else the Republican is doing?&#160; TGIF! 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