{"id":35794,"date":"2019-02-27T10:07:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T18:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35794"},"modified":"2019-02-27T10:07:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T18:07:11","slug":"open-thread-2-27-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/27\/open-thread-2-27-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/27\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a frigid snowy day here at the CatBox.&nbsp; Store to Door just called.&nbsp; They cancelled all grocery deliveries due to inclement weather.&nbsp; I&#8217;m contacted WWWendy to do my shopping for me.&nbsp; She has a snow day too and a 4 WD pickup.&nbsp; Happy Hump Day!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:13 (average 5:02).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-02-27-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; 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=KC_153rdHIE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Fox News misrepresents Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to claim she wants to &#8220;get rid of children&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/KC_153rdHIE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s not just AOC . The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, misrepresents everything! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_WsPgOlNrbg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>House Passes Resolution To End Trump&#8217;s \u2018National Emergency\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_WsPgOlNrbg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I saw Bought Bitch Mitch. He looked like he ate a bad clam! Love it. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/26\/us\/mark-harris-north-carolina-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Mark Harris, the North Carolina Republican who nearly won a seat in Congress last year but saw his political fortunes collapse after the revelation that his campaign had financed a fraud-tainted voter-turnout effort, said on Tuesday that he would not run in a new election.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Tuesday, less than one week after the North Carolina State Board of Elections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/21\/us\/mark-harris-nc-voter-fraud.html?module=inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ordered a new contest<\/a> for the seat, Mr. Harris attributed his decision to medical issues that included two recent strokes and issues with his memory and recall, saying the Ninth District deserved \u201cto have someone at full strength during the new campaign.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Bullshit! He was caught red-handed, and cowardly Republican that he is, he&#8217;s slithering away. <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\/02\/0227Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a frigid snowy day here at the CatBox.&nbsp; Store to Door just called.&nbsp; They cancelled all grocery deliveries due to inclement weather.&nbsp; I&#8217;m contacted WWWendy to do my shopping for me.&nbsp; She has a snow day too and a 4 WD pickup.&nbsp; Happy Hump Day! 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