{"id":35871,"date":"2019-03-07T09:46:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T17:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35871"},"modified":"2019-03-07T09:46:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T17:46:39","slug":"open-thread-3-7-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/07\/open-thread-3-7-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 3\/7\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a cold day here in the CatBox, but not quite as cold as it has been.&nbsp; I have some good news.&nbsp; The ARK comment editor was updated to compatibility with WordPress 5.1, so I reinstalled it.&nbsp; It is still not as powerful as it was, when combined with TinyMCE, but it restores use of color, smileys, fonts, and several other functions.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:30 (average 4:54).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-03-07-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=0vTqENd4Ghs\" 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>DHS Secy. Kirstjen Nielsen Tries To Defend Trump Family Separation Policy<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0vTqENd4Ghs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans don&#8217;t put children in cages; The Pope is not Catholic; and bears never, ever shit in the woods. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ykCqexYP8W4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1Z1i5ClfrJhyu9z1hlmDkQ\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Kos Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) equates southern border with D Day<\/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\/ykCqexYP8W4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Every time Republicans enact policy at the southern border, it is D-Day: Dingbat Day! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/what-give-lent-how-your-body-reacts-alcohol-sugar-and-caffeine-withdrawal-1352804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsweek<\/a>: <\/font>Each year, those who observe Lent select something to abstain from for 40 days. When it comes to sugar, caffeine and alcohol, cravings may not be the only challenge people face, as a sudden lack of the addictive dietary items can affect the body and mind.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Genevieve Brauning, a doctor at the Novant Health SouthPark Family Physicians, told Newsweek that suddenly cutting caffeine, sugar or alcohol out of a person\u2019s diet could lead to withdrawal-like symptoms.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe acute withdrawal symptoms from addictive substances like caffeine and alcohol typically last three to seven days,\u201d Brauning said. \u201cIt appears that sugar follows a similar pattern. But the cravings can last weeks, months, and even years.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Click through for more info. I think I&#8217;ll give up goose-stepping with the Republican Reich, and wearing Republican sheets and hoods for Lent. \ud83d\ude09 <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\/2016\/03\/0307Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a cold day here in the CatBox, but not quite as cold as it has been.&nbsp; I have some good news.&nbsp; The ARK comment editor was updated to compatibility with WordPress 5.1, so I reinstalled it.&nbsp; It is still not as powerful as it was, when combined with TinyMCE, but it restores use of <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/07\/open-thread-3-7-2019\/' 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-35871","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\/35871","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=35871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}