{"id":35972,"date":"2019-03-16T09:58:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T16:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35972"},"modified":"2019-03-16T09:58:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T16:58:11","slug":"open-thread-3-16-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/16\/open-thread-3-16-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 3\/16\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a comparatively warm day here in the CatBox as we enter a week of above average temps here.  Please expect no more than Personal Updates with no links messages on Care2 tomorrow and Monday.  Tomorrow is a very busy TomCat de-stink day with WWWendy.  Monday is dentist day.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 2:36 (average 5:10).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Australian Senator Fraser Anning blames Muslims for the shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that left at least 49 dead in their places of worship.<\/p>\n

\"0316Anning\"The politician drew immediate criticism after he released a statement on Friday declaring that the shooter \u2015 an avowed white supremacist<\/a>  \u2015 was motivated not by bigotry but by the \u201cincreasing Muslim presence\u201d in Australia and New Zealand. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhilst this kind of violent vigilantism can never be justified, what it highlights is the growing fear within our community, both in Australia and New Zealand, of the increasing Muslim presence,\u201d he wrote. \u201cLet us be clear, while Muslims may have been the victims today, usually they are the perpetrators.\u201d <\/p>\n

This bigoted and dangerous point of view is one that Anning has been peddling for some time. In August, he called for a \u201cfinal solution\u201d to the Muslim \u201cimmigration problem,\u201d evoking a reference to the Nazis\u2019 \u201cfinal solution\u201d terminology used to target Jews during the Holocaust. <\/p>\n

This proves that excrement need not be American to be Republican. RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/font>FACADE OF PLASTIC PIETY <\/p>\n