{"id":36094,"date":"2019-04-02T10:22:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T17:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36094"},"modified":"2019-04-02T10:22:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T17:22:48","slug":"open-thread-4-2-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/02\/open-thread-4-2-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 4\/2\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have another busy day with lots to get done, as I prepare to do taxes on Sunday.&nbsp; It was a muggy night.&nbsp; I slept poorly.&nbsp; I hoped to get a Monthly Report done today or tomorrow, but I&#8217;m afraid I just don&#8217;t have enough time.&nbsp; I hope I can next month.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:24 (average 5:33).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-04-02-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=FCdBXD9zv38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHQAmn49BObyOsPHCnKRC4w\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snopes Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Did a Banned Federal Study Show That Refugees Bring in More in Government Revenues Than They Cost?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/FCdBXD9zv38\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Call the report &#8220;banned&#8221; or &#8220;suppressed&#8221;, Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten and the Republican Reich are cheerleaders for bigotry and enemies of truth across the board. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FCdBXD9zv38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHQAmn49BObyOsPHCnKRC4w\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Robert Reich: Everything You Need to Know About the New Economy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/fMmH_2EYohQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich, have rigged the game for billionaires. All Robert&#8217;s ideas must be adopted. Spreading the truth is what I do. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/fox-and-friends-blames-obama-for-creating-additional-mexicos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>After praising Donald J. Trump, on Sunday, for cutting aid to \u201cthree Mexican countries,\u201d the cast of \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d blamed former President Barack Obama for creating additional Mexicos during his tenure in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Barack Obama took office, there was only one Mexico,\u201d the host Ed Henry said. \u201cHe allowed these additional Mexicos to develop.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Henry\u2019s co-host Jedediah Bila agreed that the problem of multiple Mexicos was Obama\u2019s fault. \u201cIt was bad enough having one Mexico without Obama going out and creating a bunch of new ones,\u201d she said, noting that there had been a three-hundred-per-cent increase in the number of Mexicos on Obama\u2019s watch.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Straight news again, Andy? That sounds exactly like the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise.&nbsp; <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\/2017\/04\/0402Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have another busy day with lots to get done, as I prepare to do taxes on Sunday.&nbsp; It was a muggy night.&nbsp; I slept poorly.&nbsp; I hoped to get a Monthly Report done today or tomorrow, but I&#8217;m afraid I just don&#8217;t have enough time.&nbsp; I hope I can next month. 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