{"id":36117,"date":"2019-04-04T11:51:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T18:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36117"},"modified":"2019-04-04T11:51:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T18:51:17","slug":"open-thread-4-4-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/04\/open-thread-4-4-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 4\/4\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another busy day here at the CatBox.&nbsp; I overslept and am running late.&nbsp; WWWendy appreciates your kind wishes.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:00 (average 4:46). To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-04-04-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Volunteer Work<\/strong>: <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I thought you might enjoy seeing a picture of my guys.&nbsp; The Woman on the lower right is Sandi.&nbsp; On the rare occasions I can go down, she takes me.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0404MyGuys\" 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=\"0404MyGuys\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/0404MyGuys.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"><\/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=8w75kq815BE\" 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>William Barr&#8217;s Rosy Report Spin Frustrates Mueller Investigators: NYT (23.5 min.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8w75kq815BE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">There are lots of goodies here for people, who love exposing the truth about Putin&#8217;s Piddle Pervert and the Republican Reich. Trump&#8217;s Coverup General, Barf Bag Barr, appears to have done his Fuhrer&#8217;s bidding. I hope that we get the full report, before US voters, world-renowned for laziness and apathy, stop paying attention. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w8xqH3nVprI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheNewYorkTimes\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NY Times Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Who Is Lori Lightfoot? She\u2019ll Be Chicago\u2019s First Black Woman Mayor<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/w8xqH3nVprI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have no doubt that Lori will be an exponential improvement over the vile Rahmbo. Kudos to Chi Town. RESIST!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/fox-and-friends-blames-obamhttps:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/germany-demands-apology-after-trump-claims-father-was-born-there\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded that Donald Trump issue a \u201ccomplete and sincere apology\u201d to the German people, after Trump claimed incorrectly, on Tuesday, that his father was born in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf the many insulting things that Donald Trump could say to the German people, alleging that his father was born here is by far the most hurtful,\u201d she said. \u201cHe must take it back at once.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Merkel said that Germany would consider breaking off diplomatic relations with the U.S. immediately if Trump did not acknowledge \u201cthat his father was born somewhere else.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I agree with her, Andy. Germany was right to expel Grandpa Drumpfenfarten for draft dodging. <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\/04\/0404Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dr. King had said that he expected to be assassinated by the right.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/retropolis\/wp\/2018\/03\/30\/who-killed-martin-luther-king-jr-his-family-believes-james-earl-ray-was-framed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He was right<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another busy day here at the CatBox.&nbsp; I overslept and am running late.&nbsp; WWWendy appreciates your kind wishes. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:00 (average 4:46). To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? 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