{"id":36233,"date":"2019-04-16T09:25:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T16:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36233"},"modified":"2019-04-16T09:30:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T16:30:39","slug":"open-thread-4-16-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/16\/open-thread-4-16-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 4\/16\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s starting to warm here in the CatBox.&nbsp; My hopes and prayers are with the people of Paris over the fire at and near destruction of Notre Dame Cathedral.&nbsp; I am thankful that it can be restored.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:48 (average 4:51).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-04-16-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=184Cbr0ZTEs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTHsQd-vRXK1bp4vpifl6yA\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trae Crowder Channel<\/a>): <\/font>GoTdam with Trae Crowder<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/184Cbr0ZTEs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Since I&#8217;ve never watched Game of Thrones, his comments are over my head. However, I&#8217;m confident that none of the characters sound like Trae. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pnoLAMHwf2I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Robert Reich: 12 Myths About Taxing the Rich<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/pnoLAMHwf2I\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right on 12 out of 12. The Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, are pawns of the greediest billionaires. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vdPgIH902Ik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/dollemore\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dollemore Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Apparently Wildly NOT Self-Aware) Calls Congress Too Dumb for Trump&#8217;s Taxes!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vdPgIH902Ik\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">On a scale of one to ten, Sarah Upchuckabee is an asshole, just like her Fuhrer. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/americans-fear-that-former-trump-staffers-will-be-released-into-their-cities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Americans are in a state of abject panic amid reports that Donald J. Trump is threatening to dump thousands of fired Cabinet members and aides on cities that do not support him.  <\/p>\n<p>Harland Dorrinson, who lives in San Francisco, said that \u201cevery American should be alarmed\u201d at the spectre of former Trump staffers like Kirstjen Nielsen, Scott Pruitt, and Anthony Scaramucci descending on their towns.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of these people were unsavory to begin with, and their time at the White House only hardened them,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Oh Andy! How horrid! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/0416Cartoon.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s starting to warm here in the CatBox.&nbsp; My hopes and prayers are with the people of Paris over the fire at and near destruction of Notre Dame Cathedral.&nbsp; I am thankful that it can be restored. 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