{"id":36750,"date":"2019-06-10T09:57:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T16:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36750"},"modified":"2019-06-10T09:57:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T16:57:41","slug":"open-thread-6-10-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/open-thread-6-10-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 6\/10\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another busy day here at the CatBox.&nbsp; Unit 245 is a much smaller unit than Unit 215 was.&nbsp; It is big enough to meet my needs, albeit barely.&nbsp; The bathroom, on the other hand, is magnificent.&nbsp; I can&#8217;t wait to break in my new throne, and it has a roll in shower.&nbsp; I would have taken pictures, bur when I reached into the pouch on my wheel chair, I discovered that my iPhone was still sitting on my bed here.&nbsp; ARGH!&nbsp; I&#8217;ll be going back there tomorrow with Anne, a CCC Rep., to sigh paperwork, get keys, pay and take possession.&nbsp; I&#8217;ll take pics then.&nbsp; For that reason, I&#8217;ll be posting only a Personal Update with no links messages on Care2.&nbsp; The trip back may be gruesome.&nbsp; We have 96\u00b0 forecast.&nbsp; Oh God it&#8217;s Monday!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:45 (average 5:26).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-06-10-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=e2ATRw_P_ik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Watch Fox News host call Trump statement &#8216;fake news&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/e2ATRw_P_ik\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">When Laura Ingraham, one of the most rabid goose-steppers at the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, calls bullshit on her own beloved Fuhrer, you know he stepped in it. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TrWNTqbLFFE&amp;list=PL0CG3s7fbEXBeXO-WNo1snMfcXNQQA1o0&amp;index=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (A blast from the the past):<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/TrWNTqbLFFE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ah the memories! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/chao-mcconnell-kentucky-projects-transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao cleared the path for projects that would specifically benefit Kentucky and thus, her husband Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ahead of his 2020 reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/06\/10\/mcconnell-elaine-chao-1358068?nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=0000014e-f0fa-dd93-ad7f-f8ffe0400000&amp;nlid=630318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to Politico,<\/a> these arranged grants ultimately topped $78 million.  <\/p>\n<p>Chao assigned her aide Todd Inman to be the special liaison for Kentucky projects, a perk that other states did not enjoy and which helped channel money and attention into the Bluegrass state.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang! Bought Bitch Mitch is corrupt? What a surprise\u2026 <strong>NOT! 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\/2017\/06\/0610Cartoon.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Using Trump instead would be a trans-species fallacy.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another busy day here at the CatBox.&nbsp; Unit 245 is a much smaller unit than Unit 215 was.&nbsp; It is big enough to meet my needs, albeit barely.&nbsp; The bathroom, on the other hand, is magnificent.&nbsp; I can&#8217;t wait to break in my new throne, and it has a roll in shower.&nbsp; I would <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/10\/open-thread-6-10-2019\/' 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-36750","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\/36750","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=36750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}