{"id":36882,"date":"2019-06-24T10:21:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T17:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36882"},"modified":"2019-06-24T10:21:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T17:21:53","slug":"open-thread-6-24-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/24\/open-thread-6-24-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 6\/24\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m running way behind, because of trying to find a way to talk to a human at USPS.&nbsp; I get my packages delivered to Wendy, because I can&#8217;t get them here, and they clearly went to the wrong place, because they say they &#8220;could not get access to the building&#8221; Saturday, but someone was home all day, and no attempted delivery slip was left at the door.&nbsp; The USPS website recognizes my tracking number, but the customer service number does not and will allow me to proceed no further.&nbsp; ARGH!&nbsp; Oh God, it&#8217;s USPS 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 2:52 (average 4:42).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-06-24-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=UuBGEoxbFN4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>Teach Your Children<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UuBGEoxbFN4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ah\u2026 the memories! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2019\/06\/24\/we-dont-trust-you-after-fatal-police-shooting-black-residents-confront-buttigieg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>On the campaign trail, Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., largely faced a warm reception as he emerged from relative obscurity to become a promising Democratic presidential contender. But when he addressed a majority-black audience on Sunday afternoon in South Bend, things were markedly different.<\/p>\n<p>This time, Buttigieg wasn\u2019t speaking as a candidate but as the mayor of a city where emotions have run high since a white police officer shot a black man last week and failed to capture the fatal confrontation with his body camera. The town hall meeting, which Buttigieg convened to respond to the rising tensions, descended into chaos as community members shouted their anger and frustration. At times, the mayor struggled to speak amid the interruptions, and he was repeatedly heckled and booed.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t trust you!\u201d yelled one audience member. \u201cLiar!\u201d yelled another.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is a disaster for Mayor Pete, a candidate, who ran an excellent campaign, until now. South Bend PD has a long history of Racism. Mayor Pete fired South Bend&#8217;s first and only black Police Chief for recording officers making racist remarks. The officer who killed the unarmed black man has had multiple complaints of using excessive force against blacks. I fear Mayor Pete&#8217;s failure to clean up the Republican PD in his own back yard first will spell the end for him. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/2019\/06\/evangelical-christian-mike-pence-defends-imprisoning-children-without-soap-or-toothbrushes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Children in immigrant detention centers are reportedly going without basic supplies like soap and toothbrushes but Vice President Mike Pence insisted on Sunday that it\u2019s the fault of Congress.  <\/p>\n<p>During an interview on CNN, host Jake Tapper asked the vice president to \u201ctalk about the kids\u201d who have been detained for crossing the border.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week, legal advocates reported there are horrific conditions for children at the border,\u201d Tapper said, pointing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/21\/us\/migrant-children-border-soap.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports that say children have gone without soap, toothbrushes and other items<\/a> needed for basic hygiene.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration was actually arguing in court this week that the administration should not be required to give soap or toothbrushes or showers to children detained at the border,\u201d Tapper added. \u201cAren\u2019t toothbrushes and blankets and medicine and basic conditions for kids, aren\u2019t they a part of how the United States of America \u2014 the Trump administration \u2014 treats children?\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, of course they are, Jake,\u201d Pence replied with a shake of his head. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the reasons we ask for more bed space.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>The vice president, who is an evangelical Christian, argued that the Trump administration will not give soap to detained immigrant children because of Congress.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This article is incorrect. Pence is NOT a Christian. He is a Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian, the exact opposite of a real Christian. No authentic Christian could defend such Republican crimes.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0624Cartoon.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m running way behind, because of trying to find a way to talk to a human at USPS.&nbsp; I get my packages delivered to Wendy, because I can&#8217;t get them here, and they clearly went to the wrong place, because they say they &#8220;could not get access to the building&#8221; Saturday, but someone was home <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/24\/open-thread-6-24-2019\/' 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":[35,3,5,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-religion","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","category-47-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36882","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=36882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}