{"id":36952,"date":"2019-07-02T09:20:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T16:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36952"},"modified":"2019-07-02T09:20:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T16:20:56","slug":"open-thread-7-2-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/02\/open-thread-7-2-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 7\/2\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a muggy day here in the CatBox, and I&#8217;m back in the saddle after all.&nbsp; WWWendy came earlier than expected yesterday.&nbsp; I have a lot of work to do, so please pardon my brevity.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:36 (average 5:08).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-07-02-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=TNvSg7TJBbs\" 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>Robert Reich: Should We Abolish Billionaires?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/TNvSg7TJBbs\" 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 existence of billionaires is not the problem. The problem is the existence, advantages and policies of the greed-besotted Reich on the right, the Republican Reich. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BkdYYQLAhds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/dollemore\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesse Dollemore Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Ivanka Trump Pesters World Leaders at the G20 &#8211; Republicans Make Lame Excuses to the End!<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BkdYYQLAhds\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Jesse nailed it. Remember though that Putin&#8217;s Pervert thinks Ivanka is so hot that she would be on his pussy-grabbing list, were she not his daughter. A grabbable pussy is all the qualification she needs for privilege in the Republican Reich! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/trump-praises-kim-on-immigration-no-one-is-trying-to-get-into-your-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Setting foot in North Korea for the first time, on Sunday, President Donald Trump praised that nation\u2019s dictator, Kim Jong Un, for his efforts on immigration, telling Kim, \u201cNo one is trying to get into your country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After crossing into North Korea from the Demilitarized Zone, Trump remarked to the North Korean leader, \u201cYour border is amazing! There are no people whatsoever trying to get in. You should see our border\u2014it\u2019s a complete mess.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Barely containing his envy, Trump continued, \u201cOf course, you don\u2019t have Congress to deal with, like I do. They\u2019ve caused all the problems I\u2019ve had on immigration. You\u2019ve got a much better deal. You want to build a wall, you build a wall. No one can tell you you can\u2019t.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Straight News, Andy. If the Fuhrer and the Republican Reich get their way, it will be just like that here.&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\/07\/0702Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a muggy day here in the CatBox, and I&#8217;m back in the saddle after all.&nbsp; WWWendy came earlier than expected yesterday.&nbsp; I have a lot of work to do, so please pardon my brevity. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:36 (average 5:08).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? 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