{"id":37048,"date":"2019-07-13T09:46:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T16:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37048"},"modified":"2019-07-13T09:46:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T16:46:42","slug":"open-thread-7-13-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/13\/open-thread-7-13-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 7\/13\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Last night was so muggy that I had very little sleep. so I&#8217;ll be brief.&nbsp; Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, and I may not have time for more than a Personal Update with no links messages on Care2.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:07 (average 4:07).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-07-13-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=dIT4GjAPrf8\" 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>Is The New Labor Secretary&#8230;Even Worse?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dIT4GjAPrf8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">One of my co-administrators commented that she did not see how Acosta&#8217;s replacement could be worse. I remember thinking, &#8220;bite your tongue&#8221; when I saw it. Chris and his guests did not mention that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/11\/no-faith-no-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sweatshop workers were forced to act as sex slaves<\/a> for Japanese tourists (and probably, Republican politicians). <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xxkwlnesPe4&amp;list=PL0CG3s7fbEXBeXO-WNo1snMfcXNQQA1o0&amp;index=38&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>People Got To Be Free &#8211; The Rascals<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xxkwlnesPe4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Amen! Ah&#8230; The Memories! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/12\/us\/politics\/trump-iran-vote.html?nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=edit_th_190713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>The House gave final approval Friday to a defense bill that would put a liberal stamp on military policy by shackling President Trump\u2019s ability to wage war in Iran and Yemen, restricting the use of military funds at the southwestern border and returning transgender troops to the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>The $733 billion National Defense Authorization Act was passed along stark party lines \u2014 220 to 197 \u2014 with Republicans uniting to oppose the legislation. The defense policy bill has traditionally been a bipartisan exercise, but House Republicans have come out strongly against this year\u2019s version.  <\/p>\n<p>The bill still must be reconciled with a Senate version that is considerably less confrontational with the Trump administration. And it is likely Senate negotiators will try to strip out many of the House\u2019s provisions.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I like what I see, but I strongly dislike how Pelosi caved and passed the Senate version of the border funding bill without even taking it to conference committee. Tell me she won&#8217;t cave again! <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\/2017\/07\/0713Cartoon_thumb.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night was so muggy that I had very little sleep. so I&#8217;ll be brief.&nbsp; Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, and I may not have time for more than a Personal Update with no links messages on Care2. 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