{"id":37313,"date":"2019-08-09T09:54:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T16:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37313"},"modified":"2019-08-09T09:54:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T16:54:16","slug":"open-thread-8-9-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/08\/09\/open-thread-8-9-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/9\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It turned out to be a busy day, here in the shiny new CatBox.&nbsp; Yesterday afternoon, I discovered that one of my email accounts stopped working.&nbsp; I called Xfinity, and they&#8217;ll be here this morning.&nbsp; That&#8217;s excellent service.&nbsp; They lust left.&nbsp; It took only 20 minutes.&nbsp; TGIF Hugs!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:33 (average 5:46).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-08-09-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=U96foZ2Wl0I\" 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>Donald Trump Impeachment Inquiry To Look At Broad Range Of Offenses<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/U96foZ2Wl0I\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Even though conviction in the Senate is as likely as humanity from Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch, the investigation publicity is more important. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R3ChToIvLRM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">You Keep Me Hangin&#8217; On | Stereo Unedited Version | Vanilla Fudge<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/R3ChToIvLRM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" 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.dailykos.com\/stories\/2019\/8\/7\/1877404\/-SPLC-uncovers-a-white-nationalist-organizer-working-in-the-U-S-State-Department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>The Southern Poverty Law Center\u2019s Hatewatch has discovered a current official, Matthew Q. Gebert, works as a foreign affairs officer assigned to the Bureau of Energy Resources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2019\/08\/us-state-department-official-exposed-as-a-white-nationalist-organizer-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raw Story<\/a>, reporting on the SPLC discovery, notes that \u201cGebert has been with the department since 2013, and has for years gone by the online name of \u201cCoach Finstock,\u201d which he has used to spread white supremacist propaganda and advocate for a whites-only country.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>According to Hatewatch:  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA U.S. State Department official oversaw the Washington, D.C.-area chapter of a white nationalist organization, hosted white nationalists at his home and published white nationalist propaganda online, Hatewatch has determined.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m not sure that publishing this was a good idea. Now that they are aware of his racist hatred, the Republican leadership is likely to promote him. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/0809Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It turned out to be a busy day, here in the shiny new CatBox.&nbsp; Yesterday afternoon, I discovered that one of my email accounts stopped working.&nbsp; I called Xfinity, and they&#8217;ll be here this morning.&nbsp; That&#8217;s excellent service.&nbsp; They lust left.&nbsp; It took only 20 minutes.&nbsp; TGIF Hugs! 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