{"id":37368,"date":"2019-08-15T10:31:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T17:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37368"},"modified":"2019-08-15T10:31:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T17:31:23","slug":"open-thread-8-15-2109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/08\/15\/open-thread-8-15-2109\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/15\/2109"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m pretty tired out, because WWWendy got caught in traffic and was 45 minutes.&nbsp; We had extra work to do, because she and her girlfriends are committing wanton debauchery in a German Village this weekend so my next shower day won&#8217;t be until Monday.&nbsp; Today is a grocery delivery day.&nbsp; BTW, I fixed the Mouse.&nbsp; I had to move the wireless receiver from the back of the computer to a USB port on my hub near the front.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>: <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:14 (average 5:22) to do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-08-15-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>About Mewe<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Several of our Care2 Refugee friends recommended a site called <a href=\"https:\/\/mewe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mewe<\/a>.&nbsp; Some started a group there called <a href=\"https:\/\/mewe.com\/group\/5d4844de9604fc5cbb11c8f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Care2share<\/a>.&nbsp; So far, it&#8217;s almost all petitions, but I asked the group owned if she would like us to add PP articles to the site.&nbsp; I recommend checking out both the site and the group.<\/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=QihNK80b-ZE\" 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>Mitch McConnell At Nexus Of Increased Russian Leverage On U.S. (29 min.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/QihNK80b-ZE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch is the best thing for Russian dominance and the worst thing for US national security since Resident Drumpfenfarten. Putin (R-RU) loves his Republican Reich. Every Republican in office is one Republican too many! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/ice-guard-allegedly-drove-pickup-truck-group-peaceful-protesters-he-ran-us-over-1454442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsweek<\/a>: <\/font>A man, allegedly a correctional officer, drove a pickup truck into a group of Jewish peaceful demonstrators protesting outside the Wyatt Detention Center in Rhode Island on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Jewish protesters, mostly members of Never Again Action, a group that advocates for the rights of migrants detained by ICE, gathered outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention facility in Central Falls on Wednesday evening. The protesters stood blocking the entrance of the facility, linking arms while chanting for the abolition of ICE and the end to America&#8217;s harsh immigration policies.  <\/p>\n<p>At around 10 p.m. local time, a dark-colored pickup truck drove slowly up to a group of roughly 40-50 protesters blocking the entrance to the location&#8217;s parking lot, before driving straight through the crowd, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeverAgainActn\/status\/1161844022681448448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> uploaded to Twitter.  <\/p>\n<p>Amy Anthony, one of the protest&#8217;s organizers, told Newsweek that the group has identified the man driving the truck as a correctional officer. &#8220;We have confirmed that the person driving the truck is a correctional officer who works for the detention facility,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The driver was in his uniform when he hit the protestors. His rank and name were embroidered on his shirt and he was wearing a badge at the time.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JOPPMf43Cho\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Was he a lone Republican or was he under orders from the Republican Reich? <strong>RESIST<\/strong><\/font>!!<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/08\/john-hickenlooper-pulling-the-plug-on-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vanity Fair<\/a>: <\/font>John Hickenlooper\u2019s presidential campaign has been on death\u2019s doorstep for weeks. He\u2019s been nonexistent in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/latest_polls\/democratic_nomination_polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">polls<\/a>; he was mistaken for a reporter upon arriving at the first presidential debate in June; and in July, his own staff staged an intervention, urging him to drop his bid to \u201cpursue other opportunities.\u201d Now, the former Colorado governor appears ready to heed their advice. The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/a1f7a863f9b34afcb3d150e9bce05e7d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> that Hickenlooper will announce his withdrawal on Thursday, making him the latest 2020 Democrat to exit the crowded primary field. His announcement will come amid speculation that he is weighing a Senate run against vulnerable Colorado Republican Cory Gardner, but a Hickenlooper campaign source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/08\/14\/john-hickenlooper-2020-democrats-1463648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> Politico he will not address that possibility.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From what I&#8217;ve seen of him, I&#8217;m not favorably Impressed, but I trust he has some god qualities.&nbsp; If the choice is he or Trump-endorser Corey Gardner for a Senate seat, the worst Democrat is infinitely better than the best Republican. Vote Blue, no matter who! <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\/08\/0815Cartoon.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pretty tired out, because WWWendy got caught in traffic and was 45 minutes.&nbsp; We had extra work to do, because she and her girlfriends are committing wanton debauchery in a German Village this weekend so my next shower day won&#8217;t be until Monday.&nbsp; Today is a grocery delivery day.&nbsp; BTW, I fixed the Mouse.&nbsp; <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/08\/15\/open-thread-8-15-2109\/' 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-37368","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\/37368","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=37368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}