{"id":37397,"date":"2019-08-18T10:37:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T17:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37397"},"modified":"2019-08-18T10:37:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T17:37:15","slug":"open-thread-8-18-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/08\/18\/open-thread-8-18-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/18\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a muggy day with 88% humidity.&nbsp; I feel itchy, as it&#8217;s shower time, but WWWendy will not return from her weekend party until late this evening, and will be here in the morning.&nbsp; Therefore, I will have only a Personal<\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\"> Update tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:01 (average 4:24).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-08-18-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/0818Cartoon.jpg\"><\/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=nrIPxlFzDi0&amp;list=PLvCvQKDJNRNY8rTuYvAEnereF4AGQf9hs&amp;index=29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>The Rolling Stones &#8211; (I Can&#8217;t Get No) Satisfaction [Official Lyric Video]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nrIPxlFzDi0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ah! The memories! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/08\/17\/politics\/workers-trump-speech-attend-pto-no-pay\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>: <\/font>Workers at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/08\/13\/politics\/donald-trump-pennsylvania-plastic-plant\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pennsylvania petrochemical plant<\/a> where President Donald Trump spoke Tuesday were told that if they didn&#8217;t attend the event, they either had to use paid time off or receive no pay for the day.<\/p>\n<p>At least some of the workers who attended the speech were instructed not to protest the President, who told the crowd of workers at the Royal Dutch Shell plant he would be imploring their union leaders to support his reelection.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">And the sleazy son of a bitch bragged about crowd size and adulation. What a crock! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/the-rights-of-lgbtq-workers-on-the-docket-for-the-u-s-supreme-court-6f0bb8d991f8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>The U.S. Supreme Court in its upcoming session will hear arguments on whether anti-LGBTQ employment discrimination is sex discrimination.  <\/p>\n<p>The court will hear arguments on October 8 about whether LGBTQ workers are protected by the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a momentous occasion. It is a pivotal moment and the public should be paying attention,\u201d Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, senior attorney at Lambda Legal, a civil rights organization focused on LGBTQ people, told ThinkProgress.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese cases will affect the ability of LGBTQ people to be full members of society and to contribute to society by entering the workplace and be free of discrimination.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I fear that Roberts, Scalito, Pervert Thomas, Whoresuch, and Pervert Kava-Nazi will gang up on the Constitution again. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a muggy day with 88% humidity.&nbsp; I feel itchy, as it&#8217;s shower time, but WWWendy will not return from her weekend party until late this evening, and will be here in the morning.&nbsp; Therefore, I will have only a Personal Update tomorrow. 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