{"id":37464,"date":"2019-08-26T10:39:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T17:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37464"},"modified":"2019-08-26T10:39:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T17:39:56","slug":"open-thread-8-26-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/08\/26\/open-thread-8-26-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/26\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a muggy day, here at the shiny new CatBox.&nbsp; We have Heat and Fire Warnings through Wed.&nbsp; Tomorrow I may have only an Open Thread.&nbsp; It depends on how much I get done before the power chair tech arrives and how long it takes him to finish fixing mine.&nbsp; OGIM 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 3:42 (average 4:15).&nbsp; To do it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-08-26-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><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\/2016\/08\/0826Cartoon.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Pics from the Shiny New CatBox<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The last one shows the handles on my throne and how hard I have to fight to hold myself down after two&nbsp; days of chili.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0826NewMadtona1\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0826NewMadtona1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/0826NewMadtona1.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0826NewMadtona2\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0826NewMadtona2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/0826NewMadtona2.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0826NewMadtona3\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0826NewMadtona3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/0826NewMadtona3.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0826NewMadtona4\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0826NewMadtona4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/0826NewMadtona4.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0826NewMadtona5\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0826NewMadtona5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/0826NewMadtona5.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\"><\/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=u0rOSGb1Hd8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrj-0FxK19tgUR2EbHkBBGg\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elizabeth Warren Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Gun violence in America<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/u0rOSGb1Hd8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Liz is spot-on. There are no simple solutions. She will need lots of plans for that. To implement them, we must remove Republican Ammosexuals from power. <strong>RESIST!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>From <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ntAHSqa9Koc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC18vz5hUUqxbGvym9ghtX_w\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Full Frontal Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Full Frontal Rewind: Trump&#8217;s Henchmen Pt. 1 <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Barf Bag Bundle Alert!!<\/strong><\/font>  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ntAHSqa9Koc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Smellyanne, Mad Miller, the pseudo-Pences?\u2026 Dang! What&#8217;s left for Part 2? I can&#8217;t wait! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/25\/us\/joe-arpaio-sheriff.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Joe Arpaio, a former sheriff in Arizona who built a national reputation as an immigration hard-liner, said on Sunday that he would run again for his old office, the latest turn in a long and polarizing career that included a conviction for criminal contempt, a pardon from President Trump and an unsuccessful bid last year for a Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Arpaio, a Republican, was first elected sheriff in 1992 and was defeated by a Democrat in 2016. If elected in 2020, it would be his seventh term in office.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">In a word\u2026 <strong>NOOOOOOOOOO!! RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold\" color=\"#0000ff\">Vote Blue!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a muggy day, here at the shiny new CatBox.&nbsp; We have Heat and Fire Warnings through Wed.&nbsp; Tomorrow I may have only an Open Thread.&nbsp; It depends on how much I get done before the power chair tech arrives and how long it takes him to finish fixing mine.&nbsp; OGIM Hugs! 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