{"id":37659,"date":"2019-09-15T08:31:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T15:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37659"},"modified":"2019-09-15T08:31:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T15:31:19","slug":"open-thread-9-15-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/15\/open-thread-9-15-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/15\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s the first fall-like day, here in the CatBox, with a forecast high of only 64\u00b0.&nbsp; I still have to run the A\/C to&nbsp; counter the heat my Oxygen concentrator puts out.&nbsp; WWWendy will be here in under an hour, and we have lots of chores.&nbsp; Therefore, this is today&#8217;s only article.&nbsp; Ellipsoid Orb 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 3:21 (average 5:33).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-09-15-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp;&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\/09\/0915Cartoon.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=nP0VBB7BO64&amp;list=PLvCvQKDJNRNY8rTuYvAEnereF4AGQf9hs&amp;index=131&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>Crosby Stills Nash &#8211; Carry On \/ Questions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nP0VBB7BO64\" 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.cnn.com\/2019\/09\/15\/middleeast\/saudi-oil-attack-lister-analysis-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>: <\/font>The attack on the world&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2019\/09\/14\/business\/saudi-oil-output-impacted-drone-attack\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">largest oil processing plant<\/a> early Saturday morning is a dramatic escalation in the confrontation between Iran and Saudi Arabia &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2019\/09\/14\/politics\/pompeo-drone-strikes-saudi-oil\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">even if the Iranians didn&#8217;t fire the drones<\/a> or missiles responsible.<\/p>\n<p>Several projectiles struck the Abiqaiq plant, starting a series of fires that quickly took out nearly half Saudi&#8217;s oil production &#8212; 5% of the global daily output &#8212; and sparking fears about the security of the world&#8217;s oil supplies.  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear when Abiqaiq, which is operated by Saudi giant Aramco, will be fully operational again.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2019\/09\/14\/middleeast\/yemen-houthi-rebels-drone-attacks-saudi-aramco-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed the attack<\/a>, saying that 10 drones had targeted Abiqaiq, as well as the Khurais oilfield. But attacks of this scale and accuracy would represent a sudden and remarkable increase in Houthi capabilities, and neither the United States nor Saudi Arabia is buying the claim.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Republican Reich blames Iran. That they say it is good cause to doubt it.&nbsp; Either way, fill your gas tank today. This will raise gas prices. RESIST!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/opinion\/editorial\/netanyahu-is-destroying-israel-s-democracy-to-survive-1.7841803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haaretz<\/a>: &#8230;<\/font>Netanyahu is misappropriating his job as prime minister. Another term would probably leave Israel\u2019s democratic institutions, built through great work and years of care, in ruins. The damage Netanyahu will leave behind will be difficult to repair. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">On Tuesday<\/a>, at the voting booths, the people must end his reign.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That comes from a leading Israeli news service. May the political demise of both Butcher Bibi [R-IS] and Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten [R-Hades] be rapid and complete! <strong>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 the first fall-like day, here in the CatBox, with a forecast high of only 64\u00b0.&nbsp; I still have to run the A\/C to&nbsp; counter the heat my Oxygen concentrator puts out.&nbsp; WWWendy will be here in under an hour, and we have lots of chores.&nbsp; Therefore, this is today&#8217;s only article.&nbsp; Ellipsoid Orb Hugs! <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/15\/open-thread-9-15-2019\/' 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-37659","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\/37659","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=37659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}