{"id":37686,"date":"2019-09-19T09:08:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T16:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37686"},"modified":"2019-09-19T09:08:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T16:08:38","slug":"open-thread-9-19-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/19\/open-thread-9-19-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/19\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a tired day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; It&#8217;s a grocery delivery day, so I want to finish, post, eat lunch, and lie down early enough to get part of my nap in before Store to Door gets here.&nbsp; Pooped Hugs to all.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:20 (average 4:43).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-09-19-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\/09\/0919Cartoon.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=gpGJKvzeW1s\" 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>WaPo: Trump Call With Foreign Leader Prompted Intel Whistleblower<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gpGJKvzeW1s\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>RepubliSpeak Dictionary<\/strong>: <em>Potentially Privileged Material<\/em> = absolutely damning evidence against the Republican Reich that must be hidden. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RO_40VzbWZM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTHsQd-vRXK1bp4vpifl6yA\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trae Crowder Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">A Liberal Redneck Reaction Video &#8211; The Third Democratic Debate<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/RO_40VzbWZM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I disagree. The positive reaction to Yang and his handout to ten people was driven by greed and stupidity. I think most progressives would give up great union insurance, but most voters are not progressives. They are driven by perceived self-interest. I agree debates should be issues-based. That ABC did not end include Warren excerpts says a lot about ABC! Kudos to Rep. Ham! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/gantz-rejecting-netanyahu-spin-says-he-should-lead-unity-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Times of Israel<\/a>: <\/font>Blue and White leader Benny Gantz on Thursday dismissed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/netanyahu-urges-coalition-with-gantz-and-the-right-which-vows-to-back-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offer<\/a> of a unity government that includes all the religious right-wing parties, insisting that the next coalition should have himself as prime minister, not Netanyahu, and be committed to liberal policies on religious issues.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, after the leaders of all the parties in the right-wing religious bloc signed a document pledging to recommend Netanyahu as the next prime minister and vowing to enter a coalition only as a single unit, the premier called on Gantz to join a government that includes those parties, pressuring him to drop his demand for a \u201csecular\u201d unity government with Likud.  <\/p>\n<p>At a faction meeting Thursday afternoon, Gantz responded to the proposal: \u201cThe nation went to the ballots and made a clear choice \u2014 the nation chose unity. Blue and White won the elections, Blue and White is the biggest party. I intend to form a broad unity government headed by me, which would reflect the people\u2019s choice and our basic promises to the public and our priorities.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to Benny Gantz! Flush Netanyahu [R-IS] and Trump [R-Hell]! <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 a tired day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; It&#8217;s a grocery delivery day, so I want to finish, post, eat lunch, and lie down early enough to get part of my nap in before Store to Door gets here.&nbsp; Pooped Hugs to all. 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