{"id":37750,"date":"2019-09-26T08:34:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37750"},"modified":"2019-09-26T08:34:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:34:02","slug":"open-thread-9-26-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/26\/open-thread-9-26-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/26\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I hope to eat lunch and lie down early, so I can get part of a nap in, before Store to Door delvers groceries.&nbsp; 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 3:07 (average 4:34).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-09-26-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><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\/0926Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/vladimir-putin-saddened-that-donald-trump-asked-other-foreign-country-to-meddle-in-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he was \u201csaddened and hurt\u201d that Donald J. Trump had asked a different foreign country to meddle in a U.S. election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought when it came to election meddling that Donald and I were exclusive,\u201d an emotional Putin told reporters. \u201cThis feels like a betrayal.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Putin said that when he read the call summary of the phone conversation between Trump and the President of Ukraine, \u201cI could not believe my eyes. It was just like the conversations Donald and I used to have.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>The Russian leader said that he had considered meddling in the 2020 election to help Trump, but added, \u201cNow I\u2019m not so sure.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I know, Andy. Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch is upset with him for the same reason. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VZXoeDfnRjI\" 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>Trump Attack Obama, Biden, Clinton, During UN Meeting With Ukraine Zelenskiy  <\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dG5biQeBLrQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is how Hitler must have acted in the bunker in late April, 1945. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2019\/9\/25\/1887813\/-Trump-accidentally-sends-his-talking-points-on-Ukraine-to-House-Democrats-then-recalls-them\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>On the morning when Donald Trump released a \u201ctranscript\u201d absolutely riddled with attempts to extort an ally into doing political favors from manufacturing dirt on a political opponent to fleshing out a Pizzagate-related conspiracy theory, the White House followed up by sending out its talking points for defending Trump\u2019s statements. But someone at the White House pressed the wrong button. Rather than routing these talking points to Republican senators, someone at the White House sent the day\u2019s instructions to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewDesiderio\/status\/1176884014768185344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Democratic side of the aisle<\/a>. Every Democratic representative ended up with a copy, including one sent straight to Nancy Pelosi\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>And to make things absolutely perfect, the White House then sent out a \u201crecall\u201d asking that Democrats give their talking points back. No one should take this as a sign that everyone at the White House is currently running in circles, screaming, randomly pulling levers, and desperately searching for the nearest exit. But it would be a good time to make sure there\u2019s a safety cap over that big red button.  <\/p>\n<p>What are those talking points? Well, Trump never uses the word \u201cpromise.\u201d Zelensky mentions Giuliani first. And Trump doesn\u2019t actually say \u201cBiden\u201d eight times. And \u2026 really, that\u2019s pretty much it. The rest of the document is just a series of claims about the \u201cdeep state.\u201d There are no other points.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">LMAO!! It looks like the Republican Reich is sinking. <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 busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I hope to eat lunch and lie down early, so I can get part of a nap in, before Store to Door delvers groceries.&nbsp; Hugs to all. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:07 (average 4:34).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? 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