{"id":37779,"date":"2019-09-27T10:21:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T17:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37779"},"modified":"2019-09-27T10:21:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T17:21:36","slug":"open-thread-9-27-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/27\/open-thread-9-27-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/27\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m tired, here in the CatBox.&nbsp; The high humidity kept me awake last night, and when I did sleep, I overslept, so I&#8217;m running way behind today.&nbsp; TGIF 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 3:36 (average 5:14).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-09-27-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><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\/0927Cartoon.jpg\"><\/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=3IZf2M1z7l4\" 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>):&nbsp; <\/font>Bubble Bustin&#8217;: Ep 2 &#8211; Ukraine Horsesh*t<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/3IZf2M1z7l4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">For Democrats to &#8220;do a thing&#8221; is indeed rare, but what is more rare for a bubble-caster at the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, to make a mistake. They consider it a mistake top say anything true, appropriate, or relevant.&nbsp; Whenever I watch <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, I yell at the TV too!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5XZ4ylHOqtk\" 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>Whistleblower&#8217;s Safety A Concern As Trump Makes Veiled Threat<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/5XZ4ylHOqtk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The DNI should be prosecuted. The Fuehrer&#8217;s so called jokes about future witness is an invitation for every deplorable, Ammosexual nut-job, and there are thousands, to commit more Republican murders. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/2019\/09\/what-did-mike-pence-know-what-did-mike-pence-do-john-bolton-knows-msnbcs-morning-joe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>MSNBC\u2019s Joe Scarborough fingered Vice President Mike Pence\u2019s role in the growing Ukraine scandal \u2014 and identified one former official who could bring him down.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMorning Joe\u201d host said <strong>the vice president appears to be involved in President Donald Trump\u2019s scheme to withhold congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine as leverage to get the foreign government to dig up dirt against Joe Biden<\/strong>.\u201c  <\/p>\n<p>This is what Donald Trump usually does, he has other people deliver their threats for them,\u201d Scarborough said. \u201cWe don\u2019t know if there was a quid pro quo saying, if you \u2014 again, because \u2014 I\u2019ve got to see what\u2019s so shocking about this is the question was asked almost a month ago, the question was asked a month ago by an Associated Press reporter, \u2018Are you holding up military aid until they investigate Biden?\u2019\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Scarborough said he and Brzezinski heard almost two months ago from a former Department of Defense official that Trump was holding up the aid as leverage, and he said the allegation was widely known.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seemed to be the worst kept secret in Washington, D.C., that\u2019s why Republicans denying a quid pro quo today is so laughable,\u201d Scarborough said.&nbsp; [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">There&#8217;s an ideal solution to our dilemma. We need to impeach both Trump and Pence, if we can find a rational way to pull it off. <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>I&#8217;m tired, here in the CatBox.&nbsp; The high humidity kept me awake last night, and when I did sleep, I overslept, so I&#8217;m running way behind today.&nbsp; TGIF hugs to all! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:36 (average 5:14).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp;&nbsp; How did you do? 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