{"id":37817,"date":"2019-10-01T09:52:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T16:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37817"},"modified":"2019-10-01T09:52:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T16:52:09","slug":"open-thread-10-1-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/01\/open-thread-10-1-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/1\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a very busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Between preparing my grocery order, our Fantasy Football Report and changing the poll, I&#8217;m already running way behind.&nbsp; Muggy 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 3:56 (average 5:23).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-10-01-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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1001Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I was in Yankee Stadium.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here&#8217;s the latest from <a href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our own Fantasy Football League<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4Scores.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"4Scores\" 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=\"4Scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4Scores_thumb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Congrats to Vivian, WWWendy and Squatch for winning their games.&nbsp; It&#8217;s hard to type with this paper bag over my head.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"4Standings\" 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=\"4Standings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4Standings.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Congrats to Vivian for her league-leading, undefeated season-to-date.<\/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\/trump-says-if-there-is-another-civil-war-he-will-get-a-new-note-from-podiatrist?bxid=5bea12573f92a404696710df&amp;cndid=24434635&amp;esrc=NYR_BOROWITZ_BLOG&amp;mbid=&amp;source=EDT_NYR_EDIT_NEWSLETTER_0_imagenewsletter_Borowitz_ZZ&amp;utm_brand=tny&amp;utm_mailing=TNY_Borowitz_093019_No2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Shortly after tweeting that his impeachment could result in a civil war, Donald J. Trump clarified that, in the event of such a war, he would seek a new note from his podiatrist.<\/p>\n<p>Trump issued the clarification after military advisers cautioned him that, after starting a civil war, he might reasonably be expected to participate in it.  <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn, Trump said, \u201cMuch as I would like to fight in a civil war, my very serious foot condition would keep me from doing that.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">No satire there, Andy. That&#8217;s gospel! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gMGZdTjl1mQ\" 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><font color=\"#000000\">Trump Fixation On Exonerating Russia Entangles William Barr, Pompeo<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gMGZdTjl1mQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Are there any in the Trump Reich that aren&#8217;t totally submerged in abetting Trump&#8217;s crimes and covering them up? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1xa7NWRJjPQ&amp;list=PLIJv-ESv0mZNBUyFYPEJ9qbFK2Rp78XOt&amp;index=7&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>&#8220;Twelve Thirty&#8221; The Mamas &amp; The Papas<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1xa7NWRJjPQ\" 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<h1 align=\"center\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold\" color=\"#0000ff\">Vote Blue!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a very busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Between preparing my grocery order, our Fantasy Football Report and changing the poll, I&#8217;m already running way behind.&nbsp; Muggy hugs to all! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:56 (average 5:23).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? Cartoon: I was in Yankee Stadium. <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/01\/open-thread-10-1-2019\/' 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-37817","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\/37817","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=37817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}