{"id":37868,"date":"2019-10-07T09:36:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37868"},"modified":"2019-10-07T09:36:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:36:16","slug":"open-thread-10-7-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/07\/open-thread-10-7-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 10\/7\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a temperate but muggy day here in the CatBox, and my poor abused butt is swinging back toward Republicosis again.  I looked at our stats at our HSP, and seeing them may well be what caused the Republicosis.  It’s that bad.  Losing Care2 really clobbered us.  It seems active, but hundreds used to read every day without  I’m going to have to start exploring for ways to publicize the site.  OGIM Hugs to all!<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 3:10 (average 6:05).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Religious Ecstasy<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"1006Broncos20-Chargers13\"<\/font><\/p>\n

What a wonderful Orb!<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>A witness who delivered key testimony in the trial of Amber Guyger \u2014 the white former Dallas police officer convicted this past week in the murder of an unarmed black man, Botham Jean \u2014 was fatally shot on Friday night, a lawyer for Mr. Jean\u2019s family said.<\/p>\n

The witness, Joshua Brown, 28, who had lived in the same apartment complex as Ms. Guyger and Mr. Jean, was shot several times by an unknown assailant, Lee Merritt, the family\u2019s lawyer, said on Twitter Saturday night. <\/p>\n

Mr. Brown\u2019s death occurred just two days after a Dallas County jury sentenced Ms. Guyger to 10 years in prison, well short of the maximum 99 years that she could have received in the killing of Mr. Jean, a 26-year-old immigrant from the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia. <\/p>\n

I think I understand what happened. In the 1970’s I observed a Portland Police officer turning on his siren to run a red light and pull into the Dunkin’ Donuts in which was sitting. They almost caused an accident in the intersection. The cops ordered donuts and coffee, sat down, and ate. When I returned home I called the PD and told them what I had seen. At about 2:00 AM the next morning I received a gruff, anonymous phone call, that if I didn’t shut up and mind my own business, I would NOT stay healthy. Mr. Brown did not shut up and mind his own business, and many cops are both Ammosexual and Republican.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>1 Big Thing: Trump’s real impeachment worry <\/p>\n