{"id":37882,"date":"2019-10-09T09:51:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T16:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37882"},"modified":"2019-10-09T09:51:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T16:51:14","slug":"open-thread-10-9-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/09\/open-thread-10-9-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/9\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a strange, chilly, muggy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; The temperature is 38\u00b0 with 98% humidity.&nbsp; We have a freeze warning coming tonight.&nbsp; This is October, not January!&nbsp; I seem to have the Republicosis under control so far.&nbsp; We&#8217;ll see as the day progresses.&nbsp; WWWendy won&#8217;t be coming until tomorrow.&nbsp; Hump Day 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 3:21 (average 5:04):&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-10-09-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\/2016\/10\/1009Cartoon.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=SRvPd1O_5k8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Fox News blames &#8220;Deep State&#8221; for the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump<\/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\/SRvPd1O_5k8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise, likes nothing more than whipping deplorable Republican Sheeple into a hate-filled rage! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_MD3naPIS-I\" 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\">The Fate Of LGBTQ Equality In The Workplace<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_MD3naPIS-I\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I can only hope that the five Injustices at SCROTUS (Republican anti-Constitutional VD) do not steal the rights of our LGBTQ citizens. I&#8217;m not holding my breath. I fear we&#8217;ll have to join their fight to get those rights back! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/10\/09\/768490136\/turkish-forces-launch-military-operation-against-kurds-at-syrian-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a>: <\/font>Turkish forces began crossing the Syrian border on Wednesday, launching an operation in Kurdish-dominated areas of the country&#8217;s north, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish offensive jeopardizes Kurdish-led forces who have been a key U.S. ally in the bloody fight against ISIS. Turkey says those same forces are linked to militant groups who stage attacks in a separatist movement against the Turkish government\u2026  <\/p>\n<p>\u2026The Turkish military is working with the Syrian National Army, Erdogan said, adding that they area [<em>sic<\/em>] targeting Kurdish fighters as well as ISIS extremists.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Thanks to the Fuhrer of the Republican Reich, our loyal allies are under the bus, and the bloodbath has begun. <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 strange, chilly, muggy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; The temperature is 38\u00b0 with 98% humidity.&nbsp; We have a freeze warning coming tonight.&nbsp; This is October, not January!&nbsp; I seem to have the Republicosis under control so far.&nbsp; We&#8217;ll see as the day progresses.&nbsp; WWWendy won&#8217;t be coming until tomorrow.&nbsp; Hump Day Hugs to <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/09\/open-thread-10-9-2019\/' 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":[45,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monthly-report","category-personal","category-politics","category-45-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\/37882","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=37882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}