{"id":38024,"date":"2019-10-23T10:01:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T17:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38024"},"modified":"2019-10-23T10:28:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T17:28:28","slug":"open-thread-10-23-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/23\/open-thread-10-23-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/23\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It&#8217;s another busy day here in the CatBox.\u00a0 I had CCC install two six foot wands that I bought for my vertical blinds today.\u00a0 Now I can change the orientation of the slats without having to stretch and strain, and now I can open them (slide them aside) by myself.\u00a0 WWWendy is coming this evening do de-stink the putrid TomCat and help with chores.\u00a0 Happy Hump Day Hugs for all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:45 (average 5:40).\u00a0 To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-10-23-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1023Cartoon.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Save the poor elephant!\u00a0 Make the Republican Party use a pile of poo as their mascot!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GHo1WxysdwY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Robert Reich: The NRA 6-Part Strategy to Stop Gun Laws<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/GHo1WxysdwY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the Right, the Republican Reich, are Ammosexuals. They goose-step in lock-step with the NRA. Their plan is to increase the profits for gun manufacturers, no matter how many children they help kill to do it! All six of Robert&#8217;s points are spot-on. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RcrLO9FtEc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lindsey Graham defends Trump&#8217;s &#8216;lynching&#8217; tweet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/RcrLO9FtEc8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Is there a nurse in the house? If so, would you please insert Saguaro suppositories into Putin&#8217;s Puppet and Lindsey Poo? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aQhKqlOccHE&amp;list=PLGBuKfnErZlBLNzS_JlDAeiH5aW26rvHc&amp;index=36&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Joan Baez &#8211; The Green Green Grass Of Home<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/aQhKqlOccHE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">In my youth, I used to change the word &#8220;touch&#8221;. Ah\u2026 the memories! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\">Vote Blue!!<\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another busy day here in the CatBox.\u00a0 I had CCC install two six foot wands that I bought for my vertical blinds today.\u00a0 Now I can change the orientation of the slats without having to stretch and strain, and now I can open them (slide them aside) by myself.\u00a0 WWWendy is coming this evening <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/23\/open-thread-10-23-2019\/' 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-38024","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\/38024","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=38024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}