{"id":38103,"date":"2019-11-02T10:26:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T17:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38103"},"modified":"2019-11-02T10:26:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T17:26:32","slug":"open-thread-11-2-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/02\/open-thread-11-2-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 11\/2\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a crazy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Megan (my PCP) called last night.&nbsp; She changed her mind and does not want me to go to the ER.&nbsp; She decided that the time passed without change shows that I&#8217;m not having heart attacks, so she wants me in her office next week for GI tests instead.&nbsp; The Cat Scan I have scheduled Monday would show any problems, due to the contrast.&nbsp; Tomorrow is a Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&nbsp; My Broncos are meditating with the Browns.&nbsp; With Flacco out 4-6 weeks, none of their three remaining QBs have ever started a game.&nbsp;&nbsp; It won&#8217;t be televised here.&nbsp; May the Orb bless your team, as it sure won&#8217;t bless mine.&nbsp; Please expect no more than Personal Updates from me tomorrow (WWWendy Day), Monday (Cat Scan), or Wednesday (GI appt. with PCP).&nbsp; In short, I&#8217;ll be scarce.&nbsp; Hectic 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 5:11).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-11-02-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a><\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">.&nbsp; How did you do?<\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong><\/strong><\/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\/2017\/11\/1102Cartoon.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=_f2gyUs7qik\" 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>Republicans Dodge Questions About Substance Of Trump&#8217;s Ukraine Misconduct<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_f2gyUs7qik\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;d be willing to bet that the Republican Reich will continue to duck substance. That a no win scenario for them.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VYsC93Od2Gs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrj-0FxK19tgUR2EbHkBBGg\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elizabeth Warren Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Elizabeth Warren&#8217;s Plan to Pay for Medicare For All<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/VYsC93Od2Gs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;d need to see more detail, but it does look good. Nevertheless, I think Congress will pass something more incremental like Medicare for all who want it, and Liz will sign it.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8f1z-nHvt3c&amp;list=PLmMqBy_C2y30RB0DPbxpkwN4ICty59Tf9&amp;index=6&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>The Doors &#8211; Hello, I Love You<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8f1z-nHvt3c\" 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!&nbsp; <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 crazy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Megan (my PCP) called last night.&nbsp; She changed her mind and does not want me to go to the ER.&nbsp; She decided that the time passed without change shows that I&#8217;m not having heart attacks, so she wants me in her office next week for GI tests <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/02\/open-thread-11-2-2019\/' 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-38103","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\/38103","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=38103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}