{"id":38107,"date":"2019-11-03T07:11:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T15:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38107"},"modified":"2019-11-03T07:11:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T15:11:21","slug":"open-thread-11-3-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/03\/open-thread-11-3-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 11\/3\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; WWWendy is coming an hour early today.&nbsp; Tomorrow is the follow-up Cat Scan for my Oncologist, so please expect only a Personal Update.&nbsp; Ellipsoid Orb 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 5:31 (average 8:37).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-11-03-CE2504A965A9\">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\/2017\/11\/1103Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is several years old.&nbsp; I should remake it and include Nazi and Russians.<\/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-gets-note-from-podiatrist-exempting-him-from-impeachment\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In a move that raised eyebrows in the nation\u2019s capital, Donald Trump on Saturday secured a note from a podiatrist exempting him from impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>The note, written by Trump\u2019s personal podiatrist, Dr. Harland Dorrinson, said that the strain of undergoing impeachment could \u201ccatastrophically inflame\u201d a foot malady that has bedevilled Trump since the nineteen-sixties.  <\/p>\n<p>While the doctor\u2019s note drew howls of protests from congressional Democrats, the Attorney General, William Barr, supported excusing Trump from impeachment on humanitarian grounds.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the seriousness of the President\u2019s ailment, impeachment is cruel and unusual punishment and therefore unconstitutional,\u201d Barr said, adding that the Department of Justice would investigate Representative Adam Schiff and the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, for \u201ccrimes against feet.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang Andy! Trump needs real agony of defeat, not fake agony of de feet!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CPDr9wGNEfg\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SaturdayNightLive\/videos\">SNL Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Elizabeth Warren Town Hall Cold Open<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/CPDr9wGNEfg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kate is funny as hell, and she does make good points, but the real Liz is way less evasive than that.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fjwWjx7Cw8I&amp;list=PLmMqBy_C2y30RB0DPbxpkwN4ICty59Tf9&amp;index=9&amp;t=0s\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>The Jimi Hendrix Experience &#8211; Purple Haze (Music Video)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/fjwWjx7Cw8I\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Purple Haze was a powerful flavor of LSD that was associated with the song. 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 busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; WWWendy is coming an hour early today.&nbsp; Tomorrow is the follow-up Cat Scan for my Oncologist, so please expect only a Personal Update.&nbsp; Ellipsoid Orb Hugs to all. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 5:31 (average 8:37).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? 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