{"id":38221,"date":"2019-11-17T11:13:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T19:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38221"},"modified":"2019-11-17T11:13:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T19:13:45","slug":"open-thread-11-17-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/17\/open-thread-11-17-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 11\/17\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a busy day day, here in the CatBox.&nbsp; WWWendy is coming an hour early, because she has a banquet to do for her bartending job.&nbsp; My keyboard is working only partially.&nbsp; I spilled a whole cup of coffee on it, right after I got home from my TriMet Lift stranding.&nbsp; I have to use an on screen keyboard for some keys.&nbsp; I&#8217;ll have the replacement later this week.&nbsp; Tomorrow I have my Oncologist appointment, so please expect no more than a Personal Update.&nbsp; This is my only article today.&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 4:12 (average 6:05).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-11-17-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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1117Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Republican can&#8217;t find sanity.&nbsp; It is unable to turn left.<\/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=cbXdOLttnF8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>&nbsp; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SaturdayNightLive\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SNL Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Days of Our Impeachment Cold Open<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/cbXdOLttnF8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Actually, this soap is far more accurate than the portrayal by the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UFyZfxAuzMw\" 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>House Releases Transcripts Of Testimony From Timothy Morrison And Jennifer Williams<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/UFyZfxAuzMw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Pence&#8217;s senior Russia advisor would not have been in on the call, had Pence not been in on the bribery and extortion.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DPqlOucsrpo&amp;list=PLvCvQKDJNRNY8rTuYvAEnereF4AGQf9hs&amp;index=118&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>Santana &#8211; Black Magic Woman \/ Gypsy Queen (HD\/HQ)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/DPqlOucsrpo\" 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 busy day day, here in the CatBox.&nbsp; WWWendy is coming an hour early, because she has a banquet to do for her bartending job.&nbsp; My keyboard is working only partially.&nbsp; I spilled a whole cup of coffee on it, right after I got home from my TriMet Lift stranding.&nbsp; I have to use <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/17\/open-thread-11-17-2019\/' 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-38221","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\/38221","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=38221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}