{"id":38286,"date":"2019-11-26T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T18:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38286"},"modified":"2019-11-26T10:23:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T18:23:54","slug":"open-thread-11-26-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/26\/open-thread-11-26-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 11\/26\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a very busy day here in the CatBox.  Safeway.com should be here with my groceries within 90 minutes.  Speaking of the devil, they came a half hour ago,and I just got everything stowed.  That’s the first time in five years they weren’t late.  On the down side, they were out of lamb, WWWendy is coming to the rescue, so we have a main course for Thanksgiving dinner.  My HTML editor stores the blog format and tags, but the tags had become unmanageable.  There were over 2,000 tags, and every time I try to clean them up, I make less progress than the time before.  Therefor, I decided it was time to start over, so I deleted them all in a bulk operation.  Editors and Managers, please only add new tags that we are likely to use frequently.  I’m running way late, so I’m in a rush.  This is my only article today.  Hectic Hugs to all.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 4:10 (average 5:30).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Here’s the news from our own fantasy football league<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"12Scores\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Congrats to Vivian, Patty Monster and me for winning our games.  Kudos to Vivian for the high score for the week.<\/font><\/p>\n

Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"12Standings\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Congrats to Vivian for leading the league.<\/font><\/p>\n

Players be sure to get your lineup set.  There are three games on Thursday.<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In a startling break with Thanksgiving tradition, Donald J. Trump refused to pardon the White House turkey after claiming that it was working as a secret operative of the billionaire George Soros.<\/p>\n

A group of fourth graders from Bethesda, Maryland, who had gathered on the White House lawn for the annual turkey-pardoning ceremony appeared unprepared for the anti-Soros outburst that Trump unleashed on the Thanksgiving bird. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat turkey was sent by Soros to spy on me,\u201d Trump said, angrily turning on the fowl. \u201cA lot of people are saying this.\u201d <\/p>\n

While the oblivious turkey pecked desultorily at the ground, an increasingly enraged Trump spewed a stream of conspiracy theories linking the feathered animal to global \u00e9lites, election fraud in Florida, and Jim Acosta. <\/p>\n

Andy, couldn’t Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch be the turkey? Then we could all refuse to pardon him!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Ousted Navy Secretary Sounds Off After Trump Jumps Into SEAL Controversy <\/p>\n