{"id":38347,"date":"2019-12-05T09:22:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T17:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38347"},"modified":"2019-12-05T09:22:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T17:22:35","slug":"open-thread-12-5-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/05\/open-thread-12-5-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 12\/5\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I got to bed late last night.&nbsp; My new O<sub>2<\/sub> compressor arrived, and while installing it, WWWendy and I rearranged the entire wall it was on to make it more accessible than the old one, and to put the microwave closer to the sink and range.&nbsp; Store to Door is delivering groceries today, and I&#8217;d like to finish on time to get a partial nap in before they arrive.&nbsp; I also have a mild case of Republicosis.&nbsp; Flush your Republicans!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:24 (average 4:49).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-12-05-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\/2017\/12\/1205Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republican polluters think that poor non-white neighborhoods should be contaminated.<\/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=t0O_TCPeM2M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RWWBlog\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RWW Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Johnny Enlow: God Is Using Trump as a &#8216;Hinge of the Ages&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/t0O_TCPeM2M\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><em><font color=\"#0000ff\">And I looked, and behold a pale motorcycle: and his name that sat on him was Trump, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.<\/font><\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians, the opposite of real authentic Christians, are seriously deranged!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Noz2-mhZEI\" 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>White Supremacy Threatens Our Democracy  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9Noz2-mhZEI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I could not agree more! Fear is the opposite of love. Hate is just a symptom of fear. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ye5BuYf8q4o&amp;list=PLCGcelpRfnj6NvkwlP1SD15Dlu6N-MvIj&amp;index=16&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past):<\/font><font color=\"#000000\"> Lynyrd Skynyrd &#8211; Sweet Home Alabama<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ye5BuYf8q4o\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ah&#8230; the memories! <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; I got to bed late last night.&nbsp; My new O2 compressor arrived, and while installing it, WWWendy and I rearranged the entire wall it was on to make it more accessible than the old one, and to put the microwave closer to the sink and range.&nbsp; Store <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/05\/open-thread-12-5-2019\/' 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":[35,3,5,47],"tags":[3704,3753,3755,3751,3718,3752,3705,3706,3714,3754],"class_list":["post-38347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-religion","tag-cartoon","tag-elizabeth-warren","tag-gop-fear","tag-gop-insanity","tag-music","tag-pseudo-christians","tag-resist","tag-satire","tag-video","tag-white-supremacy","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","category-47-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38347","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=38347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}