{"id":38356,"date":"2019-12-06T09:25:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T17:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38356"},"modified":"2019-12-06T09:25:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T17:25:47","slug":"open-thread-12-6-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/06\/open-thread-12-6-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 12\/6\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a quiet, lazy day here at the CatBox.&nbsp; All yesterday&#8217;s groceries are stashed, and except for PP and investing in ZZZZZs, my only appointment today is a visit from Providence Home Medical Equipment to pick up their O<sub>2<\/sub> concentrator between 10 AM and 1 PM.&nbsp; TGIF!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:11 (average 4:48).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-12-06-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\/2014\/12\/1206Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2019\/12\/dont-mess-me-pelosi-slams-reporter-asking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>Don&#8217;t make light of Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s constitutional duties.<\/p>\n<p>A reporter, Sinclair&#8217;s James Rosen, decided to shout a question to the House Speaker as she ended her Thursday press conference and announcement that the House will draw up articles of impeachment against Donald Trump.  <\/p>\n<p>He asked Nancy Pelosi if she hates the president.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" src=\"\/\/embed.crooksandliars.com\/embed\/ct4OZGg7\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Colleen alluded to this yesterday. Was it a thing of beauty, or what? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F7DPbqjuKFA\" 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><font color=\"#000000\">Pete Buttigieg And The Republican Lie<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/F7DPbqjuKFA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I suspect Pete is lying to help him against more progressive candidates. That takes him down a notch in my estimation. The proof of the matter is in the following chart. He needs to be prepared to support the winner if the Democratic nomination no matter who it is, as do we all.<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1206defecit\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1206defecit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1206defecit.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"404\"><\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BTCfQ6Bb8QE&amp;list=PLCGcelpRfnj6NvkwlP1SD15Dlu6N-MvIj&amp;index=24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Lyrics~Stand By Me-Ben E. King<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BTCfQ6Bb8QE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/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 quiet, lazy day here at the CatBox.&nbsp; All yesterday&#8217;s groceries are stashed, and except for PP and investing in ZZZZZs, my only appointment today is a visit from Providence Home Medical Equipment to pick up their O2 concentrator between 10 AM and 1 PM.&nbsp; TGIF! 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