{"id":38401,"date":"2019-12-10T10:01:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T18:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38401"},"modified":"2019-12-10T10:01:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T18:01:19","slug":"open-thread-12-10-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/10\/open-thread-12-10-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 12\/10\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I had to complete and send my week&#8217;s grocery order to Store to Door.&nbsp; I had to schedule my ride to the Hospital next Tuesday with TriMet Lift.&nbsp; I prepared the Fantasy Football Alert.&nbsp; I made a BIG pot of chili to use against that Sdang sasquatch as revenge.&nbsp; I&#8217;m kind of pooped!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:54 (average 5:51).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-12-10-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\"><\/font>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1210Cartoon.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here&#8217;s the latest from our own <a href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fantasy football league<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"14Scores\" 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=\"14Scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/14Scores.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Congrats to the Sasquatch, Patty Monster and WWWendy for winning their games.&nbsp; Kudos to Squatch for the week&#8217;s high score.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"14Standings\" 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=\"14Standings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/14Standings.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to WWWendy, our regular season Champion, to Vivian, our regular season scoring champion, and to Squatch for finishing two places ahead of me. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-cryingface\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none\" alt=\"Crying face\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/wlEmoticon-cryingface.png\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Playoffs Bracket:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"14Playoffs\" 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=\"14Playoffs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/14Playoffs.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"1200\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">WWWendy and Vivian have a bye week this weekend.&nbsp; See the left column for the other pairings.&nbsp; Good luck to all!<\/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=nVPP_BCfDFM\" 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>Trump Campaign Was Not Spied On: DOJ IG; Barr Reverts To Deceit<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Barrf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nVPP_BCfDFM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Barrf has his head so far up his beloved Fuhrer&#8217;s ass that he can have meetings with Pence up there.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/world\/2019\/12\/9\/20993571\/uk-elections-2019-brexit-johnson-corbyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vox<\/a>: <\/font>The United Kingdom will vote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/10\/29\/20938163\/brexit-news-elections-december-12-johnson-corbyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on December 12<\/a>, and the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/10\/22\/20926907\/brexit-news-program-motion-parliament-fail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unfinalized divorce<\/a> with the European Union looms over it all.<\/p>\n<p>These are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/world\/2019\/4\/10\/18283027\/brexit-news-uk-eu-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brexit<\/a> elections. Even if many <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/brexit-britain-gears-12th-december-134452493.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wish<\/a> they weren\u2019t.  <\/p>\n<p>Whoever wins the election will ultimately determine whether the United Kingdom leaves the European Union early next year \u2014 and, if it does, they\u2019ll likely be determining what that future relationship might look like.  <\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party have vowed that if they reclaim their majority in Parliament, they will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1202325199162462208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cget Brexit done\u201d<\/a> by quickly passing the prime minister\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS769US769&amp;ei=m0PpXdexEaG7ggesuY24Dw&amp;q=johnson+brexit+deal+vox&amp;oq=johnson+brexit+deal+vox&amp;gs_l=psy-ab.3...3397.3714..3811...0.0..0.257.1130.3j1j3......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i67j0j0i7i30.gGcmnoevH-I&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiX6-CeiZ_mAhWhneAKHaxcA_cQ4dUDCAs&amp;uact=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brexit deal<\/a> and moving to negotiate a free-trade agreement <a href=\"https:\/\/fullfact.org\/election-2019\/conservative-manifesto-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with the EU by the end of 2020.<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Labour, the opposition party led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/world\/2019\/12\/3\/18661683\/uk-elections-2019-brexit-jeremy-corbyn-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Corbyn<\/a>, is instead proposing to renegotiate the Brexit deal, and then put it back to the British people for a final vote on whether they want to leave the EU on those terms \u2014 or just remain in the EU after all&#8230;  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From what I understand Corbyn and Labour have almost as good a chance as there is for Trump to last a day without lying. Nevertheless, I hope they win, so the UK no longer challenges the US world record for electoral idiocy. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RTZoJ01FpD8&amp;list=PLCGcelpRfnj6NvkwlP1SD15Dlu6N-MvIj&amp;index=40&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>Thunderclap Newman &#8211; Something In The Air  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/RTZoJ01FpD8\" 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 color=\"#0000ff\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold\">Vote Blue!!<\/font><\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I had to complete and send my week&#8217;s grocery order to Store to Door.&nbsp; I had to schedule my ride to the Hospital next Tuesday with TriMet Lift.&nbsp; I prepared the Fantasy Football Alert.&nbsp; I made a BIG pot of chili to use against that Sdang sasquatch <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/10\/open-thread-12-10-2019\/' 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":[3742,3704,3779,3778,3781,3782,3718,3716,3705,3706,3738,3714],"class_list":["post-38401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-barrf","tag-cartoon","tag-conspiracy-theories","tag-doj","tag-elections","tag-eu","tag-music","tag-rachel-maddow","tag-resist","tag-satire","tag-uk","tag-video","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\/38401","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=38401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}