{"id":38570,"date":"2019-12-30T08:44:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38570"},"modified":"2019-12-30T08:44:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:44:24","slug":"open-thread-12-30-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/30\/open-thread-12-30-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 12\/30\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a busy day here in the CatBox, and the year is almost over.&nbsp; How much I have for the rest of the week will depend on two factors: my health and the availability of good material.&nbsp; Oh God it&#8217;s Monday!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:28 (average 6:39).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-12-30-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\/1230Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Religious Ecstasy<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1229Broncos16-Raiders15\" 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=\"1229Broncos16-Raiders15\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1229Broncos16-Raiders15.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"80\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What a wild finish, with ballsy moves by both teams.&nbsp; It&#8217;s a pity that someone had to lose.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here&#8217;s the final report of the season from <a href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our own fantasy football league<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"17Playoffs\" 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=\"17Playoffs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/17Playoffs.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"1200\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Congrats to Vivian, WWWendy, and Patty Monster for winning their games.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to Vivian, me, and WWWendy for taking the first, second, and third place trophies.&nbsp; I&#8217;ll be in touch with our players in late spring\/early summer with reminders for what we need to do for next season.&nbsp; In the meantime, we desperately need one or three more players for next season.&nbsp; Colleen?&nbsp; Pat?&nbsp; Anyone?&nbsp; Please?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Thank you all for a great season.&nbsp; We had a blast!<\/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=FR3BSEEVGgQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwlHzGKZA-e2GeLMjIE51uw\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/font>24 MONTHS OF TRUMP&#8217;S MESS (2017-18) &#8211; a New Year Parody<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/FR3BSEEVGgQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Thanks Don. Frankly, I thing that border wall is a great idea. Build it around Trump*, Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch, pseudo-Christian Pence, Faux Noise, and more!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rPiTZuie3MY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/NBCNews\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Australians Flee Devastating Wildfires As Thousands Of Koalas Feared Dead<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/rPiTZuie3MY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Tears and prayers for our Aussie friends.&nbsp; This is the cost of ignoring climate change!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZL81tPHp82g&amp;list=PLtMJF5iI4w_TKbCRJqhiglrgxN0se58iO&amp;index=5&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Abraham. Martin, John &amp; Bobby<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ZL81tPHp82g\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This one still brings profound sadness. Ah\u2026 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, and the year is almost over.&nbsp; How much I have for the rest of the week will depend on two factors: my health and the availability of good material.&nbsp; Oh God it&#8217;s Monday! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 4:28 (average 6:39).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/30\/open-thread-12-30-2019\/' 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":[3814,3704,3723,3709,3718,3731,3705,3706,3714],"class_list":["post-38570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-australia","tag-cartoon","tag-climate-change","tag-humor","tag-music","tag-parody","tag-resist","tag-satire","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\/38570","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=38570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}