{"id":38629,"date":"2020-01-07T08:23:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38629"},"modified":"2020-01-07T08:23:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:23:57","slug":"open-thread-1-7-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/07\/open-thread-1-7-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/7\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s still a queasy day here in the CatBox, but I managed to keep a small bowl of soup down last night and six Ritz crackers with peanut butter this morning, so for now, I&#8217;m back in the saddle.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:09 (average 4:56).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-01-07-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\/01\/0107Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Sadly, Monica has too much class to give Trump a BJ to get him convicted!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/ayatollah-mystified-that-he-is-the-only-dictator-trump-dislikes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is \u201ccompletely baffled\u201d as to why he appears to be the only dictator whom Donald J. Trump does not like, the autocrat said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters in Tehran, the long-reigning tyrant expressed puzzlement and dismay that Trump had not given him the adulation that he has showered on seemingly every other totalitarian in the world.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump loves Vladimir Putin and Mohammed bin Salman, and he\u2019s even given Kim Jong Un a cute nickname, but, for some mysterious reason, I leave him cold,\u201d the visibly saddened Ayatollah said. \u201cI just don\u2019t get it.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Khamenei initially tried not to take Trump\u2019s distaste for him personally, he said, \u201cbut when it became clear that he liked even second-tier strongmen like Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, of Turkey, and Rodrigo Duterte, of the Philippines, I\u2019d be lying if I said it didn\u2019t hurt.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I guess Andy is back to straight news. If I were Khamenei, my feelings would be hurt too.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G0-AAeSjObk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Huge crowds turn out for Iranian general&#8217;s furneral [<em>sic<\/em>]  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/G0-AAeSjObk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I bet that Resident Donald Trump*, aka Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten, has rat-holed this film away, planning to use it to claim these huge crowds turned-out for his inauguration!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oDN7nukZRnw&amp;list=RDR3ChToIvLRM&amp;index=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Tommy James and the Shondells &#8211; Crystal Blue Persuasion<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/oDN7nukZRnw\" 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 style=\"font-weight: bold\" color=\"#0000ff\">Vote Blue!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s still a queasy day here in the CatBox, but I managed to keep a small bowl of soup down last night and six Ritz crackers with peanut butter this morning, so for now, I&#8217;m back in the saddle. 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