{"id":38677,"date":"2020-01-12T07:09:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T15:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38677"},"modified":"2020-01-12T07:09:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T15:09:41","slug":"open-thread-1-12-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/12\/open-thread-1-12-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/12\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a queasy\/busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I managed to keep the last three very small meals down, but not without discomfort.&nbsp; It&#8217;s also another High Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&nbsp; WWWendy and I shall be meditating between chores.&nbsp; Good luck to both Pat and Nameless.&nbsp; Please don&#8217;t fight, you two.&nbsp; Have a great Sunday.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:49 (average 5:38).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-01-12-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\/2018\/01\/0112Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Back in those days, even the Democrats were Republican misogynists!<\/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=sMIiPNVPadc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1Z1i5ClfrJhyu9z1hlmDkQ\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Kos Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Rep. Steve King blames Democrats and George Soros for his racism on the floor of the House<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/sMIiPNVPadc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">There&#8217;s one and only one reason people accuse Steve King [R-KKK] of racism on the floor of the House. The son of a bitch (apologies to <em>dawgs<\/em>) is a damn Republican racist!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y4tPfYDSEH8\" 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><font color=\"#000000\">Elizabeth Warren: No One Should Go Bankrupt Over Medical Problems<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Y4tPfYDSEH8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Nobody has to tell me how medical mayhem can drive a formerly prosperous person to economic distraction. Liz could not be more spot-on!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/01\/12\/australia\/australia-bushfires-scott-morrison-prime-minister-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>: <\/font>Australia&#8217;s beleaguered prime minister, Scott Morrison, has admitted there were things he &#8220;could have handled much better&#8221; in the bushfire crisis and will propose a royal commission into the disaster.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister has been heavily criticized for his tone-deaf interactions with fire-ravaged communities and inaction over climate change.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From what I have surmised, based on comments from Aussies, the biggest mistake was made by Morrison&#8217;s father. He should have worn a condom.&nbsp; Kudos to the firefighters from Oregon and all over the world helping to fight the fires there.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=21ixwIaN7qw&amp;list=RDR3ChToIvLRM&amp;index=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>Paul Revere &amp; The Raiders &#8211; Indian Reservation HQ Sound  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/21ixwIaN7qw\" 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! <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 queasy\/busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I managed to keep the last three very small meals down, but not without discomfort.&nbsp; It&#8217;s also another High Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&nbsp; WWWendy and I shall be meditating between chores.&nbsp; Good luck to both Pat and Nameless.&nbsp; Please don&#8217;t fight, you <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/12\/open-thread-1-12-2020\/' 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":[3814,3704,3723,3753,3734,3721,3737,3718,3748,3705,3706,3714,3754],"class_list":["post-38677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-australia","tag-cartoon","tag-climate-change","tag-elizabeth-warren","tag-gop-hate","tag-gop-lies","tag-healthcare","tag-music","tag-racism","tag-resist","tag-satire","tag-video","tag-white-supremacy","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\/38677","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=38677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}