{"id":38741,"date":"2020-01-22T09:56:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T17:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38741"},"modified":"2020-01-23T12:33:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T20:33:12","slug":"open-thread-1-22-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/22\/open-thread-1-22-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 1\/22\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a frustrating day, here in the CatBox.\u00a0 John, my thoracic surgeon called.\u00a0 After addressing my case with a panel of around 30 other thoracic specialists, they reached the conclusion that I probably have cancer after all.\u00a0 To be sure, they will schedule me for a PET scan and a brain MRI.\u00a0 Depending on those results, I\u2019ll most likely have to undergo radiation and\/or chemo.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a happy camper right now, but happy Hump Day to you.\u00a0 At least it\u2019s a WWWendy day, so I get de-stunk!<\/span><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:04 (average 4:16).\u00a0 To do it, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: On the first day of the impeachment trial in the United States Senate, Senator Susan Collins, a Republican of Maine, spent hours trying to decide what she would have for lunch before ultimately ordering exactly what Senator Mitch McConnell was having.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Clutching the Senate takeout menu in her hands, Collins told reporters mid-morning that the decision of what to have for lunch was a matter of serious consideration and that she wanted to review all of the available options before selecting one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m deeply troubled and concerned about getting this order right,\u201d Collins said. \u201cThere are many valid choices on this menu and I don\u2019t want to give any of them short shrift.\u201d<\/p>\n

Around 11 a.m., rumors swirled that Collins was leaning toward ordering a quinoa salad, a choice that would have set her apart from the rest of her Republican colleagues in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n

By noon, however, Collins emerged from her office to tell reporters that she had ordered the exact same thing that the Senate Majority Leader had chosen\u2026<\/p>\n

Dang, Andy! Are you echoing real life, or what!\u00a0 RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (CNN Channel<\/a>): Key moments from the first day of the Senate impeachment trial<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n