{"id":38761,"date":"2020-01-24T08:47:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T16:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38761"},"modified":"2020-01-24T08:47:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T16:47:39","slug":"open-thread-1-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/24\/open-thread-1-24-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;1\/24\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s a tired day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I didn\u2019t sleep well last night, but I kept my food down all day yesterday and this morning.&nbsp; I\u2019m going to do my best to force a week free of Medical Mayhem, before I let them perform more in their endless barrage of tests.&nbsp; Pardon my frustration, please.&nbsp; I\u2019m just sick of sick.&nbsp; TGIF!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:52 (average 5:09).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-01-24-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\/0124Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2020\/01\/george-conways-lincoln-project-target\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <font color=\"#000000\">George Conway and his new group called <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/lincolnproject.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Lincoln Project<\/a>&nbsp;<font color=\"#000000\">created a second negative political ad targeting the vulnerable Senator from Maine, Susan Collins.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>In the ad, they highlight the supposed &#8220;independent&#8221; credentials negated by her actions. They demand that Collins do her job during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/election-2020\/george-conways-band-of-gop-malcontents-targets-susan-collins-in-scathing-ad-youre-a-senator-act-like-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Senate impeachment trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"\/\/embed.crooksandliars.com\/embed\/cy70gxtD\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Amen!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vReV3MvrkEU\" 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 color=\"#0000ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">Adam Schiff Ends Day With Powerful Argument For Trump&#8217;s Removal<\/font>&nbsp;<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vReV3MvrkEU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I think Schiff was speaking more to the American people more than to the Senators, whose ears and minds are closed. The real trial is the one in November. The onus falls on voters to send criminal Resident Trump* and the entire Republican Reich the way of the Whig Party!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B9Kc_-1ewg0&amp;list=PLbnusB-ofiRse9_BxK8lSwC-oPLu22Xhx&amp;index=10&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a change of pace): <font color=\"#000000\">Patsy Cline &#8211; Sweet Dreams<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/B9Kc_-1ewg0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m so old that even this brings memories!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font color=\"#0000ff\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Vote Blue!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a tired day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I didn\u2019t sleep well last night, but I kept my food down all day yesterday and this morning.&nbsp; I\u2019m going to do my best to force a week free of Medical Mayhem, before I let them perform more in their endless barrage of tests.&nbsp; Pardon my frustration, <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/24\/open-thread-1-24-2020\/' 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":[3704,3712,3711,3846,3721,3722,3718,3705,3706,3714],"class_list":["post-38761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-donald-trump","tag-gop-crimes","tag-gop-hypocrites","tag-gop-lies","tag-impeachment","tag-music","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\/38761","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=38761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}