{"id":38880,"date":"2020-02-04T10:20:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T18:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38880"},"modified":"2020-02-04T10:20:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T18:20:31","slug":"open-thread-2-4-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/04\/open-thread-2-4-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;2\/4\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday\u2019s trip to the hospital was gruesome.&nbsp; TriMet Lift got me there an hour early, so I had to wait there for an hour.&nbsp; The tests, as I had told the doctors all along, was fine.&nbsp; Unlike my fart, my heart is completely healthy.&nbsp; They got done with me two hours early, so I called TriMet to see if I could get an earlier ride.&nbsp; No.&nbsp; In fact, they screwed up and did not pick me up for my 3:34 \u2013 4:04 PM window until 6:10.&nbsp; That Lift Bus was crowded, so I did not get home until 7:25 PM, 25 minutes after my winter bedtime.&nbsp; Needless to say, I\u2019m so pooped, I\u2019m bleary eyed.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:49 (average 5:54).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-02-04-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\/02\/0204Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m on O<sub>2<\/sub> too.&nbsp; I\u2019m not a Republican, so I\u2019m not a moron.<\/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=1_YWKXpNM88\" 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=\"#000000\"> In What Amounts To GOP \u2018Bluff-Calling,\u2019 Joe Manchin Proposes Senate Censure Trump<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1_YWKXpNM88\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I must be hallucinating from being over tired. I actually agree with DINO Joe! After the conviction vote fails, a foregone conclusion, I would support a censure vote, as a way to further embarrass Republicans, most of whom would goose-step with criminal Fuhrer Trump*.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lJAyR04Tbk0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMtFAi84ehTSYSE9XoHefig\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Late Show Channel<\/a>): <font color=\"#000000\">GOP Senators Give Lame Excuses For Voting Against Witnesses In Trump Impeachment Trial<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lJAyR04Tbk0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Lame excuses? Since when has the Fascist Republican Reich given any other kind?&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h81Ojd3d2rY&amp;list=PLs5nLtKbGBVOZBCzgXxcN9fyCz6sQ1fab&amp;index=24&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <font color=\"#000000\">The Mamas &amp; The Papas &#8211; Monday Monday<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/h81Ojd3d2rY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ah\u2026 the 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>Yesterday\u2019s trip to the hospital was gruesome.&nbsp; TriMet Lift got me there an hour early, so I had to wait there for an hour.&nbsp; The tests, as I had told the doctors all along, was fine.&nbsp; Unlike my fart, my heart is completely healthy.&nbsp; They got done with me two hours early, so I called <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/04\/open-thread-2-4-2019-2\/' 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":[35,141,5],"tags":[3704,3794,3712,3846,3721,3709,3722,3718,3705,3706,3799,3714],"class_list":["post-38880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-plus","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-dinos","tag-donald-trump","tag-gop-hypocrites","tag-gop-lies","tag-humor","tag-impeachment","tag-music","tag-resist","tag-satire","tag-stephen-colbert","tag-video","category-35-id","category-141-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\/38880","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=38880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}