{"id":38895,"date":"2020-02-06T08:57:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38895"},"modified":"2020-02-06T08:57:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:57:54","slug":"open-thread-2-6-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/06\/open-thread-2-6-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/6\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a busy day here in the CatBox.  Store to Door is delivering groceries some time this afternoon.  I hoped to get an early nap.,  My stomach acted up all day yesterday, and Stumpy has been underdoing a rare bout of phantom nerve pain for over 24 hours.  It feels like someone is stabbing my left ankle with a knife, but I don\u2019t have a left ankle.  I hoped to get an early nap, but that appears unlikely.  ARGH!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 5:03 (average 6:51).  To to it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: In the aftermath of Pete Buttigieg\u2019s strong showing in the Iowa caucuses, Donald J. Trump accused the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor of engaging in \u201csuspicious travel\u201d to Afghanistan.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are saying that he went to Afghanistan for seven months in 2014,\u201d Trump told the hosts of \u201cFox & Friends\u201d in a phone call. \u201cSeven months is a long time to be running around in a Muslim country full of terrorists, don\u2019t you think?\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that Buttigieg reportedly had a gun with him while he was in Afghanistan, a fact that Trump said \u201csounds fishy to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s see, you fly all the way to a Muslim country full of all of these terrorists who need guns, and you\u2019re bringing a gun into a country like that?\u201d Trump said. \u201cWho was he planning to give that gun to?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if he was part of some caliphate or just helping them out, but we ought to find out,\u201d he said. \u201cI have a call in to the President of Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dang Andy! Do you think he was part of an evil conspiracy with gay Muslim terrorists? Far more likely, Trump* will get a second asterisk on his name from his coming “perfect” call to President Ashraf Ghani!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Trae Crowder Channel<\/a>): Liberal Redneck – Pelosi Disrespects Trump<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n