{"id":38913,"date":"2020-02-07T10:43:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T18:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38913"},"modified":"2020-02-07T10:43:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T18:43:53","slug":"open-thread-2-7-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/07\/open-thread-2-7-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;2\/7\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s a lazy day here at the CatBox.&nbsp; On the plus side, I kept my food down yesterday and my breakfast, today.&nbsp; On the minus side, although my phantom nerve pain is gradually diminishing, it has cost me enough sleep over two nights that I\u2019m dead tired.&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 2:57 (average 4:53).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-02-07-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you fo?<\/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\/02\/0207Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/2020\/02\/this-is-how-dumb-fox-news-thinks-their-viewers-are-sean-hannity-ripped-for-claiming-democrats-support-abortion-after-birth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alternet<\/a>: Fox News host Sean Hannity boldly defended President Donald Trump\u2019s State of the Union address Tuesday night, by accusing Democrats of supporting \u201cabortion after birth.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p>There is no such thing as \u201cabortion after birth,\u201d as many on social media pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the party that wants to nationalize everything,\u201d Hannity told his Fox News viewers. \u201cEven supporting infanticide, and abortion after birth, as the Virginia governor told us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, there is no such thing.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Abortion after birth, were that possible, might not be all that bad in two instances. Hannity is one. The other wears an asterisk. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0PAKJNQmV5o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <font color=\"#000000\">Iowa Caucus Glitch, Biden\u2019s Drop, and Trump&#8217;s Acquittal<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0PAKJNQmV5o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right in everything he said. The Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, aka the Fifth Reich, is so evil that Hitler, Fuhrer of the Third Reich, stopped playing chess with Scalia long enough to express his envy of Fuhrer Trump*. I do like Lawrence\u2019s idea of reorganizing the states to equalize the Senate and Electoral College.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_PLq0_7k1jk&amp;list=PLs5nLtKbGBVOZBCzgXxcN9fyCz6sQ1fab&amp;index=34&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <font color=\"#000000\">Roy Orbison &#8211; Oh, Pretty Woman (from Black &amp; White Night)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_PLq0_7k1jk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ah\u2026 the memories! <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 lazy day here at the CatBox.&nbsp; On the plus side, I kept my food down yesterday and my breakfast, today.&nbsp; On the minus side, although my phantom nerve pain is gradually diminishing, it has cost me enough sleep over two nights that I\u2019m dead tired.&nbsp; TGIF! 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