{"id":38967,"date":"2020-02-14T08:51:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T16:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38967"},"modified":"2020-02-14T08:51:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T16:51:03","slug":"open-thread-2-14-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/14\/open-thread-2-14-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;2\/14\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Last night I had an emergency attack of midnight Republicosis.&nbsp; It was so severe that I didn\u2019t make it to the throne.&nbsp; Cleaning the mess took over two hours.&nbsp; Needless to say, I\u2019m very 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 3:02 (average 4:55).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-02-14-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\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; background-image: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/0214Cartoon.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/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=SqUQ92UTSRw\" 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\">Warren On Bloomberg &amp; The Practice Of Banks \u2018Redlining\u2019 Minority Communities<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/SqUQ92UTSRw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Bloomberg is blaming the victims of Bankster financing scams against minorities and investors. The Banksters were the criminals. &#8220;Redlining&#8221; is the practice of drawing red lines around minority (usually black) neighborhoods and denying all applications for real estate loans there. Bloomberg expressed strong support for this racist practice. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/bill-barr-rushed-to-walter-reed-medical-center-after-remote-control-implant-in-brain-fails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Borowitz Report<\/a>: <font color=\"#000000\">Attorney General William Barr was rushed to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Thursday afternoon after the remote-control implant in his brain briefly failed, the White House has confirmed.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>White House aides first noticed signs of the implant\u2019s malfunction during an interview Barr gave to ABC News, after which the Attorney General was immediately strapped to a gurney and transported to Walter Reed.<\/p>\n<p>A team of surgeons was able to identify the problem with Barr\u2019s implant after an examination revealed a \u201clow-power issue,\u201d a Walter Reed spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>After the surgeons replaced the tiny battery in Barr\u2019s implant, the Attorney General appeared to be recovering well and was able to speak to reporters at his bedside.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang Andy, he better get that battery checked regularly! Otherwise, he might puke, when he&#8217;s supposed to Barrf!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Also from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AkbfYZzU4JU\" 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\">A Quid Pro Quo In Plain Sight?<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/AkbfYZzU4JU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Did Hakeem Jeffries call it right, or what? I fully agree with the suggestion that, when Trump* and Cuomo meet, Cuomo should wear a wire. How else can he defend against Republican Altered Transcript Syndrome. As for Trump*? Impeach the son of a bitch!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDUjeR01wnU&amp;list=PLs5nLtKbGBVOZBCzgXxcN9fyCz6sQ1fab&amp;index=51&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <font color=\"#000000\">Lesley Gore &#8211; You Don&#8217;t Own Me (HD)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JDUjeR01wnU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/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<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I had an emergency attack of midnight Republicosis.&nbsp; It was so severe that I didn\u2019t make it to the throne.&nbsp; Cleaning the mess took over two hours.&nbsp; Needless to say, I\u2019m very tired.&nbsp; TGIF!! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 3:02 (average 4:55).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? Cartoon: <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/14\/open-thread-2-14-2020\/' 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":[3708,3704,3794,3712,3753,3711,3709,3896,3718,3897,3748,3705,3706,3714],"class_list":["post-38967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-borowitz","tag-cartoon","tag-dinos","tag-donald-trump","tag-elizabeth-warren","tag-gop-crimes","tag-humor","tag-mike-bloomberg","tag-music","tag-quid-pro-quo","tag-racism","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\/38967","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=38967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}