{"id":39018,"date":"2020-02-19T08:43:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39018"},"modified":"2020-02-19T08:43:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:43:45","slug":"open-thread-2-19-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/19\/open-thread-2-19-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/19\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s an exhausted day here at the CatBox, so this is my only article today.  Yesterday, they started my test an hour early.  The nurse inserted my IV in a very small vein, and the pain I felt when the anesthesiologist shot the Jungle Juice was extreme and intense for the minute or two it took to knock me out.  I was done and ready to go home at 12:30.  WWWendy\u2019s school had told her she could leave an hour early at 2:30.  But both of her co-workers called in sick, so they let her go an hour late at 4:30,  and she hit rush hour traffic.  She did not get to the hospital until after 5:30, and it was after 6:30, before she got me home.  None of this was her fault, and I am blessed to have her.  I have a very sore throat and raging heartburn.  I have a tumor growing where the esophagus meets the stomach, partially blocking the passage.  Food gets hung up there, and when it can\u2019t go down, it comes up.  The doctor said it looks malignant, but we won\u2019t know for sure until the lab results from the biopsies come back.  The pictures he took are sitting on WWWendy\u2019s dashboard.  I\u2019ll scan and post them for you tomorrow, as tonight is a WWWendy night.  Those are not the results I wanted to get.  ARGH!  I just can\u2019t catch a break these days.  Happy Hump Day to all!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:07 (average 6:13).  To do 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 Borowitz Report<\/a>: In an apparently successful attempt to get under the skin of Donald Trump, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has purchased Greenland from Denmark.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

In an official statement released on Tuesday, the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, would not disclose the price that Bloomberg paid for Greenland but indicated that it was an \u201call-cash offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Bloomberg has a lot of money,\u201d Frederiksen added.<\/p>\n

News of Bloomberg\u2019s purchase of Greenland reportedly infuriated Trump, who immediately ordered his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to make an offer to buy the Faroe Islands from Denmark.<\/p>\n

Andy, is it true that Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten* was so pissed that he went to Nambia for a Hamburder?  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (MSNBC Channel<\/a>): Lawrence & Rachel Question Reports That Barr May Leave DOJ Over Trump Tweets<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n