{"id":39094,"date":"2020-02-29T10:31:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T18:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39094"},"modified":"2020-02-29T10:31:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T18:31:23","slug":"open-thread-2-29-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/29\/open-thread-2-29-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/29\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s become a busy day here in the CatBox, as two days missed has me way behind in research.  I was also sick most of the night, and today, and I have thrown up four times since breakfast.  I really think it\u2019s pills blocking the passage.  Then food and saliva collect and fill the esophagus.  ARGH!  Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, and normally I would publish only a Personal Update, but I\u2019ll try to add a piece on the SC primary.  Have a great weekend.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:57 (average 4:51).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"0229Cartoon\"<\/font><\/p>\n

That is the machine I was in yesterday.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Alternet<\/a>: According to a report from the Star-Telegram, a senior member of the rightwing paramilitary group Oath Keepers who moved to Texas in 2015 is actively recruiting local law enforcement employees while telling them a \u201c<\/font>bloody civil wa<\/a><\/font>r\u201d against the U.S. government is on the horizon.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

The report states that John D. Shirley, the national director of the Las Vegas-based Oath Keepers finagled himself a job as a county constable in Hood County which provided him with access to other police officers and now he is using his position to recruit.<\/p>\n

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center<\/a>, the Oath Keepers organization is \u201cone of the largest radical antigovernment groups in the U.S. today\u201d with, reportedly, thousands of members made up of former law enforcement officials and military veterans.<\/p>\n

The Oath Keepers are Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian terrorists.  Because of the group’s treasonous activities, membership in Oath Keepers ought to be a court martial offence for military personnel and cause for termination for other government employees, especially those in law enforcement. RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: President Trump announced on Friday that he intended to nominate Representative John Ratcliffe, Republican of Texas, as his director of national intelligence, choosing someone he considered last summer before senior Republicans in Congress deemed him unqualified for the job.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

When even Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch’s prime lackeys consider this bozo unqualified,it shows that he’s only sycophant that criminal Fuhrer Trump* can find to be his  Barrf in the DNI position.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): Moody Blues – Tuesday Afternoon (1970)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n