{"id":39119,"date":"2020-03-04T10:29:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T18:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39119"},"modified":"2020-03-04T10:29:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T18:29:38","slug":"open-thread-3-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/04\/open-thread-3-4-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–3\/4\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a queasy day here in the CatBox.  I\u2019m keeping it down, but just barely.  By rotating food items to different meals, I\u2019ve determined that I can eat items I thought I couldn\u2019t eat at lunch, when I have no pills to take.  I\u2019ll have my mortar and pestle today, my big jar of applesauce tomorrow, and box of 50 2 oz. plastic cups with lids to store powdered meds and applesauce on Sunday.  WWWendy is coming this evening to de-stink the Tomcat and help with chores.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s non-food item took me 4:02 (average 5:13).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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Take damn his undeserved medal away too!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Alternet<\/a>: A mother and son from Sarasota Military Academy in Florida are being quarantined for COVID-19, according to the <\/font>Sarasota Herald-Tribune.<\/a><\/font> On the Academy\u2019s Facebook page [Fakebook delinked<\/em>], the school posted on Monday that the \u201cmother\u2019s contact with a patient at Sarasota Doctors Hospital in her professional role,\u201d had led to both her and her son to be quarantined as a \u201cprecautionary measure.\u201d The two reportedly showed no symptoms of the virus.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

On Friday, Feb. 28, Trump\u2019s top coronavirus point man and non-believer in science, Mike Pence, held a fundraiser in Sarasota at the home of Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan. At the event, Pence talked about \u201cpossible changes in travel status to the United States,<\/a>\u201d while shaking hands with dozens of supporters and 44 cadets from Sarasota Military Academy. Ruh-roh.<\/p>\n

While I would not wish Trump* virus on anyone, spending some quarantine time might teach that hate-spewing pseudo-Christian sycophant a little compassion for his and his criminal Fuhrer’s other Trump* virus victims.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): Mitch McConnell\u2019s Do Nothing Republicans<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n