{"id":39242,"date":"2020-03-15T11:01:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T18:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39242"},"modified":"2020-03-15T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T18:01:10","slug":"open-thread-3-15-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/15\/open-thread-3-15-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;3\/15\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s a busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; WWWendy is due in about ten minutes, so I\u2019ll have to finish this after I am de-stunk.&nbsp; This is my only article today.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:56 (average 5:10).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-03-15-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoons<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0315Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0315Cartoon-2013.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Vintage 2018 and unchanged, except Lyin\u2019 Ryan is flushed.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Trump* Virus Update<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" title=\"0315TrumpVirus\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"0315TrumpVirus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/0315TrumpVirus.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=MDzDRxtiB8g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTGEL5jWD0eq-CnXXvH0Wow\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raw Story Channel<\/a>): <font color=\"#000000\">Fauci refuses support Trump lie that Obama is to blame for coronavirus testing failures<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/MDzDRxtiB8g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Whose fault are all of Fuhrer Trump&#8217;s* crimes? Someone else&#8217;s!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/03\/15\/politics\/anthony-fauci-national-lockdown-bars-restaurants-cnntv\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/03\/14\/politics\/anthony-fauci-trump-coronavirus\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The nation&#8217;s top infectious disease expert<\/a><font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;<\/font><font color=\"#000000\">on Sunday did not rule out supporting a temporary national lockdown of the country&#8217;s restaurants and bars in order to curb the spread of coronavirus, saying he&#8217;d like to see a &#8220;dramatic&#8221; reduction in activity in order to fight the disease.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Asked by CNN&#8217;s Brianna Keilar on &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; if he&#8217;d like a &#8220;national lockdown&#8221; where people are being told they need to stay home and out of restaurants and bars, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said he&#8217;d &#8220;like to see a dramatic diminution of the personal interaction that we see&#8221; in those places.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whatever it takes to do that, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;d like to see,&#8221; Fauci added.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I think it needs to be done, in addition to locking Trump* in a Mar-a-lago rest room.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sI0enx_Jnqc&amp;list=PLs5nLtKbGBVOZBCzgXxcN9fyCz6sQ1fab&amp;index=122&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the Past): <font color=\"#000000\">Simon and Garfunkel &#8211; Homeward Bound (1966 &#8211; Live)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/sI0enx_Jnqc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/font><\/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 color=\"#0000ff\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; WWWendy is due in about ten minutes, so I\u2019ll have to finish this after I am de-stunk.&nbsp; This is my only article today. Jig Zone: Today&#8217;s took me 2:56 (average 5:10).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? 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