{"id":39286,"date":"2020-03-20T11:30:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T18:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39286"},"modified":"2020-03-20T11:30:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T18:30:44","slug":"open-thread-3-20-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/20\/open-thread-3-20-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;3\/20\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s a tired day, here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Store to Door came late yesterday, and Andy was not allowed to enter the CatBox, due to Trump* virus precautions, so I had to take the order to my bed from the hallway a bag at a time.&nbsp; Then I unloaded the bags and stowed the items.&nbsp; I loved the Quaker Instant Oatmeal with Maple and Brown Sugar I had for breakfast.&nbsp; I spiked it with Maple Syrup.&nbsp; For lunch I\u2019m having cashew butter and crackers.&nbsp; My computer crashed, when I was in the middle of research this morning, so I\u2019m running late.&nbsp; It\u2019s my fault.&nbsp; I overloaded it.&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 3:40 (average 5:21).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-03-20-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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/0320Cartoon.jpg\"><\/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=\"500\" title=\"0320TrumpVirus\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"0320TrumpVirus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/0320TrumpVirus.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=JQPdNYQjyZQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <font color=\"#000000\">Trump* virus Updates, Corporate Bailouts and the Stimulus Package<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JQPdNYQjyZQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich is right. The Families First Bill, mostly from Democrats, does good things. It&#8217;s a good first step, but it&#8217;s just a drop in the bucket. The Reich on the Right. The deplorable Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, wants to feign beneficence by giving citizens $1,200 each, but $1,200 won&#8217;t cover a month&#8217;s expenses in a multi-month crisis. Worse yet, the Republican plan gives only $600 to poor families. Republicans also want to give a $multi-billion bailout in corporate welfare. But greedy corporations just got one in the Republican Tax Scam of 2017. Not one penny more! The best thing we can do for the Republican Reich is to flush them all!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/fox-to-address-coronavirus-crisis-with-three-part-series-on-hunter-bide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <font color=\"#000000\">Determined to address the \u201cNo. 1 concern of the American people during the coronavirus crisis,\u201d Fox News Channel announced on Thursday that it would air a three-part prime-time series on Hunter Biden.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>The series, to be he co-hosted by Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, and Rudy Giuliani, will attempt to soothe the anxieties of Fox viewers who have suddenly been plunged into uncertainty about the activities of Joe Biden\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are trapped inside their homes, they\u2019re worried, they\u2019re scared, and they don\u2019t know where to turn for accurate information about Hunter Biden,\u201d Hannity said. \u201cWe\u2019re here to fill that need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Giuliani said that the three-part series was necessary because \u201cthe deep state\u201d had limited Americans\u2019 access to essential Hunter Biden facts during the pandemic crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you go on the C.D.C. Web site, you won\u2019t find a single mention of Hunter Biden, Burisma, or CrowdStrike,\u201d Giuliani said. \u201cIt\u2019s a disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang, Andy! Isn&#8217;t that exactly what we should expect from the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, <em>Faux Noise<\/em>?&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V0r74rxvWxo&amp;list=PLs5nLtKbGBVOZBCzgXxcN9fyCz6sQ1fab&amp;index=131&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <font color=\"#000000\">Traces of love<br \/><font color=\"#0000ff\"><font color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/V0r74rxvWxo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/font><\/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 No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a tired day, here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Store to Door came late yesterday, and Andy was not allowed to enter the CatBox, due to Trump* virus precautions, so I had to take the order to my bed from the hallway a bag at a time.&nbsp; Then I unloaded the bags and stowed the items.&nbsp; <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/20\/open-thread-3-20-2020\/' 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":[3708,3704,3919,3913,3736,3709,3718,3705,3792,3706,3714],"class_list":["post-39286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-borowitz","tag-cartoon","tag-corporate-welfare","tag-covid-19","tag-gop-greed","tag-humor","tag-music","tag-resist","tag-robert-reich","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\/39286","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=39286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}