{"id":39352,"date":"2020-03-25T10:23:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39352"},"modified":"2020-03-25T10:23:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T17:23:10","slug":"open-thread-3-25-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/25\/open-thread-3-25-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–3\/25\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a very tired day here in the CatBox.  Because I\u2019m out of pain meds, I got almost no sleep last night.  I have a dose to take tonight.  I saved it, because it\u2019s a WWWendy night.  Happy Hump day to all.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:16 (average 4:17).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

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Included with permission from and link to  Jen Sorenson<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Trump* Virus Update<\/strong><\/font>:<\/p>\n

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Cases: 55,081<\/font><\/h6>\n
Deaths: 785<\/font><\/h6>\n
Recovered: 379<\/font><\/h6>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: As conditions worsen and the novel coronavirus infects more people daily, white supremacists want to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to advance their racist agenda. Extremist groups, including neo-Nazis, are encouraging infected members to spread coronavirus to law enforcement officials and Jewish people, according to intelligence gathered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). According to <\/font>ABC News<\/a><\/font>, “members of extremist groups are encouraging one another to spread the virus, if contracted, through bodily fluids and personal interactions,\u201d the FBI\u2019s New York office warned in an alert Thursday.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

According to the alert, racist extremists urged their followers to use spray bottles to spread bodily fluids to police officers on the street. “Anti-government folks in America love to target law enforcement as a symbol of America\u2019s authority,” Don Mihalek, executive vice president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association Foundation, told ABC News. “It\u2019s just sad that that’s their focus at a time of crisis in the nation.”<\/p>\n

The white supremacist groups also advised followers to go to “any place they [Jews] may be congregated\u201d to spread the virus including businesses, places of worship, and markets, the alert warned. According to ABC News, white supremacists have been blaming Jewish leaders and people for both the coronavirus and global response to it for weeks. Extremists even blamed the Jewish community for the shutdown of government activities in New York, New Jersey, and California, organizations that monitor white supremacist messaging found. Social media posts by extremists and conspiracy theorists are even attempting to connect \u201cChinese efforts to safely dispose of victims\u2019 bodies to cast doubt on the number of Jews who died during the Holocaust, the Anti-Defamation League<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

Here in Portland, the police association, notorious for their racism, has often supported the white supremacist Proud Boys against the almost equally loony anarchist Antifa. It would be karma if the their Nazi Republican friends did this to them, but I hope not. The good police would be infected with the Republicans!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: At long last invoking the Defense Production Act, Donald J. Trump has ordered the nation\u2019s factories to begin mass-producing gallons of spray tan.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said that, because millions of Americans have been forced to remain indoors, the country\u2019s stockpiles of fake-tan reserves have fallen to \u201cdangerously low\u201d levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sent Mike Pence out to buy some yesterday, and he went to store after store and they were all out,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt\u2019s a disgraceful situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump said that, although he had been reluctant to invoke the D.P.A., \u201cPeople are going to lose their tans within days if nothing is done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the order, the specific hue of spray tan that Trump has demanded will be pumped out by retrofitted factories that normally manufacture orange paint.<\/p>\n

Dang Andy! I don’t think it will help criminal Fuhrer Trump*. Former Speaker John Boehner, aka Agent Orange, will buy out the fake tan spray no matter how much they produce!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (MSNBC Channel<\/a>): Lawrence: Trump’s \u2018Deadly Nonsense\u2019 On Re-Opening The Country<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n