{"id":39413,"date":"2020-03-31T10:53:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T17:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39413"},"modified":"2020-03-31T10:53:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T17:53:29","slug":"open-thread-3-31-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/31\/open-thread-3-31-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–3\/31\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a very tired day here in the CatBox.  Yesterday’s trip was a success, but the trip exhausted me. I am Big Time pooped. The doctor and I were on the same page. Since my cancer cells did not react favorably to immunotherapy, and the best chemo regimen would fill my home with Republicosis, I asked her of there was another chemo drug that would not cause such a severe reaction. She had anticipated my request and there is: Docetaxel. They will install an infusion port in my chest and pump me full of chemo goop every two weeks. It will give me nausea, but they have meds to help that. I will lose my hair. If it\u2019s effective, I should have a year. If not, I may make it six months. That\u2019s the plan. Tuesday is flatulence at Republicans day.  Ready\u2026 Aim\u2026 FIRE<\/font><\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:05 (average 4:30).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

\"0330TrumpVirus\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Cases: 164,798
Deaths: 3,178
Recovered: 5,507<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: Donald Trump called in to Fox & Friends Monday morning and openly admitted that if more people vote, Republicans will lose. Democrats are pushing for vote by mail so that people don\u2019t have to risk coronavirus to exercise their right to vote. Asked about \u201cspecial interest projects\u201d added to coronavirus relief bills, that is right where Trump\u2019s mind went.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cThe things they had in there were crazy,\u201d he said. \u201cThey had levels of voting that if you ever agreed to it you\u2019d never have a Republican elected in this country again.\u201d You might think it\u2019s amazing to hear a politician in a democracy saying that democracy is bad, but Trump joins a long line of Republicans saying that too much voting is bad.<\/p>\n

Criminal Fuhrer Trump* is not the first Republican to voice this sentiment, and he won’t be the last. Republicans want to make the Fifth Reich permanent and establish a National Socialist plutocracy in which elections are only for show, because Republicans control who gets to vote.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: In a conversation over the weekend that reportedly left the President \u201cshaken,\u201d Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Donald Trump that if everyone in the United States dies, it would adversely affect his television ratings.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Although Fauci was quick to add that the everyone-dying scenario was purely hypothetical, he stressed that, from a medical perspective, alive people were more likely than dead ones to watch television.<\/p>\n

According to a source familiar with the conversation, the possible impact of covid-19 fatalities on Trump\u2019s ratings \u201ctotally blindsided\u201d the President, who immediately convened an emergency meeting of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time you losers started taking this situation seriously,\u201d Trump reportedly barked. \u201cEspecially you, Pence.\u201d<\/p>\n

I wondered why criminal Fuhrer Trump flip-flopped to support social distancing. Andy has explained it.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): Status Quo – Pictures Of Matchstick Men<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n