{"id":39466,"date":"2020-04-04T11:11:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39466"},"modified":"2020-04-04T11:11:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:11:01","slug":"open-thread-4-4-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/04\/open-thread-4-4-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;4\/4\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s very busy day here at the CatBox, but I am feeling better than yesterday.&nbsp; Tomorrow and Monday please expect no more than Personal Updates or Open Threads.&nbsp; Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, with all the normal chores plus it\u2019s Infernal Revenue Day.&nbsp; Monday, I go to the hospital to have an infusion port surgically installed in my chest.&nbsp; WWWendy will bring me home.&nbsp; Tuesday will depend on how I feel after that surgery.&nbsp; Love to you all!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:34 (average 6:40).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-04-04-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\/04\/0404Cartoon.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=\"992\" height=\"558\" title=\"0404TrumpVirusMap\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"0404TrumpVirusMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/0404TrumpVirusMap.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Cases: 277,613<br \/>Deaths: 7,406<br \/>Recovered: 12,294<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" title=\"0404TrumpVirusData\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"0404TrumpVirusData\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/0404TrumpVirusData.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/publish.twitter.com\/?query=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FPublic_Citizen%2Fstatus%2F1246106123813470209&amp;widget=Tweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>: <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><font color=\"#000000\">Could lose health care access due to getting fired:<\/p>\n<p>Australia: 0<br \/>Belgium: 0<br \/>Canada: 0<br \/>Chile: 0<br \/>Denmark: 0<br \/>Finland: 0<br \/>France: 0<br \/>Germany: 0<br \/>Greece: 0<br \/>Hungary: 0<br \/>Italy: 0<br \/>Japan: 0<br \/>New Zealand: 0<br \/>Norway: 0<br \/>Portugal: 0<br \/>S Korea: 0<br \/>Spain: 0<br \/>Sweden: 0<br \/>Turkey: 0<br \/>UK: 0<\/p>\n<p>USA: 160,000,000<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><font color=\"#000000\">\u2014 Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen)<\/font> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Public_Citizen\/status\/1246106123813470209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 3, 2020<\/a><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Does that say it all, or what?&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZjkHXP-7o8Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RealTime\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Real Time Channel<\/a>): <font color=\"#000000\">Sen. Bernie Sanders<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ZjkHXP-7o8Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Click through using the channel link for the rest of Bill&#8217;s show. I don&#8217;t have time to submit an article on it this week, but it&#8217;s there for you. As for Bernie, he could not be more spot on in his outlook for dealing with the effects of Trump* virus. Looking to the future, Trump and the Republican Reich have trashed the economy so completely that tying health care to employment is no longer feasible.&nbsp; On Bill&#8217;s &#8216;Manhattan Project&#8217;, we need health care that bases profit on wellness. We have healthcare that bases profit on sickness.&nbsp; That\u2019s bass-ackward!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yjP2k3dyq48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <font color=\"#000000\">Maddow to Trump: You Had One Job. Virus Response Needs Competent Leadership<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/yjP2k3dyq48\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is one of Rachel\u2019s best ever!&nbsp; Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon, just lent respirators to New York. Oregon leads the way! Kate is as competent and caring as criminal Fuhrer Trump* and all his Republican lackeys are incompetent and uncaring. Incompetence is a hallmark of the Republican Reich, such as Katrina and the Republican Recession of 2008. What do we say of the Trump* virus pandemic and the Republican Depression of 2020? It&#8217;s Trump&#8217;s* job, so we say \u201cHeck of a job, Donnie*!&#8221;&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HTbsNuNYY4k&amp;list=PLkjEvMJpFKeWFaJB9ssO7kvmnCcbuYDL-&amp;index=10&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Nancy Sinatra &#8211; Friday&#8217;s Child<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/HTbsNuNYY4k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/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<p><font color=\"#000000\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s very busy day here at the CatBox, but I am feeling better than yesterday.&nbsp; Tomorrow and Monday please expect no more than Personal Updates or Open Threads.&nbsp; Tomorrow is a WWWendy day, with all the normal chores plus it\u2019s Infernal Revenue Day.&nbsp; Monday, I go to the hospital to have an infusion port surgically <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/04\/open-thread-4-4-2020\/' 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":[3790,3704,3913,3736,3746,3709,3923,3718,3724,3716,3705,3706,3714,3928],"class_list":["post-39466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-bernie-sanders","tag-cartoon","tag-covid-19","tag-gop-greed","tag-gop-incompetence","tag-humor","tag-kate-brown","tag-music","tag-oregon","tag-rachel-maddow","tag-resist","tag-satire","tag-video","tag-vote-blue","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\/39466","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=39466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}