{"id":39501,"date":"2020-04-23T10:51:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T17:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39501"},"modified":"2020-04-23T10:51:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T17:51:57","slug":"open-thread-4-23-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/23\/open-thread-4-23-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/23\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a pleasure to be back in the CatBox, after an absence of over two weeks.  Our HSP shut us down for a TOS compliance violation for using a \u00a9 image several years ago.  One of our Administrators had purchased a membership from a photo sharing site that misrepresented that its members could use the images there for all noncommercial purposes.  They did not tell members that the original photographers retained ownership of the images.  This particular photographer has a long history of scamming site owners with bogus lawsuits.  For our protection from such scams, I keep our domain anonymously held.  He couldn\u2019t find out who we are to sue us.  All he could do is complain to our HSP, Bluehost.  They apparently emailed me in late March, warning me to correct the problem by removing the image.  I never noticed it.  They send me SPAM every day, trying to sell me business services that we will never want or need.  I suspect I trashed the warning with those.  They shut us down on 4\/6, when I did not comply with their warning.  Normally, their CS is excellent, but an inadequate response to Trump* Virus has put their CS in the toilet.  I deleted the image from the Bluehost site.  Then, over the next two weeks, I spent over 48 hours in chat and wrote a dozen emails, while fighting with incompetent underlings.  Finally one got the info to a competent tech.  He reviewed it yesterday and restored our access to the site.  It has been a Republican cluster f*ck!  I apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you.  Catching up will take a few days!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:25 (average 4:28).  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

\"0423TrumpVirusMap\"<\/p>\n

Damn!  Talk about sticker shock!  The last time I did a TVU Trump\u2019s* Republican murder total was only 8,454 dead.<\/font><\/p>\n

My New Sweater<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"0423JD1\"<\/font><\/p>\n

JD made me this beautiful sweater!  Thank, you, JD!  This may also be my last pic with hair, as I have chemo again Monday.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: Well we knew it was just a matter of time, per <\/font>The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Officials have identified seven people who appear to have contracted COVID-19 through activities related to the April 7 election, Milwaukee Health Commissioner Jeanette Kowalik said Monday.<\/p>\n

Six of the cases are in voters and one is a poll worker, Kowalik said.<\/p>\n

By the end of this week, officials hope to have additional information on the cases that were reported between April 7 and Monday, she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Wisconsin GOP, the five SCOTUS Conservatives, Trump and all his enablers are responsible for this\u2026<\/p>\n

And all those Republican murderers, who voted, voted by mail.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Salon.com<\/a>: A Yale psychiatrist has warned that <\/font>pro-Trump lockdown protesters<\/a><\/font>, who exhibit similar psychology as “child soldiers,” could quickly turn into “armed troops in the streets” if the president loses his re-election bid.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Dr. Bandy X. Lee, a forensic psychiatrist at the Yale School of Medicine who has mostly taught at Yale Law School, said the armed protests were a natural evolution of the loyalty President Trump demands from his supporters. Many of these protests have evidently been organized by deep-pocketed groups allied with the president<\/a>.Lee, the author of the textbook “Violence<\/a>,” has been sounding the alarm about the danger posed by the president for years. She edited “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump”<\/a> after his election, with a group of fellow mental health professionals. The book’s authors recently started a chat series entitled “Is America in an Abusive Relationship With Its President?”<\/a><\/p>\n

Lee has also served as a project group leader for the World Health Organization Violence Prevention Alliance. She told Salon that Trump’s recent call to “liberate” Democratic-led states<\/a> was a dog whistle to his core supporters.<\/p>\n

I fully agree. Bill Maher and I have both suggested that criminal Fuhrer Trump* and the Republican Reich will resort to violence to stay in power after they lose the election, unless they are able to steal it again!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): Bob Dylan – Lay, Lady, Lay (Audio)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n