{"id":39511,"date":"2020-04-24T10:19:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T17:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39511"},"modified":"2020-04-24T10:19:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T17:19:45","slug":"open-thread-4-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/24\/open-thread-4-24-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/24\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a crappy day, here in the CatBox\u2026 literally.  I woke up at 1:00 AM with severe Republicosis and almost didn\u2019t make it.  I did nor get back to bed until 2:45.  I was back on the throne at 5:45.  I suspect the next trip will be soon.  Wish me luck, or better yet, does anyone have a spare cork?  TGIF!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:38 (average 4:04).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"0424Cartoon\"<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"0424TrumpVirusMap\"<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Willamette Week<\/a>: Forty-two percent of Oregon’s small business payrolls were covered by the federal Paycheck Protection Program last week.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

The $350 billion program was designed by Congress to give companies with up to 500 employees the equivalent of two-and-half months of payroll in forgivable loans.<\/p>\n

Oregon’s yield from the program\u201442 percent of eligible payrolls covered\u2014was the third-lowest figure in the country, according to calculations by Ernie Tedeschi, an analyst at the New York investment banking firm Evercore ISI. Those findings were first published by Bloomberg News<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Tedeschi’s numbers show an imbalance: The top three states\u2014Nebraska, North Dakota and Kansas\u2014got an average of 79.4 percent of their small business payrolls covered. All are red states. The bottom three, Oregon, New York and California, which got an average of 40 percent, vote blue.<\/em><\/p>\n

The picture in the article of a Portland business says it best.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"0424WW\"<\/font><\/p>\n

RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Late Show Channel<\/a>): Meet The Former Dog Breeder In Charge Of Coronavirus Response At HHS<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n