{"id":39562,"date":"2020-04-29T09:52:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T16:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39562"},"modified":"2020-04-29T09:52:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T16:52:35","slug":"open-thread-4-29-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/29\/open-thread-4-29-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/29\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m still very tired, here in the CatBox.  Tonight is a WWWendy night.  On my treatment, My Radiation Oncologist will measure me Monday and irradiate me Friday.  Then my chemo resumes the following Monday.  I\u2019m proud to announce that I Republicated this morning. I looked into the throne, and there was Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch!  Happy Hump Day!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:34 (average 5:34).  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

\"0429TrumpVirusMap\"<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: CNN announced on Tuesday that it will show the phone number of a national poison-control hotline whenever Donald Trump appears on the air.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Speaking on behalf of the network, Wolf Blitzer, the veteran anchor, said that CNN was adopting the new policy out of concern for \u201cthe health and safety of our viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt CNN, we strive to keep our viewers informed. But, in order to do that, we must first keep them alive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In order to implement the new policy, Sanjay Gupta, the network\u2019s chief medical correspondent, will monitor CNN\u2019s programming on a twenty-four-hour basis for any signs of Trump.<\/p>\n

Dang Andy! How about adding the Bovine Excrement Hotline?  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: In the span of a couple of months, Senate Republicans have gone from bullish on their prospects in November to pretty desperate. Back in February, they were salivating over painting Democrats as the party of left-wing extremism, with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as its standard bearer. The GOP caucus had just giddily acquitted Donald Trump after a sham witness-free trial and senators were looking forward to touting the strength of the economy.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Then Trump spent the month on a lying spree about the soon-to-be global pandemic that would ultimately ravage American lives and livelihoods\u2014on his watch. Democrats coalesced around the far more moderate former Vice President Joe Biden, and the economy started to plummet along with Trump\u2019s approval numbers. Now Senate Republicans are staring down a presidential election that increasingly stands a real chance of sweeping away their slender three-seat majority.<\/p>\n

In fact, Democrats aren\u2019t just viable in the most talked-about Senate races in Arizona, Colorado, North Carolina, and Maine. They are now also looking at opportunities in Montana and Georgia, along with a slim glimmer of maybe hanging on to Democratic Sen. Doug Jones\u2019 seat in Alabama.<\/p>\n

May I live to see it happen!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): THE GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER – THE BROTHERS FOUR<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n