{"id":39660,"date":"2020-05-06T10:36:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39660"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:36:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:36:54","slug":"open-thread-5-6-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/06\/open-thread-5-6-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;5\/6\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s a super-tired day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I have no idea why, but, after sleeping just a couple hours last night, I woke up and could not fall asleep again.&nbsp; Tonight is a WWWendy night.&nbsp; After de-stinking the rancid TomCat, we\u2019ll be gooping.&nbsp; Happy Hump Day to all.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:16 (average 4:48).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-05-06-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; Hoe 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\/2016\/05\/0506Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I made this cartoon eight years ago.&nbsp; Republicans are still at it, but worse.<\/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=\"750\" height=\"500\" title=\"0506TrumpVirusMap\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"0506TrumpVirusMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0506TrumpVirusMap.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dM0RqwYF5hg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTGEL5jWD0eq-CnXXvH0Wow\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raw Story Channel<\/a>): <font color=\"#000000\">Kamala Harris grills DNI nominee John <strong>Rat<\/strong>cliffe on Trump&#8217;s COVID-19 response [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dM0RqwYF5hg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That lying, goose-stepping, Republican Nazi Sycophant needs to change his name. As it stands, it&#8217;s an insult to Rats.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GtZhvy9dp70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/karinmoveon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Kos Channel<\/a>): <font color=\"#000000\">Essential Workers Deserve a Bill of Rights<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/GtZhvy9dp70\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">While I fully agree that essential workers are heroes that need and deserve a Bill of Rights, I would take it one step further and cover ALL workers with a Bill of Rights!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Q3j-i7GLr0&amp;list=PLkjEvMJpFKeWFaJB9ssO7kvmnCcbuYDL-&amp;index=55&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <font color=\"#000000\">Wooden Ships<\/font> &#8211; <font color=\"#000000\">Crosby Stills Nash and Young<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/3Q3j-i7GLr0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a super-tired day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I have no idea why, but, after sleeping just a couple hours last night, I woke up and could not fall asleep again.&nbsp; Tonight is a WWWendy night.&nbsp; After de-stinking the rancid TomCat, we\u2019ll be gooping.&nbsp; Happy Hump Day to all. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/06\/open-thread-5-6-2020\/' 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":[3704,3906,3941,3718,3705,3706,3844,3714,3928,3968],"class_list":["post-39660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-dni","tag-kamala-harris","tag-music","tag-resist","tag-satire","tag-senate","tag-video","tag-vote-blue","tag-workers-rights","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\/39660","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=39660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}