{"id":39694,"date":"2020-05-09T10:15:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T17:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39694"},"modified":"2020-05-09T10:33:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T17:33:21","slug":"open-thread-5-9-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/09\/open-thread-5-9-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;5\/9\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It\u2019s a very painful day, here in the CatBox.\u00a0 The Radiation Oncologist told me to expect increased pain for a few days and a week before relief.\u00a0 Tomorrow and Monday please expect no more than a personal Update or an Open Thread.\u00a0 Tomorrow is a WWWendy Day, and Monday is my chemo infusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Today\u2019s took me 3:54 (average 5:26).\u00a0 To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-05-09-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/0509Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This is another oldie!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Trump* Virus Update<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"0509TrumpVirusMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0509TrumpVirusMap.jpg\" alt=\"0509TrumpVirusMap\" width=\"750\" height=\"350\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cases: 1,325,521<br \/>\nDeaths: 78,762<br \/>\nRecovered: 223,937<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/bill-barr-tests-negative-for-integrity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a test result that he called \u201ca tremendous relief,\u201d the Attorney General, Bill Barr, has tested negative for integrity, Barr confirmed on Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Barr submitted to the test after learning that he had come into contact with career Justice Department prosecutors who were found to be integrity carriers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I learned that there were still people at the Justice Department with integrity, I was understandably furious,\u201d Barr told reporters. \u201cI told them to go home at once.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barr said that he was putting into place new protocols that would require Justice Department employees to be tested for integrity before entering the building.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But Andy\u2026 Barrf need not worry about catching integrity. He&#8217;s immune.\u00a0 <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gwxJIiu8lTs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <span style=\"color: #000000;\">U.S. Logs Record High Unemployment Numbers &#8211; What Comes Next?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gwxJIiu8lTs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This is the other half of the Republican Reich crisis. The first half is Trump* virus. The second is the Republican depression of 2020. The solution? Flush the Republican Reich!\u00a0 <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kn9hi9fAwUQ&amp;list=PLkjEvMJpFKeWFaJB9ssO7kvmnCcbuYDL-&amp;index=63&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Matthew&#8217;s Southern Comfort \u2013 Woodstock<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Kn9hi9fAwUQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ah\u2026 the memories!\u00a0 <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\">Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a very painful day, here in the CatBox.\u00a0 The Radiation Oncologist told me to expect increased pain for a few days and a week before relief.\u00a0 Tomorrow and Monday please expect no more than a personal Update or an Open Thread.\u00a0 Tomorrow is a WWWendy Day, and Monday is my chemo infusion. 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