{"id":39725,"date":"2020-05-13T09:56:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T16:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39725"},"modified":"2020-05-13T09:56:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T16:56:10","slug":"open-thread-5-13-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/13\/open-thread-5-13-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;5\/13\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s another tired day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; It\u2019s a WWWendy day.&nbsp; I\u2019m ready to go back to bed.&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 3:23 (average 5:02).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-05-13-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How 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\/2017\/05\/0513Cartoon_thumb.jpg\"><\/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=\"375\" title=\"05113TrumpVirusMap\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"05113TrumpVirusMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/05113TrumpVirusMap.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Cases: 1,411,018<br \/>Deaths: 83,558<br \/>Recovered: 298,641<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/obama-unworried-about-trump-accusing-him-of-crime-because-bill-barr-does-not-prosecute-criminals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <font color=\"#000000\">Former President Barack Obama said on Monday that he is unconcerned about Donald Trump accusing him of \u201cthe greatest crime in American history\u201d because Attorney General Bill Barr does not prosecute criminals.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first, when I heard that he was accusing me of being the worst criminal ever, I have to admit I was a little rattled,\u201d Obama said. \u201cBut then I remembered Barr\u2019s don\u2019t-prosecute-crimes policy, and I was pretty chill about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obama said that he was unsure what crime Trump was accusing him of committing, \u201cbut I\u2019m pretty sure I never lied to the F.B.I. or anything as serious as that\u2014so I\u2019m good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy, I fear Obama may be screwing the pooch on this one. When Barrf refuses to prosecute criminals, if applies only to the Republican Reich. Barrf prosecutes innocent Democrats with glee!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Etr1SLGLNVc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <font color=\"#000000\">Democrats&#8217; Focus On Essential Workers In Draft Of New Relief Bill<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Etr1SLGLNVc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Even though it doesn&#8217;t matter, I had the privilege to vote for Liz in Oregon&#8217;s primary last week. I hope Biden utilizes her plans. and policies!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yvEEv14bI_o&amp;list=PLkjEvMJpFKeWFaJB9ssO7kvmnCcbuYDL-&amp;index=89&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <font color=\"#000000\">CSN&amp;Y &#8211; Carry on 1969<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/yvEEv14bI_o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/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 another tired day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; It\u2019s a WWWendy day.&nbsp; I\u2019m ready to go back to bed.&nbsp; Happy Hump Day to all. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 3:23 (average 5:02).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? Cartoon: Trump* Virus Update: Cases: 1,411,018Deaths: 83,558Recovered: 298,641 Short Takes: From The New <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/13\/open-thread-5-13-2020\/' 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":[3708,3704,3913,3753,3709,3718,3716,3705,3706,3714,3928],"class_list":["post-39725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-borowitz","tag-cartoon","tag-covid-19","tag-elizabeth-warren","tag-humor","tag-music","tag-rachel-maddow","tag-resist","tag-satire","tag-video","tag-vote-blue","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\/39725","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=39725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}