{"id":39911,"date":"2020-05-27T10:18:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T17:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39911"},"modified":"2020-05-27T10:18:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T17:18:36","slug":"open-thread-5-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/27\/open-thread-5-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;5\/27\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s a hot time, here in the CatBox, with the next three days forecast in the 80\u00b0s.&nbsp; That\u2019s not too bad in itself, but it\u2019s a little strange for May.&nbsp; Yesterday my Oncologist and I agreed that since my treatment had almost killed me from septic shock, we needed a new plan, and she had one ready.&nbsp; First, I\u2019m going to have another PET Scan to verify the progress of my disease, and see if there is a tumor in my liver that they can biopsy.&nbsp; If there is, Evelyn will get me into a clinical trial, sponsored by the American Cancer Society.&nbsp; They analyze the DNA of my cancer and design an individual drug that specifically targets my cancer, without targeting me.&nbsp; I\u2019ll keep you posted.&nbsp; Tomorrow, I\u2019ll probably have no more than an Open Thread or a Personal Update.&nbsp; WWWendy will be gone this weekend.&nbsp; She\u2019s driving to Wyoming for a family reunion first thing Friday morning.&nbsp; She will return Monday night.&nbsp; Please pray for her safety. As a result, my next two WWWendy days are tomorrow and Tuesday.&nbsp; Will I be stinky by Tuesday, or what?&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 3:04 (average 4:33).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-05-27-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/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\/0527Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Trump* Virus Update<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0527TrumpVirusMap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"754\" height=\"423\" title=\"0527TrumpVirusMap\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"0527TrumpVirusMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0527TrumpVirusMap_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Cases: 1,729,022<br \/>Deaths: 100,686<br \/>Recovered: 480,273<\/font><\/strong><\/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=z_pnWMtE5HU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <font color=\"#000000\">Trump threatens to shut down social media platform<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/z_pnWMtE5HU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is much too little, much too late. Twitter is almost as bad as Fakebook. It&#8217;s time to put Twitter in the shitter!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1FFiFnWuyp4\" 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\">As U.S. Deaths Reach 100,000, Trump Praises His Handling Of Virus<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1FFiFnWuyp4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Congratulations to criminal Fuhrer Trump for murdering 100,000 in the Republican war against America for greed and power.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mynzbmrtp9I&amp;list=PLkjEvMJpFKeWFaJB9ssO7kvmnCcbuYDL-&amp;index=103&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <font color=\"#000000\">Ghost Riders in the Sky &#8211; Johnny Cash &#8211; Full Song<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Mynzbmrtp9I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/font><\/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 hot time, here in the CatBox, with the next three days forecast in the 80\u00b0s.&nbsp; That\u2019s not too bad in itself, but it\u2019s a little strange for May.&nbsp; Yesterday my Oncologist and I agreed that since my treatment had almost killed me from septic shock, we needed a new plan, and she had <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/27\/open-thread-5-27-2020\/' 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":[3704,3913,3712,3721,3924,3718,3705,3706,3988,3714,3928],"class_list":["post-39911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-covid-19","tag-donald-trump","tag-gop-lies","tag-gop-murder","tag-music","tag-resist","tag-satire","tag-twitter","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\/39911","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=39911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}