{"id":39961,"date":"2020-05-30T10:43:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T17:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39961"},"modified":"2020-05-30T10:43:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T17:43:31","slug":"open-thread-5-30-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/30\/open-thread-5-30-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;5\/30\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s a painful day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Sitting in my chair to write exacerbates my spinal cancer pain.&nbsp; The pain seems to become severe about two hours before my Oxycodone dose.&nbsp; I\u2019ll talk to my palliative care team on the 16th.&nbsp; Wendy is alive and well in Wyoming.&nbsp; Have a great weekend.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 2:53 (average 4:19).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-05-30-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\/0530Cartoon.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=\"787\" title=\"0530TrumpVirusMap\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"0530TrumpVirusMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/0530TrumpVirusMap.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Cases: 1,795,635<br \/>Deaths: 104,581<br \/>Recovered: 519,709<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2020\/5\/27\/1948003\/-Republicans-nominate-QAnon-cultist-for-the-U-S-Senate-in-Oregon-who-then-waffles-on-her-support?detail=emaildkre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <font color=\"#000000\">In case there was any questions about Jo Rae Perkins\u2019 devotion to <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/hatewatch\/2019\/04\/23\/qanon-conspiracy-increasingly-popular-antigovernment-extremists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the cultish QAnon conspiracy theory<\/a><font color=\"#000000\"><\/font><font color=\"#000000\"> universe\u2014raised, no doubt, by her campaign statement last week after she won the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate race in Oregon\u2014she answered them fulsomely the next day in interviews.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0sXXczzIhiM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><font color=\"#0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Thank God this Fascist dingbat is running against Jeff Merkley. She doesn&#8217;t stand a chance!&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lmDeDiIQUzc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZwEL-Y1acBXrv-dorXaJ-w\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Pavlovitz Channel<\/a>):<font color=\"#000000\"> HOW TO PROTEST RACIAL INJUSTICE THE &#8220;RIGHT WAY&#8221;<\/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\/lmDeDiIQUzc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><font color=\"#0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">John Pavlovitz epitomizes what it means to be a real authentic Christian, as opposed to a Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian. Republicans are not racist, the Pope is not Catholic, and bears never, ever shit in the woods!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lW6oVMbl1hs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTHsQd-vRXK1bp4vpifl6yA\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trey Crowder Channel<\/a>): <font color=\"#000000\">Liberal Redneck &#8211; Minnesota Burning<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lW6oVMbl1hs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">You have to hand it to Trey. How often is it that you get to heat such profound truth in that accent?&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IUmnTfsY3hI&amp;list=PLGBuKfnErZlCkRRgt06em8nbXvcV5Sae7&amp;index=2&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past):<font color=\"#000000\"> John Denver &#8211; Take Me Home, Country Roads (Live from The Wildlife Concert)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IUmnTfsY3hI\" 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 a painful day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Sitting in my chair to write exacerbates my spinal cancer pain.&nbsp; The pain seems to become severe about two hours before my Oxycodone dose.&nbsp; I\u2019ll talk to my palliative care team on the 16th.&nbsp; Wendy is alive and well in Wyoming.&nbsp; Have a great weekend. 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