{"id":40101,"date":"2020-06-08T11:02:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T18:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40101"},"modified":"2020-06-08T11:02:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T18:02:35","slug":"open-thread-6-8-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/08\/open-thread-6-8-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/8\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s another busy day here in the CatBox.  After research, I lay dawn for 90 minutes to minimize pain.  When I arose, I visited the throne and flushed Republicans.  Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update from me.  WWWendy is taking me to the hospital for my PET scan.  Oh God, it\u2019s Monday!<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:53 (average 5:46).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Trump* Virus Update<\/strong>:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\"0608TrumpVirusMap\"<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Cases: 2,008,791
Deaths: 112,506
Recovered: 761,729<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: Vladimir Putin has rejected Donald J. Trump\u2019s request for ten thousand active-duty Russian Army troops to guard the perimeter around the White House, Administration and Kremlin sources have confirmed.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

After Trump\u2019s call for U.S. troops was rebuffed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper and General Mark Milley, Trump reportedly snapped, \u201cI\u2019ll call Vlad,\u201d and stormed out of the meeting with the two men.<\/p>\n

Much to Trump\u2019s disappointment, however, his request for Russian troops met with a chilly response.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe optics would be terrible,\u201d Putin reportedly told him. \u201cWorse than that crazy thing you did with the Bible. Really, you need to get a grip.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dang, Andy! Poor* widdle criminal Fuhrer Trump! It really hurt his feelings, when his perv-daddy Putin [R-RU] pulled out of Trump\u2019s* pooter and zipped up his fly!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: The New York Times’ Editorial Page Editor James Bennet <\/font>has resigned<\/a><\/font> after the publication of an editorial by Sen. Tom Cotton advocating that the military be deployed to end racial injustice protests throughout the United States. Bennet had been the head of the Times’ editorial pages since 2016.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

The Times faced immediate and furious backlash<\/a> for publishing the op-ed, including from within the Times itself. After repeatedly defending the decision to run Cotton’s anti-American screed, it came out that the Times’ editors had themselves solicited for Cotton to make his case\u2014and that Bennet had not even read the piece before publishing it.<\/p>\n

It appears to me that the Times has made James Bennet a scapegoat for following the Times editors’ policy, against his own wishes. They should all be fired. However, Bennet should be fired too, for publishing it without reading it.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): The Animals – The House Of The Rising Sun 1964 (High Quality)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n