{"id":40120,"date":"2020-06-11T10:43:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T17:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40120"},"modified":"2020-06-11T10:43:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T17:43:58","slug":"open-thread-6-11-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/11\/open-thread-6-11-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/11\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a busy day here in the CatBox.  Store to Door  should be delivering groceries within the next two hours.  Sometime tomorrow morning, I have a visit here from a Providence Home Health Nurse to determine what additional care I may need.  My participation here depends on when it is and how long it takes.  Have a great day!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:42 (average 4:51).  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><\/p>\n

\"0611TrumpVirusMap\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Cases: 2,067,355
Deaths: 115,163
Recovered: 808,556<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: Announcing that he was putting the nation on a \u201cdouble-red threat level,\u201d Donald J. Trump warned the American people on Tuesday to be on the lookout for terrorists posing as peaceful seventy-five-year-olds.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cOne of these terrorists was already identified by the police in Buffalo,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey may be coming to your town next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump listed some \u201ctelltale signs of Antifa,\u201d in order to help Americans identify septuagenarian terrorists in their midst.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the person appears to be seventy-five or older, with white hair and a peaceful demeanor, call the authorities immediately,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

Dang, Andy! That’s straight news again!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: More than 1,250 former Department of Justice employees on Wednesday called on the department\u2019s inspector general to open an investigation into reports that Attorney General William Barr personally ordered the tear-gassing of protesters in Washington, D.C. on June 1.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

The former employees wrote<\/a> that Inspector General Michael Horowitz must get to the bottom of Barr\u2019s involvement in the dispersing of the crowd, which was part of the nationwide uprising against racial injustice following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026The Washington Post reported<\/a> last week that Barr directed law enforcement officers on the ground to deploy tear gas, rubber bullets, and stun grenades at protesters just before President Donald Trump walked through the park to get to a nearby church for a photo-op.<\/p>\n

Barrf needs more than investigation. He needs a long prison term!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): Buffalo Springfield – For what it’s worth , Vietnam war<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n