{"id":40232,"date":"2020-06-24T11:09:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T18:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40232"},"modified":"2020-06-24T11:09:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T18:09:08","slug":"open-thread-6-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/24\/open-thread-6-24-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;6\/24\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s a busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I slept poorly last night, because it was so muggy.&nbsp; Today is the cool day this week, with a forecast high of only 80\u00b0.&nbsp; From your comments, some of you don\u2019t understand my pain meds.&nbsp; Fentanyl is a narcotic opioid, just like Oxycodone.&nbsp; It shares the same dangers and side-effects.&nbsp; They have me on the lowest dose (12.5 mg patch) and do not intend it to replace Oxycodone.&nbsp; My medical team&nbsp; intend it to provide a continuous level of pain relief, but understand that I will need to supplement it with Oxycodone.&nbsp; Their hope is that my Oxycodone use will decrease from 40 \u2013 50 mg\/day to 5 \u2013 20 mg\/day.&nbsp; As much as I would prefer not to need&nbsp; pain management, spinal cancer is extremely painful, as is esophageal cancer.&nbsp; Without meds, I would be in too much pain to do the things that make staying alive worth it.&nbsp; WWWendy will be coming late this afternoon to de-stink the vile, rancid TomCat and make a lot of goop.&nbsp; I ate almost all the goop in the house.&nbsp; In a late change of plans, WWWendy is coming at Noon.&nbsp; Rush mode engaged! Happy Hump Day!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:37 (average 7:41).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-06-24-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\/06\/0624Cartoon.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=\"422\" title=\"0624TrumpVirusChart\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"0624TrumpVirusChart\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/0624TrumpVirusChart.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The EU curve shows a proper response to Trump* virus.&nbsp; The US curve shows a Republican response.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Cases: 2,425,424<br \/>Deaths: 123,500<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">We don\u2019t want criminal Fuhrer Trump* taking credit for the recoveries, which he makes less likely, NOT more likely.<\/font><\/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=zOUryJO8y_w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <font color=\"#000000\">Robert Reich: America is Not Exceptional<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/zOUryJO8y_w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right, and the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, id the Fifth Reich, exceptional in their hate, greed, megalomania, and incompetence.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_KQdEWefW2o\" 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><font color=\"#000000\">EU considers blocking US travelers due to coronavirus surge<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_KQdEWefW2o\" 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\">Considering the difference in new cases charts of the EU and the US (see TVU above), it is clear that the US has become the world&#8217;s Typhoid Mary for the spread of COVID-19, aka Trump* virus. Therefore, if the EU fails to ban visitors from the US, they are insane!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Eab_beh07HU&amp;list=PLGBuKfnErZlCkRRgt06em8nbXvcV5Sae7&amp;index=72&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <font color=\"#000000\">The Beach Boys &#8211; Good Vibrations<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Eab_beh07HU\" 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<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I slept poorly last night, because it was so muggy.&nbsp; Today is the cool day this week, with a forecast high of only 80\u00b0.&nbsp; From your comments, some of you don\u2019t understand my pain meds.&nbsp; Fentanyl is a narcotic opioid, just like Oxycodone.&nbsp; It shares the same <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/24\/open-thread-6-24-2020\/' 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":[3704,3913,3782,3746,3718,3743,3705,3792,3706,3714,3928],"class_list":["post-40232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-covid-19","tag-eu","tag-gop-incompetence","tag-music","tag-republican-reich","tag-resist","tag-robert-reich","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\/40232","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=40232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}