{"id":40460,"date":"2020-07-18T11:38:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T18:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40460"},"modified":"2020-07-18T11:38:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T18:38:37","slug":"open-thread-7-18-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/07\/18\/open-thread-7-18-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;7\/18\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s a busy day here in the CatBox, and I\u2019m running behind after thirty minutes of filling my throne with recalcitrant Republicans.&nbsp; Tomorrow please expert no more than a Personal Update or an Open Thread.&nbsp; WWKristin is filling in for WWWendy.&nbsp; Have a great weekend, and flush your Republicans!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 2:49 (average 4:19).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-07-18-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\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; background-image: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/0718Cartoon.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Trump* Virus Map<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/0718TrumpVirusMap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"424\" title=\"0718TrumpVirusMap\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;\" alt=\"0718TrumpVirusMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/0718TrumpVirusMap_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">US Cases: 3,771,101<br \/>US Deaths: 142,080<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/trump-sues-the-coronavirus-for-treating-him-unfairly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <font color=\"#000000\">Alleging that it \u201chas treated me very unfairly,\u201d Donald J. Trump announced on Friday that he is suing the coronavirus.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very nasty virus, and by that I mean it has been nasty to me personally,\u201d Trump told reporters. \u201cI never thought that there could be anything more terrible than Jim Acosta, but the coronavirus is like an invisible Jim Acosta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Offering a preview of his lawsuit, Trump said that he was accusing the coronavirus of meddling in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look at the numbers and, every time the virus\u2019s numbers go up, my numbers go down,\u201d he said. \u201cThis virus is trying to rig the election for Sleepy Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang, Andy! If criminal Fuhrer Trump* is so afraid for his political future, why didn&#8217;t he take the needed steps to control Trump* virus in the beginning? That it&#8217;s making him even more distasteful to voters is the only good thing about his Republican plague!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yYkiXChON5g\" 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\">Ruth Bader Ginsburg announces cancer recurrence<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/yYkiXChON5g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Please remember RBG in your thoughts, wishes, prayers, or however you address the infinite. She a bastion of freedom, and we need her. Furthermore, God forbid that criminal Fuhrer Trump* should get to appoint another Fascist Republican Injustice to SCROTUS (Republican anti-Constitutional VD)!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-TjQYwZYLXo&amp;list=PL4D1CD2F32801CC4D&amp;index=6&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from labor): <font color=\"#000000\">I&#8217;m Sticking With the Union<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/-TjQYwZYLXo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Except for Republican police unions, support labor!&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 busy day here in the CatBox, and I\u2019m running behind after thirty minutes of filling my throne with recalcitrant Republicans.&nbsp; Tomorrow please expert no more than a Personal Update or an Open Thread.&nbsp; WWKristin is filling in for WWWendy.&nbsp; Have a great weekend, and flush your Republicans! 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