{"id":40726,"date":"2020-08-13T11:04:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40726"},"modified":"2020-08-13T11:04:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:04:33","slug":"open-thread-8-13-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/08\/13\/open-thread-8-13-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 8\/13\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.  Store to Door should come with my groceries between 11 and 12:30.  WWWendy will be coming at around 5:00 to destink the gross TomCat, change my pain patch, goop, and help with chores.  My first Pembrolizumab treatment is scheduled next Wednesday.  Because of WWWendy’s work schedule, I have to take the TriMet Lift bus there, but I timed it to finish at 4:30 PM so WWWendy can pick me up.  Thank you all for your prayers and support.  Have a great day.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:41 (average 5:27).  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

\"0813TrumpVirusMap\"<\/font><\/p>\n

US Cases: 5,361,269
US Deaths: 169,161
Plus the many dead Republicans are hiding from us<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n

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

From Politico<\/a> (June): <\/font>The House\u2019s highest-ranking Republicans are racing to distance themselves from a leading GOP congressional candidate in Georgia after POLITICO uncovered hours of Facebook videos in which she expresses racist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic views.<\/p>\n

The candidate, Marjorie Taylor Greene, suggested that Muslims do not belong in government; thinks black people \u201care held slaves to the Democratic Party\u201d; called George Soros, a Jewish Democratic megadonor, a Nazi; and said she would feel \u201cproud\u201d to see a Confederate monument if she were black because it symbolizes progress made since the Civil War. <\/p>\n

Greene finished first in a primary for a deep-red, northwest Georgia seat last week by a nearly 2-to-1 margin over the second-place candidate. She is entering an August runoff as the favorite to secure the Republican nomination for a district where that is tantamount to winning the general election in November. Her initial victory \u2014 which has sparked panic in GOP circles \u2014 comes as Republicans are grappling with a national reckoning over racial injustice and police brutality after George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last month. <\/p>\n

Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n