{"id":40793,"date":"2020-08-17T10:47:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T17:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40793"},"modified":"2020-08-17T10:47:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T17:47:15","slug":"open-thread-8-17-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/08\/17\/open-thread-8-17-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 8\/17\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.  Diana, my palliative care nurse will be here shortly for my routine weekly visit.  The same stories still dominate the news, so my research took an extra long time.  It’s a relatively cool day: only 95\u00b0 \"Angry.  Oh God, it’s Monday!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 2:48 (average 4:24).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  Hoe did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

\"0817TrumpVirusMap\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Click here for interactive map<\/a>. <\/p>\n

US Cases: 5,569,520
US Deaths: 173,143
Plus all the many GOP plague murder victims Republicans are hiding from us.<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n

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

From Euro-News<\/a> (Hat-Tip Lona): <\/font>CLIMATE JUSTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is where Kamala Harris comes into her own. While she was district attorney of San Francisco, 15 years ago, Harris created an environmental justice unit, which specifically existed to deal with cases of environmental crime. <\/p>\n

Harris identified that “crimes against the environment are crimes against communities, people who are often poor and disenfranchised,” as she said to the San Francisco Chronicle in 2005.<\/a> <\/p>\n

The nexus between socio-economic disadvantage and environmental damage is something Harris has sought to address consistently – long before terms like \u2018<\/strong>intersectional environmentalism<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 even existed.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

More recently, Harris has sued major oil companies after they violated environmental legislation, and after the devastating Refugio oil spill in 2015, the company responsible (Plains All American Pipeline) were indicted on 46 criminal charges. <\/p>\n

The following year, after Volkswagen was found to have cheated on its diesel emissions, Harris secured a \u20ac73m settlement from the car manufacturer for the state of California. <\/p>\n

Although many so called progressives, aka regressives, have whined incessantly that Harris is a “corporate Democrat”, her track record on the environment is quite good.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Raw Story Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Trump claims ‘dogs’ are getting mail-in ballots<\/font><\/p>\n

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