{"id":40898,"date":"2020-08-27T11:48:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T18:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40898"},"modified":"2020-08-27T11:48:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T18:48:47","slug":"open-thread-8-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/08\/27\/open-thread-8-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 8\/27\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.  Store to Door will be delivering groceries in the next three hours, and I have to unpack and put them away.  WWWendy is coming late this evening to destink the stinky TomCat, goop, and help with chores.  Tomorrow is her regular day, but tomorrow she has to go straight from school to her night job bartending at the Elks Lodge.  Then tomorrow she’ll come by in a lunch-hour pit stop to change my pain patch.  The down side is that I’ll be extra stinky when she returns Monday.  If you’re anywhere near Republicane Laura, please take care.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 2:57 (average 4:53).  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

\"0827TrumpVirusMap\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Click for several other maps<\/a><\/p>\n

US Cases: 6,002,176
US Deaths: 183,687
Plus all the many GOP plague murder victims Republicans are hiding from us.<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n

RNC Deplorables Take<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Day three was more of the same show featuring the worship of criminal Fuhrer Trump*.  They created a complete alternate reality, based on 100% lies.<\/font><\/p>\n

It was a super-spreader event with virtually no masks and no social distancing.<\/font><\/p>\n

I happened to notice an old Parade recipient, Joni Pig Nuts [R-IA].  She said that Biden would ban fossil fuels and ban farm animals.  Both statements and all her other statements were lies.<\/font><\/p>\n

The following is a complete analysis of the effect Trump* and the Republican Reich have had on America:<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>An outbreak hit the 2020 Republican National Convention this week as hundreds of attendees tested positive for delusion.<\/p>\n

While public-health experts have yet to determine the extent of the outbreak, the episodes of attendees exhibiting magical thinking bordering on the hallucinatory appear to be widespread. <\/p>\n

Davis Logsdon, who studies delusional epidemics at the University of Minnesota\u2019s School of Medicine, said that multiple R.N.C. participants professed to see things \u201cthat are not actually there,\u201d such as a strong economy, a successful coronavirus response, and an immigration policy brimming with kindness. <\/p>\n

In another worrying symptom, Logsdon said that attendees who tested positive were unable to see things that were clearly in their line of vision. \u201cOne participant on Monday was shouting for more than six minutes despite the presence of a microphone inches away from her,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Dang, Andy! There’s no satire here. All the stupid, rabid GOP Sheeple who attended the Nazi Republican super-spreader event are deluded by definition!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Kenosha Protest Shooting Suspect Attended A Trump Rally In January<\/p>\n