{"id":40935,"date":"2020-08-29T10:21:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T17:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40935"},"modified":"2020-08-29T10:30:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T17:30:22","slug":"open-thread-8-29-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/08\/29\/open-thread-8-29-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 8\/29\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s another tired day here in the CatBox.\u00a0 I overslept again.\u00a0 Yesterday I had a rough afternoon.\u00a0 My pulled pork BBQ goop still had chucks that were too big, and it plugged my tumor.\u00a0 That kept me awake all afternoon.\u00a0 WWWendy regooped it when she made a pit stop to change my pain patch.\u00a0 At least its cooler.\u00a0 We have three days in the 70\u00b0s before a week in the 90\u00b0s.\u00a0 Have a fine weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:59 (average 5:45).\u00a0 To do it, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Remember Larry?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

\"0829TrumpVirusMap\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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

US Cases: 6,103,398
\nUS Deaths: 186,167
\nPlus the thousands of GOP plague victims Republicans are hiding from us.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>:<\/span> It started with an unexpected call last week from Lynne Patton, a longtime Trump associate who oversees federal housing programs in New York.<\/p>\n

Ms. Patton told a leader of a tenants\u2019 group at the New York City Housing Authority, the nation\u2019s largest, that she was interested in speaking with residents about conditions in the authority\u2019s buildings, which have long been in poor repair.<\/p>\n

Four tenants soon assembled in front of a video camera and were interviewed for more than four hours by Ms. Patton herself. Three of the tenants were never told that their interviews would be edited into a two-minute video clip that would air prominently on Thursday night at the Republican National Convention and be used to bash Mayor Bill de Blasio, the three tenants said in interviews on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not a Trump supporter,\u201d said one of the tenants, Claudia Perez. \u201cI am not a supporter of his racist policies on immigration. I am a first-generation Honduran. It was my people he was sending back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The episode represents another stark example of how President Trump has deployed government resources to further his political ambitions.<\/p>\n

My response can be condensed into one word: typical!\u00a0 RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Trae Crowder Channel<\/a>): <\/span>Liberal Redneck – This Week in Hell<\/p>\n