{"id":40945,"date":"2020-08-30T11:20:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T18:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40945"},"modified":"2020-08-30T11:20:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T18:20:44","slug":"open-thread-8-30-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/08\/30\/open-thread-8-30-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 8\/30\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a muggy day here in the CatBox.  I did get to lie down for 90 minutes to rest my back.  Tomorrow morning I have a routine visit from Diana, my palliative care nurse.  Tomorrow is also a WWWendy day to destink the extra-mangy TomCat, change my pain patch, goop, and help with chores.  However, that won’t effect my blogging, as she won’t be here until late afternoon.  Sometime this week, I need to take at least a partial day off to complete some tasks in preparation for my death.  I need to arrange for the transfer of the ownership of this site to JD, Lynn, and Nameless.  I also need to arrange for low-cost cremation, unless you folks would like to goop me for your pets.  I hope you’re having a lazy Sunday.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:39 (average 5:16):  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

\"0830TrumpVirusMap\"<\/font><\/p>\n

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

US Cases: 6,141,057
US Deaths: 186,875
Plus thousands of murdered GOP plague victims Republicans are hiding from us<\/strong><\/font> <\/p>\n

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

From Vox<\/a>: <\/font>A shooter killed one person in Portland, Oregon on Saturday night, according to a statement<\/a> by the Portland Police Bureau.<\/p>\n

Much is still unknown about the shooting, but the victim \u2014 a white man<\/a> \u2014 appears to have had some connection to the far-right Patriot Prayer group; according to Willamette Week reporter Aaron Mesh<\/a>, the victim was wearing a hat and shirt with the group\u2019s logo. <\/p>\n

The shooting comes after supporters of President Donald Trump led a caravan<\/a> of vehicles through the city Saturday and clashed with anti-police brutality protesters in Portland\u2019s downtown; video from journalist Cory Elia<\/a> shows trucks flying Trump flags driving through people on a street and unleashing pepper spray as the vehicles forced their way through a crowd of protesters\u2026 <\/p>\n

\u2026Early Sunday, Trump issued a string of tweets and retweets, including one retweet and a tweet condemning Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler\u2019s leadership of the city. \u201cThe National Guard is Ready, Willing and Able\u201d to deploy, Trump wrote in a quote tweet [Republican Fuhrer delinked<\/em>] shortly after calling Wheeler [Republican Fuhrer delinked<\/em>] a \u201cfool.\u201d <\/p>\n

It strikes me as very strange that a Republican was the murder victim in this case. Democrats do not carry loaded guns to demonstrations. The Ammosexuals that do are either Republicans or right-wing anarchists, whose only intent is violence. Republicans falsely associate the anarchists with Democrats, but their behavior is too Republican-like for that to be true. If the shooter was not an anarchist, than Republicans must have killed one of their own terrorists by mistake. My beef with Wheeler is that he tends to let the rabid Republican police union intimidate him.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/font>What the Fact?! Robert Reich Reacts to the RNC<\/font><\/p>\n