{"id":41061,"date":"2020-09-08T11:51:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T18:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=41061"},"modified":"2020-09-08T11:51:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T18:51:50","slug":"open-thread-9-8-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/08\/open-thread-9-8-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 9\/8\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a hectic day here in the CatBox.  I have the AC working, but I have to babysit it.  I lost the washer in my portable O2<\/sub> unit, and Providence Medical Equipment will deliver one this moaning.  I’ll be scarce for the next few days. Please expect no more than a daily Personal Update before Monday.  Tomorrow I have to take the TriMet Lift Bus to to the hospital for my second infusion in 90\u00b0+ weather.  Because of WWWendy’s work schedule, I had to schedule the appointment for 3:20 PM.  I’ll nap during the morning. WWWendy will pick me up at 5:30.  When we get home at around 6:00 PM, we still have a whole normal WWWendy day to do.  I’ll be exhausted and will get to bed way late.  I may be too worn out to do more Thursday.  Friday Deborah, the Providence Home Health doctor is coming for a routine visit.  Saturday is a morning WWWendy day.  Sunday I’m meeting with several prison volunteer coworkers and former prisoners on Zoom.  If I can do more, I will, but I’ll be busier than a long-tail TomCat in a rocking chair showroom.  Tuesday is flush your Republicans day.  Flush fast.  They’re sneaky as hell.  Oh God, it’s Tuesday!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:12 (average 5:17).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

\"0908TrumpVirusMap\"<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

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

US Cases: 6,486,426
US Deaths: 193,587
Plus thousands of GOP plague murder victims Republicans are hiding from us<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Just before hundreds of far-right activists recently tried to storm the German Parliament<\/a>, one of their leaders revved up the crowd by conjuring President Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is in Berlin!\u201d the woman shouted from a small stage, as if to dedicate the imminent charge to him. <\/p>\n

She was so convincing that several groups of far-right activists later showed up at the American Embassy and demanded an audience with Mr. Trump. \u201cWe know he\u2019s in there!\u201d they insisted. <\/p>\n

Mr. Trump was neither in the embassy nor in Germany that day \u2014 and yet there he was. His face was emblazoned on banners, T-shirts and even on Germany\u2019s pre-1918 imperial flag, popular with neo-Nazis in the crowd of 50,000 who had come to protest Germany\u2019s pandemic restrictions. His name was invoked by many with messianic zeal. <\/p>\n

It was only the latest evidence that Mr. Trump is emerging as a kind of cult figure in Germany\u2019s increasingly varied far-right scene. <\/p>\n

As much as the Republican Reich tries to claim that Trump* is not a Nazi, even foreign Nazis know who their Fuhrer is! RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Study: 93% Of Protests In The U.S. This Summer Were Peaceful<\/font><\/p>\n