{"id":41091,"date":"2020-09-11T11:14:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T18:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=41091"},"modified":"2020-09-11T11:14:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T18:14:38","slug":"open-thread-9-11-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/11\/open-thread-9-11-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/11\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a busy day, here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Debora just called and she&#8217;ll be here in a few minutes.&nbsp; She just left, and for a dead man, I&#8217;m in good shape.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#8217;m still very tired, and my back hasn&#8217;t recovered from Wednesday.&nbsp; However, I&#8217;m in the saddle today, because my 9\/11 article is too important not to publish. Tomorrow, WWWendy is coming very early so she go to Crater Lake in the Cascades.&nbsp; Therefore, please expect no more than a late Personal Update.&nbsp; JD, if Bill Maher publishes tonight, would you please cover it?&nbsp; TGIF!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:15 (average 4:30).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-09-11-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/0911Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Trump* Virus Update<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0911TrumpVirusMap\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0911TrumpVirusMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0911TrumpVirusMap.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"486\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalepidemics.org\/key-metrics-for-covid-suppression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click for interactive map<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">US Cases: 6,589,020<br \/>US Deaths: 196,345<br \/>Plus thousands of Trump&#8217;s GOP murder victims Republicans are hiding from us<\/font><\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Where WWWendy is going<\/strong>: Crater Lake<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0911CraterLake\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0911CraterLake\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0911CraterLake.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rr2_mr0b-Nw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/oregoniannews\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oregonian Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">I-5 visibility near Wilsonville during Oregon wildfires<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Rr2_mr0b-Nw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is about 18 miles from me. Here it isn&#8217;t quite that bad.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O16OBxFeKvc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">How Fox News covered the Woodward recordings of President Trump<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/O16OBxFeKvc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Trump has argued that he did not want to cause panic. That&#8217;s like yelling &#8220;fire&#8221; in a crowded theatre. That&#8217;s a lie, because the primary tactic of Trump&#8217;s* campaign creating panic. Furthermore, when the crowded theatre really was on fire, Trump* yelled, &#8220;The fire is a hoax! Stay in your seats!&#8221; Now the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, and the Republican Reich are piling on the BS.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lroU7apzma8&amp;list=PL0CG3s7fbEXBeXO-WNo1snMfcXNQQA1o0&amp;index=23&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast of past protest): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Eric Burdon &amp; The Animals Sky Pilot<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lroU7apzma8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ah\u2026 the memories! Protest like the 60s!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold\" color=\"#0000ff\">Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a busy day, here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Debora just called and she&#8217;ll be here in a few minutes.&nbsp; She just left, and for a dead man, I&#8217;m in good shape.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#8217;m still very tired, and my back hasn&#8217;t recovered from Wednesday.&nbsp; However, I&#8217;m in the saddle today, because my 9\/11 article is too important <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/11\/open-thread-9-11-2020\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[3704,3913,3712,3887,3721,3924,3718,3724,3739,3705,3706,3928],"class_list":["post-41091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-covid-19","tag-donald-trump","tag-faux-noise","tag-gop-lies","tag-gop-murder","tag-music","tag-oregon","tag-protest","tag-resist","tag-satire","tag-vote-blue","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}