{"id":41216,"date":"2020-09-22T11:26:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=41216"},"modified":"2020-09-22T11:26:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:26:21","slug":"open-thread-9-22-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/22\/open-thread-9-22-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/22\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s become a hectic week here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Diana was late yesterday, but when she got here, she built a fire under my Oncologist&#8217;s office and the Stent surgeon&#8217;s office.&nbsp; Becky met WWWendy when she arrived at the hospital to pick up my patches, and changed me from 25 mg Fentanyl patches to 50 mg.&nbsp; My pain level is much lower.&nbsp; The stent surgeon&#8217;s office called and scheduled me for a video conference with the doctor at 7:30 AM tomorrow.&nbsp; They will determine whether they want to to do a dilation or a stent and schedule the procedure ASAP.&nbsp; If that isn&#8217;t crazy enough, WWWendy and I forgot that she scheduled an appointment to go to DMV to renew my Oregon ID at 4:30 on Thursday.&nbsp; We won&#8217;t even start the shower and gooping until we get back.&nbsp; On top of everything else, my AC is acting up again.&nbsp; This is my only article today, and I&#8217;ll have to play the rest of the week by ear.&nbsp; Tuesday is flush your Republicans day.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:04&nbsp; (average 4:38).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-09-22-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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0922Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Trump* Virus Update<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0922TrumpVirusMap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0922TrumpVirusMap\" 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=\"0922TrumpVirusMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0922TrumpVirusMap_thumb.jpg\" width=\"752\" height=\"412\"><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/covid-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click for interactive maps and charts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">US Cases: 7,047,643<br \/>US Deaths: 204,577<br \/>Plus thousands of Trump&#8217;s* GOP plague murders Republicans are hiding from us<\/font><\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bTBO9bRSsMU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/ParodyProject\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">LAZIN&#8217; ON A COVID AFTERNOON<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/bTBO9bRSsMU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Wonderful piece, Don! The one thing even more deadly than Trump* virus is Trump&#8217;s* Republican Reich!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SS1K6F1m_KM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/msnbc\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Democrats Make SCOTUS A National Issue Beyond Republicans Gaming Senate Rule<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/SS1K6F1m_KM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Listen to Liz! She is spot on! If the Reich confirm another to SCROTUS (Republican anti-Constitutional Venereal Disease), America will become a permanent National Socialist, theocratic, plutocratic dictatorship.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wJVpihgwE18&amp;list=PL0CG3s7fbEXBeXO-WNo1snMfcXNQQA1o0&amp;index=47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast of past protest): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">The Animals &#8211; We Gotta Get Out Of This Place<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/wJVpihgwE18\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ah\u2026 the memories! Protest like the 60s! To update, make it &#8220;We Gotta Get Out Of This Reich&#8221;!&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 become a hectic week here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Diana was late yesterday, but when she got here, she built a fire under my Oncologist&#8217;s office and the Stent surgeon&#8217;s office.&nbsp; Becky met WWWendy when she arrived at the hospital to pick up my patches, and changed me from 25 mg Fentanyl patches to 50 <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/22\/open-thread-9-22-2020\/' 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":[3704,3913,3712,3753,3718,3731,3739,3743,3705,3706,3714,3928],"class_list":["post-41216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-covid-19","tag-donald-trump","tag-elizabeth-warren","tag-music","tag-parody","tag-protest","tag-republican-reich","tag-resist","tag-satire","tag-video","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\/41216","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=41216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}