{"id":41285,"date":"2020-09-26T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T18:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=41285"},"modified":"2020-09-26T11:43:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T18:43:43","slug":"open-thread-9-26-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/26\/open-thread-9-26-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/26\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It&#8217;s another tired day here in the CatBox, but at least I have a complete Open Thread, today.\u00a0 The esophageal problems I&#8217;m having interfere with my sleep, so I might have to change my name to Ulysses, so you can call me useless for short. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile\" style=\"border-style: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile.png\" alt=\"Winking smile\" \/>\u00a0 Tomorrow please expect no more than a Personal Update because it&#8217;s a morning WWWendy day.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.\u00a0 The Buccaneers are visiting my Broncos, but the game will not be televised here.\u00a0 This Wednesday would one of you please cover Tuesday night, when Biden debates, and Trump* masdebates? Have a great weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:07 (average 5:14).\u00a0 To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-09-26-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0926Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Trump* Virus Update<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"0926TrumpVirusMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/0926TrumpVirusMap.jpg\" alt=\"0926TrumpVirusMap\" width=\"752\" height=\"572\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/us\/coronavirus-us-cases.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click for interactive maps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>US Cases: 7,247,550<br \/>\nUS Deaths: 208,502<br \/>\nPlus thousands of Trump* GOP murders Republicans are hiding from us<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>SCROTUS (Republican anti-Constitutional Venereal Disease) Update<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/MrF-vGxtBSM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If she promises to recuse and gets confirmed, she will not recuse. Otherwise, she would not be a Republican.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"nyt_video_player\" title=\"New York Times Video - Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/players\/offsite\/index.html?videoId=100000007357319\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This is what she offers!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tenor-gif-embed\" data-postid=\"18584015\" data-share-method=\"host\" data-width=\"100%\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.8513011152416354\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/amy-coney-barrett-amy-hanger-barrett-hanger-coney-barrett-amy-coney-hanger-chunkled-gif-18584015\">Amy Coney Barrett Amy Hanger Barrett GIF<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/search\/amyconeybarrett-gifs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amyconeybarrett GIFs<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/obama-proposes-cancelling-white-houses-cable-to-get-trump-to-leave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/span>As Donald J. Trump refuses to commit to a peaceful transfer of power in January, former President Barack Obama suggested that cancelling the White House\u2019s cable-TV account could induce the President to leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a man who enjoys watching television,\u201d Obama told reporters. \u201cWhat if, on Inauguration Day, he picks up the remote and nothing comes on?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis seems like the most peaceful way to get him to go,\u201d Obama said.<\/p>\n<p>Obama also said that, in order to avoid a constitutional crisis, the White House\u2019s supply of Diet Coke could also be cut off, but added, \u201cI don\u2019t think it will come to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce it dawns on him that there\u2019s no cable, his days will stretch out before him in a vista of emptiness,\u201d Obama said. \u201cNo \u2018Fox &amp; Friends.\u2019 No Tucker Carlson. And no Shark Week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Dang, Andy! This is Obama&#8217;s best idea yet! It&#8217;s even better than Obamacare!\u00a0 <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B0ao86JlBVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/msnbc\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How Far Is Trump Willing To Go To Stay In Office?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/B0ao86JlBVA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">For Trump* staying in power is a life or death issue. He will ruin as many of OUR lives and cause as many of OUR deaths as it takes. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5UPxohSWGpQ&amp;list=PL0CG3s7fbEXBeXO-WNo1snMfcXNQQA1o0&amp;index=51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast of past protest): <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Draft Register [<em>should be Resister<\/em>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/5UPxohSWGpQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Ah the memories!\u2026 Protest like the 60s! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0000ff;\">Vote Blue No Matter Who Top to Bottom!!<\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another tired day here in the CatBox, but at least I have a complete Open Thread, today.\u00a0 The esophageal problems I&#8217;m having interfere with my sleep, so I might have to change my name to Ulysses, so you can call me useless for short. \u00a0 Tomorrow please expect no more than a Personal Update <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/26\/open-thread-9-26-2020\/' 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":[3704,3913,3705,3706,3928],"class_list":["post-41285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-covid-19","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\/41285","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=41285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}