{"id":41395,"date":"2020-10-05T09:35:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T16:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=41395"},"modified":"2020-10-05T09:35:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T16:35:11","slug":"open-thread-10-5-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/05\/open-thread-10-5-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 10\/5\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.  Diana is coming this morning to check on me, so as long as I have to be up, here is a full Open Thread.  Tomorrow please expect only a minimal Personal Update.  I go to the hospital tomorrow afternoon for my next infusion.  I’ll take the TriMet Lift Bus to the Hospital.  WWWendy will get me home between 6:00 and 6:30, after which we have a full WWWendy day to do.  Therefore it’s likely that I’ll be too tired on Wednesday to do much then either.  Oh God, it’s Monday!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:14 (average 5:00).  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

\"1005TrumpVirusMap\"<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

US Cases: 7,639,211
US Deaths: 214,635
Plus all the Trump*\/GOP plague murders Republicans are hiding from us<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n

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

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>The case for Medicare for All was once again<\/a> made by the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, Sen. Ed Markey tweeted on Sunday, after Republican politicians were able to check themselves into hospitals shortly after announcing they had tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Markey noted that throughout the coronavirus pandemic, in which more than 7.4 million cases have been detected and more than 209,000 people in the U.S. have died, people have attempted to get care at hospitals after testing positive and showing worsening symptoms, only to be turned away and “told only to come back when they could not breathe.” <\/p>\n

“Now politicians are checking into hospitals as a ‘precaution.’ Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege,” Markey wrote<\/a>. “We need Medicare for All.” <\/p>\n

The senator’s statement came a day after former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a member of the president’s debate prep team this past week, announced<\/a> he was checking himself into Morristown Medical Center after testing positive on Saturday. <\/p>\n

“While I am feeling good and only have mild symptoms, due to my history of asthma we decided this is an important precautionary measure,” Christie tweeted.<\/a> <\/p>\n

This is so typical of RepubliCare, the Republican replacement for ObamaCare. Rich Republicans get care. The rest of us get the RepubliCare Death Benefit. We get to die.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/font>END OF THE WORLD – a Parody<\/font><\/p>\n