{"id":41416,"date":"2020-10-08T11:26:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T18:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=41416"},"modified":"2020-10-08T11:26:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T18:26:16","slug":"open-thread-10-8-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/08\/open-thread-10-8-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 10\/8\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.  Last Night I caught most of the slaughter.  Today is a grocery delivery day, and I have to put them away.  Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update, because it’s a morning WWWendy day. Today, here is a special treat from Mitch (ours, not Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow). <\/font><\/p>\n

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My wife and I went into town and visited a shop. When we came out, there was a cop  writing out a parking ticket. <\/p>\n

We went up to him and said, \u201cCome on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?” <\/p>\n

  He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him an \u201casshole.\u201d He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn-out tires. So, Shirley, my wife, called him a \u201cshithead.\u201d He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote. He finally finished, sneered at us and walked away. <\/p>\n

  Just then our bus arrived, and we got on it and went home. <\/p>\n

We always look for cars with Trump 2020 stickers. We try to have a little fun each day now that we\u2019re retired. It\u2019s so important at our age.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The one change I’d make is to pee in the gas tank before leaving!<\/font> <\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 4:30 (average 5:04).  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

\"1008TrumpVirusMap\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Click for interactive maps and charts<\/a><\/p>\n

US Cases: 7,780,586
US Deaths: 216,889
Plus all the Trump*\/GOP plague murders Republicans are hiding from us<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n

Debate Summary<\/strong>:<\/font> <\/p>\n

What Pence said over and over: “You have a right to your own opinion, but not to your own facts! [Insert Lie Here]”<\/font> <\/p>\n

What Pence did over and over: Interrupt and hog the mic.<\/font> <\/p>\n

What the moderator should have said: “Pence, you asshole, Shut the F*CK UP!<\/strong>“<\/font> <\/p>\n

What Harris did: WIN!<\/font> <\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>President Trump claimed on Wednesday that catching the coronavirus was \u201ca blessing from God\u201d and portrayed as a miracle cure the unproven therapeutic drug he was given after testing positive last week for the virus. <\/p>\n

It could not have been a blessing from God. If it had, She would have made it a terminal illness.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From CNN<\/a>: <\/font>President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not participate in the second presidential debate with Joe Biden after the Commission on Presidential Debates said the event will be held virtually in the wake of the President’s positive coronavirus diagnosis<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“I am not going to do a virtual debate,” Trump said on Fox Business. “I am not going to waste my time on a virtual debate.” <\/p>\n

Biden’s campaign on Thursday swiftly agreed to the virtual format. But Trump’s comment throws the debate into question after the commission took the significant step to wholly remake the event. The move was seen as needed by members of the debate commission given the uncertainty around the President’s health. <\/p>\n

Politically, if Trump skips the debate, he’ll be deprived of a platform that he needs at a time when his campaign is trailing in every national poll and in a number of key swing states. The first event was watched by more than 73 million people. <\/p>\n

Why would Trump* do this? At a virtual debate, the moderator could unplug Trump’s* mic, when he bullies\/interrupts the way he and Mr. Karen did during the first two debates.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From You Tube<\/a> (a blast of protest): <\/font>The Cranberries – Zombie (Official Music Video)<\/p>\n