{"id":41541,"date":"2020-10-17T12:20:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T19:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=41541"},"modified":"2020-10-17T12:20:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T19:20:23","slug":"open-thread-10-17-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/17\/open-thread-10-17-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 10\/17\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a groggy day here in the CatBox.  I slept poorly last night, but I took a nap this morning and just woke up.  Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update, as it’s a morning WWWendy day and we lave lots of semi-gooping and chores to do.  Have a great weekend!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:39 (average 5:05).  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

\"1017TrumpVirusMap\"<\/font><\/p>\n

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

US Cases: 8,296,249
US Deaths: 223,730
Plus all the Trump*\/GOP murders Republicans are covering up<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, continues to be a tremendous waste of Senate space and one of the reasons why America Is Going To Hell Right Now\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026Yeah. Yeah, that’s the takeaway from the Amy Coney Barrett hearings, which should not have been held due to multiple members of the Senate committee testing positive for a deadly disease. The hearings that were scheduled on such a rush basis, in order to beat the upcoming election, that the nominee for the Supreme Court appeared to have done absolutely no preparation for whatsoever, whether it was in the disclosure of past political advocacy, the review of her past legal opinions, or skimming through the Constitution of the United States a few times so that she could answer basic questions about what is in it. The hearings that did not require the nominee to take “notes” because there were no questions asked by the United States Senate that the nominee felt compelled to further contemplate or return with fuller answers on. <\/p>\n

It was the best. Why can’t we handle all impossibly consequential, history-altering nominations to the nation’s highest court with no preparation and knock through them in two days? Maskless hugs all around! <\/p>\n

As much as I hate to say anything bad about a Democrat, even a barely nominal DINO, on the eve of an election, I could not be more frustrated with DiFi’s lick-spittle approach to Amy Coney Bullshit and Lindsey Poo when neither warrants more than condemnation in the strongest possible terms.  She is up for reelection in 2024.  Remember this then!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font>QAnon and Trump: Hear what his supporters think<\/font><\/font> <\/p>\n

Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n