{"id":41553,"date":"2020-10-19T11:52:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T18:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=41553"},"modified":"2020-10-19T11:52:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T18:52:51","slug":"open-thread-10-19-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/19\/open-thread-10-19-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/19\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a tired day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Yesterday we made a few new things to eat.&nbsp; For lunch, I had BBQ chicken wings and rice.&nbsp; That was spectacular! For supper I had Campbell&#8217;s chunky soup.&nbsp; For breakfast I has Cream of Wheat.&nbsp; Yesterday I also did the most important thing I shall do in what&#8217;s left of my life.&nbsp; I voted Blue no matter who top to bottom!!&nbsp; I did manage a badly needed nap this morning.&nbsp; Oh God, it&#8217;s Monday!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today I did not receive a puzzle from Jig Zone.&nbsp; When I entered what the URL should be, the page was not there.&nbsp; Hopefully they will be back tomorrow.<\/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\/10\/1019Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Do you think Amy Coney Grabbit has given access to her Fuhrer?&nbsp; I suspect it depends on whether her husband ordered her to do so.<\/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\/10\/1019TrumpVirusMap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1019TrumpVirusMap\" 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=\"1019TrumpVirusMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1019TrumpVirusMap_thumb.jpg\" width=\"752\" height=\"502\"><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/world\/coronavirus-maps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click for interactive maps and charts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">US Cases: 8,388,013<br \/>US Deaths: 224,732<br \/>Plus all the Trump*\/GOP plague murders Republicans are hiding<\/font><\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Religious Ecstasy<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1018Broncos18-Patriots12\" 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=\"1018Broncos18-Patriots12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1018Broncos18-Patriots12.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As much as I am praising the wondrous Orb for my Broncos&#8217; sake, I watched the Houston-Tennessee overtime and could not help grieving on Pat&#8217;s behalf.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/cltv\/2020\/10\/susan-collins-backs-two-qanon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>Senator Susan Collins is acknowledging that her political action committee, &#8220;Dirigo PAC&#8221; has donated money to a pair of northern Maine candidates for the state legislature who believe in QAnon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/embed.crooksandliars.com\/embed\/d7dxLmiH\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is what the Republican Reich considers &#8220;moderate&#8221;: raising money for QAnon candidates. ARGH!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-74iHBJy4xU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Then and now: See Electoral College projection 16 days before election<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/-74iHBJy4xU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">PLEASE, America! Remember who badly we blew it four years ago! No matter how good the numbers look, we are certainly capable of selling our nation into permanent National Socialist tyranny, if we get complacent about defeating criminal Fuhrer Trump*! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WM7-PYtXtJM&amp;list=PLGBuKfnErZlBLNzS_JlDAeiH5aW26rvHc&amp;index=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>Fleetwood Mac &#8211; Landslide (Official Music Video)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/WM7-PYtXtJM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">A Landslide is certainly what we need. Ah\u2026 the memories! Protest like the 60s!&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<h1 align=\"center\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold\" color=\"#0000ff\">Just like I did!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a tired day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Yesterday we made a few new things to eat.&nbsp; For lunch, I had BBQ chicken wings and rice.&nbsp; That was spectacular! 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