{"id":41687,"date":"2020-10-31T11:59:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T18:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=41687"},"modified":"2020-10-31T11:59:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T18:59:35","slug":"open-thread-10-31-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/31\/open-thread-10-31-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/31\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a spooky day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; The Republicosis still plagues me, but I have it under control.&nbsp; Tomorrow is a WWWendy day day.&nbsp; Then she is going to the coast until Thursday.&nbsp; She needs a vacation.&nbsp; Tomorrow is also a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&nbsp; My Broncos play the Chargers, but it won&#8217;t be televised locally.&nbsp; In honor of the day, Boo2U2!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:21 (average 5:01).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-10-31-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you too?<\/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\/1031Cartoon.jpg\"><\/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\/1031TrumpVirusMap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1031TrumpVirusMap\" 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=\"1031TrumpVirusMap\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1031TrumpVirusMap_thumb.jpg\" width=\"752\" height=\"424\"><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This map measures daily deaths per capita<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#0000ff\">US Cases: 9,324,833<br \/>US Deaths: 235,264<br \/>Plus all Trump*\/GOP plague murders Republicans are hiding<\/font><\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/democratic-voters-hope-election-day-means-democrats-will-stop-texting-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Democratic voters are anxiously awaiting Election Day in the hope that Democratic candidates and activists will finally stop texting them, a new poll shows.<\/p>\n<p>In conversations with Democratic voters across the country, \u201cNo longer being texted by Democrats\u201d has emerged as one of the most important issues to them in the 2020 campaign.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang, Andy! That isn&#8217;t satire; it&#8217;s gospel! If I had a nickel for every text, email, and\/or phone call I&#8217;ve received from an organization dunning me that the future of our nation depends solely on my donation to that organization, I could damn near pay off the national debt!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xZ4Xx3sa1N0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/msnbc\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Take Heart That Americans Still Believe In Democracy; Early Vote Numbers Prove It<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xZ4Xx3sa1N0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I trust that you won&#8217;t mind if I pray like hell that Rachel is right. The early voting numbers are the best cause for hope I have seen! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xwTPvcPYaOo&amp;list=PLGBuKfnErZlC0t5MPPXsGmKG6Z3-RgTbc&amp;index=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>Fleetwood Mac &#8211; The Chain (Official Audio)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xwTPvcPYaOo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ah\u2026 the memories!&nbsp; We&#8217;ve been so long under a Republican Reich we nees some beauty in our lives.&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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a spooky day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; The Republicosis still plagues me, but I have it under control.&nbsp; Tomorrow is a WWWendy day day.&nbsp; Then she is going to the coast until Thursday.&nbsp; She needs a vacation.&nbsp; Tomorrow is also a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&nbsp; My Broncos play the <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/31\/open-thread-10-31-2020\/' 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":[3708,3704,3913,3709,3705,3706],"class_list":["post-41687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-borowitz","tag-cartoon","tag-covid-19","tag-humor","tag-resist","tag-satire","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\/41687","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=41687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}