{"id":42031,"date":"2020-11-28T11:01:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T19:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=42031"},"modified":"2020-11-28T11:01:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T19:01:24","slug":"open-thread-11-28-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/28\/open-thread-11-28-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 11\/28\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another tired day here in the CatBox, but I have enough gas in the tank for a full post today.&nbsp; Tomorrow please expect no more than a Personal Update, as it&#8217;s a WWWendy day, and we are having our Thanksgiving dinner.&nbsp; It&#8217;s also a Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&nbsp; My Broncos are praying the Saints, but it won&#8217;t be televised here.&nbsp; I hope you are having a fine holiday weekend, even if it isn&#8217;t a holiday for you.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:01 (average 4:26).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-11-28-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/1128Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2020\/11\/hunger-and-are-surging-holiday-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>Now, as states across the country contemplate new lockdowns to slow down the rampant spread and record hospitalizations, the unprecedented demand for food aid is on the rise, according to the Guardian\u2019s latest snapshot survey:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Cleveland, 5,000 families showed up last Thursday for the pre-Thanksgiving drive-in distribution compared with 3,300 a week earlier and an average of 1,600 over the summer. Some 54% of the food distributed was for children and seniors. \u201cWe\u2019re now seeing families who had an emergency fund but it\u2019s gone and they\u2019re at the end of their rope. We\u2019re going to be doing this for a really long time, and that\u2019s frankly terrifying given the impact hunger has on physical health, learning and development for children and parents\u2019 stress,\u201d said Kristin Warzocha, president of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank.\n<li>One woman in Cleveland, who didn\u2019t want to be identified, discharged herself from the hospital against medical advice so that she didn\u2019t miss the Thanksgiving food box delivery. \u201cThat\u2019s the depth of need and desperation some families are feeling,\u201d added Warzocha.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not surprisingly, the Trump administration is making a bad situation worse, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/food\/2020\/nov\/25\/us-hunger-surges-spiraling-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a> reports. Instead of boosting Snap benefits (food stamps), it cut eligibility. The USDA\u2019s Farmers to Families program expires at the end of the year, as does a $450 million boost to the Emergency Food Assistance Program. \u201cWithout government assistance, \u2018we\u2019re headed toward a massive cliff come January,\u2019 said Erin Pulling, CEO of the Food Bank for the Rockies which serves Colorado and Wyoming.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"338\" src=\"\/\/embed.crooksandliars.com\/embed\/dbSNQmat\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This will not change when Trump* is gone. How many years have you seen me say, &#8220;Every penny Democrats spend to feed hungry families is a penny Republicans can&#8217;t give to a billionaire.&#8221;?&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/27\/world\/middleeast\/iran-nuclear-scientist-killed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Iran\u2019s top nuclear scientist, long identified by American and Israeli intelligence as the guiding figure behind a covert effort to design an atomic warhead, was shot and killed Friday in what the Iranian media called a roadside ambush as he and his bodyguards traveled outside Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>For two decades, the scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was the driving force behind what American and Israeli officials describe as Iran\u2019s secretive nuclear weapons program. His work continued after Iran\u2019s push to develop a bomb was formally disbanded in 2003, according to American intelligence assessments and Iranian nuclear documents stolen by Israel nearly three years ago.  <\/p>\n<p>One American official \u2014 along with two other intelligence officials \u2014 said that Israel was behind the attack on the scientist. It was unclear how much the United States may have known about the operation in advance, but the two nations are the closest of allies and have long shared intelligence regarding Iran, which Israel considers its most potent threat.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">There are three possibilities. Butcher Bibi, criminal Fuhrer Trump* or both in unison. I pick door number three. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/2020\/11\/trump-white-supremacists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>A new viral video released by &#8220;The Daily Show with Trevor Noah&#8221; on Friday offers an in-depth look into President Donald Trump&#8217;s ongoing refusal to condemn white supremacy.  <\/p>\n<p>According to the three-minute YouTube video&#8217;s description, it aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/daily-show-donald-trump-white-supremacists_n_5fc20b20c5b61d04bfa9ef76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">highlight Trump&#8217;s &#8220;cozy relationship with supremacists.&#8221;<\/a> The video, which garnered more than 700,000 views in less than 24 hours, notes Trump&#8217;s repeated attacks on nearly everyone under the sun.  <\/p>\n<p>Roy Wood Jr., a correspondent for the Noah&#8217;s show, provided the commentary for the video. During the video, he noted that Trump has often been &#8220;famous for being quick with an insult,&#8221; reports the Huffington Post. From lawmakers , state, and local officials, to Democratic voters, Trump has so easily insulted tons of people\u2014except white supremacists.  <\/p>\n<p>When Trump was elected, racists rejoiced. White supremacists rallied around him holding rallies and blatantly making their racial bias known. On multiple occasions, Trump has retweeted white genocide posts on social media and subtly defended the actions of white supremacists.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/5juf1RkWnpM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This will not change when Trump* is gone. Trump* did not choose the Republican Reich. The Republican Reich chose Trump*, because he represents them.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ediaZ5DhYjw&amp;list=PLk6n90VAXJUZMZbRgnbakyw-lp5rpjVai&amp;index=23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast for the planet): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Paradise<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ediaZ5DhYjw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">John Prine was a man who loved this planet. Sadly his fight is over. Seven months ago, Trump* and the Republican Reich murdered him with Trump* virus.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold\" color=\"#0000ff\">52 Days Until the Big <font color=\"#ff0000\">FLUSH<\/font>!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another tired day here in the CatBox, but I have enough gas in the tank for a full post today.&nbsp; Tomorrow please expect no more than a Personal Update, as it&#8217;s a WWWendy day, and we are having our Thanksgiving dinner.&nbsp; It&#8217;s also a Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&nbsp; My <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/28\/open-thread-11-28-2020\/' 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":[3704,3913,3712,3918,3711,3736,3734,3747,3826,3821,3718,3732,3743,3705,3714,3819,3754],"class_list":["post-42031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-covid-19","tag-donald-trump","tag-economy","tag-gop-crimes","tag-gop-greed","tag-gop-hate","tag-inequality","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-music","tag-nazis","tag-republican-reich","tag-resist","tag-video","tag-war-mongers","tag-white-supremacy","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\/42031","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=42031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}