{"id":42069,"date":"2020-11-30T08:42:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=42069"},"modified":"2020-11-30T08:42:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:42:24","slug":"open-thread-11-30-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/30\/open-thread-11-30-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 11\/30\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a tired day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I should be laying down to rest my back, but Deborah, my Providence Home Health Doctor is due in an hour for a routine checkup.&nbsp; My back is already hurting severely.&nbsp; WWWendy and I had a fine dinner yesterday (see below). 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&#8217;s took me 3:26 (average 5:31).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-11-30-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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1130Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Thanksgiving Dinner<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1129Tgiving\" 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=\"1129Tgiving\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1129Tgiving.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Religious Agony<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1129Broncos3-Saints31\" 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=\"1129Broncos3-Saints31\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1129Broncos3-Saints31.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"200\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">They might have done better. if criminal Fuhrer Satan* had not attacked their QBs with his plague.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/29\/us\/politics\/biden-foot-boot.html?campaign_id=2&amp;emc=edit_th_20201130&amp;instance_id=24567&amp;nl=todaysheadlines&amp;regi_id=31876173&amp;segment_id=45653&amp;user_id=9d54bb0c88106690a1e251c173475a5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. twisted his ankle playing with one of his dogs over the holiday weekend, an injury that his doctor said on Sunday resulted in hairline fractures in his foot that would most likely require him to wear a walking boot for several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Although initial X-rays showed no obvious fracture, a \u201cfollow-up CT scan confirmed hairline (small) fractures of President-elect Biden\u2019s lateral and intermediate cuneiform bones, which are in the midfoot,\u201d Dr. Kevin O\u2019Connor, the director of executive medicine at GW Medical Faculty Associates, said in a statement distributed by Mr. Biden\u2019s office.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is, in my opinion, President-elect Biden&#8217;s first major political blunder. He should NOT have been playing with a <em>dawg<\/em>. A DemoCAT is where his play should be AT!!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4YrKjGwQO78\" 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\">Biden announces all-female communications team, diverse economic team<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/4YrKjGwQO78\" 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 like these choices. More women and more women of color add diversity where it is badly needed. The only diversity in the Fifth Reich was spreading influence between Banksters, Nazis, KKK, Homophobes, Misogynists, Koch Suckers, and White Supremacists!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ql1EnjVYrZM&amp;list=PLk6n90VAXJUZMZbRgnbakyw-lp5rpjVai&amp;index=25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast for the planet): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Julian Lennon &#8211; Saltwater (1991)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ql1EnjVYrZM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Never since has this song been more appropriate. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold\" color=\"#0000ff\">50 Days Until the Big <font color=\"#ff0000\">FLUSH<\/font>!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a tired day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; I should be laying down to rest my back, but Deborah, my Providence Home Health Doctor is due in an hour for a routine checkup.&nbsp; My back is already hurting severely.&nbsp; WWWendy and I had a fine dinner yesterday (see below). Oh God it&#8217;s Monday! 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