{"id":42084,"date":"2020-12-02T10:50:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T18:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=42084"},"modified":"2020-12-02T10:50:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T18:50:51","slug":"open-thread-12-2-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/12\/02\/open-thread-12-2-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 12\/2\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a hectic say here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Diana will be here momentarily to change my pain patch.&nbsp; (Now, she left over an hour ago.)&nbsp; A couple of you mentioned a Tenz unit, and that is something I discussed with Molly, my PA.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s the problem.&nbsp; Someone needs to attach and dethatch the pads several times daily, and since the target location is mid-back, where I cannot reach, I could only use it with a live in caregiver.&nbsp; So that&#8217;s out for me.&nbsp; Tomorrow morning WWWendy is coming to destink the TomCat and help with food.&nbsp; It&#8217;s also a Store to Door grocery delivery day.&nbsp; Therefore please expect no more than a Personal Update from me.&nbsp; Happy Hump Day!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:28 (average 6:02).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-12-02-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\/2016\/12\/1202Cartoon.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\/trump-lawyer-digenova-calls-chris-krebs-be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>Appearing on Howie Carr&#8217;s show on Newsmax TV, Trump lawyer Joe DiGenova called for the public execution of Chris Krebs for his interview on CBS News&#8217; 60 Minutes Sunday night after explaining in detail what the strategy is for disenfranchising millions of voters who elected Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is pretty simple and utterly ridiculous. Republican governors will just declare the election process corrupt and either decline to send electors or else send a slate of electors for Donald Trump, regardless of the certified outcome of the actual election.  <\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/\/embed.crooksandliars.com\/embed\/dck5JOeg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is typical tactics for the 5th Reich. Many Republicans appear to be rejecting Trump*, but don&#8217;t believe them. The crimes he committed were implementing the policies they wanted from him.&nbsp; Now they&#8217;re feigning innocence.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/01\/us\/politics\/georgia-senate-election-democrats.html?campaign_id=2&amp;emc=edit_th_20201202&amp;instance_id=24620&amp;nl=todaysheadlines&amp;regi_id=31876173&amp;segment_id=45839&amp;user_id=9d54bb0c88106690a1e251c173475a5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Neither Jon Ossoff nor the Rev. Raphael Warnock has endorsed the Green New Deal. But that hasn\u2019t stopped the Sunrise Movement, the activist climate group that champions the sweeping climate change plan, from mobilizing in force for the two Georgia Democrats in their high-stakes runoff races for Senate seats.<\/p>\n<p>The group is aiming to help register 10,000 to 20,000 Georgians who will turn 18 by Jan. 5, the day of the elections. It has people on the ground canvassing and dropping off campaign literature. And while its appeals mention the threat from climate change, it does not present the issue as a litmus test.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, we\u2019re focused on the bigger picture,\u201d said Shant\u00e9 Wolfe, who is leading the Sunrise Movement\u2019s work in Georgia. \u201cOur effort is in favor of the greater good.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>The furious efforts in Georgia by the Sunrise Movement and other progressive groups \u2014 on behalf of two candidates who do not share their most ambitious policy goals \u2014 reflect the urgency that is consuming the Democratic Party\u2019s left flank. Two victories in Georgia would produce a 50-50 tie in the Senate, giving Democrats control of the chamber because Kamala Harris would cast tiebreaking votes as vice president.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m pleased to see the progressive left coming to the realization that the centrist-left is a far better choice than the 5th Reich. This is especially true, since wins in those races kick Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch out of the Majority Leader&#8217;s chair.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oxgccjfuSaQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/ColbertLateShow\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colbert Late Show Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">The Biden Family Cat Has Some Lofty Goals<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/oxgccjfuSaQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">How cool! CAT is where it&#8217;s AT. I especially like the part about nuking the <em>dawgs<\/em>!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eERiCgqyha4&amp;list=PLk6n90VAXJUZMZbRgnbakyw-lp5rpjVai&amp;index=34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast for the planet): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">To My Old Brown Earth<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/eERiCgqyha4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">May we restore the earth to a world that still supports life! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold\" color=\"#0000ff\">48 Days until the Big <font color=\"#ff0000\">FLUSH<\/font>!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a hectic say here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Diana will be here momentarily to change my pain patch.&nbsp; (Now, she left over an hour ago.)&nbsp; A couple of you mentioned a Tenz unit, and that is something I discussed with Molly, my PA.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s the problem.&nbsp; Someone needs to attach and dethatch the pads several <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/12\/02\/open-thread-12-2-2020\/' 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":[3704,3711,3734,3924,3709,3718,4082,3705,3706,3844,3799,3714],"class_list":["post-42084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-gop-crimes","tag-gop-hate","tag-gop-murder","tag-humor","tag-music","tag-progressive-issues","tag-resist","tag-satire","tag-senate","tag-stephen-colbert","tag-video","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\/42084","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=42084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}