{"id":42132,"date":"2020-12-06T11:23:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T19:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=42132"},"modified":"2020-12-06T11:42:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T19:42:39","slug":"open-thread-12-6-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/12\/06\/open-thread-12-6-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 12\/6\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a busy day here in the CatBox.\u00a0 I had a fine breakfast of steak in scrambled eggs, yogurt, rye bread and butter.\u00a0 I took a morning nap.\u00a0 I did my research.\u00a0 Today is a holy day in the Church if the Ellipsoid Orb.\u00a0 My Broncos are playing on Sunday Night Football this evening, so it will be televised here.\u00a0 May the Holy Ellipsoid Orb shine its blessed light on your team, unless they play in an arrow head.\u00a0 Have a fine Sunday!<\/span><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 3:15 (average 5:07).\u00a0 To do it, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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An annual day of mourning for the Republican Reich!<\/span><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/span>Lately, it seems that right-wing heroes and heroines du jour turn out to be slimeballs and reprobates. Well, add another to the list\u2014Melissa Carone, the star witness in the Trump campaign\u2019s attempt to overturn Biden\u2019s win there due to baseless claims of voter fraud.<\/p>\n

By now, you\u2019ve seen Carone\u2019s bonkers testimony before a Michigan state house panel, in which she claimed to have seen all manner of fraud while votes were being counted at the TCF Center. Her claims were so off the rails that even Rudy Giuliani had to try to rein her in. Earlier, she\u2019d claimed to have seen ballots smuggled inside vans. A judge had previously ruled Carone\u2019s claims were \u201cnot credible.\u201d<\/p>\n

For most of the week, people have wondered whether Carone had been too well served during her testimony. But it turns out there\u2019s another reason<\/a> to question her credibility. Two years ago, she was busted for sending obscene messages to her boyfriend\u2019s ex-wife.<\/p>\n

As I see it, sexual content is not what made this sleazy.\u00a0 What made it so is that her boyfriend’s ex-wife apparently did not consent to be the recipient of Carone’s GOPORN. That she did this should not surprise anyone. The gospel in a Republican Reich is that women should be obscene and not heard.\u00a0 RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n

From NPR<\/a> (Hat-Tip Mitch [ours, nor BBMM]): <\/span>Under the order filed Friday, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn instructed the Department of Homeland Security to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as soon as Monday.<\/p>\n

In his ruling, Garaufis said the terms of the federal program must be immediately restored to what they were “prior to the attempted rescission of September 2017” when the White House began a series of maneuvers to dismantle the program.<\/p>\n

The judge also instructed officials to reinstate two-year permits for qualifying applicants. Over the summer, the administration had begun issuing one-year permits.<\/p>\n

Kudos to Judge Garaufis, who was appointed by Bill Clinton. There are few judges left that do not bear the 666 of Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch etched into their foreheads. Win the Senate!\u00a0 RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (SNL Channel<\/a>): <\/span>Michigan Hearings Cold Open<\/span><\/p>\n