{"id":42669,"date":"2021-01-31T11:52:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T19:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=42669"},"modified":"2021-01-31T11:52:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T19:52:56","slug":"open-thread-1-31-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/01\/31\/open-thread-1-31-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/31\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a VERY day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; WWWendy is doing chores.&nbsp; I should be in the saddle tomorrow.&nbsp; Enjoy your Sunday.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:42 (average 5:50).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2021-01-31-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/2018\/01\/0131Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/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\/qanon-fears-that-greenes-obsession-with-jewish-space-lasers-is-distracting-her-from-battling-baby-eating-cannibals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>QAnon leaders are increasingly concerned that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s obsession with Jewish space lasers is distracting her from her core mission of battling baby-eating cannibals.<\/p>\n<p>In an emergency meeting of QAnon elders, the conspiracy theorists issued a communiqu\u00e9 warning Greene to \u201cstay on point.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sent you to Washington as an anti-cannibal candidate for a reason,\u201d the communiqu\u00e9 read. \u201cYour focus on Jewish space lasers, while totally valid, may impair your effectiveness in defeating the international baby-eating cabal.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang Andy! How can sheeple be do dumb?!!? It&#8217;s BAAA-A-A-A-A-AAD!!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST the Republican Reich<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9LqK8GiIMYw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/snl\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SNL Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">What Still Works Cold Open<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9LqK8GiIMYw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Isn&#8217;t it fine that, even with Trump** out of the White House, Republicans still provide abundant material for satire. I won&#8217;t be rooting for Tom Brady.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST the Republican Reich<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w6iRNVwslM4&amp;list=PLGBuKfnErZlBLNzS_JlDAeiH5aW26rvHc&amp;index=29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>Bad Moon Rising &#8211; Creedence Clearwater Revival (HQ &#8211; 5.1 Studio )<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/w6iRNVwslM4\" 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; <strong>RESIST the Republican Reich<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">Build the Future. It Belongs to <font style=\"font-weight: bold\">YOU<\/font>!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a VERY day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; WWWendy is doing chores.&nbsp; I should be in the saddle tomorrow.&nbsp; Enjoy your Sunday. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:42 (average 5:50).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? 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