{"id":43042,"date":"2021-03-09T10:08:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T18:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=43042"},"modified":"2021-03-09T11:11:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T19:11:09","slug":"open-thread-3-10-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/09\/open-thread-3-10-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 3\/9\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a very tired day here in the CatBox.\u00a0 WWWendy and I finished our chores last night, and it should be fairly calm until Thursday.\u00a0 With both a shower aide and grocery delivery day, I’ll be spending a lot of time in my chair that day.\u00a0 I’m not looking forward to it.\u00a0 Tuesday is a Flush you Republicans Day, but so far, I haven’t had any to flush.\u00a0 Have a great day!<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:58 (average 4:36).\u00a0 To do it, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/span>One sunny day last spring, Bridgette Craighead was dancing the Electric Slide with three police officers in the grass next to the farmers\u2019 market. It was the first Black Lives Matter protest this rural Virginia county had ever had, and Ms. Craighead, a 29-year-old hairdresser, had organized it.<\/p>\n

She had not known what to expect. But when the officers arrived, they were friendly. They held her signs high, and stood next to her, smiling. Later an officer brought pizzas and McDonald\u2019s Happy Meals. They even politely ignored her cousin\u2019s expired license plate.<\/p>\n

This, she thought, was the best of America. Police officers and Black Lives Matter activists laughing and dancing together. They were proving that, in some small way, their Southern county with its painful past was changing. They had gotten beyond the racist ways of older people. This made her feel proud. In a photograph from that day, Sgt. Thomas Robertson is smiling, and Ms. Craighead is standing behind him, her face tilted toward the sun and her fist held high.<\/p>\n

She did not see the officers around Rocky Mount much after that. But in early January, someone sent her a photograph. It showed Officer Jacob Fracker and Sergeant Robertson posing inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the day the building was stormed by Donald J. Trump\u2019s most fervent supporters.<\/p>\n

At first, she did not believe it. Not her officers. But there they were, Officer Fracker giving the camera his middle finger. She confronted them on Facebook and they did not deny it. On the contrary, they were proud.<\/p>\n

On a hate and hypocrisy scale of 1 to 10, Repuglicans rate a 50!\u00a0 RESIST the Republican Reich<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/span>SCHNOZZOLA – A Parody of Lola | Don Caron<\/span><\/p>\n