{"id":46011,"date":"2021-11-25T07:14:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T15:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=46011"},"modified":"2021-11-24T12:16:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:16:54","slug":"open-thread-for-november-25-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/11\/25\/open-thread-for-november-25-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread for November 25, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Thanksgiving. I am so thankful for all of you who come here, read, and comment. I can&#8217;t really express that in words. I hope you can get a glimmer of that.<\/p>\n<p>Cartoon &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Elizaveta.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"795\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Elizaveta.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Elizaveta-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Elizaveta-150x125.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Elizaveta-768x642.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-b7btiF54jdM\/W3koZZEOa1I\/AAAAAAAAU-M\/qFeIT6ewvrgG_GSfBztTLFSXh7D9-RvXACLcBGAs\/s640\/funny-thanksgiving-gifs.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nShort Takes &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/fauci-urges-americans-to-use-covid-as-excuse-to-skip-thanksgiving-with-horrible-relatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Yorker (Borowitz) &#8211; Fauci Urges Americans to Use COVID as Excuse to Skip Thanksgiving with Horrible Relatives<\/a><br \/>\nQuote &#8211; Speaking from his office at the National Institutes of Health, Fauci said that the covid-19 excuse could help prevent a seasonal surge in exasperation and seething rage associated with the Thanksgiving holiday. \u201ccovid-19 could get you off the hook this year,\u201d Fauci said. \u201cConsider this a doctor\u2019s note from me.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/fauci-urges-americans-to-use-covid-as-excuse-to-skip-thanksgiving-with-horrible-relatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can click through<\/a>, but that pretty much covers it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2021\/11\/cameron-lamb-eric-devalkenaere-convicted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crooks and Liars &#8211; FINALLY: Black Family Gets Imperfect, But Historic Justice<\/a><br \/>\nQuote &#8211; Merritt said of the police department on Friday: &#8220;We plan to root out injustice within that system. We plan to identify the specific policies that facilitate one of the deadliest police cultures in the modern world. Kansas City will remember the name Cameron Lamb because he will be known as the beginning of the end of the deadliest police culture in the modern world.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2021\/11\/cameron-lamb-eric-devalkenaere-convicted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click through<\/a>. Beau addressed this also (In Saturday&#8217;s video thread, and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Fcdq_ypetAc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> ) I surely do hope they follow through on that police quote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2021\/11\/22\/2065730\/-13-year-old-boy-uses-his-Make-A-Wish-to-feed-homeless-because-Mississippi-officials-don-t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Kos (Walter Einenkel) &#8211; 13-year-old boy uses his Make-A-Wish to feed homeless because Mississippi officials don\u2019t<\/a><br \/>\nQuote &#8211; According to Olagbegi, his family has always done service for the community. Since he was a young child, the Olagbegis would serve meals to people in need every month. After Olagbegi was diagnosed, the family had to put some of that service on hold. Make-A-Wish Mississippi\u2019s Linda Sermons told WLBT: \u201cWe were excited this is our first philanthropic wish in our 20+ years of the chapter in the state\u2014a huge milestone for us, but also this is the first meal that Abraham is able to serve.\u201d Make-A-Wish helped Abraham Olagbeli begin Abraham\u2019s Table.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2021\/11\/22\/2065730\/-13-year-old-boy-uses-his-Make-A-Wish-to-feed-homeless-because-Mississippi-officials-don-t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click through if you wish<\/a>. Einenkel is not shy to discuss how serious the need is for more. But I can&#8217;t imagine a chld of privilege coming up with this wish myself.<\/p>\n<p>Food for Thought &#8211;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.politicalcartoons.com\/257298\/600\/thanksgiving-holiday.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Thanksgiving. I am so thankful for all of you who come here, read, and comment. I can&#8217;t really express that in words. I hope you can get a glimmer of that. Cartoon &#8211; Short Takes &#8211; The New Yorker (Borowitz) &#8211; Fauci Urges Americans to Use COVID as Excuse to Skip Thanksgiving with <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/11\/25\/open-thread-for-november-25-2021\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[3704,3913,3725,4115],"class_list":["post-46011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-covid-19","tag-holiday","tag-justice","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\/46011","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}