{"id":54152,"date":"2024-03-18T06:31:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T13:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=54152"},"modified":"2024-03-17T19:35:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T02:35:14","slug":"open-thread-march-18-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2024\/03\/18\/open-thread-march-18-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread March 18, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Trinette was by again &#8211; I didn&#8217;t have much in the way of recyclables (I will next week) but I did have a big bag of trash. And she was kind enough to change the batteries in my thermostat. Not that it&#8217;s terribly difficult, if I weren&#8217;t so short (I used to be 5&#8217;5&#8243; but I&#8217;m down to 5&#8217;0&#8243;) and so easy to get off balance. She went home to work on her taxes, and I came back to my &#8220;den&#8221; to work on this. And maybe my taxes too. I don&#8217;t envy her &#8211; she has not only her own taxes to do, but her two sons &#8211; pne of whom has out of state income and will again this year at least. Me, so much of my income (all of my Social Security) is non-taxable (yes, that means there isn&#8217;t a lot of it, but it&#8217;s enough) that I really don&#8217;t legally need to file. But I do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/inside-a-secret-society-of-prominent-right-wing-christian-men-prepping-for-a-national-divorce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This is certainly not good news<\/a> &#8211; but &#8211; because it&#8217;s a real threat &#8211; we need to know about it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2024\/03\/world-central-kitchen-delivers-first-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here&#8217;s some good news<\/a> &#8211; where it&#8217;s been long needed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4R_gkdKb-8k?si=YT9y4KddCbHwdDTE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kzZakX6RLb8?si=dU4OFHSBzUInnN9n\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bliss.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bliss.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bliss-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bliss-150x105.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Trinette was by again &#8211; I didn&#8217;t have much in the way of recyclables (I will next week) but I did have a big bag of trash. And she was kind enough to change the batteries in my thermostat. 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