{"id":54373,"date":"2024-04-22T06:18:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=54373"},"modified":"2024-04-21T21:23:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T04:23:33","slug":"open-thread-april-22-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2024\/04\/22\/open-thread-april-22-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread April 22, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I looked up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/ParodyProject\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest &#8220;Parody Project&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; a parody of &#8220;Cat&#8217;s in the Cradle&#8221; called &#8220;Rats who enable.&#8221; And I realized how long it&#8217;s been since I checked the site. Here&#8217;s a link to all the videos, in date order, newest first. Something else may well appeal to you as much or more. I admit I&#8217;m influenced by loving the original so much. Akso, Trinette was by, and we made some more space. She says hi to all. I couldn&#8217;t find aother artice (and ran out of time to look harder), so I&#8217;m putting in 2 videos of Beau. He&#8217;s been hot lately (and one of them scared the daylights out of me).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2024\/04\/rep-luna-why-should-i-believe-actual-facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It wasn&#8217;t pretty<\/a> &#8211; but I have to suspect she took him by surprise and he didn&#8217;t know what to do. It was just so different for a Republican to be minimally polite.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hNTOONmcDmM?si=aLh_Z0X1JI5JuyQV\" 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\/f60ChpLiZ5o?si=4hwuDW7MA5MUpGQm\" 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\/eRyCxQWWnlM?si=Vso4qt4xMp4eW7Ge\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/posts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/posts.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/posts-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/posts-150x111.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I looked up the latest &#8220;Parody Project&#8221; &#8211; a parody of &#8220;Cat&#8217;s in the Cradle&#8221; called &#8220;Rats who enable.&#8221; And I realized how long it&#8217;s been since I checked the site. Here&#8217;s a link to all the videos, in date order, newest first. 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