{"id":54542,"date":"2024-05-28T06:06:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T13:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=54542"},"modified":"2024-05-27T21:27:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T04:27:43","slug":"open-thread-may-28-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2024\/05\/28\/open-thread-may-28-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread May 28 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was pretty quiet.\u00a0 Today I will be getting in touch with my plumber, because over the weekend, my mud room developed a pond.\u00a0 It&#8217;s right between my water heater and my washing machine, so I don&#8217;t know which is at faultBut whatever it is, it needs to be gone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NaCKvNBhJHE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I&#8217;m not going to embed this<\/a>, nor count is as an article, because it is not political. What it is about is how, when you post a comment on the internet (especically when it isn&#8217;t answered on the site, you have no idea how much it may impact someone. And you may never know. Humility is a good thing, but it&#8217;s possible to be too humble about what we do here, and easy to get discouraged. Please don&#8217;t get discouraged. (Oh, BTW, hanky alert)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/skyler-greggs-dad-is-finishing-his-dead-sons-ukraine-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hanky alert here too<\/a>. I can actually see why MAGAts would hate people like Steve and Skyler &#8211; because they are nearly impossible to live up to, their existence lays bare all the failings of the right.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not ceazy about predictions, especially ones that depend on people I don&#8217;t know. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democraticunderground.com\/100218981179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">But this is amusing<\/a>. On that jury, I would have fit in well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VZHTElQCJMQ?si=-ubk-BWXwQrkmPo-\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BgvmR7tem3M?si=38mDioMc29iBsYgn\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/not-see.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/not-see.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/not-see-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/not-see-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was pretty quiet.\u00a0 Today I will be getting in touch with my plumber, because over the weekend, my mud room developed a pond.\u00a0 It&#8217;s right between my water heater and my washing machine, so I don&#8217;t know which is at faultBut whatever it is, it needs to be gone. 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