{"id":11418,"date":"2013-10-18T00:11:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T07:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11418"},"modified":"2013-10-18T00:11:13","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T07:11:13","slug":"open-thread10182013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/18\/open-thread10182013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;10\/18\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, as I try to fathom the damage from the Republican Shutdown and getting ready for a trip out to run errands.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:12 (average 4:56).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-10-18-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/borowitzreport\/2013\/10\/cruz-the-dream-of-keeping-poor-people-from-seeing-a-doctor-must-never-die.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Acknowledging that the government shutdown was coming to an end, an emotional Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took to the Senate floor today to make an impassioned speech, telling his colleagues, \u201cThe dream of keeping poor people from seeing a doctor must never die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His eyes welling up with tears, Sen. Cruz said, \u201cI embarked on this crusade with a simple goal: to keep affordable health care out of the reach of ordinary, hard-working Americans. And while this battle was lost, that dream\u2014that precious, cherished dream\u2014will live on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the government shutdown and near-default that almost touched off a global financial apocalypse, Sen. Cruz said, \u201cWe\u2019ll give it another try in a few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cruz\u2019s closest ally, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) also spoke reverently of the shutdown, calling it \u201cthe most expensive Civil War re\u00ebnactment in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, once again, the wrong side won,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As much as that ass would like to deny it, Andy captured the vile thing that poses as Cruz&#8217;s heart.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/video\/2013\/10\/16\/foxs-kelly-deal-to-end-shutdown-doesnt-look-lik\/196465\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters<\/a>: <\/font>Fox&#8217;s Kelly: Deal To End Shutdown &quot;Doesn&#8217;t Look Like A Win For The American People&quot; Because It Doesn&#8217;t Address Debt.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video-embed\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/embed\/196465\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" target=\"_blank\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is how the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda views the events of last night. It boggles the mind!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2013\/10\/16\/1247832\/-Tea-party-ringleader-admits-the-GOP-shut-down-the-government-for-nothing\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>What if I told you that one of the leaders of the tea party strategy to stop Obamacare by shutting down the Federal government didn&#8217;t actually believe it was possible to repeal Obamacare until 2017 at the earliest but pushed forward with his plan anyway?<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d probably get pretty mad, right? Shutting down the government over an unrelated policy dispute is bad enough, but if the people shutting the government down didn&#8217;t even believe that their strategy would work, then they&#8217;d be guilty of inflicting pain and creating chaos for absolutely no reason whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ugHYHHRxG7c?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The way I see it, these bastards owe us $25 billion!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"18Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"18Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/18Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, as I try to fathom the damage from the Republican Shutdown and getting ready for a trip out to run errands. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 4:12 (average 4:56).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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