{"id":12844,"date":"2014-05-24T02:54:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T09:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12844"},"modified":"2014-05-24T02:54:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T09:54:45","slug":"open-thread5242014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/24\/open-thread5242014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/24\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been writing for tomorrow in spurts, while preparing a chicken, rice, broccoli, beans, onions, and chili dish.  Beware downwind!! :-)  I\u2019ve also been boiling water, as the city water is infected with e coli<\/em>.  We have a boil water alert on until further notice.  In all the years I\u2019ve lived here, that\u2019s a first.  I\u2019ve also cat napping.  I started this morning, and it\u2019s now evening.  Yesterday\u2019s prison meeting went quite well.  It was the second half of the annual banquet, and my role was quite similar to last month.  The pride my guys take in introducing their families just puts a smile on my face.  Day 32.<\/font><\/p>\n

Late (early) Update<\/strong>: That last cat nap was a doozie!<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:38 (average 5:14).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>Some of the best practical advice, or just one of those things that we all eventually learn? Either way … wise words, Louis. <\/p>\n

\"0524Up\"<\/p>\n

He’ll never make the Republicans on Parade<\/strong> list.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In response to the international uproar created when he reportedly compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Hitler, His Royal Highness Prince Charles today issued the following letter of apology to the Russian people.<\/p>\n

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My dear Russians,<\/p>\n

Yesterday, it was reported that I compared your President Putin to Hitler. If by making this comment I have in some way offended you, I am deeply sorry. Adolf Hitler was one of the horrible villains in world history, and comparing President Putin to him was uncalled for.<\/p>\n

What I should have said, and what I say to you now, is that this Putin chap can be a bit Hitlery at times.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take, for example, his penchant for taking territory that doesn\u2019t belong to him and then adding it to his country and so forth. Would you call that behavior Hitlery or not Hitlery? From where I sit, it\u2019s more like something Hitler would do than something he wouldn\u2019t do, and so the verdict must be, yes, the chap is being rather Hitlery when he does that\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

LOL Andy!! But you messed-up! GOP-Pootie is more like Mussolini. Hitler’s follow-on will be announced at the 2016 Republican Convention.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>This<\/a> might just be the most ridiculous thing Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said during the entire 2014 campaign:<\/p>\n

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Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell says he would try to repeal the Affordable Care Act if he’s elected Senate majority leader. <\/p>\n

But the veteran senator won’t say what would happen to the 421,000 Kentuckians who have health insurance through the state’s health care exchange.<\/p>\n

McConnell told reporters Friday that the fate of the state exchange is unconnected to the federal health care law. Yet the exchange would not exist, if not for the law that created it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If Mitch wants to say he’s for Obamacare repeal, he’s got to acknowledge what repealing Obamacare would really mean, and that includes dismantling things like Kynect, the new health care exchange created because of Obamacare.<\/p>\n

Is it time to change his name to "Bought Bullshit McConArtist", or should we just keep "Bought Bitch Mitch"?<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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