{"id":13577,"date":"2014-09-01T00:44:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T07:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13577"},"modified":"2014-09-01T00:44:09","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T07:44:09","slug":"open-thread912014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/01\/open-thread912014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/1\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 133.  Except for blogging, I\u2019m being as lazy as I can.  Whatever you are doing this holiday weekend, I hope and pray you stay safe.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:00 (average 5:13).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From AlterNet<\/a>: <\/font>Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly: If women were more focused on getting married, maybe men wouldn\u2019t sexually assault them so much.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phyllis Schlafly shared some pearls of wisdom with young women on her radio show this week: Stop focusing on your career so much and get hitched. That\u2019ll stop the menfolk from raping.<\/p>\n

Brilliant! Why didn\u2019t we think of that?<\/p>\n

Wise old Phyllis asked a question she already had an answer for: \u201cWhat\u2019s the answer for women who worry about male violence?" (Wait, isn’t that all women? And all people?) "It\u2019s not to fear all men," Schlafly continued. "It\u2019s to reject the lifestyle of frequent ‘hookups,’ which is so much promoted on college campuses today, while the women pursue a career and avoid marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hell, what are young ladies even going to college for? To selfishly get educated? What\u2019s next? Are they going to selfishly go out and support themselves? And have boyfriends or girlfriends? That is pretty much asking to be raped.<\/p>\n

Had enough crazy? Here\u2019s more.<\/a><\/p>\n

You read right. The Republican view is that women who opt to support themselves are asking to be raped. This is just one of six unhinged Republican moments from last week alone. Click through for the other five.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>The gasbags from Fox’s Business Channel who make up the Saturday morning lineup on their sister network every weekend were hard at work this Labor Day weekend participating in one of their favorite activities<\/a> — bashing anyone in the United States who believes that workers here ought to be able to earn a living wage, and attacking minimum wage workers who are out there protesting to have their wages raised.<\/p>\n

Barf Bag Alert!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n