{"id":13675,"date":"2014-09-15T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13675"},"modified":"2014-09-15T00:00:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T07:00:15","slug":"open-thread9152014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/15\/open-thread9152014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/15\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 147.  It\u2019s been a long, busy day.  The friend that I pay to help me with the heavy cleaning  contacted me last night and asked if she could come a day early.  She actually showed up on time, something she has never done before, and that caught me by surprise.  I missed my morning sleep.  I had a brief cat nap after watching the Broncos, but I\u2019m still very tired.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:30 (average 4:46).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Religious Ecstasy<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"09014-Broncos24-Chiefs17\"<\/font><\/p>\n

What a magnificent Orb it is!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>President Obama has had two sleepless nights since learning that Rush Limbaugh praised his speech about Iraq and Syria this week, a White House source confirmed on Saturday.<\/p>\n

According to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the President has been unable to sleep since Limbaugh complimented him on the air and has been seen pacing back and forth in the Oval Office in a way that aides described as \u201cworrisome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he heard that [House Speaker John] Boehner and [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell liked his speech, he seemed to take that in stride,\u201d the source said. \u201cBut this Limbaugh thing has pushed him over the edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dang Andy!! We better keep an eye on him. Approval from Limbarf is ample justification for suicide!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>This week House Republicans are messing around<\/a> with yet another bill that would do something to damage Obamacare. This time, they want to allow insurers to keep selling shitty policies that don’t cover all of the stuff that the law requires until 2019. Because what’s another five years of people being underinsured and going into bankruptcy because of it? While they’re dithering around with it, their most serious thinker on healthcare policy has been working on an actual plan that would replace Obamacare, in the event that Republicans could actually get their act together and achieve consensus on a plan. <\/p>\n

But what Avik Roy, a writer at Forbes and the conservative Manhattan Institute and Mitt Romney’s healthcare advisor, has come up with looks an awful lot like Obamacare. Except for the part where it forces people off of Medicare and Medicaid and into the private market. And the part where it would no longer be the Affordable Care Act. So says<\/a> the Los Angeles Times’ Michael Hiltzik.<\/p>\n

Click through for a more complete description. RepubliCare is a plan to die for.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Democrats have reversed the partisan imbalance on the federal appeals courts that long favored conservatives, a little-noticed shift with far-reaching consequences for the law and President Obama\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n

For the first time in more than a decade, judges appointed by Democratic presidents considerably outnumber judges appointed by Republican presidents. The Democrats\u2019 advantage has only grown since late last year when they stripped Republicans of their ability to filibuster the president\u2019s nominees.<\/p>\n

Democratic appointees who hear cases full time now hold a majority of seats on nine of the 13 United States Courts of Appeals. When Mr. Obama took office, only one of those courts had more full-time judges nominated by a Democrat.<\/p>\n

That’s great news. Now if only the Fascist Five Injustices of SCROTUS, Republican Constitutional VD, would take a junket tour of Liberia!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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