{"id":13722,"date":"2014-09-21T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13722"},"modified":"2014-09-21T00:00:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T07:00:42","slug":"open-thread9212014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/21\/open-thread9212014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/21\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 153.  Yesterday, when I returned from physical therapy, I hit the wall.  I slept from Noon until 5:30, almost didn\u2019t make it to the bathroom, ate, and prepared the Personal Update.  Then I slept from 6:30 until 11:30, almost didn\u2019t make it to the bathroom, did the puzzle, posted the Personal Update, and ate.  Then I slept from 12:30 until 6:00, almost didn\u2019t make it to the bathroom and ate.  Today, I\u2019ve been researching and working on my notebook in preparation for Wednesday\u2019s trip to Salem.  Tomorrow is a Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  My Broncos\u2019 worship will be televised.  I\u2019m hoping for a communion feast of fricassee of Seachicken, but few teams are harder to beat at home than Seattle.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:11 (average 4:41).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In an eleventh-hour development that could have an unpredictable effect on the vote to determine Scottish independence, Queen Elizabeth II took to the British airwaves on Thursday to excoriate the Scots in a one-hour, profanity-laden tirade.<\/p>\n

The Queen\u2019s speech began with the phrase \u201cListen, you Scottish bastards,\u201d and became steadily saltier as the monarch blasted her subjects for having the impudence to consider leaving the fold.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll make you heel like a litter of [Anglo-Saxon vulgarity] corgis,\u201d she said, as her rage reached a crescendo\u2026<\/p>\n

Andy gave us quite a revelation. I guess she must have whipped them into obedience, since "No" won.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Our kids are standing up against homophobia, racism, sexism, and despair. They’re standing up in North Carolina’s Moral Mondays’ movement<\/a> and across the country for their right to vote.<\/a> They’re standing up in Ferguson, Mo against racism<\/a> and taking their town back. They will be standing up and marching this Sunday in the People’s Climate March.<\/a> Our own Joan Brooker’s documentary film students are bringing their cameras and their spirits to the march.<\/p>\n

Our young people stood up this Tuesday in Virginia for love instead of hate.  When an anti-gay, self described, "Preacher" showed up at James Madison University to tell gay students they were going to hell, students responded to his hate with love.<\/p>\n

Here is the Republican hatemonger:<\/font><\/p>\n

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