{"id":13957,"date":"2014-10-23T01:13:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T08:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13957"},"modified":"2014-10-23T01:13:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T08:13:06","slug":"open-thread10232014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/23\/open-thread10232014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;10\/23\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 185.&#160; I\u2019m waiting for Store to Door to deliver groceries, and then I need to prepare my materials for tomorrow\u2019s prison volunteer day.&#160; Tomorrow is also a high Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; My Broncos are at home in the nationally televised Thursday night worship with San Diego, and I\u2019ll be in prison, far from a TV.&#160; When I return home and find out what happened, I\u2019ll have to do penance.&#160; It would be nice to have to say 515 <em>Hail Peytons<\/em>.&#160; I hope to get articles prepared before I leave, to crash when I get home, and to post them when I wake up.&#160; We\u2019ll see.&#160; However, I will probably have only a Personal Update on Saturday.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Late (early) Update:&#160; I crashed at the keyboard, before I ran out of work, and I just woke up. \ud83d\ude41<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Condolences to Canada over your terrorist attacks by extreme conservative pseudo-Muslims.&#160; Extreme conservative pseudo-Christians, like the the Theocon wing of the US Republican Party, would have us react out of hatred.&#160; Do not follow their lead.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 5:02 (average 5:23).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-10-23-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.upworthy.com\/what-she-did-to-save-her-language-from-going-extinct-is-the-most-inspiring-thing-ive-seen-all-day\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>Could you imagine what it must feel like to be the one on whose shoulders the language of your people depends?<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iRDmRXCizEM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Major Kudos to Marie. We have already trashed so much native culture irretrievably, that whatever can yet be preserved needs to be.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/new-texas-law-require-candidates-governor-show-proof-q\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>A controversial new bill in the Texas House of Representatives would require those running for governor to show proof of the minimum I.Q. necessary to perform the duties of the office.<\/p>\n<p>If the bill were to become law, every politician in Texas with gubernatorial ambitions would be issued an I.D. card featuring his or her photo, current address, and performance on a state-administered I.Q. test.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy has to be mistaken. Didn&#8217;t they outlaw IQ there? Don&#8217;t they already arrest anything brighter than a turnip? Won\u2019t the RNC just issue fake ID&#8217;s to Republicans?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/10\/21\/1338112\/-Mitch-McConnell-knows-enthusiasm-isn-t-free\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>It was one of the great unanswered questions of the 2014 campaign: How in the world would the uninspiring Mitch McConnell build &quot;enthusiastic&quot; crowds to bring his campaign across the finish line?<\/p>\n<p>Now we know the answer\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/senate-races\/221314-mcconnell-paying-volunteers-to-fill-out-bus-tour\" target=\"_blank\">with a checkbook.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>McConnell will pay expenses in return for &#8216;enthusiasm&#8217; at events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Kentucky Republican Party is offering volunteers all-expenses-paid trips to join Sen. Mitch McConnell&#8217;s (R-Ky.) campaign bus tour and &quot;contribute to an enthusiastic atmosphere&quot; at his events.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In exchange for transportation, meals, and lodging, the state GOP expects the lucky few chosen for the ride to &quot;join local supporters in contributing to an enthusiastic atmosphere at each of his events.&quot; <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;d be overjoyed to attend a campaign event for Bought Bitch Mitch, and nobody would have to pay me to feign enthusiasm. Please pass the rotten eggs!!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1023Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"1023Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1023Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Now they\u2019re campaigning to make it three times.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 185.&#160; I\u2019m waiting for Store to Door to deliver groceries, and then I need to prepare my materials for tomorrow\u2019s prison volunteer day.&#160; Tomorrow is also a high Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; My Broncos are at home in the nationally televised Thursday night worship with <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/23\/open-thread10232014\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,141,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-plus","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-141-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}