{"id":13996,"date":"2014-10-29T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T07:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13996"},"modified":"2014-10-29T00:01:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T07:01:13","slug":"open-thread10292014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/29\/open-thread10292014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–10\/29\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 191.  I\u2019m rushing to get these articles written in before I leave to go to prison for volunteer work.  Pardon my brevity.  Because tomorrow will be a recovery and grocery delivery day, I may have no articles for Thursday.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:10 (average 5:54).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest from our own fantasy football league<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"8Scores\"<\/p>\n

Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"8Standings\"<\/p>\n

Perhaps I lacked wisdom when I invited a Sasquatch to play FOOT<\/strong>ball. \ud83d\ude41<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Saying that he was \u201csick and tired of having my medical credentials questioned,\u201d Governor Chris Christie (R-N.J.) had himself sworn in as a medical doctor on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Dr. Christie acknowledged that becoming a doctor generally requires pre-med classes, four years of medical school, plus additional years of residency, but he said that the Ebola epidemic compelled him to take \u201cextraordinary measures, as we say in the medical profession.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Christie said that, beginning on Monday, he would begin a series of random \u201chouse calls\u201d to check New Jersey residents for Ebola and assign them for quarantine. \u201cI can usually diagnose someone with Ebola in under a minute,\u201d Dr. Christie said. \u201cEven faster if I don\u2019t actually see them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The doctor said that before moving forward with his plan to quarantine scores of New Jersey citizens he suspects of having Ebola, he consulted with other prominent epidemiologists, including Dr. Rick Perry, of Texas. \u201cHe concurs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bingo on PIGnocchio, Andy. Of course, Idiot, Son of Idiot, Named after Idiot and his misanthropic father perfected the phony medical certification routine.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Can anyone here name a  "news" outlet that would blatantly lie and then continue to lie even after being called out on it?  There are none–because Fox has never been one.  Legitimate journalists try to get to the truth, Fox (and friends) tries to make up the truth to suit their rightwing objectives.<\/p>\n