{"id":15014,"date":"2015-04-07T12:44:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T19:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15014"},"modified":"2015-04-07T12:44:56","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T19:44:56","slug":"open-thread472015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/07\/open-thread472015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/7\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received some devastating news this morning.  My friend, who is undergoing chemotherapy is also the one who drives me to Salem to do my volunteer work with my guys in prison.  It\u2019s sixty miles away.  Her treatment providers have advised her to stop going for four months, because her immune system will be compromised by her treatment.  So the only way I can go work with my guys before August will be to take the bus and spend the night in a motel.  I figure I will be able to do that once.  ARGH!  I may be intermittent for the rest of the week, because tomorrow is a grocery delivery day, and Friday is my quarterly surgery on my foot.  It will also be my first day out since getting sick.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:46 (average 4:54).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>A second effort in the Tennessee legislature to take up Medicaid expansion failed this week, meaning 280,000 Tennesseans still remain, needlessly, without any kind of healthcare coverage. When one of those Tennesseans confronted Sen. Todd Gardenhire (R), a wealth manager at Morgan Stanley about it, asking him if he’d be willing to give up his own insurance, well, Gardenhire showed his true colors.<\/a><\/p>\n

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One activist, Damien Crisp, asked Gardenhire if he would be willing to give up his own state-subsidized health insurance. <\/p>\n

Gardenhire, in a video of the incident<\/a> taken by another activist, turned around and said something along the lines of "Not giving it up, asshole" or, perhaps, "Why don’t you give it up, asshole?" ("Asshole" is the clearest part of his rejoinder.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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