{"id":15519,"date":"2015-06-30T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15519"},"modified":"2015-06-30T10:43:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T17:43:00","slug":"open-thread6302015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/30\/open-thread6302015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;6\/30\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I feel exhausted.&#160; My COPD is flaring up severely.&#160; Every time I try to sleep, coughing prevents it.&#160; Today I have an all MSNBC Short Takes section for you., and a second article.&#160; Tomorrow is a grocery delivery day.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 2:52 (average 4:55).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2015-06-30-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Recruiting<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">We still need two new players for <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/lbf.league.fantasy.nfl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lefty Blog Friends<\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">, our fantasy football league.&#160; How about you?&#160; For more information, <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/10\/politics-plus-fantasy-football-2015\/\">click here<\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/on.msnbc.com\/1BRGDiI\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font><strong>GOP candidates resist gay marriage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Republican presidential hopefuls vow to continue the fight against marriage equality despite the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling. Ed Schultz, Rep. Mark Pocan, Mike Rogers and Tobias Wolff talk it out.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_ed_gopreaction_150629\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Hypocrites all! Mike Rogers had it right: &quot;It looks like sheer InsaniTEA.&quot; Retention elections for SCROTUS, Republican Constitutional VD, is a terrible idea. I would support however term limits for both Democratic Justices and Republican Injustices.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/on.msnbc.com\/1BS56o8\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font><strong>Who is burning black churches?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FBI and ATF are now helping investigate a string of fires at black churches in the South since the massacre in Charleston, at least three of which are being investigated as arson, prompting #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches to trend nationally on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_hayes_Cchurch_150629\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Chris didn&#8217;t quite come out and say what he is thinking. I did. See my cartoon below.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/on.msnbc.com\/1BSfts0\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font><strong>Top tier GOP candidate Trump dealt blow to business for Mexico remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Maddow reviews the latest developments in the crowded Republican 2016 primary field, including Donald Trump polling in second place nationally but suffering for his remarks about Mexican immigrants, with NBC now severing ties with him.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_maddow_a2016_150629\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to NBC. Nobody has ever deserves to get fired more than Hairball does. But I want him on that debate stage to give the clown car a flat tire. I hope PIGnocchio is indicted before the debates begin, Morfan has him perfectly pegged.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0630Cartoon\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0630Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/0630Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel exhausted.&#160; My COPD is flaring up severely.&#160; Every time I try to sleep, coughing prevents it.&#160; Today I have an all MSNBC Short Takes section for you., and a second article.&#160; Tomorrow is a grocery delivery day. 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