{"id":15768,"date":"2015-08-05T13:05:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T20:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15768"},"modified":"2015-08-05T13:05:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T20:05:59","slug":"open-thread852015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/05\/open-thread852015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;8\/5\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s forecast high is a glorious 75\u00b0.&#160; TC is doing a kitty happy dance!&#160; I\u2019m waiting for the nurse from Providence to arrive for my annual health care evaluation.&#160; (She came and now I\u2019m waiting again.)&#160; Store to Door will be delivering groceries, so I have a busy day on tap.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took m3 3:01 (average 5:18).&#160; To do it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2015-08-05-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\/the-calm-answer-to-the-question-if-gay-people-can-get-married-what-about-polygamy\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>So how do you respond when someone says, &quot;If gay marriage, why not polygamy?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Zk2XKwRW5u0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Bubba Bagger need not worry about polygamy. He can&#8217;t even spell it.&#160; On the other, I\u2019m not sure.&#160; Bubba says \u201cBA-A-A-A-A-A.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2015\/08\/03\/1408276\/-Christie-booed-mercilessly-twice-at-the-Haskell\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Well the roosters are coming home to roost. For those of you who were waiting for an event to turn on this man physically, it has. From the NJ Ledger. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/horse-racing\/index.ssf\/2015\/08\/gov_chris_christie_booed_mercilessly_--_twice_--_at_the_haskell.html#incart_river\" target=\"_blank\">Christie booed mercilessly &#8212; twice &#8212; at the Haskell<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>OCEANPORT \u2014 It was one long happy celebration at Monmouth Park for the great American Pharoah&#8217;s latest victory. At least, that is, until Gov. Chris Christie stepped into the Winner&#8217;s Circle to present the trophy. <\/p>\n<p>And then, the record crowd of 60,983 booed.<\/p>\n<p>Long.<\/p>\n<p>Loud.<\/p>\n<p>Sustained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Any day PIGnocchio gets booed is a good day for sanity.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/fox-names-top-ten-narcissists-in-america\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Late in the afternoon on Tuesday, Fox News Channel issued what it called a definitive list of the top ten narcissists in America.<\/p>\n<p>The ten narcissists, winnowed down from a longer list of seventeen, will be presented to the nation in a special prime-time broadcast Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Almost immediately after Fox released the list there was an outcry over its choices, as the seven narcissists who were omitted complained that they were easily as egotistical and self-absorbed as those who made the cut.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy should add that <em>Faux Noise&#8217;s<\/em> top ten narcissists are also America&#8217;s bottom ten sphincters.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0805Cartoon\" 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=\"0805Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/0805Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Some say GHW was the good Bush.&#160; There are no good Bushes descended from Prescott.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s forecast high is a glorious 75\u00b0.&#160; TC is doing a kitty happy dance!&#160; I\u2019m waiting for the nurse from Providence to arrive for my annual health care evaluation.&#160; (She came and now I\u2019m waiting again.)&#160; Store to Door will be delivering groceries, so I have a busy day on tap. 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