{"id":15807,"date":"2015-08-10T13:05:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T20:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15807"},"modified":"2015-08-10T13:05:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T20:05:46","slug":"open-thread8102015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/10\/open-thread8102015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–8\/10\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

The good news is that I enjoyed the first glimmer of the Holy Ellipsoid Orb.  Viking fans should feel blessed.  The bad news is that a surprise heat wave has hit with temperatures in the 90\u00b0s for at least today and tomorrow.  Of course it has come just in time to coincide with  my voluntee3r day in prison.  While discretion might trump valor sufficiently for me to take the day off, my friend has her cancer surgery a week from tomorrow, so this is probably my last chance to work with my guys, until my three day volunteer trip late next month.  Discretion be dammed.  I\u2019m going.  I\u2019m also running late due to prep work for that, and  I got a late start too.  Thanks Lona.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:54 (average 5:46).  To do it click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Tempers flared in the aftermath of Thursday night\u2019s Republican debate, as rival candidates accused the billionaire Donald Trump of failing to back up his misogynist slurs with concrete and workable anti-woman proposals.<\/p>\n

Florida governor Jeb Bush and Wisconsin governor Scott Walker led the charge, as both of them asserted that Trump\u2019s sexist rhetoric paled in comparison with their own strong records of opposition to women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n

Andy is spot on again. Any Republican who would win the Presidency would put all of Hairball’s misogyny into practice, and then some.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>A day of peaceful protest commemorating the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, by a white police officer one year ago ended in gunfire late Sunday as multiple shots rang out on West Florissant Avenue, the commercial district hit by rioting last summer.<\/p>\n

A St. Louis County police officer was involved in the shooting, which occurred at about 11:15 p.m., after coming under heavy gunfire, the department said in a post on Twitter. Another department post said, \u201cAt least 2 unmarked cars took shots.\u201d<\/p>\n

First, I condemn this attack on police officers in the strongest possible terms. That said, I’m not at all surprised that it happened.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>After Jake Tapper, host of CNN\u2019s State of the Union, asked Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina about Netflix\u2019s announcement that it will offer a year of unlimited paid family leave, the former Hewlett Packard CEO said she opposes any requirement<\/a> that employers offer their workers paid leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s the role of government to dictate to the private sector how to manage their businesses, especially when it\u2019s pretty clear that the private sector, like Netflix\u2026is doing the right thing<\/strong> because they know it helps them attract the right talent,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m not saying I oppose paid maternity leave. What I\u2019m saying is I oppose the federal government mandating paid maternity leave to every company out there. [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n

First, Netflix does not offer family leave to employees in it’s DVD division. Second, the family leave (up to 12 months) Netflix offers other employees is NOT paid. Having exposed Carly’s Republican lie, let me point out that she stands in the forefront of the Republican War on Women.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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