{"id":15878,"date":"2015-08-20T10:49:40","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T17:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15878"},"modified":"2015-08-20T13:43:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T20:43:11","slug":"open-thread8222015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/20\/open-thread8222015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–8\/20\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 8:00 AM the temperature outside is 64\u00b0 and the forecast high is 75\u00b0.  Unfortunately  the hallways here are still in the 90\u00b0s.  It will take a couple days for the building to cool.  Today, tomorrow and Saturday are minor holy days in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, as it\u2019s the second week of preseason.  My Broncos\u2019 service against Big Oil is Saturday evening, but it won\u2019t be televised here.  I can see the service on Sunday morning.  May the blessed light of the holy Orb shine upon your team, unless you like Houston.  \"Winking I have my credit card, so I have bills to pay.  In summary, I\u2019m pooped,<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:39 (average 5:05).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>In May, Missouri House Speaker John Diehl resigned after revelations he had a "sexually charged relationship"<\/a> with a college freshman who was interning in a Missouri Capitol internship program. He was, of course, one of those "family values" conservatives. <\/p>\n

A mere two months later, Missouri Senator Paul Levota abruptly resigned after revelations he sexually harassed two female interns.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now the Missouri Republicans are scrambling to come up with a new internship policy. Rather than focusing on getting their own members to behave professionally with young staffers, as they would in any business setting, the Missouri GOP seems hellbent on reeling in those interns who cause so much trouble. Among their recommendations? <\/font>Stricter dress codes for interns:<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

When Republicans commit crimes, the Party has a standard solution: blame the victims. This shows just how hypocritical so-called "Republican Family Values" are.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Eager to shore up their pro-life credentials, several Republican Presidential candidates used campaign appearances on Wednesday to assert that the babies of undocumented workers have the right to be born and then immediately deported.<\/p>\n

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee sounded that theme in a campaign appearance in Des Moines, telling his audience, \u201cWe must vigilantly safeguard the life of the unborn, and, as soon it is no longer unborn, make sure that it leaves and takes its illegal parents with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker concurred, telling a crowd in Iowa City, \u201cEvery life is precious, and we must protect that life before marching it to the border twenty-four hours later, at the very most.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most evangelical invocation of the right to life came from Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), campaigning in Cedar Rapids. \u201cEvery baby is a creation of God Almighty, and as Jesus is my savior, every baby has the right to live,\u201d he said. \u201cJust not here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dang Andy! Considering the things thsy do say, it’s damn hard to believe that they did not actually say these things. I get they sue you for idea \u00a9 violation.<\/font><\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>A Boston man allegedly told police that he beat and urinated on a homeless man early Wednesday because the man was Hispanic, citing real estate mogul Donald Trump’s comments on undocumented immigrants as justification for the attack.<\/p>\n

In response, the Republican presidential candidate said that "it would be a shame" if his anti-immigrant campaign rhetoric inspired the beating. He immediately pivoted from the mild condemnation to praising his "passionate" supporters’ commitment to restoring America to greatness.<\/p>\n

Now Hairball has an indirect victim, but he probably won’t be satisfied, until he has a famous victim, like his heroine, Bloody Bullseye Barbie, has Gabby Giffords.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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At 8:00 AM the temperature outside is 64\u00b0 and the forecast high is 75\u00b0.  Unfortunately  the hallways here are still in the 90\u00b0s.  It will take a couple days for the building to cool.  Today, tomorrow and Saturday are minor holy days in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, as it\u2019s the second week of […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}