{"id":17567,"date":"2015-11-16T14:18:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T22:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17567"},"modified":"2015-11-16T14:41:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T22:41:27","slug":"on-the-edge1162015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/16\/on-the-edge1162015\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Edge–11\/16\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the nursing got so bad that I called in the Charge Nurse to complain.  The straw that broke  the TomCat\u2019s back was the nurse\u2019s insistence that I insert my own suppository, when I cannot because of a partially frozen shoulder.  I was in pain from severe Republicitis for 5 1\/2 hours.  The Charge  Nurse agreed that she was completely out of line, and promised never to schedule her to care for me again.  Today is much better, and I took an extra lap, but, dang it, I\u2019m still too slow to ketch me a nurse. \"Crying<\/font><\/p>\n

Extreme Religious Agony<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"1115Broncos13-Chiefs20\"<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/strong><\/font>Like millions of people, I\u2019ve been obsessively following the news from Paris, putting aside other things to focus on the horror. It\u2019s the natural human reaction. But let\u2019s be clear: it\u2019s also the reaction the terrorists want. And that\u2019s something not everyone seems to understand.Take, for example, Jeb Bush\u2019s<\/a> declaration that \u201cthis is an organized attempt to destroy Western civilization.\u201d No, it isn\u2019t. It\u2019s an organized attempt to sow panic, which isn\u2019t at all the same thing. And remarks like that, which blur that distinction and make terrorists seem more powerful than they are, just help the jihadists\u2019 cause.<\/p>\n

Think, for a moment, about what France is and what it represents. It has its problems \u2014 what nation doesn\u2019t? \u2014 but it\u2019s a robust democracy with a deep well of popular legitimacy. Its defense budget is small compared with ours, but it nonetheless retains a powerful military, and has the resources to make that military much stronger if it chooses. (France\u2019s economy is around 20 times the size of Syria\u2019s.) France is not going to be conquered by ISIS, now or ever. Destroy Western civilization? Not a chance. <\/p>\n

So what was Friday\u2019s attack about? Killing random people in restaurants and at concerts is a strategy that reflects its perpetrators\u2019 fundamental weakness. It isn\u2019t going to establish a caliphate in Paris. What it can do, however, is inspire fear \u2014 which is why we call it terrorism, and shouldn\u2019t dignify it with the name of war. <\/p>\n

The point is not to minimize the horror. It is, instead, to emphasize that the biggest danger terrorism poses to our society comes not from the direct harm inflicted, but from the wrong-headed responses it can inspire. And it\u2019s crucial to realize that there are multiple ways the response can go wrong. <\/p>\n

Click through for the rest of this excellent Paul Krugman editorial. I agree with him. The Daesh is far too small to overthrow even small Western nations, let alone the US. Climate change is a greater threat to the US than the Daesh will ever be. If we let the Daesh dominate our policies, we are handing them a victory over us.<\/font> <\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>Daily fantasy sports sites \u2014 like Fan Duel and Draft Kings \u2014 arrived on the scene like “a pack of wolves,” according to host John Oliver on Sunday’s episode of “Last Week Tonight.” <\/p>\n

“Daily fantasy sports combine everything dudes love: sports, money and a lack of commitment,” Oliver said. <\/p>\n

Congress cracked down on online gambling in 2006, but, as Oliver pointed out, the law exempted fantasy sports. <\/p>\n