{"id":18272,"date":"2015-12-11T11:55:58","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T19:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=18272"},"modified":"2015-12-11T11:55:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T19:55:58","slug":"open-thread12112015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/11\/open-thread12112015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–12\/11\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is today\u2019s only article from me.  Last night I woke up with a severe case of Republicosis.  I had to go so bad that I was careless mounting the throne, fell, and Replicated in my pants.  I had to call the building night clerk to help me get up and clean up.  Later I took a shower with help from my friend.  I\u2019m hurting and pooped.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>A new study conducted by legal scholars indicates that Justice Antonin Scalia would fare better if he served as a judge at a court that was \u201cless advanced\u201d than the United States Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

According to the study, Scalia\u2019s struggles to perform his duties in a competent fashion stem from his being inappropriately placed on a court that is \u201ctoo demanding\u201d for a person of his limited abilities.<\/p>\n

Andy should have noted that a more appropriate court for Sturmbannf\u00fchrer Scalia is the Nuremburg War Crimes Tribunal, as a defendant.<\/font> <\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>:<\/font> File this under \u201cNOT The Onion,\u201d or \u201cPottery Barn Rules,\u201d or \u201cHouston, We Have A Problem.\u201d  It doesn\u2019t matter what you call it, the cat is out of the bag.  On Tuesday, the front runner for the Republican nomination for President of the United States,  appearing on national television, was asked the following question by George Stephanopoulos:     <\/p>\n

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"You’re increasingly being compared to Hitler. Does that give you any pause at all?"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The man most likely to get the Republican nomination for President of the United States, answered:  <\/p>\n

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No.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Compared to Hairball, Hitler was a a lightweight.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Media Matters<\/a>: <\/font>A Fox & Friends demonstration where children neutralized a gunman during an active shooter situation offered dubious advice to parents, as experts emphasize that confronting the gunman should be "a last resort."<\/p>\n

The Fox News segment never explained that in an active shooter situation people should prioritize [Faux Nuts delinked<\/em>] escaping and hiding over physically confronting the gunman — only mentioning the first two actions in passing — and instead emphasized engaging the gunman in a physical confrontation.<\/p>\n

The December 8 broadcast of Fox & Friends featured two krav maga [Faux Nuts delinked<\/em>] instructors and three children who demonstrated martial arts techniques that could be used to disarm an active shooter.<\/p>\n

Co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck introduced the segment saying, "In an active shooter situation five seconds can mean the difference between life and death. But there are some things that you can do, and your children can do, to make a difference" before asking the instructor to "display for us and exemplify what would happen in an armed shooter situation." The instructor then used a stapler as a prop while his co-instructor demonstrated how to disarm a gunman from behind.<\/p>\n