{"id":18604,"date":"2015-12-27T09:19:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T17:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=18604"},"modified":"2015-12-27T09:19:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T17:19:17","slug":"open-thread12272015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/27\/open-thread12272015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–12\/27\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  My Broncos have the Monday Night service with the Bengals.  Otherwise I have to figure out how to combine six drawers into three and free up 1\/3 of my desk space.  ARGH!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:55 (average 5:53).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a> (Best of 2015): <\/font>I am a Christian business owner in Indiana…<\/p>\n

…Not really. But If I were, this is the sign I would put in my door.<\/p>\n

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"Dear Valued Patrons.   <\/p>\n

Due to my sincerely held religious beliefs, and in light of the RFRA, recently signed by our Dear Leader Pence, I will no longer be doing business with the following persons; nor permitting them in my establishment:<\/p>\n

1.  Divorcees.  Matthew 19:9: \u201cAnd I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another, commits adultery.\u201d<\/p>\n

2.  Anyone who has ever read their horoscope or called a psychic hotline.  Leviticus 20:6: "As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people."<\/p>\n

3.  Anyone with a tattoo.   Leviticus 19:28 "You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord."<\/p>\n

4.  Anyone born illegitimately.  Also, anyone who, back to ten generations, is descended from someone born illegitimately.  If you can not PROVE, using appropriate church sources, that ten generations of your family were born in wedlock, I will have to err on the side of caution and not serve you. Deuteronomy 23:2 "No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the LORD."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Click through for the other four.  And don’t forget Leviticus 25:44. I get to own a Canadian!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font><\/p>\n

Within this cycle, it\u2019s been a delight to publish Andy Borowitz\u2019s humor column\u2014and to be continually reminded that, sometimes, the only way to make sense of what\u2019s happening in American politics is to laugh. In that spirit, here are fifteen of my favorite Borowitz Reports from the past year, arranged chronologically.<\/p>\n

Joe Biden Releases Both E-mails Written While Vice-President<\/a>
Iran Offers to Mediate Talks Between Republicans and Obama<\/a>
Indiana Governor Stunned By How Many People Seem to Have Gay Friends<\/a>
New Hillary Clinton Ad Features Just Kittens<\/a>
N.F.L. Sentences Brady to a Year with the Jets<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks Andy! Click through for the other 10 links.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>After decades of debate in South Carolina over the Confederate battle flag, it seemed the matter had been settled in July, when state officials stopped flying the flag<\/a> on State House grounds and relegated it to a museum for \u201cappropriate display.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then came the price tag.<\/p>\n

This month, consultants for the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum [Seditious state agency delinked] here introduced a $5.3 million plan to expand the facility and show off the flag, along with an electronic display of the names of the state\u2019s Civil War dead.<\/p>\n

That idea proved to be a bust among Democrats who view the flag as an affront to African-Americans, and among members of both parties who balked at the cost.<\/p>\n

$5.3 million?!!? Dang!! For 50\u00a2, I’ll commemorate that flag!! Just give me the flag, a big bowl of my five alarm chili, and an outhouse!!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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