{"id":20888,"date":"2016-03-26T10:50:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T17:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=20888"},"modified":"2016-03-26T10:50:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T17:50:45","slug":"open-thread3262016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/26\/open-thread3262016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–3\/26\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I went to PT with Courtney.  She checked out Stumpy and taught me how to desensitize him by rubbing him with fabrics with different textures.  She increased the distance from my door I can walk using a walker without my chair from 15 ft. to 30 ft.  After I returned home I had to make a bank run.  I\u2019m waiting fir Lu to show up for my shower.  She\u2019s due in about twenty minutes.  It\u2019s also going to be our annual Spring cleaning day, so I shall be quite swamped.  Later:  Lu called.  She\u2019s running late.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:45 (average 4:17).  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>In a historic ceremony at the state capitol, on Friday, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory swore in a thousand officers charged with enforcing the state\u2019s new public-bathroom regulations.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the newly graduated bathroom-enforcement cadets, McCrory impressed upon them the gravity of their responsibility. \u201cYou are the thin blue line charged with protecting the gender sanctity of North Carolina\u2019s bathrooms,\u201d he said. \u201cBe careful out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCrory told reporters that the thousand officers are only \u201cthe first wave\u201d of a bathroom-patrol force that will eventually swell to over fifty thousand. \u201cThis is job creation at its finest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Andy is doing straight news about the Republican Fas<\/font>cist Theocracy of McCrorystan. For those who misunderstood before, this is their state flag.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"McCrorystanFlag\"<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>A 32-year-old man lost his leg after a piece of shrapnel took it off in a gun accident yesterday. The Walton Country Georgia Sheriff\u2019s office posted a notice to their Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it is legal and no, we can’t make people stop doing it. But why, folks, just why?<\/p>\n

The dangers of tannerite were more than words Saturday afternoon for a 32 year old resident of eastern Walton county. He was dangerously close to the object containing the tannerite when the final gun shot round caused it to explode sending a piece of shrapnel through his leg severing it below the knee. Yes, completely taking his leg. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you search \u201ctannerite\u201d on YouTube, you will get a plethora of videos of (mostly) men blowing things up with the stuff\u2014using their guns to make things go \u201cboom.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n