{"id":21355,"date":"2016-04-21T13:16:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T20:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=21355"},"modified":"2016-04-21T13:16:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T20:16:41","slug":"open-thread-4212016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/21\/open-thread-4212016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/21\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I slept very poorly last night.  I had a lot on my mind.  I scheduled my visit with Casey Eye Institute on 5\/9.  Dr. Skalet is an Ocular Oncologist, and she deals exclusively with eye cancer.  Megan\u2019s office called.  they want me to get an MRI on my hands and see a Rheumatoid Arthritis Specialist.  One might think I already had enough on my plate.  Then, just as I was about to go to bed, my ISP went down.  I don\u2019t know why, but every time I dozed off, I woke up again and felt compelled to see, if I was reconnected.  That went on until my Internet came  back early this morning.  Tomorrow I have PT with Courtney.  Rain is forecast, so I have to take the lift bus.  I may have no more than a Personal Update.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:04 (average 4:54).  To do it click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Chris Sevier is suing the Harris County, Texas district clerk, Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton for not allowing him the right to marry his Mac laptop. He\u2019s going to have to get in line for Mr. Paxton, who is busy trying to dodge fraud charges.<\/a> Why would you want to marry your laptop?<\/a><\/p>\n

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He is trying to prove that, essentially, marriage between a same-sex couple can be equated to marriage between a man and a machine. He is trying to prove that, under Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage, people are now allowed to do morally disgusting things like marry whomever they are attracted to, whether that be inanimate objects or the same gender. Essentially, he is trying to give courts an ultimatum: Agree that this is what they have done and allow him to make vows to a piece of expensive chrome, or, realize that this is morally wrong and undo Obergefell.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s interesting that the only people every trying to marry things that are not human\u2014the slippery slope so often referred to by conservatives everywhere\u2014are conservatives themselves.<\/p>\n

Dang!! Only a total pervert would want to marry his Mac! \"Baring  Any real red-blooded straight American would only marry a laptop running Windows!! \"Smile<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Curt Schilling, a former All-Star pitcher and one of the highest-profile baseball analysts on ESPN, was fired from the network Wednesday, a day after he drew intense criticism for promoting offensive commentary on social media.<\/p>\n

Schilling, who had worked for the network since 2010 and most recently offered analysis on \u201cMonday Night Baseball,\u201d was dismissed after sharing a Facebook post this week that appeared to respond to the North Carolina law that bars transgender people from using bathrooms<\/a> and locker rooms that do not correspond with their birth genders.<\/p>\n

The post showed an overweight man wearing a wig and women\u2019s clothing with parts of the T-shirt cut out to expose his breasts. It says: \u201cLET HIM IN! to the restroom with your daughter or else you\u2019re a narrow-minded, judgmental, unloving racist bigot who needs to die.\u201d<\/p>\n

To that, Schilling added: \u201cA man is a man no matter what they call themselves. I don\u2019t care what they are, who they sleep with, men\u2019s room was designed for the penis, women\u2019s not so much. Now you need laws telling us differently? Pathetic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kudos to ESPN!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Wednesday night, Stephen Colbert opened a segment on the New York primary with these words: "Speaking of things money can buy, the 2016 election."<\/p>\n