{"id":22929,"date":"2016-07-08T16:05:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T23:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=22929"},"modified":"2016-07-09T12:49:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T19:49:37","slug":"open-thread-782016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/08\/open-thread-782016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 7\/8\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started<\/font> the day very tired, because of my exertions for the last two days, and because my sleep has been intermittent due to muggy weather.  The day did not begin well.  My vision stinks, so I broke an egg on the floor.  For someone in a wheelchair, that's a very difficult cleanup, as all I have is a grab stick, paper towels and a foot.  Twenty minutes later, I finished cleaning and immediately broke ANOTHER egg on the floor.  ARGH!!  Cooking and eating breakfast took over two hours!.  I'm leaving for an appointment with Courtney, my Physical Terrorist, in about an hour, so I'll finish this when I return, and this is today's only article.<\/font><\/p>\n

Later:  My Lift bus was an hour late, so I'm late getting this up.  The PT session went well, except that Georges new ankle went wobbly again, do I have to go bath to Sarah, my Prosthetist.  <\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today's took me 3:56 (average 5:01).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Many are going to miss seeing political humorist Jessica Williams on The Daily Show<\/a>. Her ‘Williness” has delighted audiences for years, first beginning with Jon Stewart and then Trevor Noah. Williams has tackled homophobia, racism, and other social issues, while bringing us a laugh or two to help audiences stomach some of the most ridiculous American culture.<\/p>\n

For her last segment, Williams asked a group of Bernie Sanders supporters who say they are voting for Donald Trump — how they can go from supporting a Left socialist like Bernie Sanders to a Right racist like Republican nominee Donald Trump. One young man started off saying , “Trump has diarrhea of the mouth, but a lot of what he says are what a lot of people might think.” Williams retorts, “You mean “racist things?” He says, “Yeah.”<\/p>\n