{"id":23021,"date":"2016-07-13T12:29:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T19:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23021"},"modified":"2016-07-13T12:29:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T19:29:14","slug":"open-thread-7132016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/13\/open-thread-7132016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 7\/13\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m expecting Wendy momentarily to shine and polish the TomCat, but I may as well get what I can done before she gets here.  She got here, so I’m clean and my floors are done.  It hasn’t been hot here, but the mugginess sure makes up for it.  Today is a grocery delivery day.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me<\/font> 3:03 (average 4:07).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a><\/font>: <\/font>Former Republican congressman Joe Walsh was quick to become, in the wake of the Dallas mass murder, one of the worst human beings on Twitter. For his tweet: "This is now war. Watch out Obama. Watch out black lives matter punks. Real America is coming after you<\/a>" he was temporarily suspended from Twitter\u2014but was quickly rewarded with an invitation to appear on CNN.<\/p>\n

Because, apparently, of all the individuals in all of America who might have insights into the shooting, CNN decided that his "analysis" was the one they wanted to run with<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shame on CNN for parroting Republican hate propaganda!<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs to drop the political punditry and the name-calling.<\/p>\n

Three times in the past week, Justice Ginsburg has publicly discussed her view of the presidential race, in the sharpest terms\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026Mr. Trump responded on Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cI think it\u2019s highly inappropriate that a United States Supreme Court judge gets involved in a political campaign, frankly,\u201d he told The Times. \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it when I saw it.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is no legal requirement<\/a> that Supreme Court justices refrain from commenting on a presidential campaign. But Justice Ginsburg\u2019s comments show why their tradition has been to keep silent.<\/p>\n

Technically the Times is correct that Ginsburg was ill advised, to tell the truth.   However, why do I remember no piece from their Editorial Board condemning Scalia or Thomas for attending fund raising events for the Koch Brothers? At times the Gray Lady is a total hypocrite.<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>President Obama COMPLETE REMARKS at Dallas Memorial Service (C-SPAN) <\/p>\n