{"id":23133,"date":"2016-07-20T12:17:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23133"},"modified":"2016-07-20T12:17:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:17:51","slug":"open-thread-7202016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/20\/open-thread-7202016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 7\/20\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wendy just left.  She shined and polished the TomCat, swept the floors, straightened the bed and cleaned the kitchen area,  Today is a grocery delivery day, so I’ll have to stay up until they arrive,  My hands have not improved.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:22 (average 5:23).  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 what promises to be a key issue in the 2016 general election, a majority of Americans now say that they want a President who can keep their families safe from Rudy Giuliani, a new poll finds.<\/p>\n

According to the poll, which was conducted on Monday night by the University of Minnesota\u2019s Opinion Research Institute, an unprovoked attack by Giuliani now rivals immigration, terrorism, and the economy as a top concern of likely voters.<\/p>\n

In interviews across the country, voters expressed dismay that neither of the major political parties\u2019 presumptive nominees had offered a coherent plan to prevent the former mayor of New York from harming them or their families in a sudden fit of rage.<\/p>\n

Andy, with all the opportunities for satire, what drove you to report straight news again?<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>The feud between Fox News head Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch\u2019s sons appears to have reached a conclusion: New York magazine is reporting that after initial investigation of Gretchen Carlson\u2019s sexual harassment allegations against him, Ailes is getting the boot. The only question is whether they\u2019ll allow him to stay on during the Republican National Convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Good riddance!! Nevertheless, I’m sure Murdoch will replace him with another Fascist, equally if not more detectible than Ailes.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a> (again): <\/font>The 2016 Republican National Convention became embroiled in another controversy on Tuesday, as Biblical experts accused Republicans of plagiarizing the entire Convention scenario from the Book of Revelation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first thing that struck me, on Night One, was when the sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon like blood,\u201d the Reverend Davis Logsdon, of the University of Minnesota\u2019s Divinity School, said. \u201cThat was just too close to be a coincidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Logsdon said that another telltale sign of plagiarism could be found in the alarming appearance of Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and retired General Michael Flynn. \u201cThe four of them didn\u2019t ride in on horseback, but it was still clear who they were supposed to be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

By Tuesday afternoon the Trump campaign was pushing back against the plagiarism charges, as campaign manager Paul Manafort told reporters, \u201cI swear to you that no one involved in this campaign has ever gone near a Bible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCertain things that we\u2019ve done to spice up the Convention\u2014like having smoke rising from the Abyss like the smoke from a giant furnace, and having the sun and sky darkened by the smoke from the Abyss\u2014have been in the planning stages for weeks,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is just a case of \u2018great minds think alike.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n

Andy, do you think it was also plagiarism, when they nominated the Antichrist?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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