{"id":23194,"date":"2016-07-24T11:09:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-24T18:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23194"},"modified":"2016-07-24T11:09:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T18:09:59","slug":"open-thread-7242016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/24\/open-thread-7242016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 7\/24\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m writing early and did my research yesterday evening, because this is one of Wendy&#8217;s long mornings, and I expect her shortly.&#160; (Now she&#8217;s gone and I&#8217;m freshened.&#160; Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update, as I have an appointment with my Prosthetist.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:58 (average 5:14).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2016-07-24-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/election-2016\/elizabeth-warren-tells-stephen-colbert-after-trumps-dark-speech-we-need-get-serious\" target=\"_blank\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told Stephen Colbert on &quot;The Late Show&quot; last night that she thinks America is very much underestimating Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;[Trump] is one dangerous man and we need to take him really seriously,&quot; Warren told Colbert. <\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Warren is a Democratic superdelegate and is speaking on behalf of Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention Monday. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/G8eF3KhBPCM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As always, Liz Warren is spot-on.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/lgbt\/2016\/07\/22\/3801215\/pat-mccrory-nba-orwellian-thought-police-hb2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>The NBA <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/sports\/2016\/07\/21\/3800824\/nba-pulls-all-star-game-hb2\/\" target=\"_blank\">announced Thursday<\/a> that it will no longer hold its All-Star Game in Charlotte next year because North Carolina state lawmakers refused to backtrack on HB2, the anti-transgender law passed earlier this year. Though the event would have had a $100 million impact on the city, Gov. Pat McCrory (R) <a href=\"http:\/\/m.indyweek.com\/news\/archives\/2016\/07\/22\/pat-mccrory-has-lost-it\" target=\"_blank\">simply doesn\u2019t care<\/a> if that\u2019s what it takes to keep HB2 on the books.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Fascist Republican Theocracy of McCrorystan is revolting, and hopefully its people will revolt.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2016\/07\/watch-maher-panel-goes-off-the-rails-after-ex-gop-lawmaker-insists-no-one-is-kept-from-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>While panels on HBO\u2019s Real Time can become contentious, Fridays night\u2019s discussion about voting rights went completely out of control as a former GOP lawmaker went to war with columnist Ana Marie Cox and actress\/activist America Ferrera.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tEiC2TFawPM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">When Bill doesn&#8217;t have time to be funny, you KNOW to pay attention!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0724Cartoon\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0724Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/0724Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"411\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m writing early and did my research yesterday evening, because this is one of Wendy&#8217;s long mornings, and I expect her shortly.&#160; (Now she&#8217;s gone and I&#8217;m freshened.&#160; Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update, as I have an appointment with my Prosthetist. 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