{"id":23248,"date":"2016-07-27T14:16:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T21:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23248"},"modified":"2016-07-27T14:16:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T21:16:38","slug":"open-thread-7272016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/open-thread-7272016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 7\/27\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is a grocery delivery day, so I took my nap in the morning to be up when they arrive.  The hot muggy weather continues unabated.  I’m running late because of a snafu with my Outlook Calendar.  I added Canadian Holidays, and there are so damn many of them that they cause some of my real appointments to be hidden in the month view. There is on obvious way to remove them.  ARGH!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:12 (average 4:56).  To do it, click here<\/a>. How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Snopes.com<\/a>: <\/font>\u2026Clinton announced that Wasserman Schultz had subsequently "agreed to serve as honorary chair of [the Clinton] campaign\u2019s 50-state program to gain ground and elect Democrats in every part of the country," adding that the former chair would "continue to serve as a surrogate for my campaign nationally"\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026This announcement was received by many as meaning that Schultz had been "promoted" to a position of "running the Hillary Clinton campaign," but others noted<\/a> that the gesture was merely a symbolic courtesy:<\/p>\n

Republicans and Regressives don’t seem to understand what honorary means, as so many are distorting it wildly. Other that no money, no staff and no power, it’s a great job.  It was intended only to give DWS the appearance of a normal exit.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>American intelligence agencies have told the White House they now have \u201chigh confidence\u201d that the Russian government was behind the theft of emails and documents from the Democratic National Committee, according to federal officials who have been briefed on the evidence\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026The emails were released by WikiLeaks, whose founder, Julian Assange, has made it clear that he hoped to harm Hillary Clinton\u2019s chances of winning the presidency. It is unclear how the documents made their way to the group. But a large sampling was published before the WikiLeaks release by several news organizations and someone who called himself \u201cGuccifer 2.0,\u201d who investigators now believe was an agent of the G.R.U., Russia\u2019s military intelligence service.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure where, but I commented somewhere (probably here) that I would not take the story of the DNC emails seriously, until I had more confirmation than just the Regressive echo chamber sites. Now the story is confirmed, and as I have said, DWS should be driven from the party. However, it should be noted that Hillary Clinton has been requesting that DWS be removed for over a year, but Obama wanted to avoid the controversy. The second thing is that the purpose of the leak seems to be to discredit Hillary, even though there is no evidence to support any involvement by her in DWS’ unethical practices. Therefore I speculate that Donald Trump (R-Hades) and Vladimir Putin (R-RU) may have cooperated.<\/font><\/p>\n

From PoliticusUSA<\/a>: <\/font>\u201cI want to thank you for standing with us and supporting us, and we\u2019d like to leave with you what God has given us: strength, love and peace,\u201d Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, said in a moment of profound emotion Tuesday night, during the second session of the DNC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t about being politically correct. This is about saving our children,\u201d Fulton said earlier, making it clear that asking for justice and saving lives is not asking people to be \u201cpolitically correct\u201d. <\/p>\n

Fulton was speaking as a member of Mothers of the Movement, a group of women who lost their children due to gun violence or police brutality. They banded together at Hillary Clinton\u2019s suggestion, in order to protect black Americans and reform our criminal justice system.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t stop being a mom when your child dies,\u201d the mother of Jordan Davis said. Lucy McBath continued, \u201cI lived in fear my son would die like this. I even warned him that because he was a young, black man he would meet people who didn\u2019t value his life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am still Jordan Davis\u2019s mother. His life ended the day he was shot and killed for playing loud music. But my job as his mother didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saying that Hillary Clinton invited the mothers to become a part of the solution, McBath said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to keep building a future where police officers and communities of color work together in mutual respect to keep children like Jordan safe. Because the majority of police officers are good people doing a good job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hear that? There was no demonizing of police.<\/p>\n

The way those women told their stories in a loving, non-condemnatory way brought tears to my eyes.  They certainly were a contrast to the way in which Republican racists whooped and hollered in bloodthirsty glee to a speakers announcement that the all the cops that killed Freddie Gray had gotten off.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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