{"id":23265,"date":"2016-07-28T14:47:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T21:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23265"},"modified":"2016-07-28T14:47:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T21:47:45","slug":"open-thread-7282016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/28\/open-thread-7282016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 7\/28\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wendy was here this morning.  She shined and polished the TomCat, cleaned the counters and floors, remade the bed, and took a Mug Shot of me for you.  Today is the hottest day of the heat wave, with mid 90\u00b0s forecast.  Here’s that Mug Shot.<\/font><\/p>\n

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A Better View of the Logo<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 4:19 (average 5:26).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Our Next First Lady?<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

\"0728Bill\"<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that he hoped Russian intelligence services had successfully hacked Hillary Clinton<\/a>\u2019s email, and encouraged them to publish whatever they may have stolen, essentially urging a foreign adversary to conduct cyberespionage against a former secretary of state.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussia, if you\u2019re listening, I hope you\u2019re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,\u201d Mr. Trump said during a news conference here in an apparent reference to Mrs. Clinton\u2019s deleted emails. \u201cI think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump\u2019s call was another bizarre moment in the mystery of whether Vladimir V. Putin\u2019s government<\/a> has been seeking to influence the United States\u2019 presidential race.<\/p>\n

His comments came amid questions about the hacking<\/a> of the Democratic National Committee\u2019s computer servers, which American intelligence agencies have told the White House they have \u201chigh confidence\u201d was the work of the Russian government.<\/p>\n

Now that he’s actually committing a crime, I’ll speculate some more. Is Rump Dump making this request, because Putin (R-RU) delivered on a previous hacking request? Why did Rump Dump tell GOP Pootie that, if elected, he will recognize the Crimea as Russian Territory, and lift US sanctions against him for invading Ukraine, of which the Crimea is part?  For what does Trump owe Putin?<\/font><\/p>\n

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>Before the show is broadcast, Stephen Colbert usually takes questions from the audience. His reaction to a question by a female college student, "if you have Donald Trump on your show tonight, what would you ask him?\u201d had the audience in stitches.<\/p>\n