{"id":23295,"date":"2016-07-31T11:59:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T18:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23295"},"modified":"2016-07-31T11:59:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T18:59:32","slug":"open-thread-7312016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/31\/open-thread-7312016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 7\/31\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The worst part of the heat wave is over, but it’s still very muggy, and it will take a couple of days fore the heat to bleed out of the brickwork.  Tomorrow, please expect no more than a Personal Update.  I have a follow up with my Ocular Oncologist, and when I return, Wendy will come over.  She isn’t here today, because she took her mother to the beach for the weekend.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 2:54 (average 4:32).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Donald J. Trump belittled the parents of a slain Muslim soldier who had strongly denounced Mr. Trump during the Democratic National Convention, saying that the soldier\u2019s father had delivered the entire speech because his mother was not \u201callowed\u201d to speak.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump\u2019s comments, in an interview<\/a> with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News that will air on Sunday, drew quick and widespread condemnation and amplified calls for Republican leaders to distance themselves from their presidential nominee. With his implication that the soldier\u2019s mother had not spoken because of female subservience expected in some traditional strains of Islam, his comments also inflamed his hostilities with American Muslims.<\/p>\n

Khizr Khan, the soldier\u2019s father, lashed out at Mr. Trump in an interview on Saturday, saying his wife had not spoken at the convention because it was too painful for her to talk about her son\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Only one adjective is sufficiently vile to categorize Rump Dump Trump’s bigotry: Republican.<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>Real Time with Bill Maher: New Rule – The Notorious HRC (HBO) <\/p>\n