{"id":23667,"date":"2016-08-27T14:29:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T21:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23667"},"modified":"2016-08-27T14:29:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T21:29:05","slug":"open-thread-8272016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/27\/open-thread-8272016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 8\/27\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

The excessive heat warning in Portland has been lifted, and we have three days in the 80\u00b0s before dropping into the 70\u00b0s.  However, it will take a few days for the building to bleed off the heat.  At 6:00 AM the temperature in the hallway right outside my door was 92\u00b0, and my A\/C has not stopped running full blast trying to get the room temperature down to 76\u00b0.  I have completed most of the optimizing here at the site.  This morning, I took a Lona nap, and am ready for several more.  I can’t wait for my shower tomorrow morning.  I exchanged texts with Julie.  She and Killer Dawg<\/em> send greetings.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 2:25 (average 4:19).  To do it, click here<\/a>. (Yum?)  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Earlier this month Daily Kos endorsed Christina Hartman<\/a> for Pennsylvania’s open 16th Congressional District, part of our effort to identify strong Democratic candidates targeting GOP-held seats this year who could benefit from your support.<\/p>\n

Hartman’s Republican opponent Lloyd Smucker has noticed, and in a new fundraising email his campaign is sounding the alarm bells to supporters. Oh noes! The radical ultra progressives are on the move!<\/p>\n

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Recently, the Daily Kos, a liberal, left wing but influential website endorsed our opponent. They only support candidates who believe the same ultra progressive agenda that they do. Their agenda is bad for America and bad for the residents of the 16th district.This endorsement will open the floodgates of financial support for her. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And may Christina Hartman boot that Republican mother-Smucker right into the unemployment line!<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Calling it a \u201cscary moment\u201d and a \u201cclose call,\u201d Donald Trump\u2019s campaign officials confirmed that they had recaptured Mike Pence after the Indiana governor attempted to flee the campaign bus in the early hours of Friday morning.<\/p>\n

According to the campaign, Pence had asked to stop at a McDonald\u2019s in rural Virginia so that he could use the bathroom, but aides grew concerned when the governor failed to reappear after twenty minutes.<\/p>\n

After determining that Pence had given them the slip, Trump staffers fanned out across the Virginia backcountry, where the governor was believed to have fled.<\/p>\n

News that Pence had vanished touched off a panic in Indiana, where residents feared that he might return to resume his political career.<\/p>\n

LOL Andy! As I see it, Pence crucified himself the minute he became Rump Dump’s running mate.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>He led his government to a crushing defeat at the polls last October, then ceded his office to Justin Trudeau and largely vanished from public view. Now, 10 months later, Stephen Harper, the former Conservative prime minister of Canada<\/a>, says he is giving up his seat in Parliament and quitting politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I wish I had a video clip of the Squatch doing her happy dance!!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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