{"id":23690,"date":"2016-08-28T12:19:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T19:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23690"},"modified":"2016-08-28T12:19:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T19:19:58","slug":"open-thread-8282016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/28\/open-thread-8282016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 8\/28\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wendy is already on her way here, and I want to get as much as I can written, before she arrives.  Other than dusting and polishing the TomCat, we’ll be cleaning, cooking, changing printer toner, tightening nuts and bolts on my wheelchair, and doing the dreaded task.<\/font><\/p>\n

That’s as far as I got.  Wendy has come and gone, having accomplished all of the above.  I’m quite tired, so please pardon my brevity.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:34 (average 4:53).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>One day after an audio popped up incriminating Maine\u2019s Republican governor for saying 90% of drug dealers are black and Hispanic<\/a>, a second video was posted on Friday exposing even more extreme racist and dangerous hate speech. Here is the text is the short 34-second video along with the text where Gov. LePage is basically saying to shoot the enemy \u2014 and the enemies are blacks and Hispanics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat guy\u2019s a bad guy. I don\u2019t care what color he is.  When you go to war. If you know the enemy, the enemy dressed in red and you dress in blue, you shoot at red \u2014 don\u2019 t shoot! Kem, you\u2019ve been in uniform. You shoot at the enemy. You try to identify the enemy. And the enemy right now, the overwhelming majority of people coming here (to the United States) are people of color, or people of hispanic origin.\u201d <\/p>\n

Barf Bag Alert!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n