{"id":23725,"date":"2016-09-02T08:25:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T15:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23725"},"modified":"2016-09-02T08:25:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T15:25:50","slug":"open-thread-922016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/02\/open-thread-922016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 9\/2\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s 7:30 AM, and already the street repair crews are making an ungodly racket.  I hope the get Labor Day weekend off.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:44 (average 5:47).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Fellow Authors<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Alternet has a new \u00a9 policy.  The only way we can now use their articles without paying royalties to them is to embed them with their ads.  Please hold off, until I have time to put up a test article to see just what that will entail.<\/font><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football Note<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Players, the season starts this coming Thursday, 9\/8, at 5:30 PM PDT.  Please have your week one lineups set by then.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>The war of words between Donald J. Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto continued on Thursday as Pe\u00f1a Nieto vehemently asserted that he made the Republican Presidential nominee pay for lunch during his visit to Mexico City.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as we sat down to order, I made it very clear that I had no intention of paying for lunch,\u201d Pe\u00f1a Nieto said. \u201cAnd when the check arrived, I made absolutely no move to pick it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

To support his claim, Pe\u00f1a Nieto tweeted out a photo of himself seated at a table with an aggrieved-looking Trump, who appears to be placing an American Express card on top of a restaurant check.<\/p>\n

Andy, it’s a good thing Rump Dump didn’t pay the check with a check. It would have bounced!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: Donald Trump is banking on the devotion and adulation of his supporters, so much so that he is demanding all volunteers to sign a non-disclosure agreement. But it’s not your typical agreement for political volunteers, it’s a lifetime pledge to <\/font>never disparage him, his family or Trump products<\/a><\/font><\/font> until death do you part. <\/font><\/p>\n

Am I the only one this reminds of the loyalty oath Hitler required?  On the other hand, Hitler wasn’t selling moustache wax.<\/font><\/p>\n

From OpEdNews<\/a>: <\/font>One of the strangest aspects of the 2016 presidential campaign has been the mainstream media’s decision to spend equal time criticizing Trump and Clinton. This has created a false equivalence. Imagine a political contest between Godzilla (Trump) and Bambi (Clinton). Because of the equal time rule, the nightly news would report, "Godzilla destroys Los Angeles," and then, "Bambi ravishes community garden."<\/p>\n

What an excellent point, especially since Hillary haters on the left love this false equivalence so. Clinton v. Trump is not choosing the lesser of two evils. It is choosing the lesser good over the ultimate evil.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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