{"id":23806,"date":"2016-09-09T13:58:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T20:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23806"},"modified":"2016-09-09T13:58:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T20:58:10","slug":"open-thread-992016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/09\/open-thread-992016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 9\/9\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I attended the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb from the comfort of my bed.  I was pretty pleased with Trevor Siemian’s performance.  He made lots of mistakes, but you have to expect that with a virtual rookie at QB.  I was so tired that I fell asleep late in the scoreless third quarter with the Broncos behind 7 – 17.  I woke up a couple hours later to a very pleasant surprise.  Yesterday my nerve pain was so severe that I could only get up on George a few seconds at a time.  I had to cancel today’s physical tyranny because of it, and was up for most of last night.  I had discontinues Gabapentin last month, due to side -effects.  Once it was out of my system, I had a doctor’s appointment to choose a new med for nerve pain a week ago, but she had to reschedule it until next Friday.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 4:26 (average 5:17).  To do it, click here<\/a><\/font>. How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Religious Ecstasy<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Woooo Hoooo Ellipsoid Orb!!!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Responding to a question about his qualifications to be Commander-in-Chief, Donald Trump told NBC\u2019s Matt Lauer on Wednesday night, \u201cAt my rallies, I have ordered many, many people to attack other people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the heat of the moment, you have to decide who is going to hit which person, when, and how hard,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI have ordered more people to attack other people than most of our generals have.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the outcome of the fights at his rallies showed that he has the judgment necessary to be Commander-in-Chief. \u201cYou always want to make the bigger guy hit the littler guy,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s how you win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dang Andy! If Rump Dump Trump had possessed the nuclear football at his rallies, the US would be a nuclear wasteland.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Wtf? The truth comes seeping out on CNN and don\u2019t kid yourself, what Dana Bash is saying here is exactly how other media outlets are treating Clinton. <\/p>\n

Hillary is being held to a higher standard and Trump, with all his hate and scandals is being given a pass because he is not quite the polished politician.<\/p>\n

This is breathtaking and piss poor journalism.<\/p>\n

Click through for video.  It’s the media’s job to inform the public of what is, not to substitute their own value judgments about expectations for individual candidates.  It seems virtually all broadcast media have become the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise<\/em>, with the exception of the few honest journalists, like Rachel, left at MSNBC.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont did well<\/a> in the Pacific Northwest during the presidential primary season with his lectern-pounding message about fairness, need and corporate greed. A ballot measure here this fall that would sharply raise corporate taxes is now testing just how deeply Mr. Sanders\u2019s message about economic inequality has sunk in.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur corporations have to be held accountable!\u201d shouted Kayse Jama, the executive director of a group called Unite Oregon<\/a>, as he rallied several hundred supporters of the proposal, known as Measure 97, on a recent evening in a local shopping mall. He even sounded a bit like Mr. Sanders, his voice hoarse with passion.<\/p>\n

If approved by the voters here in November, Measure 97<\/a> would create the biggest tide of new tax revenue in any state in the nation this year as a percentage of the budget, economists said \u2014 and one of the biggest anywhere in recent history. Oregon\u2019s general fund would grow by almost a third, or about $3 billion a year, through a 2.5 percent tax on corporate gross receipts. The initiative language<\/a> says the money would augment state spending on education, health care and senior services, but does not bind the Legislature to a specific plan.<\/p>\n

I fully support Oregon Measure 97, because the people of Oregon need the funds, it only effects corporations with over $20 million in annual sales, and Oregon has one of the lowest corporate tax rates in the nation. Needless to say, Republicans are siding with greed over need. The Gray Lady covered this unusually well. I strongly recommend clicking through for more info about it.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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