{"id":23838,"date":"2016-09-12T13:19:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T20:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23838"},"modified":"2016-09-12T13:19:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T20:19:06","slug":"open-thread-9122016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/12\/open-thread-9122016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/12\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I was so busy and so tired that I had little time left for the Ellipsoid Orb, but I did check to seed that I&#8217;m getting my kitty-butt handed to me in fantasy football.&#160; I napped an hour this morning, but still have had little sleep.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:57 (average 4:30).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2016-09-12-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/9\/10\/1568794\/-Paul-Ryan-is-finally-outraged-that-Clinton-called-out-racism-and-bigotry\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>First, a brief recap on Speaker of the House Paul Ryan\u2019s painful and pathetic history of dealing with the hatred and venom that Donald Trump spews on a regular basis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When Trump refused to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/03\/01\/1493888\/-Paul-Ryan-obliquely-denounces-Trump-on-white-supremacy-but-says-he-ll-vote-for-the-nominee\" target=\"_blank\">repudiate<\/a> support from former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke, Ryan said that the GOP doesn\u2019t \u201cprey on people\u2019s prejudices\u201d \u2026 and still supported the Republican nominee. <\/li>\n<li>When Trump called an Indiana-born judge unqualified because of his Mexican heritage, Ryan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/06\/03\/1534051\/-Speaker-Paul-Ryan-Trump-s-latest-racist-rantings-came-totally-out-of-left-field\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> the comment was \u201cfrom left field\u201d and that it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/06\/07\/1535579\/-Rep-Paul-Ryan-calls-Trump-s-attack-on-federal-judge-textbook-racism-but-still-endorses-him\" target=\"_blank\">was<\/a> \u201dtextbook racism\u201d \u2026&#160; and still supported the Republican nominee. <\/li>\n<li>When Trump called for a ban on Muslims coming into the country, Ryan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/06\/14\/1538501\/-Paul-Ryan-tries-to-have-it-both-ways-on-Trump\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> it was not \u201creflective of our principles, not just as a party, but as a country\u201d \u2026 and still supported the Republican nominee. <\/li>\n<li>When Trump attacked a Gold Star Family, Ryan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/07\/30\/1554680\/-Paul-Ryan-isn-t-talking-about-Trump-s-repugnant-insults-to-the-family-of-a-fallen-soldier\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> he \u201crejects this idea\u201d \u2026 and still supported the Republican nominee. <\/li>\n<li>When Trump suggested a \u201cSecond Amendment\u201d remedy if Hillary Clinton is elected, Ryan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/08\/10\/1558685\/-Paul-Ryan-He-s-too-busy-to-pay-attention-to-the-things-Donald-Trump-jokes-about\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> he was \u201ctoo busy\u201d to pay attention to Trump\u2019s \u201cjokes\u201d \u2026 and still supported the Republican nominee. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And after that \u201cjoke,\u201d Ryan was asked if there was anything that Trump could say that would cross the line and Ryan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/08\/09\/1558409\/-Does-threatening-Hillary-Clinton-with-a-Second-Amendment-remedy-cross-your-line-Mr-Speaker\">insisted <\/a>that Trump doesn\u2019t get a \u201cblank check\u201d and that \u201cWhere that line gets crossed, I don\u2019t know where that is.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Well, now we know<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Click through to discover just what it would take to outrage a hypocritical Republican purveyor of hatred like lyin&#8217; Ryan.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/poll-unconscious-clinton-more-fit-to-be-president-than-conscious-trump\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In a positive development for the Democratic nominee for President, a new poll released on Sunday reveals that likely voters find an unconscious Hillary Clinton \u201csubstantially more fit\u201d to be President than a conscious Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In a hypothetical matchup between a Clinton who has been rendered completely unconscious and a fully sentient Trump, voters chose an inert Clinton over an ambulatory Trump by a margin of nine percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Clinton campaign hailed the findings. \u201cWe have every reason to believe that Hillary Clinton will be a fully conscious President,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cBut even if she is not, she is still the far better choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The same poll revealed that a broad majority of voters found an unconscious Donald Trump more fit to be President than a conscious one.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang, Andy!! A deceased <em>dawg<\/em> is more fit to be President than Rump Dump Trump!!&#160; If Trump were running against a drunken macaque, that had&#160; mange, BO and halitosis, and that masturbated in public and threw feces at passers by, I&#8217;d vote for the monkey!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/sports\/miami-dolphins\/fl-hyde-dolphins-seahawks-column-0912-20160911-column.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Sun-Sentinel<\/a>: <\/font>After they stood by kneeling, after they spoke loudly saying nothing, long after four Miami Dolphins players became a national story by their protest during the national anthem, they were joined by a fifth Dolphin.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Steve Ross, the team owner, went up to safety Michael Thomas in the locker room and shook his hand.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">&quot;Let&#8217;s get ready to do something about this,&quot; he said, even in the emotionally crushing aftermath of the Dolphins&#8217; season-opening loss to Seattle, 12-10.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos. At the same time all the Seattle players linked arms during the anthem to signal their unified opposition to the protesting players. Damn Seachickens!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0912Cartoon\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0912Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/0912Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I was so busy and so tired that I had little time left for the Ellipsoid Orb, but I did check to seed that I&#8217;m getting my kitty-butt handed to me in fantasy football.&#160; I napped an hour this morning, but still have had little sleep. 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