{"id":23847,"date":"2016-09-13T13:10:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T20:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23847"},"modified":"2016-09-13T13:10:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T20:10:14","slug":"open-thread-9132016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/13\/open-thread-9132016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/13\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Hot weather has returned, albeit not the extreme heat of a couple weeks ago.&#160; I&#8217;m still having a lot of trouble with nerve pain.&#160; Hopefully it will only be another week to ten days, as I see Megan on Friday.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:55 (average 4:57).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2016-09-13-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here are the results of Week 1 in our fantasy football league.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1Scores\" 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=\"1Scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/1Scores.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1Standings\" 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=\"1Standings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/1Standings.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I got my butt kicked, but I don&#8217;t expect to do well this season.&#160; I drafted last and had no players worth carrying forward, so I start from behind the 8 ball.&#160; Congrats to Rob, Vivian, Patty Monster, Squatch and Dusty.&#160; Pam, did you get the message I sent you on Care2?&#160; Tom Brady, your starting QB, is suspended for the first four weeks.&#160; You need to substitute Stafford for him for the next three games.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/kpdailyfunnies.blogspot.com\/2016\/09\/tell-trump-release-measurements.html\" target=\"_blank\">KP Daily Funnies<\/a>: <\/font><strong>Tell Trump, &quot;Release the Measurements&quot; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/5LhNjWoBZck?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang!! Rump Dump needs to visit a plastic surgeon to get a hand job!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/9\/12\/1569321\/-President-Obama-moves-to-permanently-protect-Planned-Parenthood-funding\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Planned Parenthood <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/09\/09\/1568338\/-Federal-courts-in-Utah-and-Wisconsin-give-reproductive-rights-advocates-two-more-2016-victories\" target=\"_blank\">has been winning in the courts<\/a> in 2016, as state after Republican-led state has tried to cripple the organization by defunding clinics. Now the Obama administration is stepping in to attempt to short-circuit those lawsuits with a <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/public-inspection.federalregister.gov\/2016-21359.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">proposed rule<\/a> reinforcing existing law, preventing states from defunding Planned Parenthood or any other family planning provider for political reasons. <\/p>\n<p>The proposed rule says that states cannot withhold Title X federal family planning funds from providers for any reason other than their &quot;ability to deliver services to program beneficiaries in an effective manner.&quot; This would essentially make the same laws that apply to Medicaid\u2014states can&#8217;t pick and choose providers the federal funds go to in the absence of fraud\u2014apply specifically to Title X funding. Bottom line: if the rule is approved, states could no longer bar Planned Parenthood funding because some of its clinics provide abortions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will make a real difference in so many people\u2019s lives,&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/about-us\/newsroom\/press-releases\/obama-administration-protects-access-to-health-care-for-millions-of-people\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It took far too long for Obama to learn the ropes and realize that, since Republicans are bad faith negotiators, even when they do make agreements with him, they always brake their promises. Now that he has learned, at last, and just does what needs doing, I&#8217;m going to miss this President.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/09\/13\/sports\/ncaa-moves-championship-events-from-north-carolina.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>The N.C.A.A., responding to a contentious North Carolina law that curbed anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, will relocate all championship tournament games scheduled to take place in the state over the coming academic year, the organization <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/about\/resources\/media-center\/news\/ncaa-relocate-championships-north-carolina-2016-17\" target=\"_blank\">announced Monday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the events affected is the Division I men\u2019s basketball tournament, the N.C.A.A.\u2019s most prominent annual event, which had six first- and second-round games scheduled to be played in Greensboro in March.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement followed the N.B.A.\u2019s decision in July <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/07\/22\/sports\/basketball\/nba-all-star-game-moves-charlotte-transgender-bathroom-law.html\" target=\"_blank\">to move its 2017 All-Star Game<\/a> out of Charlotte but was seen as a particularly substantial blow to officials in North Carolina, where college basketball is central to the state\u2019s culture and pride. North Carolina has hosted more men\u2019s basketball tournament games than any other state, an N.C.A.A. spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to the NCAA. All things in the Republican Theocratic Police State of McCrorystan should be boycotted.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0913Cartoon\" 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=\"0913Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/0913Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot weather has returned, albeit not the extreme heat of a couple weeks ago.&#160; I&#8217;m still having a lot of trouble with nerve pain.&#160; Hopefully it will only be another week to ten days, as I see Megan on Friday. 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