{"id":23855,"date":"2016-09-14T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23855"},"modified":"2016-09-14T14:34:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T21:34:00","slug":"open-thread-9142016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/14\/open-thread-9142016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/14\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m getting a late start intentionally.&#160; Today is a grocery delivery day, and I have to be up when they arrive so that I can inventory and put them away.&#160; Later, Wendy is coming to dunk the TomCat.&#160; Her weekend job is bartending for a Chinese Restaurant, and she&#8217;s stopping there to get us supper, which I will pay for, of course.&#160; I&#8217;m still struggling with nerve pain, but last night was not quite as bad.&#160; I bit back the pain and donned George for a few hours yesterday.&#160; Even though I had to take a Hydrocodone to do it, it did help.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:44 (average 4:40).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2016-09-14-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?&#160; Did I save the nice <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-catface\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none\" alt=\"Cat face\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wlEmoticon-catface.png\" \/> from that raging, stomping Sasquatch? <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none\" alt=\"Winking smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile.png\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/2016\/09\/ky-gov-matt-bevin-predicts-shedding-of-the-blood-of-tyrants-and-patriots-if-clinton-is-elected\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin may be calling for a violent uprising if Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is elected in November. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Kentucky Fried Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ZlukBB3Hn1g?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The list of Republican elected officials calling for the violent overthrow of the US government is becoming endless.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/9\/12\/1569495\/-Violence-Breaks-out-at-Trump-Rally-in-NC-Trump-does-not-condemn\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>The man [Trump Supporter] accosted a group of protesters who began shouting in the middle of Trump&#8217;s rally and exchanged words with one man before <strong>grabbing him by the neck while brandishing his closed fist. 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