{"id":23964,"date":"2016-09-23T13:12:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T20:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23964"},"modified":"2016-09-23T13:12:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T20:12:42","slug":"open-thread-9232016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/23\/open-thread-9232016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 9\/23\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m still trying to establish a sleeping schedule without success, so please forgive me for being brief.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:53 (average 4:38).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Staff Notice<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Raw Story has also started using the Republish\/Reprint \u00a9 widget, so we can on longer use Creative Commons Attribution with their articles.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MSN<\/a> (H\/T Squatch): <\/font>Donald Trump\u2019s campaign chair in a prominent Ohio county has claimed there was \u201cno racism\u201d during the 1960s and said black people who have not succeeded over the past half-century only have themselves to blame.<\/p>\n

Kathy Miller, chair of the Republican nominee\u2019s campaign in Mahoning County, who is white, made the remarks during a taped interview with the Guardian\u2019s Anywhere but Washington series<\/a> of election videos.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re black and you haven\u2019t been successful in the last 50 years, it\u2019s your own fault. You\u2019ve had every opportunity, it was given to you,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

I found video that can be embedded.  <\/font>Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n