{"id":23985,"date":"2016-09-24T13:40:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T20:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23985"},"modified":"2016-09-24T13:40:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T20:40:15","slug":"open-thread-9242016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/24\/open-thread-9242016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 9\/24\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m still struggling to sleep.  At this point, I don’t know if it’s a side effect of Cymbalta or the result of this strange fall weather.  Even though the temperature last night was 50\u00b0, it doesn’t make my apartment bearable when there is no wind to move that cool air inside, and the humidity is 96%.  Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  I probably won’t publish until late in the day, because my Broncos meditate in Cincinnati in the early game, and it’s a Wendy day.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 4:27 (average 6:07).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>During a \u201ctown hall style\u201d appearance on Wednesday with Sean Hannity to address \u201cAfrican-American concerns,\u201d\u2014an event that seemed to lack<\/a> actual African-Americans\u2014Donald Trump told an audience member what he would do to curb violent crime. He would implement a nationwide "stop and frisk" program<\/a>, based on the controversial, racially-biased and unconstitutional<\/a> program run in New York City for more than a decade.  <\/p>\n

This morning he appeared on Fox and Friends and offered more details on how that might work. You will not believe his jaw-dropping remarks. From his appearance on Fox and Friends:<\/a><\/p>\n

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FOX AND FRIENDS: will you explain what that is to my folks down in South Carolina that don\u2019t really deal with stop and frisk? What exactly is it and what are the pros and cons?<\/p>\n

TRUMP: Well, there are different levels. and you have somebody coming up who is the expert on it but basically they will\u2014if they see, you know, they are proactive and if they see a person possibly with a gun or they think may have a gun, they will see the person and they will look and they will take the gun away. They will stop, they will frisk, and they will take the gun away and they won\u2019t have anything to shoot with<\/strong>. I mean, how it\u2019s not being used in Chicago is\u2014to be honest with you, it\u2019s a quite unbelievable, and you know the police, the local police, they know who has a gun, who shouldn\u2019t be having a gun. They understand that. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From a Republican Ammosexual perspective, the right to bear arms is absolute\u2026, but for Caucasians only.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Media Matters<\/a>: <\/font>When we heard that rancid white nationalists were holding a press conference near us, there was only one thing to do: send a gay Latino to cover it.<\/p>\n

Barf Bucket Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n