{"id":24031,"date":"2016-09-30T14:20:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24031"},"modified":"2016-09-30T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:20:10","slug":"open-thread-9302016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/30\/open-thread-9302016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/30\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have time to do a little more than I thought I would, but this is still today&#8217;s only article from me.&#160; I&#8217;ll publish it after I return from my appointment with Megan.&#160; I leave in an hour.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m back.&#160; My 30 minute appointment took only 5 hours.&#160; Megan agreed that I was right to discontinue Cymbalta and is putting me on Lyrica next.&#160; It should come in mid-week, and I can take Gabapentin in the meantime.&#160; I am sooooo pooped!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:52 (average 5:51).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2016-09-30-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>. 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:\/\/kpdailyfunnies.blogspot.com\/2016\/09\/colbert-takes-on-gary-johnson.html\" target=\"_blank\">KP Daily Funnies<\/a>: <\/font>Colbert takes on Gary Johnson <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/tMR2B5GsaNY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What a fool! Jill Stein is smarter, but still has no chance to win. It&#8217;s too bad she&#8217;s in Putin&#8217;s (R-RU) pocket for his pro-Trump propaganda.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/gary-johnson-says-his-favorite-foreign-leader-is-obi-wan-kenobi\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Asked at a town-hall meeting on Wednesday to name his favorite foreign leader, the Libertarian Presidential candidate Gary Johnson seemed stumped at first before finally responding, \u201cObi-Wan Kenobi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The host of the town hall, MSNBC\u2019s Chris Matthews, initially appeared taken aback by Johnson\u2019s answer, but the former New Mexico governor went on to defend it vigorously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObi-Wan Kenobi is a Jedi Master, Chris,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cMore than anyone else, he taught me that the Force is already strong with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">LOL Andy, but you and Colbert are after widdle Gary?!!? The SPCI is going to get you both!!&#160; That&#8217;s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Imbeciles!! <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/9\/29\/1575870\/-Shocking-video-of-Trump-explaining-his-dangerous-theory-that-people-like-him-have-superior-genes\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>PBS and The Huffington Post have uncovered video evidence of Donald Trump\u2019s long-held beliefs that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-eugenics_us_57ec4cc2e4b024a52d2cc7f9\" target=\"_blank\">he (and people like him) are genetically superior:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/3Yh0jAxOxGE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Do you know of anyone else with similar views on Eugenics? Do you remember what happened?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0930Cartoon\" 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=\"0930Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/0930Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Originally published 9\/30\/2011.&#160; Still just as valid today, if not more so.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have time to do a little more than I thought I would, but this is still today&#8217;s only article from me.&#160; I&#8217;ll publish it after I return from my appointment with Megan.&#160; I leave in an hour. 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