{"id":24082,"date":"2016-10-05T13:21:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T20:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24082"},"modified":"2016-10-05T13:57:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T20:57:35","slug":"open-thread-1052016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/05\/open-thread-1052016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 10\/5\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Other than having to haul out three garbage bags full of used barf bags from last night's debate, it's been a light day so far, but that will change.  This afternoon, I have an unusually large order of groceries to be delivered shortly, and I have to put them all away.  Later Wendy is coming to steam clean the TomCat and help with housework.  I think I'll serve her refritos, chips and salsa for supper.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today's took me 4:19 (average 5:53).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Being Not Donald Trump is going a long way to making Mike Pence look sane and sober this year, but there’s a reason Trump chose Pence and Pence accepted the offer. He’s an extremist himself, even if he’s better than Trump at difficult things like not attacking a former Miss Universe over what she weighed in 1996 or hinting at the assassination of his political opponents. Pence, as a video from Planned Parenthood (watch below) makes clear, was the early leader of the campaign to defund Planned Parenthood. That’s part of a long, ugly record<\/a> of trying to pass laws to control women’s bodies:<\/p>\n