{"id":24246,"date":"2016-10-17T13:36:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T20:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24246"},"modified":"2016-10-17T13:36:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T20:36:02","slug":"open-thread-10172016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/17\/open-thread-10172016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 10\/17\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m very tired and running behind, because I have lots of chores today.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:27 (average 4:56).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Let’s take a break from the presidential debates and non-stop media coverage of the November 2016 election and deal with a particularly urgent matter \u2014 whether or it\u2019s legal or not to hunt for the elusive Bigfoot.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t try Bigfoot hunting in California \u2013 it could result in your arrest and conviction, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW).<\/p>\n

On May 11, 2012, the CDFW issued a statement in response to media reports about a Texas wildlife official proclaiming that bigfoot hunting is legal in the long horn state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says that in theory, it would be legal to hunt Bigfoot in their state,\u201d stated a CDFW facebook post. \u201cNot so in California!\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, considering her progressive political views, it’s easy to understand why Texans would hunt our beloved Sasquatch, and she would be safer in blue California. But in the end, only one thing matters. Is Bigfoot hunting legal in BC?<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>When Jen Hatmaker speaks to stadiums full of Christian women, she regales them with stories about her five children and her garden back in Austin, Tex. \u2014 and stays away from politics. But recently she took to Facebook and Instagram to blast Donald J. Trump as a \u201cnational disgrace,\u201d<\/a> and remind her legions of followers that there are other names on the ballot in November.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump has consistently normalized violence, sexual deviance, bigotry and hate speech,\u201d she said in an email interview. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t accept this from my seventh-grade son, much less from a potential leader of the free world.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the nearly four decades since Jerry Falwell Sr. founded a group called the Moral Majority, evangelical Christians have been the Republican Party\u2019s most unified and reliable voting bloc in November presidential elections. The leaders of what came to be known as the religious right were kingmakers and household names, like Pat Robertson, James C. Dobson, Ralph Reed.<\/p>\n

But this year, Ms. Hatmaker\u2019s outraged post was one small sign of the splintering of the evangelical bloc and a possible portent of the changes ahead. While most of the religious right\u2019s aging old guard has chosen to stand by Mr. Trump, its judgment and authority are being challenged by an increasingly assertive crop of younger leaders, minorities and women such as Ms. Hatmaker.<\/p>\n

I’m glad to see a splinter in the evangelical camp, and I have been willing to respect the belief of and coexist with folks with different beliefs, even Republican Supply-side Pseudo-Christians, if they are also willing to respect my beliefs and coexist with me. To date, that has been the problem with pseudo-Christians.<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>"Dangerous" <\/font><\/p>\n