{"id":24255,"date":"2016-10-18T13:35:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T20:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24255"},"modified":"2016-10-18T13:35:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T20:35:03","slug":"open-thread-10182016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/18\/open-thread-10182016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/18\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another busy day with lots of chores, including preparing my grocery list for the week, paying bills and getting prescriptions refilled.&#160; Are you going to watch the show tomorrow night?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:31 (average 5:05).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2016-10-18-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here&#8217;s the news from our own fantasy football league, Lefty Blog Friends.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"6Scores\" 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=\"6Scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/6Scores.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Patty Monster monster-mashed my poor kitty dingles!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"6Standings\" 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=\"6Standings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/6Standings.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"500\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Congrats to Vivian and Rob, who are leading the league.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.multdems.org\/node\/175\" target=\"_blank\">Multnomah Democrats<\/a>: <\/font><strong>Last Day to Register to Vote (Oregon)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, October 18, 2016 (All day)<\/p>\n<p>Event Sponsor: <\/p>\n<p>Oregon Secretary of State<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 18th is the last day register to vote for the November 8th election. Registration cards postmarked by this date or online registrations submitted no later than 11:59 PM on this date are valid. Register or check your registration status here: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sos.oregon.gov\/voting-elections\/Pages\/my-vote.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/sos.oregon.gov\/voting-elections\/Pages\/my-vote.aspx<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If you are an Oregonian and not yet registered click the link <strong>NOW<\/strong>. If you have committed a crime, Oregon still allows you to vote.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nit-Fr9qJtM\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RealTime\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Real Time Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Ann Coulter: In Trump We Trust <\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/nit-Fr9qJtM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Two things about the Coultergeist have not changed. It is still full of shit. It still has its Adam&#8217;s apple.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/nation-fears-drug-test-would-reveal-trump-not-on-drugs\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Trump\u2019s suggestion that both Presidential candidates submit to a drug test has sparked fears that such a test would reveal that he is not on drugs.<\/p>\n<p>In interviews conducted across the country, voters said that they would be \u201calarmed\u201d and \u201cdistressed\u201d to learn that the billionaire\u2019s statements and actions were the product of a mind unaltered in any way by a controlled substance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt never occurred to me that Donald Trump might not be on drugs,\u201d Carol Foyler, an accountant from Toledo, Ohio, said. \u201cThat would be terrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harland Dorrinson, a mechanic from St. Petersburg, Florida, said that the chilling possibility of Trump not being on drugs was a strong argument against submitting the candidates to drug testing. \u201cIf it turns out that he isn\u2019t on anything, this is something that the American people shouldn\u2019t have to find out,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve suffered enough this election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy has a great point. We&#8217;ve speculated what drug he might be on, but the possibility that he is the way he is, without benefit of addiction, is even more appalling!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/10\/18\/world\/europe\/uk-natwest-rt-russia-today.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Russia\u2019s main English-language satellite network complained on Monday that its British bank was abruptly closing its accounts. The network, which reported on the decision, called it a British-government-sanctioned attempt to interfere with freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>It was the latest controversy for the network, RT, originally and still commonly known as Russia Today. [Republicans delinked] The broadcaster presents itself as an alternative to the Western media, but critics call it a Kremlin-financed mouthpiece that seeks to create an alternative to reality.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to the Bank!&#160; Putin&#8217;s propaganda network helped convince Bridiots that it was safe to cast a protest vote for Brexit.&#160; Now they are telling Americans to cast a protest vote for Stein, because Putin wants to elect Trump.&#160; Sadly, Jill Stein has colluded with their scheme in exchange for the majority of her TV coverage.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1018Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1018Cartoon\" 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=\"1018Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1018Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"654\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another busy day with lots of chores, including preparing my grocery list for the week, paying bills and getting prescriptions refilled.&#160; Are you going to watch the show tomorrow night? Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:31 (average 5:05).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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