{"id":24409,"date":"2016-10-30T11:10:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T18:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24409"},"modified":"2016-10-30T11:10:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T18:10:54","slug":"open-thread-10302016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/30\/open-thread-10302016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread -10\/30\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a busy day and the start of a very busy week.  Wendy is here doing light housework.  The clothes are drying, and I’m trying to publish before the Bronco game.  Tomorrow is Halloween and my day to hide, because I’m such a magnificent pussy that Republican monsters will try to grab me.  Tuesday I collect the data for our Monthly Report, but Providence Elder at Home is coming to help me with my Advanced Directive.  Wednesday is Monthly Report, grocery delivery and Wendy day.  Thursday is fasting labs day, and Friday is Physical Terrorist  day.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 4:06 (average 6:08).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In an unexpected televised address on Saturday, Queen Elizabeth II offered to restore British rule over the United States of America.<\/p>\n

Addressing the American people from her office in Buckingham Palace, the Queen said that she was making the offer \u201cin recognition of the desperate situation you now find yourselves in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis two-hundred-and-forty-year experiment in self-rule began with the best of intentions, but I think we can all agree that it didn\u2019t end well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Queen urged Americans to write in her name on Election Day, after which the transition to British rule could begin \u201cwith a minimum of bother.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dang Andy! I could get behind THAT third party candidate! \ud83d\ude09<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>The day before the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, sent a letter to Congress announcing that new evidence had been discovered that might be related to the completed Hillary Clinton email investigation, the Justice Department strongly discouraged the step and told him that he would be breaking with longstanding policy, three law enforcement officials said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Senior Justice Department officials did not move to stop him from sending the letter, officials said, but they did everything short of it, pointing to policies against talking about current criminal investigations or being seen as meddling in elections.<\/p>\n

At the time Obama appointed Comey as a gesture of bipartisanship, I said that appointing a Republican to head the FBI was a big mistake. I don’t think he supports Trump. Instead, he may have been trying to effect down ballot races.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeatedly suggests to his supporters that the elections are rigged<\/a> against him, that undocumented immigrants are \u201cvoting all over the country<\/a>,\u201d and that there is \u201clarge scale<\/a>\u201d voter fraud.<\/p>\n

Instances of voter fraud are so rare that only about 31 allegations of voter impersonation fraud have been found since 2000. But when they do occur, they often happen in a much different way than what Trump describes. On Thursday, voter fraud did take place in the form of a U.S. citizen in Iowa who allegedly voted twice for the Republican presidential candidate. And thanks to safeguards in place, the perpetrator was quickly identified and charged.<\/p>\n

And the Republican criminal was caught without benefit of repressive Voter ID Laws.  If my memory is correct, virtually all the documented cases of intentional voter fraud were perpetrated by Republicans.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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