{"id":24702,"date":"2016-11-12T10:38:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T18:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24702"},"modified":"2016-11-12T10:38:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T18:38:07","slug":"open-thread-11122016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/12\/open-thread-11122016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 11\/12\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m still extremely tired.&#160; I had little sleep last night, because I inadvertently participated in a riot, and did so from the edge of my bed.&#160; See my lead article today.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:31 (average 4:46).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2016-11-12-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong> (all from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RealTime\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Real Time Channel<\/a>):<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hUd4xf7Dcko\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>Lessons for Democrats<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/hUd4xf7Dcko?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">He sure made a point about being too nice.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PrF16RJl7yA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>Eric Holder: Abolish the Electoral College<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PrF16RJl7yA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I disagree with needing a Constitutional Amendment, Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpopularvote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Popular Vote<\/a> to see how to do it<\/font>.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U1s-TqzhwEk\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">New Rule: We&#8217;re Still Here<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/U1s-TqzhwEk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I wonder if the North Korean immigration website crashed from attempts by Americans to escape the Fifth Reich of Fuhrer Drumphenfarten. Like most of us, I&#8217;m still here. Like far too few of us, I&#8217;m fighting back.<\/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\/11\/1112Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1112Cartoon\" 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=\"1112Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/1112Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"654\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Not the ear.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still extremely tired.&#160; I had little sleep last night, because I inadvertently participated in a riot, and did so from the edge of my bed.&#160; See my lead article today. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 2:31 (average 4:46).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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