{"id":24888,"date":"2016-11-22T11:36:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T19:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=24888"},"modified":"2016-11-22T11:36:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T19:36:29","slug":"open-thread-11222016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/22\/open-thread-11222016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 11\/22\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Store to Door is closed for the holiday week, so I’m getting a grocery delivery today from Safeway.com.  Their delivery fees are higher than Store to Door’s, and they just leave the bags instead of handing me one item at a time, so putting everything away is much more work.  I’m not complaining.  They have good products and good service.  I’m celebrating Thanksgiving a day early tomorrow, because Wendy is bringing dinner with her when she comes to do her normal deodorizing of the stinky TomCat.  Is she a gem, or what?  She’ll be bringing her niece, so I’ll get to stuff and purrrr bookended by two gorgeous women.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 2:44 (average 4:38).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Here’s the latest from our own fantasy football league, Lefty Blog Friends.<\/font><\/p>\n

Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"11Scores\"<\/font><\/p>\n

The universe must have been disrupted by a cosmic tear in the space-time continuum.  I actually won a game.<\/font><\/p>\n

Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"11Standings\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Congrats to Rob for leading the league.  It will take far more cosmic chaos to get me out of last place.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>A panel of three federal judges said on Monday that the Wisconsin Legislature\u2019s 2011 redrawing of State Assembly districts to favor Republicans was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, the first such ruling in three decades of pitched legal battles over the issue.<\/p>\n

Federal courts have struck down gerrymanders on racial grounds, but not on grounds that they unfairly give advantage to a political party \u2014 the more common form of gerrymandering. The case could now go directly to the Supreme Court, where its fate may rest with a single justice, Anthony M. Kennedy, who has expressed a willingness to strike down partisan gerrymanders but has yet to accept a rationale for it.<\/p>\n

Given the Injustices the Fuhrer will appoint to SCROTUS (Republican Constitutional VD), redistricting that does NOT favor Republicans will soon be illegal.<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Look What Happens When You Criticize Trump<\/p>\n