{"id":25492,"date":"2016-12-17T11:50:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T19:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=25492"},"modified":"2016-12-17T11:50:34","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T19:50:34","slug":"open-thread-12172016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/17\/open-thread-12172016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 12\/17\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I always know when snow is coming.  I feel it in my hands.  It’s 28\u00b0 and not expected to reach freezing.  Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  My Broncos will be visiting the Patriots, but it won’t be televised here.  It’s also a Wendy day.  It’s her birthday on Monday, and she’s flying to Las Vegas tomorrow afternoon.  I gave her a present a few days early.  I had been telling her that it was a new mop.  When she saw the package, it had just come in and was bulked up with shipping materials.  She commented that it looked a bit small to be a mop.  I quickly explained that it was a robotic mop with a remote control and an anti-gravity device she could use to tell it how much to push down. \"Angel\"  She actually bought that!  It was a sampler with four different perfumes.  She liked it, but had really wanted that gigh-tech anti-gravity mop!!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 2:57 {average 5:08).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>Not a Jew? J Street president responds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeremy Ben-Ami on Trump’s far right pick for Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, who says Ben-Ami is not really Jewish.<\/p>\n