{"id":29030,"date":"2017-08-17T13:43:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T20:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=29030"},"modified":"2017-08-17T13:43:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T20:43:15","slug":"open-thread-8172017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/17\/open-thread-8172017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/17\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">By now Wendy is on her way to Southern Oregon for a country music festival.&#160; So yesterday I serenaded her that I will never rope my goat again, until I have her love.&#160; Unfortunately, that means I don&#8217;t get my Sunday morning shower until Monday evening.&#160; All Sasquatches, who are downwind, be warned!&#160; Tonight is a Holy Night in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, but the worship service between my Broncos and the 49ers will not be televised here.&#160; Tomorrow, I have a routine biannual checkup with my Pulmonologist, so please expect no more than a Personal Update tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:52 (average 5:43).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-08-17-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HsX7RK5xG4k\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/karinmoveon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Trump&#8217;s Unstaffed Administration<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/HsX7RK5xG4k?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As we are shocked more and more each day by the hatred and corruption of Trump&#8217;s Republican Reich, let&#8217;s not get too sidetracked to remember their utter and unprecedented incompetence. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/americans-demand-that-offensive-symbol-of-racism-be-removed-from-public-property?mbid=nl_081617%20Borowitz%20Newsletter%20(1)&amp;CNDID=24434635&amp;spMailingID=11709136&amp;spUserID=MTMzMTgyNDM5NjgyS0&amp;spJobID=1221446325&amp;spReportId=MTIyMTQ0NjMyNQS2\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>A growing chorus of Americans is demanding that an offensive symbol of racism be removed from public property.<\/p>\n<p>Creating outrage since it was first installed at a historic landmark in January, the symbol, a figure of a man standing six feet two and weighing approximately two hundred and fifty pounds, has emerged as one of the most despised objects in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Now, less than seven months after the figure\u2019s installation, calls for its removal have spread from home to abroad, with many of the nation\u2019s allies wondering what possessed Americans to put such an odious figure in such a visible position.<\/p>\n<p>Large protests broke out this week in New York City, where the offensive symbol was briefly on display.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">And, we should ship that vile symbol to where it belongs and can be displayed by its owner . <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2017\/8\/16\/1690242\/-GOP-on-the-brink-Embrace-Nazis-or-reject-Trump\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>:<\/font> \u2026No matter how many times someone talks about \u201ceconomic uncertainty,\u201d anyone who voted for Donald Trump had to be comfortable with someone who was perfectly willing to attack someone based on race, religion, or gender\u2014with disabilities tossed in for a side dish. While pundit and politicians of all stripes are still quick to say that not all Trump voters were racists, that doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<p>Trump voters were willing to accept racism to get what they wanted. That\u2019s all it takes.<\/p>\n<p>Where Trump is taking Republicans, and the nation, now is only a further step down the road they were already walking. He already told them that Mexicans were worse than they were, and deserving of contempt. They agreed to that. He already told them that Muslims were evil, and deserving of death. They agreed to that. He already told them that African Americans were lazy, and violent, and disrespectful to the police, and unable to think for themselves. Trump voters may contend that they voted for him because he promising more jobs in Ohio, or to burn more coal in West Virginia, or bring more auto factories back to Michigan, or make more steel in Pennsylvania\u2014even though he didn\u2019t say how he would do any of those things. But to get what they wanted, they were willing to accept it.<\/p>\n<p>What Trump is asking of Republicans now is that they only take the next logical step and agree that Nazis, the KKK, and white nationalists of all stripes are okay. Or, if not okay, at least no worse than the people fighting against racism, hatred, and bigotry\u2026<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Very well said. Republicans from Putrid Pence, Bought Bitch Mitch and Lyin&#8217; Ryan down have two choices. They can publicly reject Trump and everything he represents, or through their silence, they can embrace the sheet, hood and swastika. 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