{"id":29489,"date":"2017-09-17T12:54:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T19:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=29489"},"modified":"2017-09-17T12:54:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T19:54:15","slug":"open-thread-9172017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/17\/open-thread-9172017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/17\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">My AC is off.&#160; My window is open.&#160; I feel comfortable!&#160; Wooo Hooo!!&#160; Wendy is due momentarily, so I&#8217;ll be brief, as I have a lot to get done, before I meditate on the holy Ellipsoid Orb.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Later: Wendy just left, we got everything done, and my AC is still off!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:37 (average 6:37).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-09-17-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=gPnxhOAHyIo\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/karinmoveon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn Chapter<\/a>): <\/font>Under Attack<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gPnxhOAHyIo?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Don&#8217;t let the Republican Reich steal their future. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/mueller-obtains-warrant-for-russia-linked-facebook-ads-and-accounts-2017-9\" target=\"_blank\">Business Insider<\/a>: <\/font>FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller reportedly obtained a search warrant for records of the &quot;inauthentic&quot; accounts Facebook shut down earlier this month and the targeted ads these accounts purchased during the 2016 election.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>The warrant was first disclosed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/facebook-gave-special-counsel-robert-mueller-more-details-on-russian-ad-buys-than-congress-1505514552\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> on Friday night and the news was later <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/15\/media\/facebook-mueller-ads\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed by CNN.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Legal experts say the revelation has enormous implications for the trajectory of Mueller&#8217;s investigation into Russia&#8217;s election interference, and whether Moscow had any help from President Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign team. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;This is big news \u2014 and potentially bad news for the Russian election interference &#8216;deniers,&#8217;&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AshaRangappa_\/status\/909051809657966592\" target=\"_blank\">said Asha Rangappa<\/a>, a former FBI counterintelligence agent. <\/p>\n<p>Rangappa, now an associate dean at Yale Law School, explained that to obtain a search warrant a prosecutor needs to prove to a judge that there is reason to believe a crime has been committed. The prosecutor then has to show that the information being sought will provide evidence of that crime. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Tick\u2026 tick\u2026 tick\u2026 <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2017\/9\/15\/1698875\/-Republicans-seize-the-Trump-moment-plan-to-gut-the-Americans-with-Disabilities-Act\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font><\/p>\n<p>This will not shock you. House Republicans are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/blog\/disability-rights\/congress-wants-change-americans-disabilities-act-and-undermine-civil-rights\">advancing legislation<\/a>, H.R. 620, the so-called ADA Education and Reform Act of 201, that would gut the landmark law that has allowed millions of Americans to participate in public life. The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law more than a quarter of a century ago, and has revolutionized life for many disabled Americans.<\/p>\n<p>However, the job isn&#8217;t done and many more still face insurmountable barriers when it comes to accessing private businesses. Now Republicans are trying to push a change in favor of those businesses, putting the onus on their would-be customers to force them to comply with the law.<\/p>\n<p>H.R. 620 would completely change the way in which a business is required to comply with the ADA. Instead of requiring that a business comply proactively, the bill would place the burden on the individual who is being denied access. This bill proposes that after an individual with a disability is denied access she must first notify the business owner, with exacting specificity, that her civil rights were violated, and then wait for six months to see if the business will make \u201csubstantial progress\u201d toward access, before going to a court to order compliance. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As one confined to a wheelchair, I often have difficulty getting through doors, navigating aisles that are too narrow, using restrooms without rails, encountering crosswalks without curb ramps, etc.&#160; If I had to wait for six months, just to see if I had access to a business, I&#8217;d be inclined to bitch, go elsewhere, and not go through all the hassle of following up. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0917Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0917Cartoon\" 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=\"0917Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0917Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"654\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I made this cartoon in 9\/2011.&#160; Was I prophetic or what?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My AC is off.&#160; My window is open.&#160; I feel comfortable!&#160; Wooo Hooo!!&#160; Wendy is due momentarily, so I&#8217;ll be brief, as I have a lot to get done, before I meditate on the holy Ellipsoid Orb. Later: Wendy just left, we got everything done, and my AC is still off! 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