{"id":29543,"date":"2017-09-22T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T20:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=29543"},"modified":"2017-09-22T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T20:17:01","slug":"open-thread-9222017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/22\/open-thread-9222017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/22\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m enjoying a lazy day, because yesterday&#8217;s outing tired me, and because I have to go out tomorrow for an appointment.&#160; Therefore, 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 2:50 (average 4:21).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-09-22-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Note<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Ravens and the Jaguars are playing in London on Sunday.&#160; The game is at 6:30 AM PDT (9:30 AM EDT).&#160; Players, make any lineup changes involving those teams before then.<\/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=xI37PH5yLXg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RWWBlog\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">RWW Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">RWW News: Theodore Shoebat Hopes More Cops &#8216;Are Given The Opportunity&#8217; To Kill LGBTQ People<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xI37PH5yLXg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Behold the love of Republican Supply Side Jesus (see Cartoon), the polar opposite of the real Jesus. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2017\/9\/21\/1700431\/-Why-is-GOP-so-desperate-to-pass-this-terrible-health-care-bill-The-Koch-brothers-threatened-them\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Graham and Cassidy are pulling out all the stops in their attempt to sway votes ahead of this deadline. They\u2019ve even gone so far as to promise key swing vote Sen. Lisa Murkowski that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2017\/9\/21\/1700408\/-GOP-tries-to-buy-off-votes-on-Graham-Cassidy-by-letting-some-states-opt-out-of-their-horrid-bill\" target=\"_blank\">Alaska can keep Obamacare<\/a>! You cannot make that up.<\/p>\n<p>So why are Republicans so laser-focused on gutting health care and tackling \u201ctax reform,\u201d which is nothing more than cutting taxes for the wealthy? Because back in June, The Swamp ordered them to do it and Republicans are beholden to their swamp masters above all others. At the June retreat, the Koch brothers and their allies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2017\/jun\/26\/koch-network-piggy-banks-closed-republicans-healthcare-tax-reform\" target=\"_blank\">ordered them to gut health care and cut taxes<\/a>\u2014or else:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>At a weekend donor retreat attended by at least 18 elected officials, the Koch brothers warned that time is running out to push their agenda, most notably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2017\/jun\/25\/trump-heart-republicans-senate-healthcare-bill-medicaid\" target=\"_blank\">healthcare<\/a> and tax reform, through Congress.<\/p>\n<p>One Texas-based donor warned Republican lawmakers that his \u201cDallas piggy bank\u201d was now closed, until he saw legislative progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet Obamacare repealed and replaced, get tax reform passed,\u201d said Doug Deason. \u201cGet it done and we\u2019ll open it back up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Now we know why. Republicans are greedy Koch suckers and are desperate to satisfy the billionaires that buy them! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/virginia-republicans-ad-ties-opponent-to-ms-13-democrats-compare-it-to-willie-horton\/2017\/09\/20\/28d673bc-9e49-11e7-8ea1-ed975285475e_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Ed Gillespie, who for years pressed fellow Republicans to make their party more welcoming to minorities, has unveiled a hard-hitting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T0UiqMDbpAw&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">TV ad<\/a> that blames his Democratic rival for Virginia governor for the resurgence of the MS-13 street gang.<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T0UiqMDbpAw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Do I hear Willie Horton? Gillespie is projecting and playing the hate card. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0922Cartoon\" 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=\"0922Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0922Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m enjoying a lazy day, because yesterday&#8217;s outing tired me, and because I have to go out tomorrow for an appointment.&#160; Therefore, please expect no more than a Personal Update tomorrow. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 2:50 (average 4:21).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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