{"id":29615,"date":"2017-09-27T12:53:09","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T19:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=29615"},"modified":"2017-09-27T12:53:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T19:53:09","slug":"open-thread-9272017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/27\/open-thread-9272017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/27\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">With 85\u00b0 forecast, I expect a high near 90\u00b0, but after tomorrow, several cool days will follow.&#160; Store to Door delivered my groceries, and I just finished lunch, after putting them away.&#160; Fantasy football players, set your lineup by tomorrow evening.&#160; Wendy is now returning from Seattle, where she took her son to the airport.&#160; He is spending a year in Spain, as an ESL teacher.&#160; I am very sticky and ready for my shower.&#160; I figure she&#8217;ll need a hug, because, as proud as she is that her chick is leaving the nest, she&#8217;s still a mother hen.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:37 (average 5:14).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-09-27-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=0yoR2gCxsyk\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Trump is Destroying Puerto Rico<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0yoR2gCxsyk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Monday&#8217;s national outcry against the Fuhrer&#8217;s criminal inaction prompted his handlers to send a hospital ship and other tokens of relief, but way short of the need.&#160; We need to deploy thousands of US troops to establish communications, rescue and evacuate those who need it, allocate and direct resources to where they are most needed, and keep order. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xj4V8Jcy_Tw\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/karinmoveon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Voting Rights Restrictions and White Supremacy<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xj4V8Jcy_Tw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The racist Republican War on Voting Rights must be opposed. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/republicans-sadly-admit-their-dream-of-keeping-poor-people-from-living-longer-is-over\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Saddened and more than a little wistful, Senate Republicans acknowledged on Tuesday that their long-standing dream of keeping poor people from living longer was at its end.<\/p>\n<p>Choking back tears, Senator Lindsey Graham admitted that his crusade to halt the longevity of the poor had turned out to be a quixotic one at best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe made a solemn promise to the American people that we would do everything in our power to keep the poor from living so darn long,\u201d he said, his voice quavering. \u201cWe didn\u2019t get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy is reporting straight news again.&#160; That bill was a death panel on steroids.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0927Cartoon\" 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=\"0927Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0927Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s the only way his tiny hands are useful!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 85\u00b0 forecast, I expect a high near 90\u00b0, but after tomorrow, several cool days will follow.&#160; Store to Door delivered my groceries, and I just finished lunch, after putting them away.&#160; Fantasy football players, set your lineup by tomorrow evening.&#160; 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