{"id":29624,"date":"2017-09-28T13:10:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T20:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=29624"},"modified":"2017-09-28T13:10:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T20:10:34","slug":"open-thread-9282017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/28\/open-thread-9282017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/28\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m running late today.&#160; I overslept, and have more to share than I can fit in my normal two articles.&#160; Wendy thanks you for your support for her proud but empty nest syndrome.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:44 (average 4:35).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-09-28-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=IFXeBdaZTfM\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font>How the Pittsburgh Penguins Became Trump\u2019s Political Pawns<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IFXeBdaZTfM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Before I can say whether or not I agree with Keith, I need to know what the players&#8217; position is here. If any wish to attend, given the clear statement that it implies no support of the Fuhrer and his deplorable ways, that must be their choice, even though I disagree.&#160; If any wish not to attend in protest against the Fuhrer and his deplorable ways, that must also be their choice. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YfObia8aUZY\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTHsQd-vRXK1bp4vpifl6yA\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Liberal Redneck Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Take a Knee, Y&#8217;all<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YfObia8aUZY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Amen Y&#8217;all! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exposedbycmd.org\/2017\/09\/26\/voter-id-worked-suppress-vote-exactly-wisconsin-republicans-predicted\/\" target=\"_blank\">Exposed by CMD<\/a>: <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/elections.wisc.edu\/news\/voter-id-study\/\" target=\"_blank\">A new study<\/a> of registered voters in Dane and Milwaukee Counties who did not vote in the 2016 presidential election found that approximately 17,000-23,000 eligible voters in those counties were prevented or deterred from voting by Wisconsin\u2019s voter ID law. Due to financial constraints, the social scientists were only able to do a study of two of Wisconsin\u2019s 72 counties, but the authors say that extrapolating statewide as many as 45,000 people stayed home because of the law.<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump won the state of Wisconsin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisn.com\/article\/recount-complete-donald-trump-wins-wisconsin\/8492414\" target=\"_blank\">by only 22,000 votes<\/a>, the first GOP presidential victory in the state since Ronald Regan in 1984. The shocking upset garnered national attention and helped deliver the electoral college to Trump as the popular vote went to Clinton.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans plan to establish a permanent, fascist Republican Reich in which elections exist for show only, because Repu<\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">blicans would control who may vote, and who may not! <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\/0928Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0928Cartoon\" 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=\"0928Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0928Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m running late today.&#160; I overslept, and have more to share than I can fit in my normal two articles.&#160; Wendy thanks you for your support for her proud but empty nest syndrome. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:44 (average 4:35).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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