{"id":30264,"date":"2017-11-12T08:25:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T16:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=30264"},"modified":"2017-11-12T08:25:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T16:25:46","slug":"open-thread-11122017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/12\/open-thread-11122017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 11\/12\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is today&#8217;s only article.&#160; Between the flu, more Republicosis, and the Care2 Glitch Monster running amok, I&#8217;m shot.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:18 (average 4:46).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-11-12-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=39idVpFF7NQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SaturdayNightLive\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">SNL Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Roy Moore &amp; Jeff Sessions Cold Open<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/39idVpFF7NQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The real Pence would not want Moore to Withdraw. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/11\/us\/politics\/obamacare-health-insurance-marketplace-agents.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/31\/health\/affordable-care-act-trump-spending.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">cutting funds for nonprofit groups<\/a> that help people obtain health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration is encouraging the use of insurance agents and brokers who are often paid by insurers when they help people sign up.<\/p>\n<p>The administration said in a recent bulletin that it was \u201cincreasing partnerships\u201d with insurance agents and viewed them as \u201cimportant stakeholders\u201d in the federal marketplace, where consumers are now shopping for insurance. But some health policy experts warned that a shift from nonprofit groups, which are supposed to provide impartial information, to brokers and agents, who may receive commissions for the plans they recommend, carries risks for consumers.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Do not entrust your henhouse to Republican foxes. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/wal-mart-japanese-internment-wall-art-188d5c6bfb8c\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>The retailer [Wal-Fart] is offering 15 posters of the forced relocation of tens of thousands of Japanese Americans, which occurred during World War II, including ones of children waiting to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Japanese-Internment-1942-Ntwo-Japanese-American-Boys-Train-Station-Los-Angeles-California-Waiting-Transported-Internment-Camp-Owens-Valley-World-War-\/566079446\" target=\"_blank\">transported<\/a> and a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Japanese-Internment-1940S-Na-Group-Young-Japanese-American-Women-Standing-Front-Barbershop-Internment-Camp-Tule-Lake-Near-Newell-California-World-War\/447356866\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese women within the grounds of an internment camp<\/a>. The pictures are described as \u201cthe perfect Wall Art for any home, bedroom, playroom, classroom, dorm room or office workspace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Leave it to Wal-Fart Republicans to glorify that.&#160; <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\/11\/1112Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1112Cartoon\" 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=\"1112Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1112Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"654\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The head, not the ear.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is today&#8217;s only article.&#160; Between the flu, more Republicosis, and the Care2 Glitch Monster running amok, I&#8217;m shot. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:18 (average 4:46).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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