{"id":33376,"date":"2018-08-11T12:46:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T19:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33376"},"modified":"2018-08-11T12:46:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T19:46:47","slug":"open-thread-8-11-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/11\/open-thread-8-11-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/11\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It was cool enough to open the window this morning, but I couldn&#8217;t open the door for cross ventilation, because the temperature in the hallway was 88\u00b0.&#160; I expect a cool morning tomorrow until the heat returns to the 90\u00b0s on Monday for several days.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:49 (average 4:49).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-08-11-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Ellipsoid Orb<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Preseason began on Thursday, and my Broncos meditate on the Orb&#8217;s divine light at home this evening with the Vikings.&#160; The starters will only go for a series or two.&#160; May the holy Ellipsoid Orb bless my Broncos.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Announcement<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Holy Ellipsoid Orb has begun to bless the earth with its divine light once again. The live online draft for our own fantasy football league, <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\" target=\"_blank\">Lefty Blog Friends<\/a><font color=\"#0000ff\"><\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">, is next Saturday, August 18, at 9 AM PDT (10 AM MDT, 11 AM CDT, 12 Noon EDT).&#160; I strongly recommend that players log into the league and participate in a mock draft between now and then.&#160; If you cannot attend, the league will draft for you.&#160; There are only six of us this year. See you 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=leO_348G7OM\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC18vz5hUUqxbGvym9ghtX_w\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Full Frontal Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Space Force Anthem<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/leO_348G7OM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I wonder whether the power of space force will be as great as the infinite spaces between GOP sheeple&#8217;s ears. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/pence-calls-space-force-necessary-to-protect-us-from-gay-aliens\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Making a major announcement at the Pentagon on Thursday, Vice-President Mike Pence said that the proposed United States Space Force was necessary to defend the U.S. from gay aliens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand before you today to say that this country is under attack from outer-space gays,\u201d Pence told the military gathering. \u201cOnly Space Force can protect us from their unimaginable evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pence detailed a nightmare scenario in which \u201cgay aliens by the thousands\u201d land in the U.S. in \u201cseemingly cute spacecraft\u201d and \u201csubvert life in America as we know it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s say, for example, that these gay aliens can assume human form,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat\u2019s to stop them from infiltrating normal bakeries and baking cakes for gay weddings?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang Andy! Can we trade those gay aliens for Pence and all the Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-hearings-start-september-4-7ef3dd77-2d96-40df-b196-ca84ddcdf461.html\" target=\"_blank\">Axios<\/a>: <\/font>The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will begin September 4, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The hearings should last three to four days, Grassley said, a timetable that aligns with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s plan to get Kavanaugh on the bench before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">No quorum before the midterms. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/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\/2018\/08\/0811.Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0811.Cartoon\" 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=\"0811.Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/0811.Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was cool enough to open the window this morning, but I couldn&#8217;t open the door for cross ventilation, because the temperature in the hallway was 88\u00b0.&#160; I expect a cool morning tomorrow until the heat returns to the 90\u00b0s on Monday for several days. 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