{"id":33750,"date":"2018-09-18T14:26:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T21:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33750"},"modified":"2018-09-18T14:26:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T21:26:37","slug":"open-thread-9-18-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/18\/open-thread-9-18-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/18\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another temperate sunny day, which means I&#8217;ll need A\/C in a couple hours.&#160; I slept well last night and for two more hours this morning.&#160; I must have needed it, because I feel ready for more.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:46 (average 5:02).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-09-18-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here&#8217;s the latest from our own <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\" target=\"_blank\">fantasy football league<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2Scores.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2Scores\" 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=\"2Scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2Scores_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Congrats to Pam, Patty Monster, and Squatch.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2Standings\" 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=\"2Standings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2Standings.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to Pam and Patty Monster for leading the league undefeated.<\/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=B2hqRzQIs8Y\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SaturdayNightLive\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">SNL Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">SNL Season 44 is Almost Here!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/B2hqRzQIs8Y?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Woooo Hoooo!! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KgYERiRh0RQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Conservatives dismiss Christine Blasey Ford&#8217;s report that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her<\/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-nocookie.com\/embed\/KgYERiRh0RQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Everything Republicans say about this is foul enough to meet their standards for eleventh-hour love of their own perverts. It would be different, if a Democrat had jaywalked or farted in public. Oh, My!&#160; Imagine the horror! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/merrick-garland-says-hes-still-available\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Saying that he would like to help the Senate Judiciary Committee \u201cin any way I can,\u201d Judge Merrick Garland announced on Monday that he is \u201cstill available\u201d to be confirmed as a United States Supreme Court Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t heard from anyone on the Judiciary Committee,\u201d Garland said. \u201cBut I just want to let them know that I\u2019ve let bygones be bygones if they\u2019d like to confirm me now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judge said that he was \u201cnot surprised\u201d that no one from the White House has called about his availability for the Supreme Court job. \u201cI\u2019ve been reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1501175513\/?tag=thneyo0f-20\" target=\"_blank\">that Woodward book<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cIt sounds like things can get pretty hectic over there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy, I agree that Garland is being most considerate, but if Trump can&#8217;t get fellow pervert Kavanookie, his next choice as nominee will be fellow pervert Judge Roy Moore. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoons<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/0918Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/0918Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another temperate sunny day, which means I&#8217;ll need A\/C in a couple hours.&#160; I slept well last night and for two more hours this morning.&#160; I must have needed it, because I feel ready for more. 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