{"id":33770,"date":"2018-09-21T13:03:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T20:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33770"},"modified":"2018-09-21T13:03:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T20:03:55","slug":"open-thread-9-21-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/21\/open-thread-9-21-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/21\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m still quite busy.&#160; It&#8217;s a warmer muggy day today.&#160; I get two cool days, starting tomorrow, followed by four in the 80\u00b0s.&#160; TGIF!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:14 (average 6:17).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-09-21-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=U5eCeEa80wQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Reich Network<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Robert Reich: Another Tax Scam for the Rich<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/U5eCeEa80wQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. When they keep adding weigh to the capstone of the financial pyramid, it becomes so heavy that it crushes everything below it. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=flIM3AUyQ3A\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font>GOP woman on Kavanaugh: What boy hasn&#8217;t done this in high school?<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/flIM3AUyQ3A?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">We sure know who wears the pants in their families! For women to channel abuse is almost as bad as the abuse! That is not normal behavior for teenage boys.&#160; Most boys in my day were ham handed, but we stopped when we encountered resistance.&#160; <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-admits-to-cheating-at-scrabble-once\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Saying that \u201cit\u2019s time to face the consequences of my actions,\u201d Judge Merrick Garland admitted on Thursday that he cheated at Scrabble one time, in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Garland, who recently informed the Senate Judiciary Committee that he was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/merrick-garland-says-hes-still-available\" target=\"_blank\">still available<\/a>\u201d to be confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice, choked back tears as he confessed to the \u201cdisgraceful\u201d Scrabble incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn late 2003, I was playing a game of Scrabble with my wife and Googled a word while she was off using the bathroom,\u201d Garland said. \u201cI deeply regret my behavior, which was reprehensible and inexcusable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garland revealed that the word he Googled, \u201cmuzjiks,\u201d all but sealed his victory in the Scrabble contest.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Damn, Andy! How Awful! No wonder the Republicans refused him! They are far too moral to entrust our country to a monster like Garland\u2026 Have I filled the room with shit, yet? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/0921Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Can anyone spare a torpedo?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still quite busy.&#160; It&#8217;s a warmer muggy day today.&#160; I get two cool days, starting tomorrow, followed by four in the 80\u00b0s.&#160; TGIF!! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 4:14 (average 6:17).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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