{"id":33783,"date":"2018-09-22T13:10:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T20:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33783"},"modified":"2018-09-22T13:10:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T20:10:06","slug":"open-thread-9-22-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/22\/open-thread-9-22-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 9\/22\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a cool day here in the CatBox, but it&#8217;s way too muggy (79%).&#160; It&#8217;s another busy day.&#160; Tomorrow is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; My Broncos are visiting the Ravens in an early game.&#160; Sadly, it will not be televised here.&#160; May the Orb bless your team with it&#8217;s holy light, unless they drop Baltimore bird shit.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:33 (average 4:21).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-09-22-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>A Time to Equalize<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kaG6PTVrFP4\" target=\"_blank\">National Geographic<\/a>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/kaG6PTVrFP4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">May your equinox be Republican-free.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!&#160; <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/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=8yYLN109XPY\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Beto O&#8217;Rourke And Ted Cruz Trade Jabs At Fiery Senate Debate<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8yYLN109XPY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">How could anything cost Ted &quot;Uranus&quot; Cruz his dignity? What dignity?!!? The race is now a dead heat.&#160; Go, Beto! Go!! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X4NV1idVHiw\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>NYT: Rod Rosenstein Discussed Secretly Taping Trump And 25th Amendment<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/X4NV1idVHiw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">There is bad blood between McCabe and Rosenstein, so that may be the issue here.&#160; Furthermore, I think Rosenstein was using a technique to solve a problem called &quot;brainstorming&quot;: you say whatever comes into your head, no matter how absurd, go over all those ideas, and act on your choices. There is nothing illegal or unethical about this. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FTCOQRrZijU\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC18vz5hUUqxbGvym9ghtX_w\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Samantha Bee Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Sam Delivers Some &quot;Sexy&quot; Lines <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/FTCOQRrZijU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang! 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