{"id":33805,"date":"2018-09-24T14:24:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T21:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33805"},"modified":"2018-09-24T14:24:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T21:24:56","slug":"open-thread-9-24-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/24\/open-thread-9-24-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 9\/24\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a muggy day, here in the CatBox.  I’ll have to button-up soon.  I’m listening to Bought Bitch Mitch on TV.  In six minutes, he has told 28 lies, exceeding 4 LPM.  I slept poorly and am tired.  OGIM!<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 4:41 (6:07).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Religious Agony<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"0923-Broncos14-Ravens27\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Representative Scott Taylor, Republican of Virginia, has enjoyed a rapid political rise anchored in his valorous background as a member of the Navy SEALs, a credential with great resonance in a district that includes the world\u2019s largest naval station and one of the highest concentrations of voters connected to the military. Fit, square-jawed and telegenic, he was expected to have a relatively easy time winning re-election in November.<\/p>\n

But now he is threatened with a sudden fall: His campaign is facing accusations that it was part of an improper effort to help an independent candidate get on the ballot and siphon voters from his Democratic challenger. The allegations, which included using the names of dead people or voters who did not live in the district on signature petitions, were serious enough to warrant the appointment of a special prosecutor, and the independent candidate, Shaun Brown, was stricken from the ballot by the Virginia Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Mr. Taylor\u2019s race is emblematic of an emerging problem for Republicans as they seek to maintain an increasingly tenuous grip on the House: A seat once considered relatively safe is now imperiled because of scandal, expanding an already broad field of Democratic opportunity.<\/p>\n

There’s a reason Republicans are always in the hot-seat. Their policies are so vile, that without committing crimes, they could not win. RESIST<\/strong>!! VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Vox<\/a>: <\/font>The political world went into a frenzy Monday morning as various reports suggested Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein<\/a> \u2014 special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s boss \u2014 was out. Some reports claimed he had resigned, and some that he was about to be fired.<\/p>\n

But as of early Monday afternoon, Rosenstein was still in his job. And apparently, he\u2019ll be there for at least a few more days \u2014 the White House has said he\u2019ll meet with President Trump on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Rosenstein said he will refuse to resign and, if asked to do so, he will demand that Putin’s Puppet fire him.  I think this is an attempt to distract attention from Pervert Kananookie’s multiple victims.  RESIST<\/strong>!!  VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Boston Globe<\/a>: <\/font>Dozens of students dressed in black staged a sit-in at Yale Law School on Monday to protest the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and demand an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him.<\/p>\n

Organizers said allegations of sexual assault and harassment should be taken seriously, and Kavanaugh poses a \u2018\u2018real threat\u2019\u2019 to the country. Other Yale students traveled to Washington to protest Kavanaugh\u2019s nomination on Monday.<\/p>\n

This is the support Pervert Kavanookie gets from his alma mater. RESIST<\/strong>!! VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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It’s a muggy day, here in the CatBox.  I’ll have to button-up soon.  I’m listening to Bought Bitch Mitch on TV.  In six minutes, he has told 28 lies, exceeding 4 LPM.  I slept poorly and am tired.  OGIM! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today’s took me 4:41 (6:07).  To do it, click here.  How did you […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}