{"id":34005,"date":"2018-10-15T13:16:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T20:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34005"},"modified":"2018-10-15T13:16:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T20:16:06","slug":"open-thread-10-15-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/15\/open-thread-10-15-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/15\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a warm day here in that CatBox, and I&#8217;m enjoying my last few minutes of fresh air, before I have to button-up and fire up the AC.&#160; I slept well last night, and I don&#8217;t know why, but I almost fell asleep at the keyboard, when I was researching this morning.&#160; Oh God, it&#8217;s Monday!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:38 (average 4:24).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-10-15-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Religious Agony<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1014-Broncos20-Rams23\" 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=\"1014-Broncos20-Rams23\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1014-Broncos20-Rams23.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"100\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">They were playing against a superior team, but their own stupid decisions, not the Rams, beat them.<\/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=21oceXAzxno\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/karinmoveon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn Channel<\/a>): <\/font>The Biggest Midterm Election Program in MoveOn History<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/21oceXAzxno?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Thanks MoveOn. I&#8217;ve tried to help by embedding your materials, and kicking in a couple buck from time to time. I&#8217;d like to do more, if I could. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dOFuxxA29os\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Bernie Sanders: Health care is a right, not a privilege<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dOFuxxA29os?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">You have to love Bernie. As often as the CNN guy tried to move to peripheral matters, Bernie centered it on what is pertinent now. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/iowas-largest-newspaper-issues-scathing-rebuke-gop-and-endorses-every-democrat-running-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Iowa\u2019s largest newspaper destroys the Republican Party in their endorsement of every Democrat running for the Congress in Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>The Des Moines Register slams congressional Republicans on healthcare, tax cuts, deficits, tariffs, racism, misogyny, white nationalism and their fealty to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>This editorial endorsement is a scathing rebuke of the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/opinion\/editorials\/2018\/10\/13\/register-endorsements-congress-gop-failed-govern-democrats-finkenauer-axne-loebsack-scholten\/1594065002\/\">Go read it!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to the Des Moines Register. 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