{"id":34069,"date":"2018-10-21T13:03:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T20:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34069"},"modified":"2018-10-21T13:03:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T20:03:55","slug":"open-thread-10-21-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/21\/open-thread-10-21-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/21\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">WWWendy is due in 45 minutes to scrub and deodorize the TomCat.&#160; We have lots of work ahead, including the dreaded task.&#160; It&#8217;s a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, but my meditation will be abbreviated, because my Broncos already played.&#160; Therefore, may the Orb bless your team, whoever they are.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:22 (average 3:54).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-10-21-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=DNLie6cbDT8\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/karinmoveon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn Channel<\/a>): <\/font>What We&#8217;re Voting For<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/DNLie6cbDT8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">These are the things for which Democrats are voting. Republicans are voting for hate, greed, bigotry, abuse of power, racism, homophobia, misogyny, disrespect to allies, honor to enemies, sexually attacking women, and, of course, even more welfare for the 1%. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1vWJhKkhedE\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Robert Reich: Message to Millennials<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1vWJhKkhedE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Of course the Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. However, I don&#8217;t know any millennials. If you do, would you please pass this on? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/19\/upshot\/midterms-democrats-turnout-enthusiasm.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>A wide range of evidence indicates that Democratic voters are poised to vote in numbers unseen in a midterm election in at least a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have largely erased the turnout deficit that hobbled them during the Obama presidency, according to results from more than 50 New York Times Upshot\/Siena College polls of the most competitive House battleground districts.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats may even be poised to post higher turnout than Republicans, a rarity, in many relatively white suburban districts on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not clear if this blue turnout surge will extend much further, particularly among young and nonwhite voters. Whether Democrats turn out broadly could make the difference between a fairly close fight for control of the House and sweeping Democratic gains of 40 or more seats.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Have you voted? If so you aren&#8217;t done. Try to make sure everyone you know votes. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1021Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWWendy is due in 45 minutes to scrub and deodorize the TomCat.&#160; We have lots of work ahead, including the dreaded task.&#160; It&#8217;s a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, but my meditation will be abbreviated, because my Broncos already played.&#160; Therefore, may the Orb bless your team, whoever they are. 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