{"id":34241,"date":"2018-11-06T12:41:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34241"},"modified":"2018-11-06T12:41:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:41:10","slug":"open-thread-11-6-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/06\/open-thread-11-6-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 11\/6\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;ll keep harassing one more day as long as there&#8217;s a possibility this might fall under the eyes of someone who has not voted.&#160; I&#8217;m as nervous as a long-tail TomCat in a rocking chair show room.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:30 (average 4:54).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-11-06-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here is the latest news from our own <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\" target=\"_blank\">fantasy football league<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"9Scores\" 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=\"9Scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9Scores.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Congrats to Wendy, Vivian and me for winning our games.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"9Standings\" 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=\"9Standings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9Standings.jpg\" width=\"654\" height=\"354\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Congrats to me, Wendy and Pam for leading the league.<\/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=PTqKofuCAQ4\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Democratic Gains Require Overcoming Extreme GOP Gerrymandering<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PTqKofuCAQ4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">To flip the House, we need to win by 11 points, because Republicans stacked the deck. That&#8217;s why every vote is so important, especially <strong>YOURS<\/strong>! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PajchobBI9k\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheNewYorkTimes\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Why Americans Don\u2019t Vote (and What to Do About It)<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PajchobBI9k\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">These are good ideas. Election Day should be a national holiday, with bars closed until the polls close. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/trump-warns-that-democrats-would-drag-nation-back-to-days-of-tolerance-and-decorum\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Employing the fear tactics that have typified his midterm campaigning, Donald J. Trump told a rally audience on Sunday that electing Democrats would drag the nation back to the dark days of tolerance and decorum.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made his closing argument to the Chattanooga, Tennessee, audience by raising the spectre of a return to the dignified and restrained discourse that plagued the nation during the regime of his predecessor, Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had eight years of talking about people of different genders, races, and nationalities as if they were human beings,\u201d Trump warned. \u201cDo we want to go back to that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo!\u201d the crowd shouted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo we want our public figures to consider the consequences of their words and actions?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo!\u201d they thundered.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Fox News, Vice-President Mike Pence defended Trump against charges that he was irresponsibly stoking his supporters\u2019 worst fears about a return to compassion and civility.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy, that just accurate reporting. That would be a disaster for Republicans. <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\/11\/1108Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll keep harassing one more day as long as there&#8217;s a possibility this might fall under the eyes of someone who has not voted.&#160; I&#8217;m as nervous as a long-tail TomCat in a rocking chair show room. 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