{"id":34596,"date":"2018-12-01T12:11:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T20:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34596"},"modified":"2018-12-01T12:11:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T20:11:49","slug":"open-thread-12-1-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/01\/open-thread-12-1-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 12\/1\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a busy weekend.  Tomorrow I may have nothing more than a Personal Update.  It depends on the time.  I have to start getting ready to move.  I don’t know exactly when or where.  I just know that two weeks from now I won’t be here.  I won’t get the place I wanted.  The other management company had several applicants for the one unit, and they chose one of the other ones.  Anne at CCC is trying to get me into the Madrona Studios.  I’ll know early next week.  There will be no Monthly Report for November.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 4:30 (average 5:31).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>If I were laughing any harder right now I might rupture a gonad. But at least I\u2019d still have one, unlike my Trump-supporting brethren.<\/p>\n

A new study from Sarah DiMuccio and Eric Knowles, psychology researchers at New York University, has concluded that men who support Donald Trump are insecure in their masculinity.<\/p>\n

Of course, this should be obvious to anyone who\u2019s paying attention, but it\u2019s nice to finally get some academic cred behind the theory.<\/p>\n

Writing in The Washington Post, the duo concludes that \u201cTrump is not necessarily attracting male supporters who are as confidently masculine as the president presents himself to be. Instead, Trump appears to appeal more to men who are secretly insecure about their manhood. We call this the \u2018fragile masculinity hypothesis.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

This is easy to understand, because sex among Republican Sheeple is so very BAA-A-A-A-A-AD<\/strong>!! RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Lifting Russian Sanctions Key To Trump Deal Exposed By Michael Cohen (26 min.)<\/p>\n