{"id":38153,"date":"2019-11-10T07:43:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T15:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38153"},"modified":"2019-11-10T07:43:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T15:43:17","slug":"open-thread-11-10-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/10\/open-thread-11-10-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 11\/10\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a busy day, here in the CatBox.  WWWendy and I will be de-stinking the TomCat and doing chores, so this is today’s only article.  Also, tomorrow is semi-annual eye-torture, so please expect no more than a Personal Update.  Ellipsoid Orb Hugs to all!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:02 (average 4:23).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>When last we checked in on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce<\/a>, operatives there were starting to panic over the “nightmare scenario” of losing the Republican Senate and White House. The results of elections in Virginia and Kentucky, along with big early spending from Democratic groups in key Senate states, have them in palpitations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We expected it to be bad. Nobody expected it to be this bad,” Scott Reed, the chief political strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said of the onslaught of Democratic ads against Republicans in Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and Iowa. “The right-of-center groups have got to get moving. Elections have consequences, and the Senate is the backstop against all-out craziness.” <\/p>\n

This might be the problem for the Chamber\u2014calling itself “right-of-center” when it’s propping up the most far-out extremist Republican party the nation’s been saddled with in decades. <\/p>\n

People like the Chamber of Commerce don’t care who they screw or what miseries Republicans inflict on the American people, as long as they get their welfare and evade paying their fair share. They are the reason we need a President like Liz Warren and a Democratic Senate and House.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>\u201cYes, billionaires will have to pay a little more,\u201d Senator Elizabeth Warren said of the revised tax package<\/a> she introduced recently, \u201csix cents on each dollar.\u201d <\/p>\n

This modest-sounding proposal, though, would have a far-reaching impact on the wealthiest Americans when combined with her other tax plans \u2014 shrinking colossal fortunes over time and making it much more difficult to hand down multibillion-dollar legacies. <\/p>\n

The tax bite for any individual would not equal the $100 billion that Bill Gates jokingly cited,<\/a> but over time it would still sting, according to estimates by two economists who advised Ms. Warren. If her wealth tax had been in effect since 1982, for example, Mr. Gates, who had made his first billion dollars by 1987, would have had $13.9 billion in 2018 instead of $97 billion. <\/p>\n

Poor Bill! Only $13.9 billion? How could he possibly survive! Even if Liz gets every penny she has requested, it will take five or more decades to claw back half the welfare Republicans have forced the poor and middle classes to pay to billionaires since 1980. We’ve waited far too long to start!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font>Kansas – Dust in the Wind (Official Video)<\/font> <\/p>\n