{"id":44977,"date":"2021-09-01T06:50:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T13:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=44977"},"modified":"2021-08-31T16:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T23:58:36","slug":"open-thread-for-september-1-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/09\/01\/open-thread-for-september-1-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread for September 1, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I had another scheduling error. It’s a new month, let’s hope I can get a new start and do better. I did get my recyclables out for pickup with the trash on Thursday. The recyclables are not only heaver (paper weighs a TON) but also a lot bulkier, so that’s a relief.<\/p>\n

Cartoon –<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

Dem Underground – Rubin: Biden tells some hard truths few want to hear<\/a>
\nQuote – He was criticized for \u201cabandoning\u201d Afghans; when we stay to rescue them he gets faulted for risking American lives.
\nClick through,<\/a> and through again to the Washington Post if you can get pst the paywall. Of course, the more hard truths one can grasp, and the sooner one can grasp them, the happier one will be in the long run. To paraphrase C. S. Lewis, the same place which would be a godawful hotel might be a very desirable prison.<\/p>\n

The Hill – Biden digs in with fervent defense of Afghanistan withdrawal<\/a>
\nQuote – \u201cWe no longer had a clear purpose in an open-ended mission in Afghanistan,\u201d Biden said, his voice rising as he delivered his speech. \u201cAfter 20 years of war in Afghanistan, I refused to send another generation of America\u2019s sons and daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago.\u201d Biden\u2019s remarks came about 24 hours after the last U.S. troops departed Afghanistan, bringing an end to America\u2019s longest war and capping weeks of harsh criticism of his administration\u2019s execution of the withdrawal.
\nClick through for story and video<\/a>. As more and more veterans and even former defense contractors chime in to bolster the truth that this with drawal was as successful as it ever could have been, I hope that more and more people who are not experienced will gradually come to realize that. It simply boggles my mind, the kind of strength and integrity it took to know that this was always what was going to happen and still go in and make it happen to save lives in the future and benefit the nation.<\/p>\n

Mother Jones – The Anti-Vax Lawyer Representing January 6 Rioters Has Suddenly Gone Missing<\/a>
\nQuote – \u201cThe US. Attorney\u2019s Office has had no contact with Mr. Pierce\u2014by phone, email, or otherwise\u2014since Monday, August 23, 2021, when he appeared for a hearing before the Honorable Paul L. Friedman in United States v. Jeremiah Caplinger,\u201d the filing on Monday read. \u201cSince that time, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office has heard conflicting information about Mr. Pierce\u2019s health and whereabouts.\u201d
\nClick through for the story and speculation.<\/a> It sounds as though Karma might have more of a sense of humor than we giver her credit for.<\/p>\n

Wonkette has a couple of articles up which could help with decompression:
\nA tribute to Molly Ivins<\/a>
\nAdvice from a cat<\/a><\/p>\n

Food for Thought –
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Yesterday, I had another scheduling error. It’s a new month, let’s hope I can get a new start and do better. I did get my recyclables out for pickup with the trash on Thursday. The recyclables are not only heaver (paper weighs a TON) but also a lot bulkier, so that’s a relief. Cartoon – […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":43905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[3704,4115],"class_list":["post-44977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-justice","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}