{"id":45062,"date":"2021-09-08T07:06:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T14:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=45062"},"modified":"2021-09-07T21:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T04:36:18","slug":"open-thread-for-september-8-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/09\/08\/open-thread-for-september-8-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread for September 8, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, the holiday being over, I was happy to find some real stories and cutting edge videos. I mean fluff is nice, but activists cannot live by flull alone. And I don’t mean to imply that today’s posts are completely fluff-free, by any means.\u00a0 I also made the last few cartoons missing to get us to the end of September.\u00a0 What I didn’t get done that I wanted to was to change the toner cartridge in my printer.\u00a0 I’ve had it for 2 years and was still working on the original cartridge that came with it – which was not even a full size.\u00a0 So I’d say it’s time.\u00a0 Hopefully today.<\/p>\n

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Crooks and Liars – Bias, Theocracy, And Lies At The National Prayer Breakfast<\/a>
\nQuote – The prayer breakfast is, we\u2019ve been told, an ecumenical, nonpartisan event for leaders of every stripe, run by prayer groups in the House and Senate. None of that is true. The National Prayer Breakfast (NPB) is not run by Congress. The Family controls it, uses the breakfast for its own ends, and can do so thanks to the bipartisan fiction maintained by its remaining Democratic allies…. [T]he breakfast itself is overwhelmingly a production of The Family. The event\u2019s only significant financial backer is a well-known, right-wing theocrat.
\nClick through for more (not the full story as that is not yet completely known.)<\/a> It simply boggles my mind that actual people of faith (as opposed to those who use religion as a source of power, successfully or unsuccessfully)do not “get it” that mixing religion and governmen only cheapens both. And probably tarnishes religion even more than it does government.<\/p>\n

AP News – It\u2019s a girl, and a boy: Buttigieg celebrates 2 babies<\/a>
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Chasten and I are beyond thankful for all the kind wishes since first sharing the news that we\u2019re becoming parents. We are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family. pic.twitter.com\/kS89gb11Ax<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) September 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n