{"id":45880,"date":"2021-11-13T06:38:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T14:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=45880"},"modified":"2021-11-12T15:35:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T23:35:58","slug":"open-thread-for-november-13-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/11\/13\/open-thread-for-november-13-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread for November 13, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I mostly got ready for today’s drive. I also tried to collect a little extra news and videos, so Saturday’s posts may be a trifle dated.\u00a0 Also yesterday, Steve Bannon was indicted by the DOJ on 2 counts of Contempt of Congress – one for not providing documents, and one for not providing testimony<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cartoon –<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

Mother Jones – The Furriest, Cleverest, and Hands-Down Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change<\/a>
\nQuote – But it\u2019s tricky to quantify exactly how much carbon a healthy kelp forest gobbles up. A redwood tree, for instance, grows to be massive over hundreds of years, locking away lots of carbon over long timescales. (Unless it catches on fire, in which case the carbon goes back into the atmosphere.) Things are more in flux underwater. All manner of critters, including sea urchins, are nibbling on kelp\u2014and pooping out the carbon. Plus, the churning sea breaks off bits of the forest, which fall to the seafloor and decompose, releasing stored carbon. So a kelp forest constantly decays and grows back, sequestering and releasing carbon all the while.
\nClick through for story<\/a>. So long I have been screaming into the wind that messing with nature when we don’t know what function everything serves is simply suicidal. This explains a lot. Just don’t get dizzy from all the twists and turns.<\/p>\n

Kansas School District Bans Pulitzer Prize-winning Books<\/a>
\nQuote – It’s not just Kansas. In Virginia, one school district is hard at work removing “sexual content” from their libraries. Two board members, Courtland representative Rabih Abuismail and Livingston representative Kirk Twigg, said they would like to see the removed books burned. \u201cI think we should throw those books in a fire,\u201d Abuismail said, and Twigg said he wants to \u201csee the books before we burn them so we can identify within our community that we are eradicating this bad stuff.\u201d
\nClick through for story<\/a>, including a list to a list of 29 books from Kansas.<\/p>\n

GOP leaders say little to condemn violent political rhetoric<\/a>
\nQuote – The GOP\u2019s reluctance to crack down on \u2014 or even mildly criticize \u2014 violent rhetoric in its own ranks is part of a broader pattern in which the party tries to minimize such behavior. Gosar removed the tweet aimed at Ocasio-Cortez, but the Arizona congressman and his digital director said those offended by his tweet should \u201crelax.\u201d Trump, meanwhile, has attempted to divert attention from the Jan. 6 violence at the U.S. Capitol by saying that last year\u2019s Election Day was the \u201creal insurrection.\u201d There was no insurrection on Election Day. There was a free and fair election won by Biden.
\nClick through for examples<\/a>. GOP condoning violence? By GOPs? Surprise, surprise! \"\"<\/p>\n

Food for Thought –
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