{"id":46062,"date":"2021-11-27T07:39:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T15:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=46062"},"modified":"2021-11-26T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T21:41:23","slug":"open-thread-for-november-27-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/11\/27\/open-thread-for-november-27-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread for November 27, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was Black Friday, and there wasn&#8217;t much else going on. I&#8217;m sure people got hurt shopping &#8211; someone always does &#8211; but I had to get this up early, since I am seeing Virgil today. I was looking at the sources I go to when it&#8217;s slow, and started with &#8220;Law &amp; Crime.&#8221; I found there an amazing collection of headlines the like of which you definitely do not see every day &#8230; along with the usual sordid ones you do see every day, of course. So I thought I&#8217;d do something different and just list the most egregious ones, along with links in case you want details. Don&#8217;t laugh too hard and cramp up.<\/p>\n<p>Cartoon &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1127Cartoon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1127Cartoon.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1127Cartoon-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Short Takes (Headlines) &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/crime\/police-charge-father-with-murder-after-he-blamed-family-cat-for-baby-girls-broken-legs-ribs-and-bleeding-to-the-brain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Father Charged with Murder After He Allegedly Blamed Family Cat for Baby Girl\u2019s Broken Legs, Ribs, and Bleeding to the Brain<\/a><br \/>\nI know cats knock things off of flat surfaces, but this is ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/crime\/79-year-old-man-gets-life-sentence-for-stabbing-bus-driver-wife-to-death-after-argument-about-shoulder-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">79-Year-Old Man Gets Life Sentence for Stabbing Bus Driver Wife to Death After Argument About Shoulder Surgery<\/a><br \/>\nJust as well it&#8217;s for life as it would appear she was the breadwinner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/crazy\/another-man-named-kyle-rittenhouse-arrested-on-child-porn-charges-in-florida-admitted-to-sending-images-of-his-penis-to-young-girls-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Another Man Named Kyle Rittenhouse Arrested on Child Porn Charges in Florida, Admitted to \u2018Sending Images of His Penis\u2019 to Young Girls: Police<\/a><br \/>\nYou cannot make this stuff up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/u-s-capitol-siege\/judge-calls-hearing-to-confirm-precisely-whos-representing-jacob-chansley-in-post-sentencing-capitol-siege-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judge Calls Hearing to Confirm Precisely Who\u2019s Representing Jacob Chansley in Post-Sentencing Capitol Siege Case<\/a><br \/>\nI wonder whether they are fighting to represent him &#8230; or fighting not to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/crime\/former-louisiana-cop-and-k-9-officer-sentenced-to-20-years-for-sexually-abusing-his-dog-and-possession-of-child-porn\/?utm_source=mostpopular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former Louisiana Cop and K-9 Officer Sentenced to 20 Years for Sexually Abusing His Dog and Possession of Child Porn<\/a><br \/>\nSMFH. Well, he can still serve society as the poster child for needing police reform.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/crime\/n-j-cop-charged-with-killing-pedestrian-stuffing-body-in-car-and-taking-the-dead-man-home-prosecutors-say-his-cop-father-turned-him-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">N.J. Cop Charged with Killing Pedestrian, Stuffing Body in Car, and Taking the Dead Man Home. Prosecutors Say His Cop Father Turned Him In.<\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s noce that one of them knows who he is supposed to protect and serve.<\/p>\n<p>Food for Thought &#8211;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monster.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monster.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monster-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/monster-150x113.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was Black Friday, and there wasn&#8217;t much else going on. I&#8217;m sure people got hurt shopping &#8211; someone always does &#8211; but I had to get this up early, since I am seeing Virgil today. I was looking at the sources I go to when it&#8217;s slow, and started with &#8220;Law &amp; Crime.&#8221; I <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/11\/27\/open-thread-for-november-27-2021\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/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":[3704,3711,3751,4115],"class_list":["post-46062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-gop-crimes","tag-gop-insanity","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\/46062","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=46062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46062\/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=46062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}