{"id":53216,"date":"2023-10-02T06:01:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T13:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=53216"},"modified":"2023-10-01T16:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T23:30:28","slug":"open-thread-october-2-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/10\/02\/open-thread-october-2-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread October 2, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was National Coffee Day. I couldn’t help remembering that some believe that Bach’s “Sheep May Safely Graze” was originally written for his “Coffee Cantata” as a metaphor for patriarchy – “God is our shepherd and I, your father, am your shepherd, and as your shepherd, I am telling you, my daughter, to stop drinking coffee!” I’m not sure that that’s true, and if it is, it might have been intended as satire of the pearl-clutchers of the time – there have always been some, and they have always been loud – but it does make a good story. I was also reminded I have a brand new coffee mug – so I made a point of using it. Yesterday was also Jimmy Carter’s birthday (although they held the party Saturday, just in case there was a shutdown, which would have kind of rained on the parade.) It was also Julie Andrews’s birthday (she’s 88), which I would have forgotten had it not been for Wonkette<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today’s cartoon is the first of four I’ll be introducing over the month. After the fourth, I hope to get opinions on which one is the most effective – and\/or if it would be more effective to use an element from one with an element from another.<\/p>\n

Cartoon –<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

Common Dreams – Democratic Senators Sound Alarm Over Koch-Backed Plot to ‘Eviscerate’ Regulatory State<\/a>
\nQuote – Hours before ProPublica revealed new details about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ relationship with the Koch network, a group of Democratic senators filed a brief on Thursday warning that Koch-backed entities are closely involved in an upcoming case that could further gut the federal government’s regulatory power\u2014and enhance the strength of the conservative-dominated high court. The case in question is Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which stems from a New Jersey-based fishing company’s challenge to a law requiring certain fishing boats to carry federal compliance monitors to enforce regulations.
\nClick through for article<\/a>. I’m glad these Senators are on this. I will concede that it is possible to over-regulate, but it’s clear that, as long as one person is being hurt by under-regulation or unenforced regulation, we are not even close to over-regulation. (Off topic, but I think that’s the first picture I have ever seen of Charles without the you-know-what-eating grin. If that means he is less happy – good.)<\/p>\n

London Daily – British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I\u2019ve Read<\/a>
\nQuote – \u201cWhy do some British people not like Donald Trump?\u201d… [W]hile Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing \u2013 not once, ever. I don\u2019t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility \u2013 for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it\u2019s a fact. He doesn\u2019t even seem to understand what a joke is \u2013 his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.
\nClick through for every last detail<\/a>. I have seen this before – I think most recently during the actual Trump** administration – but it is very detailed and every detail worth savoring, so it’s time to re-share it.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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