{"id":54557,"date":"2024-05-31T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=54557"},"modified":"2024-05-30T15:54:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T22:54:21","slug":"open-thread-may-31-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2024\/05\/31\/open-thread-may-31-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread May 31 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yesterday, the plumber did come and quickly determined that the problem was the water heater, Sadly, water heaters have become quite pricey. Coincidentally, though, my credit union, which issued the card I use the most, just made me an offer to get a large purchase charged in installments, with no interest on the balance, only on the installments as they are charged, That sounds like something I could do and leave my emergency stash intact, and also not touch my one remaining 401(k). And then, of course – I expect like all of you, I did my best impression of a Happy Dance. GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS!<\/div>\n
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Another Randy Rainbow<\/a><\/div>\n
This one s new – but he also did one earlier on the same subject to the tune of “Evergreen.”\u00a0 I’ve copied thw link which should start right after the ad (which is where the song starts,\u00a0 Before the ad, there’s only talking.)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I actually do try to be mindful of others. It’s not so difficult wen they are struggling with something I have struggled with, even when it was long ago. But it’s terribly easy to be absolutely gobsmacked when they are struggling with something I have never experienced and never expect to. Such as this<\/a>. And the articles earlier this week on trans men.<\/div>\n

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Jamie Raskin writes about possible disqualification <\/span>of two justices in a New York Tmes op-ed<\/a>. No paywall, Kind of surprising they printed it.<\/p>\n

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