{"id":54878,"date":"2024-07-29T06:03:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T13:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=54878"},"modified":"2024-07-28T20:44:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T03:44:40","slug":"open-thread-july-29-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2024\/07\/29\/open-thread-july-29-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread July 29 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I was able to visit VirgilI arrived late, but he was just as happy as if I&#8217;d been on time.The drive was uneventful both ways but I still didn&#8217;t get my home safe comment up as fast as I would have liked. I am trying t work withmy Windows 10 laptop, and it is slower than molasses in July at the South Pole. Eventually I gave up and came to the Windows 8.1. It has glitches , but it basicallly works, and I am used to its glitches so I can deal with them. My week off helped. I am encouraged by the speed with which Democrats united behind Kamala, and also with the way younger voters, many of them first-time voters, mobilized in support, including with cash. I&#8217;m ready to get behind Kamala as much as I was behind Joe. However, I can&#8217;t not be worried about misogyny, which killed us in the Electoral College in 2016. Hemce the link today to Joyce Vance. I&#8217;ll try not to let it affect my mood here. I can&#8217;t promise to be able to sleep at night without worrying. That&#8217;s not really in my control.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to Nameless, who put up some splendid memes while i was out &#8211; and also to everyone who commented this week.<\/p>\n<p>If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wonkette.com\/p\/nice-time-jimmy-carter-lives-to-defeat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this is what<\/a> has been keeping him going &#8211; well, he may still be around for another nine months. (Barf bag alert on article &#8211; it describes the syptoms, and links to pictures. Just don&#8217;t follow the links to the pictures.\u00a0 The description is more than enough.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joycevance.substack.com\/p\/we-need-to-talk-about-the-misogyny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joyce Vance<\/a> addresses what I fear most about the election in November. She sees what I see &#8211; and has highly positives about how to combat it &#8211; some in social media, others IRL.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jNSWGpxqjiE?si=zOD3mdltkHH-4Lop\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tmJtd9BLCuc?si=Z_Wd7rGntSM8u1z7\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Jill.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Jill.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Jill-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Jill-108x150.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I was able to visit VirgilI arrived late, but he was just as happy as if I&#8217;d been on time.The drive was uneventful both ways but I still didn&#8217;t get my home safe comment up as fast as I would have liked. 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