{"id":57820,"date":"2025-10-19T06:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=57820"},"modified":"2025-10-18T13:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T20:05:55","slug":"open-thread-october-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/19\/open-thread-october-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread October 19 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the radio opera was &#8220;Louise&#8221; by by Gustave Charpentier. He didn&#8217;t call it an opera, but rather a &#8220;musical novel,&#8221; the &#8220;verismo&#8221; school was getting started at that time, and composers and librettists wanted to flag their work as different. I had heard of it for many years, but never actually heard it before. Placido Domingo recorded it in 1976 and Beverly Sills in 1977 and I missed both. Not a lot actually happens in it &#8211; just parents who want to prevent their daughter marrying the man who loves her (and she him) so they can keep her at home. But the music is pretty. Off to see Virgil now and will check in when I get home.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m always particularly happy to see a good news story which <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/for\/2025\/10\/09\/el-paso-veteran-who-lost-his-leg-helps-kid-across-the-world-get-back-up-on-his-feet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">involves a veteran<\/a> &#8211; there are so many of us who are living through various kinds of bad news. This guy is even a Texan.<\/p>\n<p>This is sweet &#8211; such a small thing &#8211; wearing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/baltimore\/news\/superhero-window-washers-children-johns-hopkins-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costumes to work<\/a> &#8211; can provide so much joy to so many children. (This was actually a week ago Thursday.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/2025\/10\/14\/evergreen-school-shooting-matthew-silverstone-released-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew<\/a> was in very critical condition and was not 100% expected to get out of the hospital alive &#8211; let alone this fast.<\/p>\n<p>Call me <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/Family\/man-proposes-newborns-onesie\/story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentimenta<\/a>l. I&#8217;m guilty as charged.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hAGr6J3ID3Q?si=mzynO8YS_S2l1-2_\" 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\/IelaMSl40qI?si=RcW7ZgEChTxTXMd9\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/intel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/intel.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/intel-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/intel-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/intel-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/intel-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the radio opera was &#8220;Louise&#8221; by by Gustave Charpentier. He didn&#8217;t call it an opera, but rather a &#8220;musical novel,&#8221; the &#8220;verismo&#8221; school was getting started at that time, and composers and librettists wanted to flag their work as different. 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