{"id":58964,"date":"2026-03-16T05:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=58964"},"modified":"2026-03-15T23:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:30:40","slug":"open-thread-march-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/16\/open-thread-march-16-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread March 16 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Malcolm Nance<\/a>‘s daily update reported that all eight of the US military whom we have lost were reservists. Not one of them was on active duty before the war – all eight were called up for the war. This report – the one for day 16 – has a lot of strategic speculation (you might say “what ifs”) which appear to me to be well worth knowing – some are speculative, some deduced. And this video, at just over 40 minutes, is shorter than most of them. So I’m sharing the link. Also, Trinette was by – for once I was ready. Always great to see her.<\/p>\n

Common Dreams<\/a>: Well, this is not good. IANAL – but I think I heard somewhere that a lower court decision does not become a legal precedent until it is upheld by a Circuit appellate court. On the other hand, who knows what the Fifth Circuit will do – this is Texas, after all.<\/p>\n

The new cartoon<\/a> doesn’t really inspire me – but the captions for the old one impressed me. I do think the top prize should have gone to the last runner-up – but see what you think.<\/p>\n

This from The Hill<\/a> in not all that interesting, but it was probably the slowest news day I’ve ever seen (I hope it wasn’t just the calm before the storm!). So slow I’m going to throw in a story about a T-shirt.<\/p>\n

This link<\/a> is to a Video with JoJo from Jerz and Harry Dunn. Harry is wearing a Tshirt which you can’t see all of – within the first 30 seconds he pulls it up enough that you can see more of it, but there is still at least one “book” that you can’t. I managed to collect the “titles” of all but the very bottom “book”(s) so here they are:
\nDREAM LIKE MARTIN
\nFIGHT LIKE MALCOLM
\nLEAD LIKE HARRIET
\nTHINK LIKE GARVEY
\nBUILD LIKE MADAM CJ
\nCHALLENGE LIKE ROSA
\nWRITE LIKE MAYA
\nEDUCATE LIKE W.E.B.
\nIf I ever wore Tshirts, I’d want one – but I wear long sleeves when it’s cold and sleeveless when it’s hot – and there doesn’t seem to be any in-between for me.<\/p>\n