{"id":60221,"date":"2026-10-05T06:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=60221"},"modified":"2026-10-04T20:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T03:19:11","slug":"open-thread-october-5-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2026\/10\/05\/open-thread-october-5-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread October 5 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I saw Virgil and we played cribbage. He was fighting a cold, but still, of course, glad to see me. I’ve been fighting lightheadedness for a week or two (only obe actual dizzy spell – and I was sitting down when it hit, so I just needed to hang on. I may or may not know what caused this, and am tring to backtrack on a change I made just before it started znd see whether that helps. Today is the first day of the Supreme Court’s annual season. The Brennan Center<\/a> has a video up with various guests. Some interesting points were made.
\nIt’s about 52 minutes long.<\/p>\n

I seem to remember that in 1960 the air was full of terrified cries that a Catholic President would be an abomination because he (no one in 1960 ever considered “she”) would be loyal to the Pope<\/a>, not to the Constitution. Weren’t most if not all of those cries from Republicans? Are there any Republicans left who have a grain of loyalty to the Constitution? Asking for a friend.<\/p>\n

Sorry about the repetetive nature of some posts – but sometimes something needs to be looked at from more than one angle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m not going to lie and say there were no suicides when the military had actual leadership. There are always going to be suicides in virtually every group. But large increases<\/a> developing after a leadership change for the worse (far worse) tells its own story.<\/p>\n