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Wednesday Open Thread

By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Wed Sep 16, 2026 at 08:08:54 PM EST
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Our last open thread is full. Here is a new one, all topics welcome.

I missed writing about September 11, Rosh Hashanah, the Emmys and the New York Fashion Show. Pro Publica has a feature article on how Little Trump's wedding in Aruba was funded by a Russian businessman close to Putin.

I am keeping up with Senor de los Cielos.

I couldn't care less about almost has-been Trump, other than wishing him and his supporters a miserable new year, filled with legal fees and election losses and a diminution of his brand name for licensing purposes. (I'm not cruel enough to wish ill health on anyone).

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    Well I'm not cruel enough (5.00 / 2) (#1)
    by fishcamp on Wed Sep 16, 2026 at 09:49:34 PM EST
    To wish him Ill health either, but I would like to see him incarcerated in a Federal prison and name it after him.

    Its tough (none / 0) (#3)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Sep 17, 2026 at 09:48:13 AM EST
    but if the choice is the grim reaper or accountability I would have to go with accountability.

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    I've always expected (none / 0) (#4)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Sep 17, 2026 at 09:51:52 AM EST
    that when accountability finally came for him he would very quickly become far to sick and frail to be put on trial.

    That is not the kind of ill health I would wish.

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    I'm happy to wish him ill health. (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Sep 17, 2026 at 09:22:13 AM EST
    I just discovered a cool thing. Its a site for unclaimed property.  Money in this case.  It says to check every state you lived in - its point and click - and as you know I've lived in many states.

    So far I've found three states that have 100.00 or more for me.  And it's real.
    I got this minutes after filing my first claim

    Ill be filing more

    Unclaimed.org

    Yes, absolutely. One of our (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by Peter G on Thu Sep 17, 2026 at 12:57:02 PM EST
    daughters did this for us a couple of months ago, and brought in several hundred dollars.

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    I found (none / 0) (#7)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Sep 17, 2026 at 04:44:51 PM EST
    Warner Bros owes me 288 bucks.  Probably a final paycheck or something

    I left unexpectedly

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    Did anyone watch MSNOW (none / 0) (#6)
    by desertswine on Thu Sep 17, 2026 at 02:58:38 PM EST
    today?  What are those things on the palms of Katy Tur's hands?  The resemble large black and blue band-aids.

    I am optimistic about my country (none / 0) (#8)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Sep 17, 2026 at 06:06:05 PM EST
    If we survive past January as a democracy, and I absolutely believe we will, our system will have withstood a stress test from a scifi movie or a Star Trek episode.

    Our government will have survived being led by one of the stupidest meanest most vile men on earth and a cartoonish  cabinet of misfit toys.

    Seriously, we are currently led by corrupt idiots bent on destroying and/or betraying the country for money. And we are still here.  That's a solid system.  

    Vote.

    While (none / 0) (#10)
    by Ga6thDem on Thu Sep 17, 2026 at 07:33:06 PM EST
    All that is true I worry that something can happen after he is out of office and before the problem can be fixed.

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    You were worried about Abdul (none / 0) (#11)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Sep 17, 2026 at 08:01:01 PM EST
    He's looking better and better.

    The Hill/Emerson College Polling survey released Thursday found that El-Sayed garnered 48 percent support and Rogers received 46 percent

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    He (none / 0) (#12)
    by Ga6thDem on Fri Sep 18, 2026 at 08:13:22 AM EST
    Underperformed his primary polling so I hope those polls are correct.

    I feel like it is kinda like Georgia in that Assortment may pull Bottoms over the.line and in MI if Benson has enough of a cushion she can pull El Sayed over the line as his polling is always lower than Benson.


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    Darn (none / 0) (#13)
    by Ga6thDem on Fri Sep 18, 2026 at 08:14:47 AM EST
    Autocorrect put assortment instead of Ossoff

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    Chem trails (none / 0) (#9)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Sep 17, 2026 at 06:45:02 PM EST
    F'ing chem trails

    This is good.  It really is.

    YES please do this (none / 0) (#14)
    by CaptHowdy on Fri Sep 18, 2026 at 09:00:31 AM EST

    An impeachment can still be effective as a way of damaging a president, but Trump is already deeply unpopular and will never face voters again, so the upside is limited, and an impeachment might give him a way to rally his remaining base around him--which would only strengthen his power and resolve."

    "But what if House Democrats impeached Trump's Cabinet members instead?"

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