{"id":10035,"date":"2013-02-27T04:31:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T12:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10035"},"modified":"2013-02-27T04:31:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T12:31:31","slug":"open-thread2272013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/27\/open-thread2272013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;2\/27\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If it isn\u2019t one thing, it\u2019s another.&#160; I\u2019m running without enough sleep because of a splitting headache.&#160; I almost never get them (1-2\/year), but when I do, they are huge.&#160; It may be because I feel frustrated that there are security problems at the prison, so they cancelled our volunteer work there tomorrow.&#160; So today is a hybrid day.&#160; I have a full slate of articles, and even an extra Short Take, but I\u2019m just too pooped to distribute or publicize them, except that I will put them on Care2 without announcement.&#160; I\u2019m briefly current with replies.&#160; We\u2019ll see what tomorrow brings.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 5:29 (average 5:50).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-02-27-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/front.moveon.org\/you-will-be-asked-to-do-something-after-you-watch-this-30-second-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>You Will Be Asked To Do Something After You Watch This 30 Second Video<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CQIXxSa8i8w?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The need is as painfully obvious as Republican misogyny. Do it!<\/font><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/borowitzreport\/2013\/02\/boehner-defends-decision-to-remain-on-ass.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: Minutes after telling the United States Senate to \u201cget off their ass\u201d to avoid the deep spending cuts that will take effect this Friday, House Speaker John Boehner called an impromptu press conference to announce his intention of remaining on his ass \u201cfor the foreseeable future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States Senate is showing contempt for the American people by refusing to get off their ass,\u201d a defiant Mr. Boehner told reporters. \u201cAnd the only fitting way for me to protest their reckless behavior is by remaining on my ass for as long as humanly possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTake a good look, ladies and gentlemen of the press,\u201d he said, before leaving the lectern in a huff. \u201cThis is the last you\u2019ll see of old John Boehner off his ass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The irony here is why this satire is so appropriate. The constitution requires that budget related legislation must begin in the House.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/49263362#50965536\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">Elvis is dead, but Batshit is back!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc3d5e55\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" target=\"_blank\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" target=\"_blank\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=50965536^0^155055&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc3d5e55\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=50965536^0^155055&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 592px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; font-size: 11px\">Visit NBCNews.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Needless to say, the Republicans have a solution for the return of Batshit B, but keeping her on the House Intelligence Committee is a contradiction in terms. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/dem-congressman-gets-thrown-off-after-calling-hannity-a-liar-immoral-you-say-things-that-arent-true\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mediaite<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">Faux Noise Ambushed by Democrat<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"421\" marginheight=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/videos.mediaite.com\/embed\/player\/?content=2L4JGZ3PZ8XJ0VL3&amp;content_type=content_item&amp;layout=&amp;playlist_cid=&amp;media_type=video&amp;widget_type_cid=svp&amp;read_more=1\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Keith Ellison could not be more spot on. You have to love watching The Republican Ministry of Propaganda ambushed on their own nickel.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"27Cartoon\" alt=\"27Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/27Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Leonard Peltier is still a political prisoner.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If it isn\u2019t one thing, it\u2019s another.&#160; I\u2019m running without enough sleep because of a splitting headache.&#160; I almost never get them (1-2\/year), but when I do, they are huge.&#160; It may be because I feel frustrated that there are security problems at the prison, so they cancelled our volunteer work there tomorrow.&#160; So today <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/27\/open-thread2272013\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}