{"id":10210,"date":"2013-04-06T02:55:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T09:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10210"},"modified":"2013-04-06T02:55:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T09:55:48","slug":"open-thread462013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/06\/open-thread462013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;4\/6\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m a little groggy after sleeping all day yesterday, but at long last, I\u2019m back with a full set of articles for you.&#160; <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">Lets hope it sticks.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies to recent articles. Tomorrow appears routine.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 6:19 (not a typo)(average 5:38).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-04-06-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:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/04\/06\/us-usa-montana-politics-idUSBRE93502020130406\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>: <\/font>Over loud objections from Democrats, Montana&#8217;s Republican-controlled Senate on Friday voted to put proposals on the 2014 ballot that would tighten voter registration and restrict the rights of third parties to compete in general elections.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Scheduling surprise votes at times when key Democrats will be absent is becoming a GOP standard means to overcome the popular will.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oVV08uwKcA8\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>Bill Maher Trashes Libertarians: Movement Went &#8216;Nuts,&#8217; &#8216;Intellectually Stuck In Their Teen Years&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oVV08uwKcA8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As always, Maher is spot on, and he got a good laugh out of Bernie. \ud83d\ude42<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/frc-discovers-elusive-obamacare-acorn-connection\" target=\"_blank\">From Right Wing Watch<\/a>: <\/font>The Family Research Council has caught wind of a new theory percolating in the right-wing blogosphere and in certain circles on Capitol Hill: that the Department of Health and Human Services is using a new Obamacare rule to empower the long-defunct ACORN to commit voter intimidation and fraud.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Since ACORN no longer exists, here&#8217;s what people who actually believe this Republican lie have to say: &quot;Ba-a-a-a-a-a-a!&quot;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"6Cartoon\" alt=\"6Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/6Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m a little groggy after sleeping all day yesterday, but at long last, I\u2019m back with a full set of articles for you.&#160; Lets hope it sticks.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies to recent articles. 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