{"id":10371,"date":"2013-05-30T01:35:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T08:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10371"},"modified":"2013-05-30T01:35:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T08:35:49","slug":"open-thread5302013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/30\/open-thread5302013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/30\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday afternoon and last night, one of my neighbors repeatedly overloaded the electrical system, tripping the circuit breaker.  This kept me from sleeping, because every time the power goes out, it sets off an alarm in my O2<\/sub> converter, so this Open Thread is all I have for today.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 4:23 (average 5;10).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Boston Globe<\/a>: <\/font>Independent Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY’-fee) is joining the Democratic Party ahead of his bid for a second term.<\/p>\n

The former Republican U.S. senator left the GOP in 2007 and was elected as the nation\u2019s only independent governor in 2010.<\/p>\n

Two Democratic sources say Chafee plans to change his party registration to join the party.<\/p>\n

Chafee has been saying for months that he was thinking about the switch, noting that he shares many positions with Democrats and that joining the party will help with fundraising.<\/p>\n

He is a supporter of President Barack Obama and spoke at last year\u2019s Democratic National Convention\u2026<\/p>\n

That is the only reasonable course for any Republican, who has not given up on common decency and rational thought.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Thousands of people signed up to attend an armed march on Washington over the course of the last month. But now, the leader of the march is setting his sights much higher than a single demonstration \u2014 he wants his armed followers to help overthrow the American government.<\/p>\n

About a month ago, a gun activist named Adam Kokesh called for thousands of people to join him in an armed march on Washington, D.C. to \u201cput the government on notice that we will not be intimidated & cower in submission to tyranny<\/a>.\u201d As of this writing, nearly 5,200 people have RSVPed<\/a> for Kokesh\u2019s armed march.<\/p>\n

Late last week, however, Kokesh decided to abandon this march<\/a> in favor of a much larger effort to bring down the entire federal government. In a statement written from a jail cell in Philadelphia (Kokesh faced charges for allegedly resisting arrest<\/a> during a pro-marijuana rally. He now says he\u2019s been released<\/a>), the gun activist called for his supporters to form a secessionist \u201carmy\u201d<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

It goes without saying that Kokesh is a Republican. He founded Veterans for Ron Paul. He also ran for the Republican nomination for Congress in New Mexico’s 3rd congressional district. He received endorsements from Ron Paul and the Republican Liberty Caucus. He should be charged with sedition.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>Fox Business personalities had a collective freak out on Wednesday night after learning that mothers were now<\/a> the primary source of income in 40 percent of U.S. households.<\/p>\n

Fox Business host Lou Dobbs asserted women earning more than their husbands was an indication of the dissolution of American society. Fox News political analyst Juan Williams agreed, describing it as a sign of the disintegration of marriage that would have negative consequences for generations to come.<\/p>\n

Fox News contributor Erick Erickson went one step further, saying nature itself commanded that women be subservient to men.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so used to liberals telling conservatives that they\u2019re anti-science,\u201d Erickson explained. \u201cBut liberals who defend this and say it is not a bad thing are very anti-science. When you look at biology, when you look at the natural world, the roles of a male and a female in society and in other animals, the male typically is the dominant role. The female, it\u2019s not antithesis, or it\u2019s not competing, it\u2019s a complimentary role.\u201d<\/p>\n

I’m not surprised to see that the Republican Ministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise<\/em>, is carrying out the Republican Party’s plan to make themselves more appealing to women.  LOL!<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"30Cartoon\"<\/p>\n

This prompted the immediate invention of the match by 19th century feminists. \ud83d\ude09<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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