{"id":10504,"date":"2013-06-24T00:46:09","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T07:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10504"},"modified":"2013-06-24T00:46:09","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T07:46:09","slug":"open-thread6242013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/24\/open-thread6242013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/24\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing early.  Tomorrow will be day 10.  The battle continues.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:56 (average 4:58).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>The most shameful achievement of the House Republican majority has been the elimination of $1.5 trillion in discretionary spending through 2022, which has already held back the economy from substantial growth and done real damage to people and communities that depend on government dollars. The widespread pain caused by this year\u2019s sequester is the best-known aspect of these cuts, but caps that will continue to limit virtually every program for nine more years will also be extremely harmful.<\/p>\n

Republicans, though, still aren\u2019t satisfied, and are continuing their campaign to radically reshape Washington\u2019s relationship to the country. The 2014 spending bills now emerging from the House Appropriations Committee are worse than in any previous year and would make some programs and departments unrecognizable\u2026<\/p>\n

…House Republicans, of course, have decided to exceed the caps<\/a> for their favorite programs. They want to give the Pentagon a 5.4 percent increase \u2014 $26 billion it doesn\u2019t need \u2014 along with a 3.3 percent raise to Homeland Security. To pay for that, and still shrink the budget, they are demanding severe cuts from spending bills for which they have little use: nearly 19 percent out of the labor, health and education bill; 15 percent from the financial services oversight bill; 14 percent from the interior and environment bill; and 11 percent from the energy and water bill<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Those percentages, just to be clear, represent cuts below this year\u2019s already ruinous sequester levels\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n

That is Republican class warfare: more for greed, NOTHING for need!<\/font><\/p>\n

From MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>A Biology 101 Lesson for Republicans<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

LOL! This is hilarious! Sadly it will have little effect, because even Republican skientists<\/em> don’t believe science is real.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said he thought House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) might be at risk of losing his leadership role because of the battle over immigration.<\/p>\n

During an appearance on Fox News Thursday [ReichsNoise delinked]with Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), host Sean Hannity asked if either Gohmert or King would consider challenging Boehner’s speakership if he chooses to push<\/a> a controversial immigration bill through the House\u2026<\/p>\n

As much as I hate to side with Agent Orange on anything, with Louie ‘Go-Go Goose-step’ Gohmert as Speaker for a month, we would not have a country to win back.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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