{"id":10556,"date":"2013-07-03T02:05:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T09:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10556"},"modified":"2013-07-03T02:05:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T09:05:34","slug":"open-thread732013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/03\/open-thread732013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–7\/3\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing early for day 19, and last night the temperature in my apartment dropped only to 86\u00b0 and remains at 90\u00b0.  ARGH!!  Therefore, this is my only article again.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:45 (average 5:08).  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 Supreme Court\u2019s momentous decisions last week on affirmative action, voting rights and same-sex marriage overshadowed a disturbing trend: in the final two weeks of its term, the court ruled in favor of big business and closed the courthouse doors to employees, consumers and small businesses seeking remedy for serious injuries. <\/p>\n

A majority of the justices seem to believe that it is too easy to sue corporations, so they narrowly construed federal laws to limit such suits. These decisions lack the emotional resonance of the cases involving race and sexuality, but they could have a devastating effect on people who have been wronged by companies. <\/p>\n

The three cases involved many different areas of law but shared much in common. The five most conservatives justices \u2014 Samuel A. Alito Jr., Anthony M. Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. \u2014 were in the majority in all cases. All strongly favored big business. <\/p>\n

No surprises here. SCROTUS Represents the Republic an Party. The Republican Party represents the 1%. Click through for the details.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi rejected<\/a> the military\u2019s ultimatum<\/a> on Monday that he acquiesce to some of the protesters\u2019 demands within 48 hours or \u201chave the army impose its own road map<\/a> for the country.\u201d <\/p>\n

Egypt\u2019s foreign minister also reportedly<\/a> quit Morsi\u2019s government on Tuesday and Reuters reports that Morsi looks \u201cincreasingly isolated, with ministers resigning, the liberal opposition refusing to talk to him and the armed forces, backed by millions of protesters in the street, giving him until Wednesday to agree to share power.\u201d <\/p>\n

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

Rachel summed it up perfectly. Stay tuned.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Robert Reich<\/a>: <\/font>\u2026The modern GOP is based on an unlikely coalition of wealthy business executives, small business owners, and struggling whites. Its durability depends on the latter two categories believing that the economic stresses they\u2019ve experienced for decades have a lot to do with the government taking their money and giving it to the poor, who are disproportionately black and Latino.<\/p>\n

The real reason small business owners and struggling whites haven\u2019t done better is the same most of the rest of America hasn\u2019t done better: Although the output of Americans has continued to rise, almost all the gains have gone to the very top. <\/p>\n

Government is implicated, but not in the way wealthy Republicans want the other members of their coalition to believe. Laws that the GOP itself championed (too often with the complicity of some Democrats) have trammeled unions, invited outsourcing abroad, slashed taxes on the rich, encouraged takeovers, allowed monopolization, reduced the real median wage, and deregulated Wall Street.<\/p>\n

Robert Reich is spot on. I think some small business owners are starting to catch on, but not the KKK  and InsaniTEA sets.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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Well we know for damn sure he was not a Republican!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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