{"id":10595,"date":"2013-07-10T00:44:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T07:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10595"},"modified":"2013-07-10T00:44:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T07:44:46","slug":"open-thread7102013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/10\/open-thread7102013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;7\/10\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing early for day 25, and trying to get done, before the temperature rises, as it is forecast to be hotter than yesterday.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 2:56 (average 4:22).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-07-10-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.youtube.com\/watch?v=L6bT_9-pZso\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (H\/T <a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/news\/member\/827551733\/3607070\" target=\"_blank\">Carrie<\/a> at Care2): <\/font>Texas Special Session Blues (I&#8217;m Just a Bill Remix) <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L6bT_9-pZso\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">&quot;Ladies keep your legs and your mouths shut!&quot; That&#8217;s the Republican way!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/49263362#52425964\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">How FISA Spy court makes its own law in secret.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc68d8e2\" 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=52425964^0^883750&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc68d8e2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=52425964^0^883750&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><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 592px\">Visit NBCNews.com for <a style=\"height: 13px; border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; font-weight: normal !important; color: #5799db !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"height: 13px; border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; font-weight: normal !important; color: #5799db !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"height: 13px; border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; font-weight: normal !important; color: #5799db !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\">I wrote an article on this yesterday, but here it is again with more information.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/07\/09\/us\/perry-will-not-seek-re-election-as-texas-governor.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Rick Perry, the longest-serving governor of Texas and an unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate last year, announced on Monday that he would not seek another term but would instead \u201cpray and reflect and work to determine my own future path.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Translation: Despite being clobbered by Herman &quot;9-9-9&quot; Cain last time, this fool is running again.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>: <\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"10Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"10Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/10Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing early for day 25, and trying to get done, before the temperature rises, as it is forecast to be hotter than yesterday. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 2:56 (average 4:22).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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