{"id":10610,"date":"2013-07-12T00:47:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T07:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10610"},"modified":"2013-07-12T00:47:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T07:47:30","slug":"open-thread7122013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/12\/open-thread7122013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–7\/12\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I write for tomorrow, Day 28, it\u2019s a chilly 76\u00b0 at my desk.  The sun has hit the breezeway and will superheat the air, but If I\u2019m lucky, it will stay below 90\u00b0.<\/font><\/p>\n

Update: Late in the day, I received news on a possible place to live so I am going to fill out an application in the morning.  Therefore, expect an Open Thread at most on the 13th.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:12 (average 5:30).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Bill Moyers<\/a>: <\/font>Muckrakers and activists have been working to expose the brutality of industrialized meat production since Upton Sinclair\u2019s writing of The Jungle in 1906. But an ALEC<\/a> model bill known as \u201cThe Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act\u201d would make it a crime to film at animal facilities \u2014 such as factory farms or slaughterhouses \u2014 with the intent to \u201cdefame the facility or its owner.\u201d So-called \u201cag-gag\u201d laws that appear inspired by the ALEC model have been passed in several states. This report, produced by Okapi Productions, LLC<\/a>  and the Schumann Media Center, Inc. looks at the effect of these laws on both our food supply and our freedom of speech.<\/p>\n