{"id":10624,"date":"2013-07-13T00:34:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T07:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10624"},"modified":"2013-07-13T00:34:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T07:34:09","slug":"open-thread7132013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/13\/open-thread7132013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–7\/13\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing later than usual for day 29, and this morning\u2019s trip went well.  I filled out an application, and if approved, I will move next month into a building with an elevator, and where I can install an air conditioner.  I got out and back in the cool of the day, and although it was my longest walk since being released from the hospital, I weathered it well enough to continue blogging without the break I anticipated.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:38 (average 4:25).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Republican lawmakers in the Texas State Senate are proposing a precedent-setting new bill that would make it illegal for women to live in the state.<\/p>\n

Senator Harland Dorrinson, one of the many pro-life lawmakers backing the woman ban, crafted his bill after witnessing Senator Wendy Davis filibuster an anti-abortion bill last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was our moment to say, \u2018Enough is enough,\u2019 \u201d he said. \u201cThis comes down to a choice between life and women, and we choose life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Humor aside, that is the very kindest thing they could do for women living in Texas.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Republicans muscled a pared-back agriculture bill through the House on Thursday, stripping out the food stamp program to satisfy recalcitrant conservatives but losing what little Democratic support the bill had when it failed last month. It was the first time food stamps had not been a part of the farm bill since 1973. <\/p>\n

This is 100% political theatre. Nobody in their right mind believes that this could pass the Senate. But it serves as yet another illustration of the Republican war on the poor and middle classes. I’m happy to report that not one single Democrat goose-stepped with the Republicans.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Bloomberg<\/a>: <\/font>U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and a bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced a bill aimed at re-creating the Glass-Steagall Act, the Depression-era measure that separated commercial and investment banking. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt will take a lot of tools to get rid of too-big-to-fail, but one of them ought to be that if you want to do high-stakes gambling, good on you, but you do not get access to people\u2019s checking accounts and savings accounts,\u201d Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, told Bloomberg Television\u2019s Peter Cook in an interview today. <\/p>\n

The bill sponsored by Warren along with Senators John McCain, an Arizona Republican, Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat, and Angus King, a Maine independent, would separate traditional banks that offer checking and savings accounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. from \u201criskier financial institutions.\u201d The latter category includes companies involved in investment banking, insurance, swaps dealing, hedge funds and private equity, according to the lawmakers\u2019 statement released yesterday. <\/p>\n

Bravo!! This has been way to long in coming and is a fitting legacy as Elizabeth Warren’s first Senate Bill. I see little chance of passage, but it will help show voters who represents whom.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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