{"id":10630,"date":"2013-07-14T02:07:42","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T09:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10630"},"modified":"2013-07-14T02:07:42","modified_gmt":"2013-07-14T09:07:42","slug":"open-thread7142012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/14\/open-thread7142012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–7\/14\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing early for day 30, I had difficulty finding material, because the media is consumed with the Zimmerman trial.  Hopefully it will stay below 90\u00b0 today.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:21 (average 5:47).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Bill Moyers<\/a>: <\/font>Across the world \u2014 Greece, Spain, Brazil, Egypt \u2014 citizens are turning angrily to their governments to demand economic fair play and equality. But here in America, with few exceptions, the streets and airwaves remain relatively silent. In a country as rich and powerful as America, why is there so little outcry about the ever-increasing, deliberate divide between the very wealthy and everyone else?<\/p>\n

Media scholar Marty Kaplan points to a number of forces keeping these issues and affected citizens in the dark \u2014 especially our well-fed appetite for media distraction.<\/p>\n