{"id":10811,"date":"2013-08-08T02:31:12","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T09:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10811"},"modified":"2013-08-08T02:31:12","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T09:31:12","slug":"open-thread882013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/08\/open-thread882013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–8\/8\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing for tomorrow, day 55, climate change is still kicking my butt.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:19 (average 4:55).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>More threats from the continuing criminal enterprise that is the Republican Party.  Now Reince Priebus, head of the Party, is demanding that CNN and NBC cancel movies and mini-series about Hillary Clinton OR …..  He’ll hold his breath?  No something worse.  He’ll pull the ratings juggernauts of the Republican presidential primary debates in 2016.  <\/p>\n

Isn’t it ironic that the Citizens United<\/em> decision stemmed from a case demanding the right to air and advertise a negative movie about Hillary.  What hypocrites!<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com<\/a>, told reporters today that his reported purchase of the Washington Post was a \u201cgigantic mix-up,\u201d explaining that he had clicked on the newspaper by mistake.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess I was just kind of browsing through their website and not paying close attention to what I was doing,\u201d he said. \u201cNo way did I intend to buy anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Bezos said he had been oblivious to his online shopping error until earlier today, when he saw an unusual charge for two hundred and fifty million dollars on his American Express statement.<\/p>\n

As much as $250 million sounds, it’s tiny to Bezos. I’m reserving my opinion to see what he does, but thank God it wasn’t Murdoch of the Koch Brothers!<\/font><\/p>\n

From MSNBC<\/a>: Bought Bitch Mitch’s hired criminal<\/font><\/p>\n

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

It comes as no surprise that Jesse Benton is a criminal. How could he not be, since he managed the campaign of that hateful, racist misanthrope, Ron Paul?  It also comes as no surprise that he is now working for the candidate named after political corruption, Bought Bitch Mitch.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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