{"id":10891,"date":"2013-08-18T02:10:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T09:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10891"},"modified":"2013-08-18T02:10:09","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T09:10:09","slug":"open-thread8182013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/18\/open-thread8182013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–8\/18\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing early for tomorrow, day 65, but will pre-make a place to plug in the results of this evening\u2019s meditation on the Holy Ellipsoid Orb, as I do for the daily puzzles.  The sun just hit the breezeway, so it looks like my hope for a cool day was in vain.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:08 (average 4:58).  To do it click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Religious Agony<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"0817-Broncos10-Seachickens40\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Losing to the Seachickens?  Oh the humiliation!!  Thank goodness it doesn\u2019t count!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Bill Moyers<\/a>: <\/font>Bill\u2019s guest, veteran activist and organizer Marshall Ganz, joins Bill to discuss the power of social movements to effect meaningful social change. A social movement legend who dropped out of Harvard to volunteer during Mississippi\u2019s Freedom Summer of 1964, Ganz then joined forces with Cesar Chavez of the United Farmworkers, protecting workers who picked crops for pennies in California. Ganz also had a pivotal role organizing students and volunteers for Barack Obama\u2019s historic 2008 presidential campaign. Now 70, he\u2019s still organizing across the United States and the Middle East, and back at Harvard, teaching students from around the world about what it takes to beat Goliath.<\/p>\n