{"id":11028,"date":"2013-09-04T00:50:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T07:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11028"},"modified":"2013-09-04T00:50:22","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T07:50:22","slug":"open-thread942013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/04\/open-thread942013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/4\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 82.  Yesterday I got up early, finished my research and writing early, arranged my food in the refrigerator and freezer for temporary storage , ordered the pizza, and almost turned the refrigerator off.  It\u2019s a good thing I didn\u2019t, because the woman I hired to help me defrost never showed up.  So my plans for the week are up in the air, but at least, once the building bleeds off the heat, it should be cooler until the weekend.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:55 (average 4:22).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do.<\/font><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football Reminder<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

The opening game is Thursday evening, so be sure to have your lineup set before that.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York and the billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad have each donated hundreds of thousands of dollars. The National Rifle Association is buying political advertisements. New York\u2019s junior senator sent a fund-raising e-mail. And the election has attracted news coverage from as far away as Sweden.<\/p>\n

All this over a homegrown campaign to oust two Democratic state senators who provided crucial support for a package of strict new state gun control laws. As the recall elections \u2014 the first of their kind in Colorado\u2019s history \u2014 draw closer, the race has swelled from a local scuffle into a proxy battle in the nation\u2019s wrenching fight over gun control. <\/p>\n

Over all, both sides have dedicated about $2 million to the campaigns, most of it in support of the two senators: John Morse, the president of the Colorado Senate, and Angela Giron, who represents the Southern Colorado city of Pueblo. That might not seem large compared with the multimillion-dollar governors\u2019 races that can be commonplace across the country these days. But the money and the attention have transformed an off-year campaign that started with homemade signs and volunteers collecting signatures in grocery store parking lots. <\/p>\n

Needless to say, I fully support the two state Senators, who voted the will of their constituents, against the NRA and their Republican lackeys.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>The conference in Ontario is billed as "Fatima: The Path to Peace" but it features New World Order conspiracy theorists, holocaust deniers, racists, and an openly fascist speaker. (Video below.)   Former U.S Congressman Ron Paul will keynote the week-long international summit to be held in September at Niagara Falls, Ontario. Paul is  accustomed<\/a> to sharing the stage with conspiracy theorists – John Birchers,  Christian Reconstructionists, and Neoconfederates<\/a> – but this time it’s the international summit of a radical Catholic traditionalist organization. The Fatima Crusaders not only reject the reforms of Vatican II, but also teach that the Vatican is in collusion with the United Nations to form a one-world government.  This article includes short bios of some of the scheduled speakers and video of one of them rallying a crowd in Europe against homosexuals and Jews. <\/p>\n

Click through for an interesting read on how Canada is importing Republicans from all over the world. I watched the video, and the speaker was quite mild, in comparison to our home grown Republican lunatics. The only thing that surprises me is that Idiot, Son of Idiot, Named after Idiot, aka Rand Paul, will not be standing beside his misanthropic father.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Common Dreams<\/a>: <\/font><\/p>\n

Spreading radiation<\/a> and suspected new leaks<\/a> are plaguing the ongoing disaster site of the Fukushima nuclear power plant on Monday, while the head of Japan’s nuclear regulatory body warned that there may be no other option than to dump radioactive waste water into the Pacific.<\/p>\n

A picture taken by Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on August 23, 2013 shows nuclear watchdog members inspecting contaminated water tanks at the Fukushima plant. The new warnings come after a weekend<\/a> in which plant operator TEPCO revealed that the radiation levels around the plant were 18 times higher than it previously reported, and that it had patched a leaking pipe with plastic tape.<\/p>\n

In July, TEPCO admitted<\/a> that contaminated groundwater was leaking into the ocean, up to 300 tonnes a day, and may have been doing so ever since the disaster began<\/a> in March 2011.<\/p>\n

This is what Republicans call, safe nuclear power. I better start importing East Coast gravel, before my cat box starts glowing in the dark. \ud83d\ude41<\/font><\/p>\n

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

\"4Cartoon\"<\/font><\/p>\n

If he’d known about Banksters, he would have kept it a secret!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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