{"id":11124,"date":"2013-09-15T00:30:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T07:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11124"},"modified":"2013-09-15T00:30:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T07:30:38","slug":"open-thread9152013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/15\/open-thread9152013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/15\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 93.  Just maybe the extreme heat has ended a day early, but my two weather sources are 13\u00b0 apart.  I\u2019m still over-tired from the week.  Don\u2019t forget to set your fantasy football lineups, and Patty, YOU NEED A TIGHT END!!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:57 (average 5:08).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>Ed Shultz talks about un-brainwashing Faux Noise<\/em> viewers.<\/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

In short, there is more than one kind of viewer of the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise<\/em>. Regular folks, who watch it, because they don’t know any better can be helped. But neither flavor of core viewer can be helped. The core viewers that say "Kill!", are getting exactly what they want, so they will not accept help. The core viewers that say "Ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a", are just too stuck on stupid!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Right Wing Watch<\/a>: <\/font>Two weeks ago, the Christian Broadcasting Network tried to cover up remarks made by Pat Robertson<\/a>, the founder of CBN and host of its flagship show the 700 Club, about how he believes gay men wear special rings<\/a> that cut the hands of people they meet in order to infect them with HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n

CBN not only had the video we posted of Robertson\u2019s comments removed from YouTube by complaining that it violated copyright laws, but also edited the comments out of its own broadcast of the show.<\/p>\n

We reposted our video elsewhere, but CBN also had it removed from websites such as Vimeo and Dailymotion.<\/p>\n

We filed a counterclaim with YouTube asserting that our video was protected by Fair Use and yesterday we finally received word that our video had been restored\u2026<\/p>\n