{"id":11332,"date":"2013-10-09T00:26:11","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T07:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11332"},"modified":"2013-10-09T00:26:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T07:26:11","slug":"open-thread1092013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/09\/open-thread1092013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;10\/9\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and hurrying to finish before leaving for volunteer work in prison, a CoDA group with a dozen of my guys.&#160; I hope I can stay awake, thanks to Guitar Man, who interrupted my sleep six times yesterday. Due to my need to recover, on Thursday and\/or Friday, I may have just Open Threads, if that.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:42 (average 4:48).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-10-09-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here\u2019s the latest from our fantasy football league, Lefty Blog Friends.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"5Scores\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto\" alt=\"5Scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5Scores.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"5Standings\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto\" alt=\"5Standings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5Standings.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m coming up in the world, and next week, my lunch is Patty!! \ud83d\ude09<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/fracking-is-pretty-hard-to-understand-until-it-isnt-2\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>Fracking Is Pretty Hard To Understand \u2014 Until It Isn&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"480\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uti2niW2BRA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It seems clear to me that the limited short-term benefits do not stand up to the unlimited long-term hazards. But the Republican Party are a bunch of mother frackers!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2013\/10\/04\/1244320\/-TIME-Magazine-s-Cover-M-a-j-o-r-i-t-y-R-u-l-e\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>TIME Magazine&#8217;s Cover<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"9TimeMag\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"9TimeMag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9TimeMag.jpg\" width=\"483\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">In a Republican Reich, Republicans rule, no matter how small a minority they are. Their ultimate goal is a permanent Reich ruled by the 0.1%.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/08\/us\/politics\/default-threat-makes-impasse-in-washington-a-global-fear.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#333333\">The bitter fiscal stalemate in Washington is producing nervous ripples from London to Bali, with increasing anxiety that the United States might actually default on a portion of its government debt, set off global financial troubles and undercut fragile economic recoveries in many countries.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Click through for the rest. Online, I know people from all over the world, and they have no trouble understanding that the latest Republican meme that a Debt Limit crisis is not really a matter for concern is pure hogwash! That must be because foreign media do a better job of covering US Politics than US media do.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"9Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"9Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and hurrying to finish before leaving for volunteer work in prison, a CoDA group with a dozen of my guys.&#160; I hope I can stay awake, thanks to Guitar Man, who interrupted my sleep six times yesterday. 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