{"id":11556,"date":"2013-11-02T02:07:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T09:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11556"},"modified":"2013-11-02T02:08:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T09:08:28","slug":"open-thread1122013-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/02\/open-thread1122013-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;11\/2\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&rsquo;m writing for tomorrow, and running way late, because I spent the morning collecting the data for our monthly report.&nbsp; Pardon me for rushing, please.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&rsquo;s took me 4:00 (average 5:52).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-11-02-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2013\/10\/29\/1251635\/-30-House-Democrats-Joined-the-GOP-to-Sell-You-Out-to-Wall-Street-Which-Ones\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Republicans and conservative Democrats just voted to sell you out to Wall Street. In other words, it&#39;s Tuesday.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Today, the House <a href=\"http:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/evs\/2013\/roll567.xml\">passed<\/a> the so-called Retail Investor Protection Act 254 to 166.&nbsp; 30 Democrats voted with 224 Republicans in favor. 165 Democrats&#8211;and one Republican&#8211;voted against it. Those following H.R. 2374 thought it would pass with wide bipartisan margins, so having 165 Democratic NAY&#39;s was better than expected. The 30 Democratic YEA&#39;s still need to be named and shamed, however.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">First, let&#39;s begin with the important question: What is the Retail Investor Protection Act? The bill delays a new Department of Labor rule that would prevent financial advisers from stealing from your 401(K) plans or IRAs. Allowing financial advisers to rip you off is a great complement to that other plank in the Republican-Conservadem retirement insecurity platform, cutting Social Security&hellip;<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&#8230;And here are the 30 Democratic YEA votes. Most of their names should look familiar if you&#39;ve seen any of my past roll call diaries.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">John Barrow (GA-12)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">John Carney (DE-AL)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Gerry Connolly (VA-11)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Jim Costa (CA-16)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Henry Cuellar (TX-28)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">John Delaney (MD-06)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ted Deutch (FL-21)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Bill Foster (IL-11)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Pete Gallego (TX-23)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Joe Garcia (FL-26)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Denny Heck (WA-10)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Jim Himes (CT-04)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Derek Kilmer (WA-06)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ron Kind (WI-03)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Rick Larsen (WA-02)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Dan Maffei (NY-24)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Jim Matheson (UT-04)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Mike McIntyre (NC-07)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Gwen Moore (WI-04)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Patrick Murphy (FL-18)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Bill Owens (NY-21)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ed Perlmuter (CO-07)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Scott Peters (CA-52)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Gary Peters (MI-09)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Collin Peterson (MN-07)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Bradley Schneider (IL-10)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Kurt Schrader (OR-05)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Brad Sherman (CA-30)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Filemon Vela (TX-34)<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&#8230;<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">These are the ones for whom I recently suggested a cactus suppository.&nbsp; If you own one, you know what to do.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/if-youve-heard-someone-say-love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin-you-should-share-this-with-them-5\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>If You&#39;ve Heard Someone Say &#39;Love The Sinner, Hate The Sin,&#39; You Should Share This With Them<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\">&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gWYtkn_8D-g?rel=0\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: ; margin: 0in; line-height: normal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I used to be quite hateful in my attitude toward gays, until a fellow named Charlie decided that he was my friend, no matter how badly I treated him. He was such a good friend that he put a face on gay for me. That turned me from a homophobe to a strong supporter of LGBT rights.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/11\/01\/us\/politics\/senate-republicans-block-2-obama-nominees.html\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Senate Republicans on Thursday thwarted the confirmation of two of President Obama&rsquo;s nominees, one to a powerful appeals court and another to a home-lending oversight post, setting up a confrontation with Democrats that could escalate into a larger fight over limiting the filibuster and restrict how far the minority party can go to block a president&rsquo;s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of swift back-to-back votes, Republicans first blocked the nomination of Representative Melvin Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, to become the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency &mdash; a rare affront to a sitting member of Congress who has an extensive record of public service.<\/p>\n<p>Next Republicans, who have accused the president of trying to tip the court&rsquo;s ideological balance in Democrats&rsquo; favor, quickly dispensed with the nomination of Patricia Ann Millett to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. A former government lawyer whose husband serves in the military, she has worked in both Republican and Democratic administrations. The White House chose her as a test of how far Republicans would go to derail a qualified nominee.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">NUKE THE FILIBASTARDS!!!!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1102Cartoon\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1102Cartoon.jpg\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"1102Cartoon\" width=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;m writing for tomorrow, and running way late, because I spent the morning collecting the data for our monthly report.&nbsp; Pardon me for rushing, please. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&rsquo;s took me 4:00 (average 5:52).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? 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