{"id":11636,"date":"2013-11-13T01:13:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T09:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11636"},"modified":"2013-11-13T01:13:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T09:13:07","slug":"open-thread11132013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/13\/open-thread11132013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;11\/13\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, still feeling a bit under it, and missing my guys, because I cannot go to prison today.&#160; Tomorrow is my Resident Services interview for the new building, and I\u2019m going to that, even if I have to travel by RepubliCare Limousine, aka a hearse.&#160; On the plus-side, Stuck on Stupid moved upstairs a couple days ago.&#160; It\u2019s amazing how a little thing like sleep can improve one\u2019s mood.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:19 (average 4:25).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2013-11-13-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=\"10Scores\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto\" alt=\"10Scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/10Scores.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If Rob\u2019s R\/W\/T had not been injured on the opening drive Monday Night, he might well have beaten me.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"10Standings\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto\" alt=\"10Standings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/10Standings.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m still two games out.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uk8SusCLkyo\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Rachel Maddow &#8211; VA changes vote count rules while counting<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uk8SusCLkyo?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As, a 1960s activist I have been watching politics for a long time, and the only other time I have seen such a blatant attempts at election theft is when Republican staffers physically assaulted Florida poll workers to prevent them from finishing the recount, before Supreme Court Republicans gave the 2000 Presidential election to Crawford Caligula and the ChickenHawk.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/borowitzreport\/2013\/11\/issa-accuses-obama-of-trying-to-make-affordable-care-act-work.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>In an explosive accusation, the House Oversight Committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-California) today charged President Obama with \u201cusing all the resources at his disposal to make the Affordable Care Act work.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Accusing the President of participating in \u201ca wide-ranging conspiracy,\u201d Mr. Issa told reporters that \u201cbehind closed doors, the President has quietly assembled a high-tech brain trust that is working around the clock to fix the Healthcare.gov Web site\u2014at government expense.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Issa said that he would call for a new round of hearings and would subpoena \u201call those persons suspected of being involved in the ongoing plot to fix Obamacare.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That&#8217;s what it is! A Nazi, Communist, Socialist, Satanist, Kenyan, Yankee conspiracy!! \ud83d\ude09<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2013\/11\/07\/1253910\/-It-Will-Be-All-Out-Hell-Over-2-New-GOP-Anti-Abortion-Anti-Birth-Control-Bills\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Republicans in Wisconsin aren&#8217;t done regulating lady parts despite 2 bills passed earlier that vastly restrict abortions and mandate ultrasounds.&#160;&#160; The quickly rammed through bills were signed in secret by Scott Walker who wanted to avoid the publicity that dogged Republicans in Virginia and caused the Governor of that state to be renamed &quot;Governor Ultrasound&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re not done exerting more control over womens bodies and one State Senator is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/statepolitics\/senator-threatens-all-out-hell-if-gop-lawmakers-take-up-abortion-bills-b99137257z1-231000961.html\" target=\"_blank\">promising &quot;all out hell&quot;<\/a> if they proceed.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Rachel Maddow is all over Scott Walker, Fartfuhrer of Fitzwalkerstan.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc172f7a\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" target=\"_blank\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" target=\"_blank\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=53524995^0^565499&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc172f7a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=53524995^0^565499&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 592px\">Visit NBCNews.com for <a style=\"height: 13px; border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; font-weight: normal !important; color: #5799db !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"height: 13px; border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; font-weight: normal !important; color: #5799db !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"height: 13px; border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; font-weight: normal !important; color: #5799db !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to the Democrats in captive Fitzwalkerstan. Ladies, get Republicans out of office or prepare to be legal chattel, as follows:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"barefoot\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto\" alt=\"barefoot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/barefoot.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"520\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1113Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"1113Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/1113Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, still feeling a bit under it, and missing my guys, because I cannot go to prison today.&#160; Tomorrow is my Resident Services interview for the new building, and I\u2019m going to that, even if I have to travel by RepubliCare Limousine, aka a hearse.&#160; On the plus-side, Stuck on Stupid moved <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/13\/open-thread11132013\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}