{"id":12027,"date":"2014-01-16T00:47:31","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T08:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12027"},"modified":"2014-01-16T00:47:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T08:47:31","slug":"open-thread1162014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/16\/open-thread1162014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;1\/16\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and feeling quite bleary-eyed, because a road construction crew has been working on the street below my window and literally vibrating the entire building.&#160; I\u2019m still under the weather.&#160; <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:22 (average 5:17).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-01-16-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; 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.rawstory.com\/rs\/2014\/01\/13\/ted-cruz-crowd-loves-bloggers-jokes-about-opening-fire-on-cars-with-california-plates\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>A conservative blogger drew big laughs at a rally for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) when he suggested that Texans open fire on cars bearing California license plates.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"458\" marginheight=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/videos.rawstory.com\/embed\/player\/?content=M0J2G20TDM6529ZH&amp;content_type=content_item&amp;layout=&amp;playlist_cid=&amp;widget_type_cid=svp&amp;read_more=1\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"620\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">How typically Republican it is to think that killing families is a matter for humor.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tqSr3ijrNLA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>Rachel [Maddow] shows DAMNING photos &amp; emails that PROVE Gov. Christie and his staff were fully informed during the GWB Shutdown, despite all Christie&#8217;s LIES to the contrary.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tqSr3ijrNLA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Rachel has Christie so busted that a new nickname for him comes to mind: <strong>PIGnocchio<\/strong>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/01\/14\/1269647\/-Republicans-block-two-unemployment-aid-bills\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Senate Republicans once again blocked emergency unemployment aid for Americans unemployed six months or longer. In fact, Senate Republicans filibustered an extension of the jobless benefits into November, and they blocked a three-month extension. After the votes, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) pointed out that the CBO had estimated that the longer aid extension would create 200,000 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans continued to whine over procedure in an attempt to distract from the fact that they are standing in the way of unemployment insurance. What they want is to force a lengthy series of votes on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/01\/13\/1269434\/-The-truth-about-Senate-Republican-amendments\" target=\"_blank\">poison pill amendments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">How many times do I have to say it? <strong>Nuke the Filibastards!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0116Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"0116Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/0116Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and feeling quite bleary-eyed, because a road construction crew has been working on the street below my window and literally vibrating the entire building.&#160; I\u2019m still under the weather.&#160; Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 3:22 (average 5:17).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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