{"id":12136,"date":"2014-02-06T00:43:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T08:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12136"},"modified":"2014-02-06T00:43:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T08:43:01","slug":"open-thread262014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/06\/open-thread262014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;2\/6\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m feeling better today than yesterday, but that isn\u2019t saying a lot.&#160; There are things that I\u2019d like to get out and do, but it\u2019s cold enough to freeze the Obamaballs off a brass Nevada Leg Hound!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:01 (average 4:37).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-02-06-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:       <br \/>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/a-whole-new-way-to-think-about-stress-that-changes-everything-weve-been-taught-2\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>A Whole New Way To Think About Stress That Changes Everything We&#8217;ve Been Taught<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RcGyVTAoXEU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Before I learned to manage stress, I used to suffer from severe GERD. Because I learned to treat stress as something to energize me to take pro-social action to changer the things I can help change, to defer the things I can help change later, and to give the things I cannot help change into God&#8217;s care, I developed a cast iron gut. I can now eat super-spicy foods, even my own infamous, triple-burn chili,&#160; without heartburn, let alone acid reflux.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D8fPLitlcr8\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>Bill Nye&#8217;s Debate Victory Lap on The Last Word with Lawrence O&#8217;Donnell<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D8fPLitlcr8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have no trouble at all reconciling my own Christian faith with scientific fact. Ken Hamm and other Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christians misinterpret teaching through myth as historical fact, when it is not. For those who wish to watch the entire debate (2:45:33), here it is:<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z6kgvhG3AkI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/tea-party-and-right\/5-christian-rights-favorite-and-most-dangerous-new-challengers-congress?paging=off&amp;current_page=1#bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">Alternet<\/a>: <strong>State Sen. Lee Bright: Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in South Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In South Carolina, state Sen. Lee Bright is challenging veteran Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for his senate seat. It&#8217;s difficult to find someone further on the loony fringe than this Club for Growth-endorsed candidate.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary\u2019s Board of Visitors, Bright has been a sponsor of the \u201cLife Begins at Conception Act\u201d for the past three years. In April 2013, Bright introduced a bill that would end all abortions in South Carolina. He has also sponsored bills that would criminalize the Affordable Care Act and bills that would exempt South Carolina from federal gun laws.<\/p>\n<p>Bright has also called FEMA a &quot;scam,\u201d and has promised \u201cto get rid of the IRS.\u201d After seeing a video of IRS agents training with AR-15 rifles, Bright said, \u201cThey\u2019re doing assault-weapon training, the Brown Shirts are next because that\u2019s the enforcement for Obamacare. If you don\u2019t have an IRS, you don\u2019t have Obamacare. That\u2019s the mechanism that\u2019s controlling our lives for far too long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It gets worse. Bright believes federal income tax is something \u201cdesigned by Nazi Germany,\u201d and in a series of speeches to pro-faithful gatherings has promoted the idea of reigniting the Civil War. \u201cIf at first you don\u2019t secede, try again\u201d is one of his favorite applause lines. \u201cIf the 10th Amendment won\u2019t protect the Second, we might have to use the Second to protect the 10th,\u201d is another.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is just one of five new Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian nut-job candidates for the US Senate. Beware!! Click through for the other four.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0206Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"0206Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/0206Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m feeling better today than yesterday, but that isn\u2019t saying a lot.&#160; There are things that I\u2019d like to get out and do, but it\u2019s cold enough to freeze the Obamaballs off a brass Nevada Leg Hound!! 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