{"id":12212,"date":"2014-02-18T01:18:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T09:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12212"},"modified":"2014-02-18T01:18:27","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T09:18:27","slug":"open-thread2182014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/18\/open-thread2182014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/18\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and am feeling very tired.  My helper friend has not shown in over a month, and today, I had to take on a lot of the housework I\u2019ve had her doing, including the worst task known to mankind, laundry.  That took it out of me, so this article is all there is.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:06 (average 5:27).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>So it was that on  Sunday February 16, 2014, Meet The Press featured a segment where Bill Nye the Science Guy ‘debated’ Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) over the recent string of severe weather events and Climate Change.<\/a> There was a lot of pre-emptive disparagement here at Daily Kos and elsewhere, but watching the actual segment, it turned out to be better than I expected. (If you watch it several times, you get a better appreciation of the job Nye did – and how disingenuous Blackburn’s arguments really are.)<\/p>\n