{"id":12261,"date":"2014-02-27T00:15:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T08:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12261"},"modified":"2014-02-27T00:15:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T08:15:49","slug":"open-thread2272014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/27\/open-thread2272014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/27\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, waiting for Store to Door to deliver groceries and getting as much rest as I can.  Tomorrow is a prison volunteer day.  It\u2019s our annual Community Outreach meeting.  We\u2019re bringing in a couple dozen college students, and groups of them will have round-robin sessions with groups of my guys.  It should be a pretty big deal.  Please don\u2019t expect much from me for the next couple days.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:53 (average 5:25).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From PRWatch<\/a>: <\/font>Today, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) released a new short film "Keystone PipeLIES Exposed" and major investigative report debunking key claims of proponents of the Keystone XL Pipeline as the State Department solicits comments from the public on its controversial environmental impact assessment.<\/p>\n

Over the past seven months, CMD has interviewed experts and activists in Port Arthur, Texas; Detroit; and Washington, DC; and examined detailed tax, safety, economic, environmental, and campaign finance studies in assessing the claims made by proponents of the pipeline, which would carry more than 3\/4 million barrels of tar sands oil a day from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries.<\/p>\n