{"id":12282,"date":"2014-03-02T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T08:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12282"},"modified":"2014-03-02T00:01:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T08:01:21","slug":"open-thread322014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/02\/open-thread322014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;3\/2\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and running quite a bit late, because collecting the data for tomorrow\u2019s Monthly Report takes several hours.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 2:53 (average 4:45).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-03-02-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.upworthy.com\/bill-nye-gets-a-bit-somber-but-knocks-out-some-world-poverty-myths-in-2-minutes-3\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>Bill Nye takes a whack at dispelling the myths surrounding child mortality and foreign aid.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UL4zoo8xijc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to Bill Nye. What he does not cover is that the majority of the foreign aid we do give is military aid.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/02\/27\/1281027\/-Watch-heckler-inside-Supreme-Court-shout-money-is-not-speech\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>The iron curtain of the Supreme Court was breached on Wednesday. Activists from the the group 99Rise entered the Supreme Court chamber. After videoing the session where the justice can be clearly seen, one of the activists stood up. He said the following before he was accosted by the Supreme Court security detail.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2K-8FJ114kU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to the protestors. What they said is true.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/education\/7-most-absurd-things-americas-kids-are-learning-thanks-conservative-gutting-public?paging=off&amp;current_page=1#bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font><strong>The Death Penalty: The Sanctity of Life Manifested<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>America: Land I Love In Christian Perspective laments that the death penalty, and thus the sanctity of life, have become less hip. Back in the good old days, \u201cbecause people believed in the sanctity of human life, most states practiced capital punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Beka Book knows what God was thinking when he killed people for crimes like prostitution, bearing false witness, and not crying out while being raped (if you are betrothed): \u201cMost people believed God instituted capital punishment to discourage murder and to teach mankind the value of human life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is just one of seven absurd things Republicans are gutting public education to teach to children. Click through for the other six.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:       <br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0302Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"0302Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/0302Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and running quite a bit late, because collecting the data for tomorrow\u2019s Monthly Report takes several hours. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 2:53 (average 4:45).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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