{"id":12315,"date":"2014-03-08T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T08:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12315"},"modified":"2014-03-08T00:01:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T08:01:13","slug":"open-thread382014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/08\/open-thread382014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;3\/8\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, and I\u2019m feeling much more awake than when I returned from my medical appointment yesterday.&#160; I really needed that sleep, and my only really conscious time, I invested in the Rachel Maddow special.&#160; I barely made it through that.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:48 (average 4:51).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-03-08-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:\/\/mythopedia.mediamatters.org\/videos\/index\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters<\/a>: <\/font>Mythpedia Instructional video<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L1y4_D0e7uQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This is a great new tool. To use it, click here!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/an-economist-with-2-minutes-and-a-marker-explains-the-greedy-selfish-things-some-rich-people-do?c=upw1\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font><strong>An Economist With 2 Minutes And A Marker Explains The Greedy, Selfish Things Some Rich People Do<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best way to stay on top is to make sure no one is competing with you.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Npj2U1PdIhI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Up with Robert Reich! Down with the Republican Reich!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/03\/06\/1282537\/-MUST-SEE-Jon-Stewart-shames-Senate-Republicans-for-blocking-veterans-nbsp-benefits\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Last night, Jon Stewart delivered another excellent segment showing how Senate Republicans have blocked <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-march-5-2014\/no-money-for-bold-men\" target=\"_blank\">veterans benefits<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-march-5-2014\/no-money-for-bold-men---the-shame-o-meter\" target=\"_blank\">military sexual assault bill<\/a> in order to try and stoke a war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 520px; background-color: #000000\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 4px; padding-top: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:433525\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\"><\/iframe>      <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 4px; text-align: left; padding-top: 4px; padding-left: 4px; margin-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; background-color: #ffffff\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-march-5-2014\/no-money-for-bold-men\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Show<\/a><\/b>         <br \/>Get More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyshow\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Show on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 520px; background-color: #000000\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 4px; padding-top: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:433526\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\"><\/iframe>      <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 4px; text-align: left; padding-top: 4px; padding-left: 4px; margin-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; background-color: #ffffff\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-march-5-2014\/no-money-for-bold-men---the-shame-o-meter\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Show<\/a><\/b>         <br \/>Get More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyshow\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Show on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Maybe the Shame-O-Meter should be called the GOP-O-Meter!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0308Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"0308Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/0308Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, and I\u2019m feeling much more awake than when I returned from my medical appointment yesterday.&#160; I really needed that sleep, and my only really conscious time, I invested in the Rachel Maddow special.&#160; I barely made it through that. 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