{"id":12625,"date":"2014-04-25T00:51:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T07:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12625"},"modified":"2014-04-25T00:51:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T07:51:31","slug":"open-thread4252014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/25\/open-thread4252014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/25\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, and this is tomorrow\u2019s only article, because I will not get back from prison until late and will have missed sleep.  Day 2.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:25 (average 4:36).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Scary news out of Pennsylvania:<\/a><\/p>\n

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A local chapter of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan launched a neighborhood watch in the area of Ridge Road in Fairview Township in response to a recent rash of break-ins, said Frank Ancona, the organization\u2019s imperial wizard and president.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Frank Ancona went on to offer assurances they don’t target minorities:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s just like any neighborhood watch program. It\u2019s not targeting any specific ethnicity. We would report anything we see to law enforcement,\u201d Ancona said. \u201cWe don\u2019t hate people. We are an organization who looks out for our race. We believe in racial separation. God created each species after its kind and saw that it was good.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This news comes on the heels of reports that the KKK has started a new recruitment drive: [Republican KKK delinked<\/em>]<\/p>\n

He and his Republican allies have a point. The government species and the Republican species must be separated and kept apart.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Flanked by members of his state\u2019s legislature on Wednesday afternoon, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal proudly unveiled Georgia\u2019s new official state slogan, \u201cWe Make Florida Look Safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gov. Deal told reporters that the slogan was \u201cmore than just words,\u201d reflecting Georgia\u2019s determination to best its rival Florida for the nation\u2019s most reckless gun law.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Florida passed Stand Your Ground, we knew we were playing catch-up,\u201d Gov. Deal said. \u201cThanks to the fine men and women in the Georgia state legislature, we\u2019re No. 1.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gov. Deal said he hoped that the state\u2019s newly enacted Safe Carry Protection Act, which makes it legal to carry guns in bars, schools, churches, and some government buildings, would send the message that Georgia was taking its competition with Florida \u201cvery, very seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andy’s satire aside, dozens of innocent victims will die, and dozens of guilty Republicans will go free because of this law.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>A New Hampshire lawmaker found himself being heckled by his colleagues on Wednesday during a state House speech, which asserted that women lacked the work ethic of men so they should be paid less. <\/p>\n

During a floor debate on Wednesday, state Rep. Will Infantine (R) argued that the \u201cPaycheck Equity Act\u201d was not necessary to prevent wage discrimination based on gender because women deserved to make less. <\/p>\n

\u201cMen, by and large, make more because some of the things that they do,\u201d he opined. \u201cTheir jobs are, by and large, riskier. They don\u2019t mind working nights and weekends. They don\u2019t mind working overtime or outdoors.\u201d<\/p>\n

At that point in the video clip uploaded by Granite State Progress, other lawmakers began to loudly object to Infantine\u2019s remarks. <\/p>\n