{"id":12775,"date":"2014-05-16T00:25:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T07:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12775"},"modified":"2014-05-16T00:25:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T07:25:38","slug":"open-thread5162014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/16\/open-thread5162014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;5\/16\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow on what turned out to be a pretty busy day, because it turns out I have more paperwork to do do for the OSP specific part of my prison volunteer certification.&#160; Nevertheless, there was still time to research and write.&#160; Day 25.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 2:43 (average 4:37).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-05-16-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\/one-of-the-most-important-lists-ive-ever-seen-and-the-united-states-is-in-99th-place-yikes\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>These fine folks had the brilliant idea to quantify peace and rank all the countries in the world. Unfortunately, the United States isn&#8217;t doing so hot right now. We&#8217;re \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 99th out of the 162 countries on the list. How do we fix that? Take a look, and make sure to stick around until 2:01, when they explain why this list isn&#8217;t just an exercise but could really change the way we think about minimizing conflict and achieving real world peace.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K5-NpOerTq8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m surprised we&#8217;re that high on the list. Note that all the factors the video makers say are needed for peace are high on the list of things Republicans oppose.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/05\/13\/1299051\/-The-truth-about-Hillary-is-even-scarier-than-Dr-Rove-imagined-Benghazi\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Noted Ohio politics and Iraq WMD expert Karl Rove <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/05\/13\/1299002\/-Karl-Rove-worried-Hillary-has-brain-damage-oops-make-that-a-traumatic-brain-injury?detail=hide\" target=\"_blank\">has a new smear<\/a>: That Hillary Clinton spent 30 days in the hospital at the end of 2012 and upon her release in January, 2013, she was &quot;wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>First of all, she didn&#8217;t spend 30 days in the hospital. It was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/01\/03\/us\/politics\/hillary-clinton-is-discharged-from-hospital-after-blood-clot.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">four<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Second of all, if those glasses she was wearing are sign of brain damage, then the truth is even worse than Dr. Rove could possibly have imagined.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The article goes on to show many pictures of Hillary in the same glasses going back years. On the other hand, what does this pic of Karl Rove (R-Hell) say about him?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"RoveRat\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"RoveRat\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/RoveRat.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/borowitzreport\/2014\/05\/conservatives-praise-antarctic-ice-sheet-melt-as-beautiful-expression-of-free-market.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>A delegation of conservative members of Congress paid a visit to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet melt today to witness firsthand what one of them called \u201cthe most beautiful expression of the free market I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The author of that remark, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), said that he was awestruck after watching gigantic chunks of glacier disintegrate and crash to the sea. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery schoolchild in America needs to see this,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the free market at work in the way that God and Ayn Rand intended.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ryan said that watching the now-unstoppable Ice Sheet melt in action reaffirmed his belief in \u201cthe glory and might of free-market forces.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy&#8217;s satire may well be prophetic. If Republicans ever do admit that global climate change is real, this is the form it will take.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0516Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"0516Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/0516Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow on what turned out to be a pretty busy day, because it turns out I have more paperwork to do do for the OSP specific part of my prison volunteer certification.&#160; Nevertheless, there was still time to research and write.&#160; Day 25. 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