{"id":12942,"date":"2014-06-06T00:02:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T07:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=12942"},"modified":"2014-06-06T00:02:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T07:02:09","slug":"open-thread662014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/06\/open-thread662014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;6\/6\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow,&#160; which is almost here.&#160; I had another long full day.&#160; The training was repetitive and boring.&#160; Worst of all, after assuring me weeks ago it would be held on the first floor, they held it on the third.&#160; My friend and I had to carry my walker up two flights of stairs.&#160; I <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">would rather have been working with my guys.&#160; My legs are cramping severely.&#160; At least it\u2019s done.&#160; Day 46.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:51 (average 6:59).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-06-06-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\/walmart-workers-capture-what-its-like-being-in-their-shoes-its-heartbreaking?c=upw1\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>Walmart Workers Capture What It\u2019s Like Being In Their Shoes. It\u2019s Heartbreaking.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O9IZwNSpOH8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Shameful!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/05\/us\/nra-backs-away-from-criticism-of-open-carry-advocates.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>The National Rifle Association [Republicans delinked] is distancing itself from an article on its website that called demonstrations by gun rights advocates who brandished weapons in public \u201cscary\u201d and \u201cweird,\u201d and that said such advocates had \u201ccrossed the line from enthusiasm to downright foolishness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article [Republicans delinked] and the subsequent denunciations in the past week are an unusual public disagreement inside the N.R.A. about the tactics of protesters, particularly in Texas, who have shown up with shotguns and rifles in parking lots and inside stores and restaurants to assert their right to openly carry firearms.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The gun industry fears their best retail customers, deranged Republican criminals, but fears losing the blood money they spend even more.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/richard-kirsch\/working-families-party-en_b_5437992.html\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>It would be a mistake to think that the New York Working Families Party&#8217;s endorsement of a Wall Street, austerity Democrat &#8212; Andrew Cuomo &#8212; is a defeat for the surging progressive wing of the Democratic Party. In fact, just the opposite is true. The endorsement was a demonstration of how to build power to do what progressive politics is ultimately about: delivering real improvements in people&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This article is 100% unadulterated BS! Calling Cuomo a win for progressive power is like calling Bought Bitch Mitch anti-coal. 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