{"id":13067,"date":"2014-06-23T00:04:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T07:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13067"},"modified":"2014-06-23T00:04:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T07:04:13","slug":"open-thread6232014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/23\/open-thread6232014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/23\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and trying to finish early, so I can rest.  I still have not recovered from laundry.  Day 63.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:50 (average 5:23).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font><\/p>\n

America\u2019s gun death rates \u2014 both nationwide and in the states \u2014 dwarf those of most other Western industrialized nations. The gun death rate in the United Kingdom in 2011 was 0.23 per 100,000 while in Australia it was 0.86 per 100,000.<\/p>\n

States with the Five Highest Gun Death Rates<\/strong> <\/p>\n

(Rank State Household Gun Ownership Gun Death Rate Per 100,000)<\/p>\n

1 Louisiana 45.6 percent 18.91<\/p>\n

2 Mississippi 54.3 percent 17.80<\/p>\n

3 Alaska 60.6 percent 17.41<\/p>\n

4 Wyoming 62.8 percent 16.92<\/p>\n

5 Montana 61.4 percent 16.74<\/p>\n

 States with the Five Lowest Gun Death Rates<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Rank State Household Gun Ownership Gun Death Rate Per 100,000)<\/p>\n

50 Rhode Island 13.3 percent 3.14<\/p>\n

49 Hawaii 9.7 percent 3.56<\/p>\n

48 Massachusetts 12.8 percent 3.84<\/p>\n

47 New York 18.1 percent 5.11<\/p>\n

46 New Jersey 11.3 percent 5.46<\/p>\n

For a list of gun death rates in all 50 states, Visit Here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Lower gun ownership translates to fewer gun deaths. Also note the Red\/Blue divide.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>The founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition \u2014 whose annual conference has become a rite of passage for likely Republican presidential contenders \u2014 compared<\/a> the conservative opposition to same-sex marriage to slavery on Friday. The comments were first reported<\/a> by Yahoo News\u2019 Chris Moody. <\/p>\n

In a speech during a breakout session at the group\u2019s \u201cRoad to Majority\u201d conference in Washington, D.C., Ralph Reed explained that the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Dred Scott, which resolved that slaves were the property of their owners even if they traveled to free states, was instructive for advocates fighting against marriage equality. Following the ruling, Reed argued, many believed the cause of abolition was doomed, but the decision actually energized anti-slavery advocates and they eventually triumphed.<\/p>\n

Isn’t it just like a Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian to cite the worst Supreme Court decision in history, prior to the crop of abominations from the Fascist Five Injustices of SCROTUS (Republican Constitutional VD)?<\/font><\/p>\n

From Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Saturday night accused President Barack Obama and other Democrats of waging wars against religious liberty and education and said that a rebellion is brewing in the U.S. with people ready for "a hostile takeover" of the nation’s capital.<\/p>\n

Jindal spoke at the annual conference hosted by the Faith and Freedom Coalition, a group led by longtime Christian activist Ralph Reed. Organizers said more than 1,000 evangelical leaders attended the three-day gathering. Republican officials across the political spectrum concede that evangelical voters continue to play a critical role in GOP politics.<\/p>\n

"I can sense right now a rebellion brewing amongst these United States," Jindal said, "where people are ready for a hostile takeover of Washington, D.C., to preserve the American Dream for our children and grandchildren."<\/p>\n

Many times I have put Republicans, who promote the hostile takeover of the US, on Parade for their criminal sedition. A common Republican complaint has been that these Republicans are isolated wing-nuts, not true representatives of the Republican Party. They have a point, this time. Jindal comes from the least insane fringe of the party.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"0623Cartoon\"<\/p>\n

Hat-Tip to Carrie at Care2 for sending the picture I used to make this.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and trying to finish early, so I can rest.  I still have not recovered from laundry.  Day 63. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 3:50 (average 5:23).  To do it, click here.  How did you do? Short Takes: From Daily Kos: America\u2019s gun death rates \u2014 both nationwide and in the […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-religion","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","category-47-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}