{"id":13144,"date":"2014-07-02T00:22:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T07:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13144"},"modified":"2014-07-02T00:22:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T07:22:28","slug":"open-thread722014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/02\/open-thread722014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;7\/2\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Day 72.&#160; I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and waiting for Safeway to deliver groceries sometime within the next four hours.&#160; I spent the morning collecting the data for June\u2019s Monthly Report.&#160; Today my A\/C gets it\u2019s first major test, as the forecast is for 98\u00b0 heat.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:07 (average 5:27).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-07-02-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\/these-people-are-leaving-earth-as-we-know-it-for-31-days-and-you-probably-dont-even-know-about-it-2\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>If you\u2019re the type, like me, to get super excited about anyone boldly going where no one has gone before, get excited about this. Water astronauts! (OK, OK \u2014 aquanauts.) There\u2019s so much earth to explore!<\/p>\n<p>They have built an underwater habitat, they are live-streaming the whole thing, and they\u2019re even getting dreamy actors to visit. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hXeK0y9wi1I?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Given the way Republicans are blocking initiatives to combat climate change, living underwater may become a highly valuable skill.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/borowitzreport\/2014\/06\/abuse-of-power-by-gigantic-corporation-comes-as-total-surprise.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Millions of Americans awoke on Monday to the shocking news that a gigantic corporation [<em>Facebook<\/em>] with unprecedented power over their lives had allegedly abused that power for commercial gain.<\/p>\n<p>Across the United States, stunned consumers were shaking their heads in disbelief after learning that a gargantuan company whose explicit goal is to make as many billions of dollars as possible through any means available would put its own interests ahead of those of its customers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt never would have occurred to me that an enormous corporation with the ability to track over half a billion customers would ever exploit that advantage in any way,\u201d said Harland Dorrinson, twenty-nine, a caterer from Albuquerque. \u201cLike a lot of other people, I feel used.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Andy, I really am surprised, and the Pope really is Hindu, and bears really never, ever shit in the woods.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/06\/27\/1310041\/-The-sex-toy-argument-for-gun-safety\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>You&#8217;d think it would be persuasive to some &#8230; <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qKHeXC7L85s?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Can you imagine the Republican reaction, if women demanded an &quot;open carry&quot; law for their toys? It would certainly be less dangerous that the ones for guns.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/0702Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0702Cartoon\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0702Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/0702Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"654\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 72.&#160; I\u2019m writing for tomorrow and waiting for Safeway to deliver groceries sometime within the next four hours.&#160; I spent the morning collecting the data for June\u2019s Monthly Report.&#160; Today my A\/C gets it\u2019s first major test, as the forecast is for 98\u00b0 heat. 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