{"id":13232,"date":"2014-07-16T01:05:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T08:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13232"},"modified":"2014-07-16T01:05:02","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T08:05:02","slug":"open-thread7162014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/16\/open-thread7162014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–7\/16\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 86.  Last night I lay down for what was supposed to be a short catnap,. and I was out for hours.  I\u2019m feeling tired, still, but my groceries are unpacked and stowed, my research is done, and I just have to write tomorrow\u2019s articles.  Cravings are severe, and I think<\/font> that getting off Chantix may be behind the sleep irregularity. \"Sleepy<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:08 (average 4:59).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Oklahoma had a very busy weekend, at least according to the richter scale.<\/p>\n

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GUTHRIE, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded seven small earthquakes shaking central Oklahoma in a span of about 14 hours. <\/p>\n

The temblors are part of an increase in earthquakes across Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas that some scientists say could be connected to the oil and gas drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, and especially the wells in which the industry disposes of its wastewater.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s quakes ranged from magnitude 2.6 to 2.9 and were centered in the Guthrie, Jones and Langston areas, 15 miles to 30 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. The USGS said the quakes were recorded between 7:57 p.m. Saturday and 9:51 a.m. Sunday. No injuries or damage were reported.<\/p>\n

Those follow four other quakes, including a 4.3-magnitude temblor near Langston recorded shortly after noon Saturday. The other Saturday morning quakes ranged in magnitude from 2.9 to 3.2.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Prior to fracking, this part of the country used to be geologically stable. While Republicans may call this the post hoc ergo propter hoc<\/em> fallacy, the many occurrences of temblors in other tectonically stable areas after fracking help form an inductive basis for cause.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>The Church of England, an institution whose origins date back to the sixth century A.D., has far more modern views about the rights of women than Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, experts said today.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn recognizing that women are the equals of men, the Church of England has embraced a position that is centuries ahead of Scalia\u2019s,\u201d Davis Logsdon, a professor of religion at the University of Minnesota, said. \u201cThis is a remarkable achievement, given that Scalia was born in 1936 and the Church began in the late five hundreds.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Dr. Carol Foyler, a history professor at the University of Sussex, took issue with that assessment. \u201cI date the beginning of the Church of England to 1534, when it was officially established under Henry VIII,\u201d she said. \u201cBut regardless of whether the Church is fourteen centuries old or five centuries old, it\u2019s unquestionably more modern than Scalia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amen Andy! To find view’s on women’s rights worse than Scalia’s, one must eclipse the dawn of recorded history! \"Rolling<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Two Texas lawmakers say they plan to introduce a bipartisan bill on Tuesday intended to combat the humanitarian crisis at the nation\u2019s southern border and make it easier to send migrant children from Central America back to their home countries.<\/p>\n

The legislation is expected to encounter resistance from some congressional Democrats. It comes as the White House has signaled a willingness to work with Republicans to win passage of President Obama\u2019s request for $3.7 billion in emergency funds to confront the surge of Central American migrants into the United States, with a heavy concentration of them in Texas.<\/p>\n

The legislation by the two Texas lawmakers \u2014 Senator John Cornyn, the chamber\u2019s No. 2 Republican, and Representative Henry Cuellar, a Democrat \u2014 would amend a 2008 law intended to stop sex trafficking that grants migrant children from Central America extra legal protections when they cross the border, protections that Mr. Obama has said make it harder to return the children quickly to their home countries.<\/p>\n

Those protections for refugee children need to stay right where they are.  Furthermore, calling the bill bipartisan is a crock. Cuellar is a virtual Republican, a perennial traitor to his both party and his people. He endorsed Bush over Gore in 2000, and he is the reddest Bush Dog DINO in Congress.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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