{"id":13247,"date":"2014-07-17T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13247"},"modified":"2014-07-17T01:00:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T08:00:56","slug":"open-thread7172014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/17\/open-thread7172014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–7\/17\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 87.  It’s largely a rest day for me, except for cooking, cleaning and the many hours I spend in research and writing.  I am tired from being unable to sleep this morning.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:11 (average 4:42).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>One Quote From Abraham Lincoln Might Just Surprise You<\/p>\n

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It’s hard to believe that once, Republicans were the liberal party, not the class warriors for the greediest billionaires that they are today.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Boy, Dick Cheney really is determined to caricature himself<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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During an event sponsored by Politico, Cheney said the next president needs to "turn around the whole trend" of cutting defense dollars. <\/p>\n

"That ought to be our top priority for spending. Not food stamps, not highways or anything else," Cheney said. "Your No. 1 responsibility as president is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. [Obama] is the commander-in-chief and he’s absolutely devastating the United States military today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

War always was ChickenHawk Cheney’s highest priority, except when he was hiding behind five deferments.<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>A new study released Tuesday indicates that wearing glasses does not make a person look smarter, but standing next to Texas Governor Rick Perry does.<\/p>\n

In the study, when participants were shown photos of a person with and without glasses, they registered little or no change in their view of the person\u2019s intelligence.<\/p>\n

However, when the photo of the same person was juxtaposed with a photo of Governor Perry, participants suddenly said that the person looked \u201cmuch smarter\u201d or \u201cbrilliant,\u201d with some participants even using the phrase \u201clike a genius.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Andy is certainly correct, wouldn’t comparing folks to Crawford Caligula have an even greater effect?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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