{"id":13457,"date":"2014-08-15T00:26:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T07:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13457"},"modified":"2014-08-15T00:26:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T07:26:13","slug":"open-thread8152014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/15\/open-thread8152014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;8\/15\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 116.&#160; It\u2019 s humid sticky day, but one on which I can catch up on a little rest.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:16 (average 5:27).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-08-15-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\/this-is-one-of-the-most-hilarious-feminist-statements-ive-seen-in-quite-some-time\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>According to these two singers, Maddie and Tae, they were sitting around in their studio one day, listening to country by their favorite male artists, and they realized a few issues with how women were being treated in them. So they wrote a song about it. Take a look at the great video below.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_MOavH-Eivw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">OMG!! Bubba in a Bagger Butt Bikini!! <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-disappointedsmile\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none\" alt=\"Disappointed smile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wlEmoticon-disappointedsmile1.png\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/08\/12\/1320975\/-Obama-slams-reporter-s-Right-Wing-adopted-talking-point-as-bogus-and-wrong\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>It is open season on President Obama. He is a weak president. He is too cautious, they say. Even Hillary Clinton has jumped on the bandwagon.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8TTU54q9jBA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As always, the Republican Reich is trying to blame Obama for what they did.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-28783159\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>: <\/font>The US says it is unlikely to launch a mission to save Iraqis fleeing Islamist fighters on Mt Sinjar as there are fewer people there than expected.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the UN said tens of thousands from the Yazidi religious minority were on the run from fighters from the militant group, Islamic State, who have threatened to exterminate them. <\/p>\n<p>But US Special Forces who carried out a reconnaissance mission to the mountain say the number is not as high as previously thought. <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s nice to learn good news from the region for a change.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0815Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"0815Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/0815Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 116.&#160; It\u2019 s humid sticky day, but one on which I can catch up on a little rest. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 3:16 (average 5:27).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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