{"id":13528,"date":"2014-08-24T00:33:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T07:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13528"},"modified":"2014-08-24T00:33:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-24T07:33:03","slug":"open-thread8242014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/24\/open-thread8242014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;8\/24\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 125.&#160; Last night, I made a couple comments on Care2 and did the puzzle.&#160; Then I just crashed.&#160; I stayed awake just long enough to post the Personal Update. This morning I did all the research for tomorrow\u2019s articles and ate two meals.&#160; I napped for a couple hours and just woke up.&#160; I feel quite groggy.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:05 (average 5:14).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-08-24-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Religious Agony<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0823-Broncos17-Texans18\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"0823-Broncos17-Texans18\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/0823-Broncos17-Texans18.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">At least, when the starters left the meditation, Denver led 17-7.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dn2HniSFgXk\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) recorded a video address for the Iowa AFL-CIO&#8217;s annual meeting. He talked about the need to address the crisis of income and wealth inequality, create millions of new jobs through the rebuilding of our crumbling infrastructure, raise the minimum wage, overturn the Supreme Court&#8217;s Citizens United decision and end our disastrous trade policies. He also called for a political revolution that will get millions of people involved in the political process.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dn2HniSFgXk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That&#8217;s what I call a blueprint for the future from a national treasure.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/08\/22\/1323724\/-CNN-reports-Broken-Eye-Socket-didn-t-happen\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Can&#8217;t find any CNN text but here&#8217;s a report on the video content from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/cnn-contradict-fox-sources-claiming-darren-wilson-had-fractured-eye-socket\/\" target=\"_blank\">Medialite<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this week, Fox News reported that Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old unarmed Michael Brown, suffered a fractured eye socket following his confrontation with the teenager. The reporter, Hollie McKay, cited a \u201csource close to the [police] department\u2019s top brass\u201d as providing that information to the network. <\/p>\n<p>However, on CNN Thursday, Don Lemon reported that Wilson did not suffer a fractured or broken eye socket and was rather treated at the hospital for swelling around his face and eyes. Noting that that specific injury has not been reported by CNN, \u201cbut is making its way around other media organization,\u201d Lemon cited a \u201csource close to the investigation\u201d who told CNN that Wilson\u2019s x-rays came back negative for a fractured eye socket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat source says it is not true, at all, he did not have a torn eye socket,\u201d Lemon said. \u201cUnequivocally.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Minor Barf Bag Alert!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n95mxT1AkpI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I could not help but notice that hearing that the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, was lying from the outset crushed Nancy Grace&#8217;s countenance. Note the downturned corners of her mouth differed from her normal attack-sneer.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/economy\/how-ultra-rich-01-have-sucked-even-more-americas-wealth-you-think\" target=\"_blank\">AlterNet<\/a>: <\/font>To see how corrupt the United States government has become, just follow the money.&#160; According to the most recent Federal Reserve Flow of Funds report, US households currently have an all-time high $82 trillion in overall wealth.&#160; If that wealth were spread out evenly, every US household would now have $712k.&#160; However, as of the end of 2013, the median household only had $56k in wealth.&#160; From 2007 \u2013 2013, overall wealth increased 26%, while the median household lost a <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/blogs\/daily-ticker\/for-most-families--wealth-has-vanished-172130204.html\" target=\"_blank\">shocking 43%<\/a> of their wealth. If median wealth continues to decline at this rate, over 50% of US households will be bankrupt within the next decade. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0824-01percent\" 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=\"0824-01percent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/0824-01percent.jpg\" width=\"482\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Even worse, the bottom 40% has less that 0.1% (1\/10 of 1%) of the wealth.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0824Cartoon\" style=\"display: inline\" alt=\"0824Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/0824Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Vesuvius was a Republican mountain.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 125.&#160; Last night, I made a couple comments on Care2 and did the puzzle.&#160; Then I just crashed.&#160; I stayed awake just long enough to post the Personal Update. 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