{"id":13654,"date":"2014-09-12T01:17:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T08:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13654"},"modified":"2014-09-12T01:17:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T08:17:33","slug":"open-thread9122014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/12\/open-thread9122014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/12\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 144.  I\u2019m still quite tired after my prison trip and busy day yesterday, so I\u2019m relaxing today and cooking a cross rib roast, before the heat sets in.  I thought I had PT tomorrow, but I was mistaken.  It\u2019s not until next week. \ud83d\ude42<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:37 (average 6:26).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>Shameless Sean is at it again. In these days of stress before the November midterms, he’s ramped up the hate and the tea party rhetoric to a dull roar. But you know what you can’t hear over the din? Sean’s voice telling viewers that he has a business relationship with folks he’s interviewing on his television show.<\/p>\n

You may recall that Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and other right-wing radio hosts (like Mark Levin) are beneficiaries of wingnut welfare<\/a>. Organizations like FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity, and the Tea Party Patriots prop up Hannity et al in order to keep the messaging machine fed with plenty of fresh hate. <\/p>\n

So be it. The problem is, you don’t get to receive wingnut welfare on the radio side and then interview your benefactor on the cable side without some disclosure of the business relationship, which Hannity ‘forgot’ to do, thereby making (even bigger) liars of Fox News\u2026<\/p>\n

Barf Bag Alert!!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n