{"id":13711,"date":"2014-09-19T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13711"},"modified":"2014-09-19T00:00:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T07:00:56","slug":"open-thread9192014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/19\/open-thread9192014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/19\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 151.  I\u2019ve only had a couple hours of sleep since yesterday morning.  I just can\u2019t get to sleep.  I have no idea why.  I have to be up early tomorrow for physical therapy, and that will wipe out my research time, so expect a Personal Update only on Saturday morning.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:07 (average 4:52).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Two days after voting against the Paycheck Fairness Act, a law that would help women to obtain equal pay, the four female Republicans in the United States Senate co-sponsored a bill that would slash their salaries to seventy-one per cent of what their male colleagues earn.<\/p>\n

The senators\u2014Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)\u2014said that the best way to take a stand against big government\u2019s intrusive attempts to mandate equal pay for women was to take a twenty-nine-per-cent pay cut themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe days of the federal government forcing us to earn as much as male senators are over,\u201d Ayotte said. \u201cWe will not stop fighting until we make twenty-nine per cent less.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fischer said that after voting down paycheck equity for women across America, the female Republican senators realized that they themselves were \u201cburdened by the tyranny of equal pay\u201d in the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n

LOL Andy! Fat chance! With Republicans, deprivation is for the rest of us only, never for them!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Noxious fundamentalist gasbag Bryan Fischer has come up with a bizarre new definition of a ‘Christian’ nation: it’s one where you can buy bacon. According to Fischer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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