{"id":14109,"date":"2014-11-12T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14109"},"modified":"2014-11-12T00:00:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T08:00:20","slug":"open-thread11122014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/12\/open-thread11122014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;11\/12\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 7.&#160; Winter is hitting Portland with wind gusts to 40 MPH.&#160; I had to take a quick trip to the corner store, and even wearing long johns, I was shivering.&#160; Tomorrow is a grocery delivery day, and I still haven\u2019t caught up housework yet.&#160; It\u2019s always patient.&#160; Later the storm has really set off my COPD.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 4:07 (average 5:57).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2014-11-12-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here\u2019s the latest from our own <a href=\"http:\/\/lbf.league.fantasy.nfl.com\" target=\"_blank\">fantasy football league<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"10Scores\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto\" alt=\"10Scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10Scores.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"10Standings\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto\" alt=\"10Standings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10Standings.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Can I top that sasquatch? \ud83d\ude09<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2014\/11\/10\/1343751\/-President-Obama-FCC-should-reclassify-internet-status-to-preserve-net-nbsp-neutrality\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a> (Hat-Tip JL A): <\/font>In a huge development for millions of net neutrality advocates, President Obama has issued an unequivocal statement in support of net neutrality, calling on the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify broadband internet access under Title II of the Telecommunciations [<em>sic<\/em>] Act. Here&#8217;s his video statement:<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">While you can click through for the text, I prefer to watch the video.&#160; Here it is.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gv5Kju4jBnk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Great!&#160; This is exactly what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/06\/a-win-on-net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\">I recommended in 2010<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/country-wrong-track-say-people-vote\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>The United States of America is on the wrong track and no one is taking action to fix it, says a broad majority of registered voters who did not vote last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to a new survey, anger, frustration, and a pervasive view that the nation is moving in a fatal direction dominated the mood of those who were doing something other than voting on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>Exit polls involving election non-participants took place as they left malls, nail salons, gyms, and other locations where no voting occurred on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe system is broken,\u201d said Carol Foyler, thirty-one, a democracy abstainer from Akron, Ohio. \u201cWe need to come up with some way that ordinary citizens can make their voices heard and have some impact on who is running things in Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">We have to get Andy off straight news.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/all-it-took-was-a-laptop-and-markers-to-silence-the-crowd-and-what-he-said-made-them-furious\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>Enjoy the journey you&#8217;re about to take with Professor Lawrence Lessig as he brilliantly explains how money has destroyed our elections. It&#8217;s only a six-minute trip, so I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ll need to use the restroom before you leave \u2014 but if you have to, I won&#8217;t judge.<\/p>\n<p>&#160; <iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3CaaWXhrEzQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I fully support 100% public campaign financing. It is preferable to small donor financing, because giant companies used to pay their employees to become small donors, and will again, if prevented from buying elections in secret. 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