{"id":14300,"date":"2014-12-12T00:36:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T08:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14300"},"modified":"2014-12-12T00:36:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T08:36:29","slug":"open-thread12122014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/12\/open-thread12122014\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–12\/12\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 37.  I\u2019m still feeling quite ill.  Watching Congress has not helped.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Todays took me 5:48 (average 7:06).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>[Wisconsin Gov. Scott] Walker, the son of a Baptist preacher and a practicing Christian himself, has made note of his common ground with the Jewish faith … <\/p>\n

In an undated letter unearthed by the liberal group One Wisconsin Now … Walker told Gimbel his office would be happy to display a menorah celebrating "The Eight Days of Chanukah" at the Milwaukee County Courthouse …<\/p>\n

The letter is signed, "Thank you again and Molotov."<\/p>\n

Oy! The Fartfuhrer of the Fascist Republican Plutocracy of Fitzwalkerstan is a schmuck!<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: Most of the possible presidential candidates have not plunged into Washington\u2019s debate over the Senate Intelligence Committee\u2019s withering report on the Central Intelligence Agency\u2019s brutal interrogation tactics \u2014 and some are ducking questions entirely, illustrating the delicate politics of national security.<\/p>\n

These are Republicans doing the ducking. Even Hillary the Hawk opposes torture on our side.<\/font><\/p>\n

From USA Today<\/a>: <\/font>In a dramatic vote late Thursday evening, the U.S. House narrowly approved a $1 trillion government spending package despite a rare uprising from House Democrats. The bill passed on a 219-206 vote.<\/p>\n

Initially all but two Democrats voted against it. Later approximately seventy caved-in, under pressure from Barack Obama. I understand his reasons, but shame on him. The cost is too high. Tomorrow in the Senate Elizabeth Warren will be debating the tag team of Bought Bitch Mitch and the Nevada Leg Hound.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"1212Cartoon\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 37.  I\u2019m still feeling quite ill.  Watching Congress has not helped. Jig Zone Puzzle: Todays took me 5:48 (average 7:06).  To do it, click here.  How did you do? Short Takes: From Daily Kos: [Wisconsin Gov. Scott] Walker, the son of a Baptist preacher and a practicing Christian himself, has […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}