{"id":14467,"date":"2015-01-08T00:05:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T08:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14467"},"modified":"2015-01-08T00:05:26","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T08:05:26","slug":"open-thread182015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/08\/open-thread182015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–1\/8\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing for tomorrow, day 64.  I\u2019m also waiting for Store to Door to deliver groceries.  I missed sleep because of street noise, and cannot catch it up until my groceries are here and stashed, so I\u2019m feeling quite tired.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:29 (average 5:09).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Reuters<\/a>: <\/font>Hooded gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly satirical magazine known for lampooning radical Islam, killing at least 12 people, including two police officers in the worst militant attack on French soil in decades.<\/p>\n

One of the men was captured on video outside the building waving his arms and shouting "Allah!". After dozens of shots rang out, two assailants were seen calmly leaving the scene. One police officer was seen being shot as he lay wounded. <\/p>\n

What a horrid crime! My heart goes out to the surviving victims and to all the victims’ families and loved ones. Remember that these violent reactionary right-wingers are not authentic representatives of Islam. Also, contrary to the Republican Reich rumors that have already begun, this attack has nothing to do with Barack Obama.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>Honestly, I think what the Waltons do to people who work for them is criminal. But let’s hear more about that from economist Robert Reich.<\/p>\n