{"id":14595,"date":"2015-01-26T11:49:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T19:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14595"},"modified":"2015-01-26T11:49:18","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T19:49:18","slug":"open-thread1262014-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/26\/open-thread1262014-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–1\/26\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s day 82.  Here goes the new schedule.  I tried to watch the Pro Bowl last night.  I forgot how badly they have screwed it up and turned it off before the first quarter was over.  I feels very strange to have slept part of last night.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:51 (average 5:32).  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>Republican Presidential candidates descended on Iowa over the weekend, giving Iowans a rare opportunity to evaluate all thirty thousand hopefuls in one place.<\/p>\n

The candidates were a big hit with their G.O.P. audience, who attempted to determine which of the thirty thousand would do the best job of eviscerating Obamacare and deporting college students.<\/p>\n

Andy always has been a master of understatement.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Alexis Tsipras, leader of the left-wing Syriza coalition, is about to become prime minister of Greece. He will be the first European leader elected on an explicit promise to challenge the austerity policies that have prevailed since 2010. And there will, of course, be many people warning him to abandon that promise, to behave \u201cresponsibly.\u201d<\/p>\n

So how has that responsibility thing worked out so far?<\/p>\n

To understand the political earthquake in Greece, it helps to look at Greece\u2019s May 2010 \u201cstandby arrangement\u201d with the International Monetary Fund, under which the so-called troika \u2014 the I.M.F., the European Central Bank and the European Commission \u2014 extended loans to the country in return for a combination of austerity and reform. It\u2019s a remarkable document, in the worst way. The troika, while pretending to be hardheaded and realistic, was peddling an economic fantasy. And the Greek people have been paying the price for those elite delusions.<\/p>\n

Click through for the remainder of this Paul Krugman Editorial. Austerity work for the super rich only. That’s why Republicans love it so.<\/font><\/p>\n

From USA Today<\/a>: <\/font>Thousands of flights were canceled, schools were closing early and snow trucks were rolling Monday in anticipation of a monster storm expected to roar across a wide swath of the Northeast with up to 3 feet of snow and near-hurricane force winds.<\/p>\n

A blizzard warning was issued for the New York and Boston areas and more than 5,200 flights had been canceled before the storm cranked up. The storm will impact more than 40 million people, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

The treacherous, 24-hour-plus snow odyssey was expected to be most severe late Monday and deep into Tuesday. AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tom Kines said Philadelphia, New York City and much of New England could see 1-2 feet of snow. Parts of central Massachusetts and central Connecticut could be in the 2-3 foot range, he said.<\/p>\n

feel so sorry for you guys! Please take extra precautions to keep yourselves warm and safe. Here, when the sun burns through the fog, and it warms up, I’ll go bask my kitty butt in 58\u00b0.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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