{"id":14623,"date":"2015-01-31T16:37:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T00:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14623"},"modified":"2015-01-31T16:37:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T00:37:56","slug":"open-thread1312015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/31\/open-thread1312015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–1\/31\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s day 87, and I\u2019<\/font>m still hard at work effecting the changes needed from my ISP switch.  I need to change my login info at literally hundreds of websites.  Plus I haven’t even begin to start reconfiguring the notebook computer yet.  Tomorrow is the highest holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, an unholy perversion of blessed orb light between the Cheats and the Chickens. I\u2019ll be meditating, but I\u2019m bound to be disappointed, because I\u2019m cheering for both teams to lose.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:51 (average 4:55).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Guess who owns JebBushforPresident.com and won’t give it back?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The answer is CJ Phillips and Charlie Rainwater!<\/a> They are a self-described "bear couple."<\/p>\n

The Oregon techies bought the domain name in 2008, when Jeb Bush was rumored to be seeking the Republican presidential nomination, reports Business Insider. Phillips and Rainwater are no supporters of Bush, though \u2014 in fact, they wanted to use the website to blog about LGBT rights and draw attention to the former Florida governor’s dismal equality record.<\/p>\n

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Oregon leads the way!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font><\/p>\n

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney told supporters on Friday that he was \u201cincredibly relieved\u201d to be able to keep the approximately five to ten residences he owns across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving to talk about how much I care about ordinary Americans and so forth\u2014I was game for that,\u201d he said. \u201cBut having to sell all of those houses? That was going to be brutal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2012 Republican nominee said that he was especially glad he did not have to part with the car elevator in his eleven-thousand-square-foot mansion in La Jolla.<\/p>\n

Andy’s doing news again. Little Lord Willard already had that house. In addition, he drowned his sorrows over the whipping he took in 2008 by going on a $multi-million mansion buying spree.<\/font><\/p>\n

From MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font>A couple of weeks ago, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) raised a few eyebrows by complaining about Americans receiving disability benefits<\/a>. \u201cOver half of the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts. Join the club,\u201d the senator said at a New Hampshire event. \u201cWho doesn\u2019t get up a little anxious for work every day and their back hurts? Everybody over 40 has a little back pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since I took note<\/a> of Paul\u2019s comments, it\u2019s only fair to also mention that the senator\u2019s office has since elaborated on the same point. Whether or not he\u2019s made things better or worse is a matter of perspective.<\/p>\n

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Paul spokesman Brian Darling pointed to two data points \u2013 27.7 percent of disabled beneficiaries are diagnosed as having ailments related to \u201cMusculoskeletal system and connective tissue\u201d and that 14 percent have \u201cmood disorders.\u201d That adds up to 42 percent, he noted. (There\u2019s also nearly 4 percent who cite injuries, which presumably could cover back injuries.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Steve Benin, the author, probably thinks he made it worse. Idiot, Son of Idiot, Named after Idiot may belittle mood disorders,but most of the time they are severe mental illnesses, that kind that might even drive people to vote for him.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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