{"id":14808,"date":"2015-02-28T13:07:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T21:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14808"},"modified":"2015-02-28T13:07:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T21:07:09","slug":"open-thread2282014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/28\/open-thread2282014-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/28\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

My helper friend called yesterday and said she could not make it until 10 AM today.  It\u2019s Noon and I\u2019m still waiting.  I slept most of yesterday, needed it, and could probably use another few hours.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:02 (average 5:02).  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>By a huge majority, Americans support laws legalizing marijuana and criminalizing Congress, according to a poll released on Thursday.<\/p>\n

While the poll reflects a relaxation of attitudes about recreational pot use, it also suggests that many Americans now view membership in Congress as a problem ravaging the nation.<\/p>\n

Harland Dorrinson, an activist who has spent years mobilizing support for the criminalization of Congress, said that \u201cthis poll reinforces what many of us have been saying for a long time: Congress destroys lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Never has Andy’s satire been more true.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Media Matters<\/a>: <\/font>Fox News Host Sean Hannity is criticizing singer John Legend’s Oscars speech, which invoked the civil rights movement and the ongoing fight for racial and social justice. In response to Legend’s completely accurate statement that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is under attack today, Hannity disagreed and appeared to argue that the seminal civil rights law was irrelevant to strict voter ID laws.<\/p>\n

On February 22, Legend and co-writer Common won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Glory," from the film Selma, a historical drama about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s fight for equal voting rights. In his acceptance speech<\/a>, Legend noted that the civil rights struggle represented in the movie continues "right now": "We wrote this song for a film that was based on events that were 50 years ago, but we say that Selma is now, because the struggle for justice is right now. We know that the Voting Rights Act that they fought for 50 years ago is being compromised right now, in this country, today."<\/p>\n

Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n