{"id":15334,"date":"2015-05-30T14:18:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T21:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15334"},"modified":"2015-05-30T14:18:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T21:18:44","slug":"open-thread5302015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/30\/open-thread5302015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;5\/30\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">After returning from my volunteer work in prison, I slept for more than my norm and am feeling a bit groggy still.&#160; I have another bust month ahead, but for the weekend, it\u2019s writing, snoozing and basking in the early summer weather.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 2:55 (average 5:10).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2015-05-30-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/civic.moveon.org\/strengthenunions\/share.html\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font><strong>10 Ideas to Save the Economy: Strengthen Unions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inequality has skyrocketed as unions have weakened. That is no accident. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xWtX3fHUJw4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Reich on the left is right. The Reich on the right is worse than wrong. It is Republican. I have never been a union member. I have never crossed a picket line. I do not intend to do so ever. This is the seventh video in the series. Please click through to <a href=\"http:\/\/civic.moveon.org\/strengthenunions\/share.html\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a> and share it from there.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/mccain-urges-military-strikes-against-fifa\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Calling the Obama Administration\u2019s actions against the soccer organization \u201cweak and ineffective,\u201d Senator John McCain on Thursday proposed military action to \u201cdismantle and destroy FIFA once and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are people who only understand one thing: force,\u201d McCain said on the floor of the United States Senate. \u201cWe must make FIFA taste the vengeful might and fury of the United States military.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCain said that he was \u201ccompletely unimpressed\u201d by the Department of Justice\u2019s arrests of several top FIFA lieutenants this week, calling the action \u201cthe kind of Band-Aid solution that this Administration, sadly, has become famous for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRounding up a few flunkies in a hotel is meaningless when the leader of FIFA remains at large,\u201d he said. \u201cI will follow Sepp Blatter to the gates of Hell.\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">When will Andy call for military action against McConJob?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/when-companies-add-tiny-plastic-beads-to-personal-care-products-they-go-surprising-places\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font><strong>What&#8217;s happening to put a stop to plastic microbeads?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right now, about 18 U.S. states including <a href=\"http:\/\/u.pw\/1G7CMjl\" target=\"_blank\">California<\/a>, Canada, Australia, and several countries in Europe are considering banning products that contain plastic microbeads. Unfortunately, industry is pushing back with a bill that leaves loopholes for the microbeads to be replaced with other kinds of plastics. The <a href=\"http:\/\/storyofstuff.org\/plastic-microbeads-ban-the-bead\/\" target=\"_blank\">Story of Stuff Project<\/a> is leading a coalition of over 100 groups to get these tiny plastic beads out of commerce. Ban the beads!<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/uAiIGd_JqZc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I learned about this several months ago. I had no idea I had been using a body wash with microbeads. I stopped immediately. 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