{"id":15374,"date":"2015-06-05T11:10:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T18:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15374"},"modified":"2015-06-05T11:10:50","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T18:10:50","slug":"open-thread652015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/05\/open-thread652015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;6\/5\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&rsquo;d like to say that I&rsquo;m well rested, but unfortunately I have reached the level of tired that sleep does not come easily.&nbsp; Maybe a low-key weekend with lots of kitty basking in the sun will help.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&rsquo;s took me 3:25 (average 4:24).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2015-06-05-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; Hiw 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:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2015\/06\/03\/1390109\/-The-Guardian-UK-embarrasses-All-US-Media-but-will-we-notice\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>The Guardian UK has decided to keep a running total of ALL people killed by police in 2015, and keep a live running total that you can check on their website.<\/p>\n<p>They break it down demographically and by state to make it easy to see what is happening in this nation.<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s even interactive. You can give them info, that they might not have been given by local agencies where you live.<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine any entity in our so called free press doing something like this?<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to the Guardian. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2015\/jun\/01\/the-counted-police-killings-us-database#\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/if-you-dont-understand-why-using-her-name-caitlyn-jenner-matters-this-should-help\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>As you surely know by now, Caitlyn Jenner introduced herself on the cover of Vanity Fair.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"0605Caitlyn\" border=\"0\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/0605Caitlyn.jpg\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" title=\"0605Caitlyn\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/la6C4f7YG_Q?rel=0\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Only one group have a problem with Caitlyn being who she is: Republicans.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/03\/the-fox-news-primary-for-may-huckabee-takes-an\/203850\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters<\/a>: <\/font>The Fox News Primary For May<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"0605fox-primary\" border=\"0\" height=\"1217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/0605fox-primary.png\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" title=\"0605fox-primary\" width=\"487\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, is goose-stepping early and often.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"0605Cartoon\" border=\"0\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/0605Cartoon.jpg\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" title=\"0605Cartoon\" width=\"650\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Had Republicans not had him murdered, he probably would have won.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;d like to say that I&rsquo;m well rested, but unfortunately I have reached the level of tired that sleep does not come easily.&nbsp; Maybe a low-key weekend with lots of kitty basking in the sun will help. Cartoon: Today&rsquo;s took me 3:25 (average 4:24).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; Hiw did you do? 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