{"id":15431,"date":"2015-06-14T11:38:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T18:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15431"},"modified":"2015-06-14T11:38:55","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T18:38:55","slug":"open-thread6142015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/14\/open-thread6142015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/14\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have another hot day today, and I\u2019m not back to full speed.  For some reason I just feel lethargic.  I hope your weekend id going well.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:51 (average 4:30).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Fantasy Football Recruiting<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

We still need two new players for <\/font>Lefty Blog Friends<\/a><\/font>, our fantasy football league.  How about you?  For more information, <\/font>click here<\/a><\/font>.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a> (Classic: 8\/2009): <\/font>Notice a propensity of newly minted Libertarians showing up lately? Perhaps it’s just coincidence their ranks swelled in inverse proportion to George Bush’s approval rating, ditto that so many are mouthing traditional conservative talking points. But what about the everyday gun toting townhall screamers and taxcutters and deficit hawks we see on cable news: are they really libertarian as so many claim, or just conservatives in glibertarian clothes? Here’s a few warning signs.<\/p>\n

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  1. If you think Ron Paul isn’t conservative enough and Fox News is fair and balanced, you might not be a Libertarian. <\/li>\n
  2. If you believe you have an inalienable right to attend Presidential townhalls brandishing a loaded assault rifle, but that arresting participants<\/a> inside for wearing a pink shirt is an important public safety precaution, there’s a chance you’re dangerously unbalanced, but no chance you’re a Libertarian. <\/li>\n
  3. If you think the government should stay the hell out<\/a> of Medicare, well, you have way, way bigger problems than figuring out if you’re really a Libertarian. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Click through for the other seven.<\/font><\/p>\n

    From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Real Time host Bill Maher went on a rant about Texas police Cpl. Eric Casebolt during Friday evening’s show. \u201cThis is the high school loser who wants to re-litigate his shitty adolescence by being a cop, \u2019cause now he\u2019s got some power, and he can lord it over people,\u201d Maher told his panelists, \u201cIt\u2019s not that hard to weed out that personality type, is it?\u201d<\/p>\n