{"id":17137,"date":"2015-11-09T18:21:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T02:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17137"},"modified":"2015-11-09T18:21:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T02:21:38","slug":"terse-tuesday-tidbits-november-10-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/09\/terse-tuesday-tidbits-november-10-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Terse Tuesday Tidbits November 10, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#4B0082\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">I do love alliteration, in case you hadn&#039;t noticed. I find it a fun form of wordplay.&nbsp; Am posting a bit earlier than planned with additions to demands on my time in the next 24 hours.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\tA piece of political analysis on the lesser known candidate from The Rolling Stone called, &quot;<em><strong>Why Martin O&#039;Malley Could Be the Future of the Democratic Party<\/strong><\/em>&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/news\/why-martin-omalley-could-be-the-future-of-the-democratic-party-20151106\">http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/news\/why-martin-omalley-could-be-the-future-of-the-democratic-party-20151106#ixzz3qlWOHWix&nbsp; <\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sgt rms_img\" height=\"105\" id=\"emb9\" src=\"https:\/\/tse1.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.M86be66565cd1d45c5e2e0252dbbfc08ao0&amp;w=101&amp;h=105&amp;c=7&amp;rs=1&amp;qlt=90&amp;pid=3.1&amp;rm=2\" width=\"101\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4B0082\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Is anyone else thinking of the song &quot;Guitar Man&quot; just now?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span>Sometimes politics is very personal and political decisions can truly make a difference in the lives of individuals.<\/span>&nbsp; One example brought to us by NPR is:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/11\/02\/453992907\/for-this-released-inmate-freedom-tastes-like-pizza-for-breakfast\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/11\/02\/453992907\/for-this-released-inmate-freedom-tastes-like-pizza-for-breakfast<\/a>&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pizza Stock Photos\" class=\"bigthumb showonload\" id=\"bigthumb56936223\" src=\"http:\/\/thumbs2.dreamstime.com\/t\/pizza-isolated-white-background-56936223.jpg\" style=\"height: 136px;width: 136px;margin-top: 0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4B0082\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Anyone else feel like a snack just now?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#800080\">Moving from munch to crunch (as in crunching the numbers<\/span>)&#8211;Mother Jones gives us &quot;<em><strong>Republicans Are Going To Hate This Chart<\/strong><\/em>&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sgt rms_img\" height=\"107\" id=\"emb12\" src=\"https:\/\/tse1.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.M2fae6d192c25638d655396e7832871a3H0&amp;w=103&amp;h=107&amp;c=7&amp;rs=1&amp;qlt=90&amp;pid=3.1&amp;rm=2\" width=\"103\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2015\/11\/republicans-hate-climate-plan-poll-chart\">http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2015\/11\/republicans-hate-climate-plan-poll-chart<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#800080\">And then tell me whether you thought this should&#039;ve been written by Andy, too<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@BartNaylor\/my-way-or-the-highway-f3237d743fbb\">https:\/\/medium.com\/@BartNaylor\/my-way-or-the-highway-f3237d743fbb<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4B0082\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Do you want a simple answer on how to fix public education?<\/span><\/span>&nbsp; Just listen to this professional on that (video and article):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourfuture.org\/20151103\/what-teachers-do-a-little-common-sense?utm_source=progressive_breakfast&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=pbreak\">https:\/\/ourfuture.org\/20151103\/what-teachers-do-a-little-common-sense?utm_source=progressive_breakfast&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=pbreak<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span>Did she leave anything off that list?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4B0082\">Sometimes it is harder to cope with what we meet in life.&nbsp; I found hope for my current journey from the next one and so I share it with you (and I do love flutterbyes):<\/span>&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"caterpillar pictures, butterfly pictures, butterflies picture\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn-1.butterflypictures.net\/images\/Buttefly1.gif\" style=\"background-color:transparent;width:80px;height:80px;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.believeoutloud.com\/latest\/butterfly-manifesto-how-be-happy-world-trying-kill-you\">http:\/\/www.believeoutloud.com\/latest\/butterfly-manifesto-how-be-happy-world-trying-kill-you<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4B0082\">Hanky alert (catharsis)&#8211;if you can take all the heartwarming, you&#039;ll land on some fun kitties to finish:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/videos\/search?q=heartwarming+videos&amp;FORM=VIRE8#view=detail&amp;mid=563595F8130F186F4A09563595F8130F186F4A09\">http:\/\/www.bing.com\/videos\/search?q=heartwarming+videos&amp;FORM=VIRE8#view=detail&amp;mid=563595F8130F186F4A09563595F8130F186F4A09<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I do love alliteration, in case you hadn&#039;t noticed. I find it a fun form of wordplay.&nbsp; Am posting a bit earlier than planned with additions to demands on my time in the next 24 hours. 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