{"id":18075,"date":"2015-12-04T11:39:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T19:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=18075"},"modified":"2015-12-04T11:39:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T19:39:21","slug":"on-the-edge1242015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/on-the-edge1242015\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Edge&ndash;12\/4\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday was relatively easy.&nbsp; PT (Becky) had me see Wow many times I can stand from a sitting position, with no rest in between.&nbsp; She stopped me at eight, but I could have continued.&nbsp; She also had me practice stand-pivot transfers, rotating toward George, the more difficult direction.&nbsp; I did not see OT (Courtney).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/02\/alex-jones-san-bernardino-mass-shooting-appears\/207201\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters<\/a>: <\/font>Right-wing radio host Alex Jones is suggesting that a mass shooting that claimed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/12\/02\/us\/san-bernardino-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\">at least 14 lives<\/a> in San Bernardino, California &#8220;appears to be geared to elicit widespread public outrage.&#8221; Jones pushed the conspiracy theory only a few hours after an interview with GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, where the candidate praised Jones&#8217; &#8220;amazing&#8221; reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Jones and his website frequently promote far right-wing conspiracy theories arguing that high-profile mass shootings and other tragic events are <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/02\/donald-trump-praises-leading-conspiracy-theoris\/207181\" target=\"_blank\">staged by the government<\/a>. He has <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/15\/alex-jones-on-boston-blasts-us-govt-is-prime-su\/193635\" target=\"_blank\">claimed<\/a> that both the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting and Aurora, Colorado, movie theater mass shooting were &#8220;staged.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Hairball and Jones are a perfect diabolical match.<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2015\/12\/03\/1456262\/-Man-Executed-by-Police-Firing-Squad-Today-in-San-Francisco\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>This execution <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/officer-involved-shooting-reported-in-bayview-neighborhood\/\" target=\"_blank\">took place earlier today (Wednesday, Dec 2nd) in the Bayview District of San Francisco<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/7ZfCjOJ8iGk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Another day, another murder by police.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/12\/04\/opinion\/tough-talk-and-a-cowardly-vote-on-terrorism.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>While the nation suffered through the shock of another bloody massacre, on Thursday every Senate Republican except Mark Kirk of Illinois voted against legislation to prevent people on the F.B.I.\u2019s consolidated terrorist watchlist from purchasing guns or explosives.<\/p>\n<p>The measure has been introduced repeatedly since 2007. The Government Accountability Office has documented that over years of congressional blockage, hundreds of suspected terrorists on the watchlist bought guns.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans are fighting to preserve gun manufacturers&#8217; profits derived from sales to terrorists.<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1204Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1204Cartoon\" 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\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1204Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/1204Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"654\" height=\"354\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">A day of wailing and gnashing of teeth for today\u2019s Republicans.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was relatively easy.&nbsp; PT (Becky) had me see Wow many times I can stand from a sitting position, with no rest in between.&nbsp; She stopped me at eight, but I could have continued.&nbsp; She also had me practice stand-pivot transfers, rotating toward George, the more difficult direction.&nbsp; I did not see OT (Courtney). 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