{"id":18836,"date":"2016-01-07T12:52:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T20:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=18836"},"modified":"2016-01-07T12:52:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T20:52:57","slug":"open-thread172015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/07\/open-thread172015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–1\/7\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have another busy day today.  PT and OT are both coming this morning.  Then I\u2019m going to cook dinners for several days and put them in compartmentalized trays for freezing.  Tomorrow I have an appointment with my Prosthetist, because George probably needs some adjustments.  So expect no more than a Personal Update or Open Thread tomorrow.<\/font><\/p>\n

Later: B9ith have come and gone.  Arvilla (PT) worked me hard.  Then Tracy (OT) agreed that supervising my cooking would be a good project for today, so I have four meals od Salisbury steak with gravy, cheese whipped potatoes. and mixed veggies.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:12 (average 5:35),  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: \\<\/font>Republican Presidential candidates ripped President Obama on Tuesday for what they called his stubborn insistence on linking gun violence with guns.<\/p>\n

In campaign stops across Iowa and New Hampshire, the G.O.P. hopefuls pounded the President for irrationally concluding that guns have played a role in the nation\u2019s epidemic of mass shootings.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow any reasonable person could look at gun violence and say that guns are involved is beyond me,\u201d said Texas Senator Ted Cruz. \u201cAnd yet, somehow, President Obama always finds a way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would very much like to have a conversation about gun violence, as President Obama has said he wants to have,\u201d said Florida Senator Marco Rubio. \u201cBut as long as he keeps falling back on this tired, unproven connection between gun violence and guns, there\u2019s just no point.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former Hewlett-Packard C.E.O. Carly Fiorina said that Obama\u2019s persistent linking of gun violence with guns was \u201csad but not surprising, from a man who believes that people\u2019s health can be improved by access to health care.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe isn\u2019t thinking straight,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

But Andy, there is no link between gun violence and guns\u2026 in a pig’s eye<\/strong>!!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>It appears that Katherine Prudhomme O’Brien, the NH GOP lawmaker [Republican delinked<\/em>] screaming and flailing her arms in the video, has been stalking Hillary for several years now.<\/a><\/p>\n

She tried the same stunt in 2007, during a Clinton campaign appearance.<\/a><\/p>\n

She tried it again today and Hillary shut her down to the roar of the crowd.<\/p>\n

Reading through many of the comments on her Facebook [Republican delinked<\/em>] , her appearance failed spectacularly.<\/p>\n