{"id":18976,"date":"2016-01-12T11:16:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T19:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=18976"},"modified":"2016-01-12T11:16:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T19:16:47","slug":"open-thread1122016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/12\/open-thread1122016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–1\/12\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I went top see my new Primary Care Physician.  I was impressed that the scale had bars with which to pull myself up. .I weigh,262.  Her staff was very helpful.  Megan is young, personable and humorous.  She took the time to listen to issues and explain her reasons for her recommendations.  Today PT is coming and my bath aide should be too.  I\u2019ll be ordering groceries and collecting medical information.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2 57 (average 4:55).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Screw paid parental leave<\/a>. Republican presidential candidate (yes, still) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich thinks new mothers and fathers should rely on their employers to \u201ctry to be creative\u201d instead of being required to offer paid leave. And if the extent of their employers\u2019 creativity is \u201ccome to work or you\u2019re fired,\u201d as it is for so many Americans, oh well.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe one thing we need to do for working women is to give them the flexibility to be able to work at home online,\u201d Kasich told the man who asked the question. \u201cThe reason why that\u2019s important is, when women take maternity leave or time to be with the children, then what happens is they fall behind on the experience level, which means that the pay becomes a differential.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When folks say KKK Kasich is a moderate, call them on it!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Bernie Sanders\u2019s plan to break up the biggest banks and reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act (separating investment from commercial banking) is necessary \u2013 and why Hillary Clinton\u2019s more modest plan is inadequate. <\/p>\n

The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. Bernie’s plan is better than Hillary’s. Click through.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>MoveOn.org’s members voted to endorse Bernie Sanders after members voted overwhelmingly for him in an online poll last week. <\/p>\n

According to<\/a> MoveOn’s executive director Ilya Sheyman, 79 percent of MoveOn’s members said they wanted to endorse Bernie. The vote shatters all previous records for member votes.<\/p>\n

Sheyman listed the top reasons members gave for their choice, including Sanders’ commitment to tackling economic inequality, standing for communities facing injustice, saying no to permanent war, and the belief that Sanders is the more electable candidate.<\/p>\n

This is a huge endorsement for Bernie, and will give him access to organizing resources and mobilize grassroots support for him. <\/p>\n

Kudos to Bernie and to all the MoveOn members who voted for him, including me.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Republicans would do it again!.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I went top see my new Primary Care Physician.  I was impressed that the scale had bars with which to pull myself up. .I weigh,262.  Her staff was very helpful.  Megan is young, personable and humorous.  She took the time to listen to issues and explain her reasons for her recommendations.  Today PT is […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}