{"id":21163,"date":"2016-04-08T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T21:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=21163"},"modified":"2016-04-08T14:00:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T21:00:22","slug":"open-thread482016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/04\/08\/open-thread482016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–4\/8\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

My new A\/C is certainly powerful enough to cool my tiny place.  It\u2019s also very loud, and the noise bothered me last night.  I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll get use to it, and after a night of three, I won’t even hear it.  I\u2019<\/font>m about to leave to go to PT with Courtney.  Later.  Back and pooped.  George needs an ankle adjustment.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 2:48 (average 4:45).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From The Guardian<\/a> (H\/T Daily Kos<\/a>):<\/font>A group of Polish women walk out of a church service to protest against a proposed tightening of the country\u2019s abortion laws. The video, posted on Facebook<\/a>, shows the women leaving as a priest reads out a letter in favour of the ban. In Warsaw, thousands of people have attended a pro-choice rally outside parliament, after the leader of the ruling party backed a call from Catholic bishops for a full ban on pregnancy terminations.<\/p>\n