{"id":3128,"date":"2010-10-17T02:03:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T09:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=3128"},"modified":"2010-10-17T02:03:13","modified_gmt":"2010-10-17T09:03:13","slug":"open-thread-10172010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/10\/17\/open-thread-10172010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &ndash; 10\/17\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday was a hectic day.&#160; I replied to comments and returned visits.&#160; Then, to my great surprise, I received an email from PayPal that Lisa G had discovered our Donate button, which I installed a month ago today, under the duress of threats of physical harm and, even worse, the MOM voice.&#160; I thought I had successfully hidden it.&#160; ARGH!&#160; Thanks to both Lisa and Nameless (SoINeedAName) for their generous contributions, which will pay for hosting for the next year and more.&#160; I also discovered (thanks to Lisa) that the Cartoon site I have been using is no longer free to blogs to publicize their site, so I managed to locate another site that is.&#160; It\u2019s a slow day for news, but it\u2019s a holy day for the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb and the Broncos\/Jets service will be televised here, so I\u2019ll be deep in meditation.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:54.&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2010-10-17-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalhumor.about.com\/od\/sarahpalinvideos\/youtube\/palin-prank.htm\" target=\"_blank\">About.com<\/a>: An oldie but a goodie!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" height=\"510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QbEwKcs-7Hc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" type=\"text\/html\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebelliouspixels.com\/2010\/right-wing-radio-duck-donald-discovers-glenn-beck\" target=\"_blank\">Rebellious Pixels<\/a>: Love this one!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" height=\"510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HfuwNU0jsk0?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" type=\"text\/html\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a title=\"Bill Day\" href=\"http:\/\/comics.com\/bill_day\/2010-10-16\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bill Day\" src=\"http:\/\/c0389161.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com\/dyn\/str_strip\/340313.full.gif\" \/><\/a> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Followest thou the Orb?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was a hectic day.&#160; 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