{"id":35352,"date":"2019-01-15T08:09:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T16:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35352"},"modified":"2019-01-15T16:12:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T00:12:16","slug":"open-thread-1-15-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/15\/open-thread-1-15-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 1\/15\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m in a hurry this morning, because I have a computer tech coming.\u00a0 This is my only article today.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 4:29 (average 8:29).\u00a0 To do it, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/span>Most people who are innocent of any crimes will still need to hire thirty-five lawyers at some point, a new study shows.<\/p>\n

According to the study, commissioned by the University of Minnesota Law School, thirty-five is the \u201cbare minimum\u201d number of lawyers that an innocent person should have on retainer in the event that he or she becomes the subject of an entirely unjustified criminal investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found that many innocent people are going through life without taking the basic precaution of hiring thirty-five lawyers,\u201d Professor Davis Logsdon, who supervised the study, said. \u201cThey are flirting with disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAn innocent person who has absolutely nothing to hide should do everything in his or her power to avoid answering questions from investigators,\u201d he said. \u201cThirty-five lawyers can really help you do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, Logsdon noted, hiring nearly three dozen lawyers is invaluable because of the powerful statement it makes. \u201cNothing says \u2018I\u2019m innocent\u2019 like hiring thirty-five lawyers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dang Andy! That’s not BS. That’s not even MS. That’s PhD (Piled Higher and Deeper). RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/span>THE WALL CAME A TUMBLIN’ DOWN – Parody<\/p>\n