{"id":5452,"date":"2011-07-25T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T07:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5452"},"modified":"2011-07-25T08:23:21","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T15:23:21","slug":"open-thread-7252011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/25\/open-thread-7252011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 7\/25\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I hunkered down to beat the heat, without much success.&#160; By 2 PM the temperature in my apartment topped 100 and remains over 90.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies.&#160; Tomorrow should be a little cooler, so I\u2019ll catch up on paper work.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 4:09 (average 4:53).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-07-25-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:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/david-neiwert\/new-mccarthyism-oregon-tea-partiers-\" target=\"_blank\">Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>A small political gathering of about 18 liberal thinkers at River Forks Park Sunday afternoon erupted in conflict when about 35 members of the conservative tea party intruded upon the meeting, waving flags and holding signs accusing the rival group of being communists, Marxists and socialists.<\/p>\n<p>The liberal group \u2014 organized by MoveOn.org \u2014 decided to leave the park and move its potluck to a nearby home. Members of the conservative group followed, parking at the entrance of a private lane leading to the home to continue their protest.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">These Republican brown-shirts have no respect for the rights and freedoms of others,<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2011\/07\/24\/118098\/texas-gov-perry-poised-to-run.html\" target=\"_blank\">McClatchy DC<\/a>: <\/font>Texas Gov. Rick Perry is close to making a White House bid, but his tardy start has some experts saying his fundraising for a national campaign will be tougher than in donor-friendly Texas, while others believe he&#8217;s building expectations in a ho-hum GOP field<font color=\"#0000ff\">.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Bring him on!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/media\/2011\/07\/24\/277569\/palin-documentary-bombs-during-second-week-in-theaters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>The Undefeated, the much-hyped Palin documentary, bombed during its second week in theaters, <a href=\"http:\/\/boxofficemojo.com\/weekend\/chart\/\" target=\"_blank\">bringing in just $24,000 in ticket sales<\/a> across 14 screens.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Did Blood-libel Barbie really think people would pay to see her commercial?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"25Cartoon\" alt=\"25Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/25Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I hunkered down to beat the heat, without much success.&#160; By 2 PM the temperature in my apartment topped 100 and remains over 90.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies.&#160; Tomorrow should be a little cooler, so I\u2019ll catch up on paper work. 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