{"id":5518,"date":"2011-08-03T00:41:43","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T07:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5518"},"modified":"2011-08-03T00:41:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T07:41:43","slug":"open-thread832011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/03\/open-thread832011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;8\/3\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I was gone most of the day for my wellness exam.&#160; I am pleased to announce that I am still alive, but I missed sleep to go.&#160; I also ran into a former prisoner who I helped several years ago.&#160; It was great to see that he is still free and doing well.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies.&#160; Today, I have an early appointment with my denturist to fix my lowers.&#160; Then I need to go to the store, so I\u2019ll be busy.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 4:02 (average 5:14).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-08-03-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:\/\/current.com\/shows\/countdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">Countdown<\/a>:&#160; Worst persons:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lhjPTgdV39o?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Coon skin? Tar Baby?&#160; In the new Republican Party a KKK member is considered a moderate.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/rss\/breaking_news\/643355\/jon_stewart_rails_against_the_tea_party%27s_refusal_to_compromise_on_debt_deal_(video)\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Jon Stewart Rails Against The Tea Party&#8217;s Refusal To Compromise On Debt Deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 520px\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px\"><embed target=\"_blank\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:video:thedailyshow.com:393593\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" base=\".\" flashVars=\"\"><\/embed>       <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-bottom: 4px; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12px; padding-top: 4px\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/mon-august-1-2011\/dealageddon----angry-tea-party\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Show<\/a><\/b>         <br \/>Get More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyshow\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Show on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It\u2019s ironic that humor can be found in the worst of situations.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/08\/02\/maddow-agrees-to-a-new-contract-with-msnbc\/\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>MSNBC said Tuesday that it had signed its top star, Rachel Maddow, to a new multi-year contract, cementing her position at the cable news channel for several years.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Finally some good news!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/3Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"3Cartoon\" alt=\"3Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/3Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I was gone most of the day for my wellness exam.&#160; I am pleased to announce that I am still alive, but I missed sleep to go.&#160; I also ran into a former prisoner who I helped several years ago.&#160; It was great to see that he is still free and doing well.&#160; I\u2019m <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/03\/open-thread832011\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/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-5518","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\/5518","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=5518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}