{"id":5529,"date":"2011-08-05T00:21:48","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T07:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5529"},"modified":"2011-08-05T00:21:48","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T07:21:48","slug":"open-thread852011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/05\/open-thread852011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;8\/5\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I rested as much as I could, given the heat.&#160; My oxygen delivery was late cutting badly into my sleep time, but I am current on comments.&#160; Today I have to go out for a vaccination, medicine, and staple foods.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 4:13 (average 5:28).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-08-05-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:\/\/myfellowamerican.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Fellow American<\/a>: I received an email from these folks.&#160; They are trying to counter the Republican hate campaign against American Muslims.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cjm0uk2JO58?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Click through.&#160; They are worth checking out.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/8301-503544_162-20088274-503544.html\" target=\"_blank\">CBS<\/a>: <\/font>Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nomblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Romney-Signed-Pledge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">signed a pledge<\/a> sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage promising to support a federal constitutional amendment &quot;defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.&quot; <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That puts Mitt squarely on both sides of this issue toeo.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3096434\/#44028012\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">Lawrence O&#8217;Donnell and Bernie Sanders discuss Democratic appointments to the Super Committee.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc40de46\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" target=\"_blank\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=44028012^0^445913&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc40de46\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=44028012^0^445913&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 592px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; font-size: 11px\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">A cave-in on this committee would be far worse than the automatic cuts that occur on impasse.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>: This is NOT intended to be taken seriously.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"5Cartoon\" alt=\"5Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/5Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"466\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I rested as much as I could, given the heat.&#160; 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