{"id":5723,"date":"2011-08-30T01:26:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T08:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2011-08-30T01:26:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T08:26:55","slug":"open-thread8302011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/30\/open-thread8302011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;8\/30\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday the weather man was wrong.&#160; It never got hot, my little AC sat in the corner all day, and I enjoyed the comfort.&#160; I actually cooked supper in my pressure cooker, something I would never do on a hot day.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies, and tomorrow I have errands to run.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 3:59 (4:53 average).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-08-30-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:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/media\/2011\/08\/29\/307363\/limbaugh-powell-obama-melanin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: More Republican racism from Rush.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ct6heLjtnNs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Am I the only one thinks he was excessively drugged in this clip?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Politics\/The-Vote\/2011\/0829\/Irene-was-act-of-God.-What-quip-says-about-Michele-Bachmann-campaign\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Science Monitor<\/a>: <\/font>Hurricane Irene and last week\u2019s East Coast earthquake are God\u2019s way of telling Washington that the US government needs to cut spending, Michele Bachmann said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Now the Queen of Crazy says she was just kidding.&#160; Why is death and destruction so amusing to Republicans?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/lgbt\/2011\/08\/29\/307229\/iowa-governor-anti-gay-views-didnt-contribute-to-anti-gay-beating\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>During a press conference today, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) claimed that anti-gay rhetoric and opposition to marriage equality <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.desmoinesregister.com\/dmr\/index.php\/2011\/08\/29\/branstad-no-connection-between-gay-marriage-debate-and-waterloo-teen-slaying-2\/\">didn\u2019t lead to the death<\/a> of Waterloo, Iowa resident Marcellus Andrews, who was called a \u201cfaggot\u201d and other anti-gay names as he was attacked by a group of yet-to-be identified assailants.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Right!&#160; Gasoline and the matches have nothing to do with arson fires either.&#160; This is another example of \u201cWho us?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"30Cartoon\" alt=\"30Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/30Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday the weather man was wrong.&#160; It never got hot, my little AC sat in the corner all day, and I enjoyed the comfort.&#160; I actually cooked supper in my pressure cooker, something I would never do on a hot day.&#160; I\u2019m current on replies, and tomorrow I have errands to run. 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