{"id":5798,"date":"2011-09-07T00:26:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T07:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5798"},"modified":"2011-09-07T00:26:18","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T07:26:18","slug":"open-thread972011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/07\/open-thread972011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;9\/7\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I started out tired, for I did laundry as I was writing Monday Night. I slept late, filled out the paperwork for a routine medical test (took three hours), and ran errands.&#160; It was extremely hot, and today will be hotter. I\u2019m current with replies, but had to be brief.&#160; Today I\u2019ll be out for that appointment and have to get up early.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 4:15 (average 5:24).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-09-07-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>: Worst Persons in the World<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MOO8pZa-4Iw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Weren\u2019t they all most deserving?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2011\/09\/06-4\" target=\"_blank\">Common Dreams<\/a>: <\/font>Egypt lobbied the more than 100 members of the Non-Aligned Movement on Tuesday to support Palestinian statehood at the United Nations this month, and said it believed a majority would do so after a two-day meeting of the group in Serbia.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Goof for Egypt!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3096434\/#44418528\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a>: Ed Schulz covers Charles Koch at their secret donors\u2019 retreat.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbcc3c63\" 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=44418528^0^372272&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbcc3c63\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=44418528^0^372272&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\">Isn\u2019t that the most ludicrous excuse?&#160; The original Iraq War, indeed!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"7cartoon\" alt=\"7cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/7cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I started out tired, for I did laundry as I was writing Monday Night. 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