{"id":5861,"date":"2011-09-16T00:24:22","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T07:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5861"},"modified":"2011-09-16T00:24:22","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T07:24:22","slug":"open-thread9162011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/16\/open-thread9162011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–9\/16\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think I have enough energy to write today\u2019s articles.  I\u2019ve been in prison working to help prisoners to learn to address the issues that led to their crimes and to become proficient in the tools they will use to fulfill their needs pro-socially upon release.  Their diligence and dedication is inspirational.  I can never discuss the details, as we have promised them confidentiality, but I usually find that I have received as much as or more than I have given.  The down side is that I\u2019m posting without the benefit of sleep.  I\u2019m current with replies, though I was briefer than usual.  Today I recover.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today it took me 3:13 (average 4:17).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve a G.O.P.-backed bill that would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from continuing to pursue its effort to block Boeing from operating a new $750 million aircraft assembly line in South Carolina. The largely party-line vote was 238 to 186. <\/p>\n

This is union busting, pure and simple.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) rejected Thursday any increase in tax revenue and instead said that a special committee seeking long-term debt reduction should find $1.5 trillion in savings entirely from cutting federal agency spending and slashing popular entitlement programs.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not as though we expected anything else from Agent Orange.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Raw Story<\/a>: <\/font>A primary battle between two well-known Democratic incumbents is brewing in Ohio, thanks to a Republican-led redistricting. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) announced Wednesday that he would compete with Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) in the primary for the newly redrawn House district that combines both their former constituencies. <\/p>\n

The new district stretches across northern Ohio, from Toledo (Kaptur’s former district) to Cleveland (Kucinich’s domain). <\/p>\n

Thanks to Republican gerrymandering, no matter who wins, we lose because we need both.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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I think I have enough energy to write today\u2019s articles.  I\u2019ve been in prison working to help prisoners to learn to address the issues that led to their crimes and to become proficient in the tools they will use to fulfill their needs pro-socially upon release.  Their diligence and dedication is inspirational.  I can never […]<\/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-5861","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\/5861","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=5861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}