{"id":6105,"date":"2011-10-13T00:05:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T07:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/13\/open-thread10132011\/"},"modified":"2011-10-13T00:05:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T07:05:19","slug":"open-thread10132011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/13\/open-thread10132011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–10\/13\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I was quite busy.  I located the installation routines for over fifty of the programs I use, downloaded them, and burned them onto a DVD to minimize my down time next week, when I change computers.  I tried to log on to the blog to moderate comments and couldn\u2019t get in.  I called my HSP and learned the problem was that yesterday\u2019s article on the American Jobs Act went viral and had over 10,000 readers, most before noon.  The traffic was so heavy that it overloaded the server.  They advised me to install a caching plugin that keeps copies of all the blog\u2019s pages in HTML, updating them when they change to lessen the load on the blog\u2019s database, and therefore, the servers.  That should make such problems less likely in the future and improve blog performance. I\u2019m sorry some of you had a database error message, when trying to access PP.  I\u2019m current on replies.  Today I\u2019ll continue to prepare for changing computers next week.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 5:06 (average 5:20).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Reuters<\/a>: <\/font>A strong majority of Americans are aware of the "Occupy Wall Street" protests against U.S. economic inequality and a majority either view them favorably or do not have an opinion about them, a Reuters\/Ipsos poll said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Eighty-two percent of Americans have heard of the protest movement, and 38 percent feel favorably toward it, the poll found. Thirty-five percent are undecided, and about one-fourth — 24 percent — are unfavorable.<\/p>\n

What amazes me is that 18% have never heard of it.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Politico<\/a>: <\/font>In a three-page statement<\/a> released Wednesday afternoon, the New Hampshire secretary of state reiterated his independence and said he\u2019ll move the primary up as far as necessary to maintain first-in-the-nation status and comply with state law.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Nevada does not adjust its caucus date to a later time, I cannot rule out the possibility of a December primary,\u201d Gardner wrote.<\/p>\n

At this rate, campaign season will be 365 days a year, 24\/7.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), an agency whose three commissioners are appointed by climate denier Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX), has censored a Texas climate scientist\u2019s attempts to warn the public about the threat of global warming to the state\u2019s residents. Rice University oceanographer John Anderson withdrew his article<\/a> on the Galveston Bay from a collection commissioned by TCEQ after the agency stripped all mentions of climate change, sea level rise, and other man-made impacts on the environment. <\/p>\n

Republicans love gutting scientific evidence and promoting folklore as science.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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