{"id":6144,"date":"2011-10-17T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/17\/open-thread10172011\/"},"modified":"2011-10-17T00:00:39","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T07:00:39","slug":"open-thread10172011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/17\/open-thread10172011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;10\/17\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I did some more change prep and meditated on the Ellipsoid Orb, albeit without the normal fanaticism, as my broncos were on the sabbatical of bye.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Today, I take my computer to that shop to have the files moved to the new computer, which will be delivered&#160; tomorrow afternoon.&#160; I will therefore be offline.&#160; Getting it configured when it arrives will take a second day, at least, so please expect no more articles from me until shortly after midnight Thursday, if things go smoothly, or Friday, if I have complications.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today it took me 4:43 (average 5:02).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2011-10-17-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:\/\/nutsandolts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maria<\/a>: A Koch Brothers Tribute<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MbykzqJ6ens?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Most deserving!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2011-10-16\/military-force-an-option-against-iran-rogers-says.html\" target=\"_blank\">Business Week<\/a>: <\/font>Military force shouldn\u2019t be ruled out as a response to an Iranian assassination plot on U.S. soil, the top House Republican on intelligence issues said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think you should take it off the table,\u201d said Representative Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I can almost hear John McCain, aka McConJob, singing <em>Bomb, Bomb, Iran<\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/news.opb.org\/article\/protesters-unite-anti-war-march-portland\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/a>: <\/font>Two protest groups converged in downtown Portland yesterday to protest the war in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-war organizers joined forces with Occupy Portland, a group that&#8217;s been camped out in neighboring downtown parks for&#160; over a week, protesting corporate influence in politics.<\/p>\n<p>The march picked up steam, adding hundreds of people who haven\u2019t been staying at the downtown protest site this week.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Peace and freedom are natural allies.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/17Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"17Cartoon\" alt=\"17Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/17Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I did some more change prep and meditated on the Ellipsoid Orb, albeit without the normal fanaticism, as my broncos were on the sabbatical of bye.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Today, I take my computer to that shop to have the files moved to the new computer, which will be delivered&#160; 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