{"id":6233,"date":"2011-10-31T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T07:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/31\/open-thread10312011\/"},"modified":"2011-10-31T00:01:20","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T07:01:20","slug":"open-thread10312011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/31\/open-thread10312011\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–10\/31\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I spent most of the day resting meditating upon the Ellipsoid Orb that was not kind to me.  I caught up on replies and am current.  Today I will be out running errands that must be completed in October.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today it took me 3:54 (average 5:26).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Religious Agony<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"1030-Broncos10-Lions45\"<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From McClatchy DC<\/a>: <\/font>Growing numbers of protesters are being arrested for trespassing, failure to disperse and disobeying a lawful order, as city after city confronts the question of whether individual rights to free speech and assembly include the right to camp out on public property.<\/p>\n

The resulting legal skirmishes have spurred the largest mobilization of pro bono protest attorneys since the anti-war movement of the 1960s and ’70s.<\/p>\n

Kudos to those lawyers!  During the 1960s, I rarely knew their names, but I was surely thankful for their representation.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>The nation’s ongoing economic downturn has sparked an odd response from a growing number of conservative and Republican leaders: a desire to blame the unfortunate and a demand for the poor to pay more.<\/p>\n

No new taxes only applies to the 1%, although Republicans continually lie that Democrats will raise YOUR taxes.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/font>OWS is Working When Even Republicans Have to Start Talking About Redistribution<\/p>\n

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The level of GOP BS had reached desperation.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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